MA (Global Media and Communication)

University of Galway

This programme aims to prepare you to work as a professional in the international media and communications industries with a specialism in a chosen area. The programme will give you a critical understanding of the 21st Century complex global media ecosystem, and will prepare you to work as a communications professional with high-end production skills to work across multiple platforms. You will also have an opportunity to further specialise and develop a niche in a subject area of particular interest via a choice of electives including modules in Social Media and Digital Technology Climate Action, Sustainability and STEM Communication, or Humanitarian Communication and Human Rights.Career OpportunitiesThis programme prepares graduates for a wide range of careers. The valuable oral and written communication skills, advanced research skills, and critical thinking skills that the MA Global Media and Communication programme will offer students are highly transferrable and sought after by employers in sectors including the digital media, news, communications, culture and knowledge industries. Students will be able to specialise in a specific stream within the programme thereby further developing their capacities and enhancing their employability. Graduates can progress to an exciting variety of careers including media and creative industries advocacy, civil society, and political organisations strategic communication social media and digital content production, digital communication and data analysis publishing broadcasting public relations news and financial journalism and communication. The programme also offers clear opportunities to pursue further study and research at PhD level.