Study Scheme for 2026-2027
1. Coursework Requirement
Four Required courses
- COMM5120 Emerging Global Media and Cultures
- COMM5520 Applied Communication Research
- COMM5710 Seminar in Communication Theories
- COMM5711 Reframing Narratives of the Global
Plus Four Elective Courses
2. Specialized Streams
Students can declare a specialization in one of the following streams. Students can also choose not to specialize.
Specialization Stream 1 : “Challenges of Global Futures”
The specialization stream prepares students to work in a multi-stakeholder ecosystem, and recognise the roles and responsibilities of different actors and their local networks to building global futures. Students recognise the possibility and capacity of different fields and agents to address, support, and challenge SDGs as a part of collective future building.
Any 2 courses to be chosen from the following Critical Knowledge Courses
COMM5510, COMM5590, COMM5723, COMM5725, COMM5775, COMM5992
Any 1 course to be chosen from the following Expert Skill Building Courses
COMM5838, COMM5771,COMM5947, COMM6420
And the following Core Competence course
COMM5773
Specialization Stream 2 : “Making and Measuring Impact”
This specialization orients the students to recognise the role of communication in developing meaningful narratives, measurements, assessments, and aspirations of impact by various stakeholders in our global future making. Students are equipped with critical theory, iterative tools, and the capacity to do comparative, cross-over, and comprehensive impact monitoring, evaluation, and assessment for intersectional actors building global futures.
Any 2 courses to be chosen from the following Critical Knowledge Courses
COMM5636, COMM5725, COMM5735, COMM5773, COMM5775, COMM5992
Any 1 course to be chosen from the following Expert Skill Building Courses
COMM5510, COMM5530, COMM5649, COMM5772, COMM5947
And the following Core Competence course
COMM5771