Communications and New Media Postgraduate Programmes
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Communications and New Media graduate programmes cater to a variety of career and academic interests, including media studies, interactive media design, cultural studies, and communication management with a focus on new media. Students gain opportunities in experiential learning through international and local competitions, exhibitions, service-based projects collaborating with external clients, internships, student exchanges and interactions with industry practitioners, providing a multidisciplinary approach to the study of the field.
With faculty members hailing from top communications schools from around the world, bringing with them innovative methods of teaching, students benefit from an understanding of trends coupled with an eye on the evolving industry, as well as acquire job skills that are critical for success in the industry.
The Master of Arts (by research) and PhD in Communications and New Media enable students to further their research in areas of their choice, through the various core and elective modules. The Master of Communication coursework programme provide mentorship to groom our students into leaders in the digital field, and equip our graduates with cutting-edge expertise to firmly grasp the essence of data in their communication plans. The M.A. (Arts and Cultural Entrepreneurship) is designed to cater to the needs of creative professionals and to meet the strong demands of Singapore’s and Asia’s fast-evolving Cultural and Creative Industry (CCI) sector. The PhD in Cultural Studies in Asia programmes promotes specialist and expert study and research of contemporary cultural practices in Asia.
Graduate Coordinators' Message
Dr Hong Renyi
MA and PhD in Communications and New Media
Dr Suwichit Chaidaroon
Master of Social Sciences (Communication)
Dr Rimi Khan
Master of Arts (Arts and Cultural Entrepreneurship)
Prof Audrey Yue
PhD in Cultural Studies in Asia
Programmes & Curriculum
About the Course
In a relentlessly volatile media landscape shaped by technological advances and content proliferation, media professionals must be agile to keep pace with constant change.
Today, content is king, holding court on digital platforms that reach millions of people every day. The challenge for organisations in this age is to harness the power of content and wield it strategically to communicate effectively with their stakeholders.
The Master of Communication recognises that competency gap in the market, and is proud to be the first graduate programme to fill that void.
We provide mentorship to groom our students into leaders in the digital field, and equip our graduates with cutting-edge expertise to firmly grasp the essence of data in their communication plans.
Course Structure
Students can choose from one of the three specialisations:
- Strategic Communication Specialisation
- Data and Communication Specialisation
- Global Media Communication Specialisation
For more information on the programme, please visit here.
Please visit this page for information on scholarships, awards, and discounts.
Applications for the August 2024 intake will commence on 1 September and close on 30 November 2023.
About the Course
The Master of Arts in Arts and Cultural Entrepreneurship programme offers a solid foundation in the administration, management, and leadership of arts and culture. It will prepare you as future leaders of creative cultural industry. An advanced training in the business of arts, culture and creativity is key to success in the fast-changing creative cultural industry sector.
This programme is designed to cater to the needs of creative professionals and meet the strong demands of Singapore’s and Asia’s ever changing cultural creative industry sector. This is an ideal Masters if you wish to examine the uses of creativity as a progressive force for culture, economy and society. You will learn from industry practitioners and professional educators about entrepreneurial creativity and how it shapes new enterprises and leads entrepreneurial growth. You will also learn the core strategic skills in the administration, management and leadership of arts and cultural organisations, resources and infrastructures, from managing festivals, events and museums, to working in community development, heritage tourism, education and government. The course enables you to acquire the professional skills and knowledge to succeed in the arts, cultural and creative sectors, and become ethical and reflective practitioners committed to making meaningful contributions.
Course Structure
The NUS Master of Arts in Arts and Cultural Entrepreneurship is a 40-modular credit (MC) course-work-based Master’s Degree programme comprising:
- Two Core modules (8 MCs), with a three-to-six-month Final Year Project (8 MCs) and
- Five Elective modules (20 MCs)
Core Modules:
- NM5218 Cultural Policy
- ACE5401 Approaches to Arts & Cultural Entrepreneurship
Elective Modules:
- ACE5404 Heritage: Peoples and Institutions
- NMC5322 Digital Marketing Practices
- ACE5405 Culture Industries and the Law
- ACE5406 Arts Business
- ACE5407 Museums, Exhibitions and Curation
- ACE5408 Managing Cultural Events
- ACE5409 Applied Heritage
- ACE5410 Cultural Diplomacy and Intelligence
- ACE5411 Cultural Analytics and Informatics
- ACE5480 Topics in Arts and Cultural Entrepreneurship
- ACE5403 Internship (8 MCs)
- ACE5402 Final Year Project (4 MCs for M.A. only)
- A limited number of places in selected courses from the Master of Communication and NUS Business School, subject to their selection criteria.
For more information, please visit here.
Please visit this page for information on scholarships, awards, and discounts.
Applications for the August 2024 intake commence on 1 September and close on 30 November 2023.
