Teaching is normally delivered through lectures, seminars, tutorials, workshops, labs, discussions and e-learning packages.

• The course is divided in semesters of 15 weeks.
• The normal pattern will be around 10-12 lessons per module, each lesson providing approximately one week’s work.
• On-site students will have the lessons delivered by the module tutors in slots of three hours. In the full-time route, you can expect to have around 12 hours of timetabled taught sessions each week, with approximately 28 additional hours of independent study.
• There are also three non-teaching weeks when full-time students can expect to spend around 40 hours on independent study each week.

Assessment is via coursework only and will usually involve a combination of individual and group work, presentations, essays, reports and projects.

• All modules will include assessment of group communication activity (such as discussion board contributions or similar).
• The project is undertaken on an individual basis. For the project, each student is allocated a PMP (Project Management Panel) consisting of two members of staff with appropriate expertise.

Distance learning material is delivered primarily through our virtual learning environment, Blackboard (Bb).

• We aim to replicate the on-site experience as fully as possible by using recorded lectures and electronic discussion groups, and by encouraging contact with tutors through a variety of mediums.

The MSc may be awarded at pass, merit or distinction levels. A Postgraduate Diploma or Postgraduate Certificate may be awarded in certain cases where the award of an MSc is not appropriate.

The information provided here should be used alongside the DMU general regulations and DMU postgraduate regulations handbooks both of which can be accessed by selecting the following link: DMU Student Regulations.

Please, make sure you read the regulations. The corresponding webpage from DMU website can also be visioned below.