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MA Media Studies at Western University

Western University, Canada

Programme overview

A one-year degree that cultivates critically engaged scholarship at the intersection of media, information, technology, and culture. The program offers opportunities to pursue advanced research or research-creation projects across media and disciplines, including the political economy of media, information studies, cultural studies, social movements and social justice, quantitative studies of digital media, critical data studies, media history, and consumer and promotional culture.

Faculty: Faculty of Information and Media Studies  |  Department: Faculty of Information & Media Studies  |  Duration: 3 Terms (Full-time study)  |  Location: London, Ontario, Canada

What you will study

Project-based programme, 3 Terms (Full-time study) in length.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Four-year degree from a recognized university or college. Minimum 78% overall average in the last two full-time years of the undergraduate degree. Application deadline: February 1 - Acceptance notification from mid March to late April

Graduate programmes charge Fall, Winter and Summer terms; Ivey MBA Direct has a July intake, the Accelerated MBA a November intake, and the Executive MBA September and February intakes. Deadlines and intake terms vary by programme.

Each graduate programme sets its own application deadlines, which may differ for domestic and international applicants. Applications are made through Western's online graduate application. The application fee is $185 CAD for most graduate programmes; $290 for Communication Sciences and Disorders (MClSc), Occupational Therapy (MSc OT) and Physical Therapy (MPT); $150 for Ivey MBA and Ivey MSc; $350 for Orthodontics.

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