About the Course
Students who undertake the Master of Arts (by research) gain from the interdisciplinary backgrounds of our faculty and research-focused atmosphere. They are able to further their research in areas of their choice, through the various core and elective modules, the programme also allows students to benefit from the many research conferences, seminars and workshops, providing a platform for the exchange of research innovations, theories and ideologies with experts in the field and peers alike.
Research candidates may be admitted as full-time or part-time students. However, international students on student's pass must pursue their studies on a full-time basis. The maximum periods of candidature for both full-time and part-time candidates in the Master's programme is 36 months.
Course Structure
All graduate students are required to take the following research modules:
- NM6101 - Advanced Theories in Communications and New Media
- NM6103 - Quantitative Research Methods in Communications and New Media
- NM6104 - Qualitative Research Methods in Communications and New Media
- NM6770 - Graduate Research Seminar
In addition, students will need to read two elective modules.
For more information, please visit here.
Application takes place between 16 May and 1 November (inclusive) every year for admissions in August of the subsequent year.
About the Course
The department offers a PhD programme in Communications and New Media, on a full-time and part-time basis. International students on a student's pass can pursue their studies on a full-time basis only. The maximum period of candidature for both full-time and part-time candidates in the PhD programme is 60 months.
Course Structure
All graduate students are required to take the following research modules:
- NM6101 - Advanced Theories in Communications and New Media
- NM6103 - Quantitative Research Methods in Communications and New Media
- NM6104 - Qualitative Research Methods in Communications and New Media
- NM6770 - Graduate Research Seminar
In addition, students will need to read four elective modules (if enrolled from Aug 2019), or five elective modules (if enrolled before Aug 2019).
For more information, please visit here.
Application takes place between 16 May and 1 November (inclusive) every year for admissions in August of the subsequent year.
About the Course
Cultural Studies in Asia is a field of teaching and research which challenges conventional disciplinary boundaries to rethink received knowledge on existing issues and to address emergent concerns thrown up by the rapid changes and impact on cultural practices, brought on by new technologies and the new phase of global capitalism. Adopting a multidisciplinary methodology, the programme will provide teaching and research skills in the analysis of the flows and exchanges of popular cultural practices in contemporary Asia, across fluid and porous national and cultural boundaries.
Course Structure
Candidates admitted must pursue in the University a course of advanced study comprising no fewer than 8 modules and research approved by the Faculty under the supervision of one or more academic staff of the Faculty.
Three core modules are compulsory for all candidates, so as to provide a common grounding in the field. All elective modules will be drawn from existing relevant postgraduate modules on offer from the different departments in FASS. In addition, one special topic module will be conducted each academic year by a visiting scholar.
Compulsory modules:
- CSA6101 Cultural Studies Theory and Analysis
- CSA6102 Cultural Studies in Asia
- CSA6770 Graduate Research Seminar
- CSA6880 Topics in Cultural Studies in Asia
For the list of elective modules, please visit here.
Application takes place between 16 May and 1 November (inclusive) every year for admissions in August of the subsequent year.
Job Ready
With the multi-faceted understanding of new media and communications gained, CNM graduates will be able to work in a wide spectrum of private corporations and public agencies, in policy formulation, public relations, corporate communication, media and design, research and information management positions.
Testimonials
Farah Binte Gulam Hussain Bawany Kund Florian
Master's Student in Communications and New Media
Having had the pleasure of being in CNM for over a decade, first as an undergraduate, and then, as a full-time TA and now as a graduate student, I've had the privilege to have grown with the department through three eras of leadership. As a graduate student, I find myself thoroughly enjoying classes and benefiting immensely from a dynamic and effervescent culture of multi-disciplinary research and writing.
I'm also most grateful for the academic supervision I've received, which has been instrumental in melting away my hesitation and doubts, giving way instead to curiosity, confidence and determination. Alma mater translates literally to 'nourishing mother'; and that's exactly what CNM has been to me. It's been more than a school, more than just a job. CNM is truly a home away from home, and all the talented folk here are family to me - and I couldn't imagine life any other way!
Aaron Ng Yi Kai
PhD Student in Communications and New Media
The graduate programme at CNM is truly multidisciplinary. The breadth of the research interests of the academic faculty is really wide, including game design, user experience research, cultural studies, political communication, health communication, public relations, e-learning and big data analysis. The wide range of research interests and expertise in the department allowed me to propose a research project that does not fit neatly into the confines of a traditional discipline as I can tap on the expertise of faculty from vastly different backgrounds in the same department.
As a graduate student in CNM, I have also benefited from the ease in which I could take courses from other schools or faculties in NUS that are helpful to my dissertation even if they are not offered by the department. I have taken classes from Statistics and Applied Probability, Biological Sciences and School of Public Health. As my research interest crosses disciplinary boundaries, CNM is the right choice because it is highly supportive of multidisciplinary research. Anyone who has a research interest in new media should seriously consider CNM for a PhD because of the supportive intellectual environment.
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