Masters of Arts (Linguistics, Media & Communication)

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MASTERS OF ARTS IN LINGUISTICS, MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION

The Department of Linguistics and Foreign Languages offers a Master of Arts degree in Linguistics, Media and Communication by both coursework and research.

Objectives of the programme

The programme aims at training scholars by giving them a good grasp of the principles and methods in Linguistics media and communication.
To expose graduates to current issues and research in linguistics, media and Communication. Thus the programme prepares students for independent study and research.

Admission Requirements
The programme is open to students with at least an upper second-class honors degree from Moi University or a university recognized by the Moi University Senate. In addition, candidates to the programme must have taken Linguistics, Media and Communication, or relevant communication studies at undergraduate level. Applicants with a lower second class honours and relevant field experience may also be considered.Duration
The programme extends over a period of two academic years for full-time students and is divided into four semesters as follows:

First semester: course work and research seminars
Second semester: course work and proposal writing
Third semester: data collection and analysis; first draft of thesis
Fourth semester: course work and completion of thesis writing

Programme Structure
To qualify for the award of a Master of Arts degree in linguistics, Media and communication a student must take and
pass 5 core courses and 3 elective courses. The student must also, during the third semester, carry out research on a topic
approved by the department and submit her/his thesis at least a month before the end of the programme. In total, a candidate MUST obtain a minimum of 46 units to graduate.

First Semester

Code	Title	Units
SAS 801	General Research Methods (Required)	3
LMC 810	Media and Urbanisation (Core)	3
LMC 811	Strategic Corporate Communication (Core)	3
LMC 812	Information and Systems Management (Core)	3
	Any 1 of the following electives	3
LMC 813	Contemporary Media Ethics	3
LMC 814	Social Web Media	3
LIN 813	Sociolinguistics
LIN 810	General Linguistics	3
LIN 811	Morphology and Syntax	3
LIN 816	Study of Discourse and Pragmatics	3

Second Semester

Code	Title	Units
LMC 895	Research & Writing in Media & Communications (Core)	3
LMC 820	Language in Advertising and Sales Promotion (Core)	3
LIN 896	Research Seminars (Core)	2
LIN 897	Research Proposal (Core)	2
	Any 1 of the following electives
LMC 821	Risk and Disaster Communication	3
LMC 822	Advanced Video Production	3
LIN 826	Language and Identity	3
LIN 820	Semantics and Semiotics	3

Code	Title	Units
LIN 898	Field Research (Data Collection and Analysis) (Core)	9
	Any 1 of the following electives	3
LMC 840	Organisational communication & Public Relation 3	3
LIN 840	Linguistic Stylistics 3	3
LIN 841	Contact Linguistics 3	3
LIN 842	Cognitive Foundations of Language 3	3