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Electronic Publishing – (M.Sc.)
City University London
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| Application Deadline: | We have no specific application deadline, and an early application is recommended | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 8,730 - ≈ € 13,785 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | London / United Kingdom | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of City University London
Delivered by the Department of Information Science and the Department of Journalism, students are taught by a unique combination of experts with specialist knowledge in areas such as: design, publishing, technology and content production.
City University London's Master's in E-publishing is one of the longest-established and best recognised courses of its type. We produce graduates with immediately marketable skills in creative design, technology, and business / management processes relevant to electronic publishing.
After a set of core modules, you choose elective modules covering technology and design - preparing you for the increasingly specialised demands of the industry. You are also encouraged to collaborate with an organisation involved professionally in electronic publishing as part of your project.
Our employment record is excellent and our graduates are working at some of the leading organisations in the field, not just in the UK but across the world. You also benefit from superb computing and audiovisual equipment and facilities, including four dedicated PC/Mac labs with specialist software, broadcast-quality audio studios, portable audio recording outfits for location use, and digital video and stills cameras
Teaching and Assessment
The course is assessed by a mixture of coursework and examination, plus an individual project leading to a dissertation. Students successfully completing eight taught modules and the dissertation will be awarded either a Master of Arts (MA) or a Master of Science (MSc) degree. Most modules in this course are supported by the University's online learning environment.
The course is available full time (12 months) and part time (up to 28 months; daytime study).
Students successfully completing eight modules and the dissertation will be awarded 180 credits and a masters level qualification. Alternatively, students who do not complete the dissertation but have successfully completed eight modules will be awarded 120 credits and a postgraduate diploma. Successful completion of four modules (60 credits) will lead to the award of a postgraduate certificate.
Career Prospects
City University London's Master's in E-publishing is one of the longest-established and best recognised courses of its type. When we began the course in 1997 our objective was to produce graduates with immediately marketable skills in creative design, technology, and business / management processes relevant to electronic publishing. One of the ways we measure our success is through the employment record of our graduates. We believe our record is second-to-none.
Our graduates are working at some of the leading organisations in the field, not just in the UK but across the world. Here are a selection of the jobs our graduates have taken and a list of some of the organisations they've worked with.
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Course Content
City University London's Masters in E-publishing is one of the most established and recognised courses of its type. We produce graduates with immediately marketable skills in content creation, design, technology and business and management processes relevant to electronic publishing. You will be encouraged to collaborate with organisations involved professionally in electronic publishing as part of your coursework and final project. You will also benefit from superb computing and audiovisual equipment and facilities, including dedicated PC/Mac labs with specialist software, broadcast quality audio and video studios, portable audio recording technology for location use and professional digital video and stills cameras.
Course Structure
4 Core Module(s):
Information Architecture
* Web analytics
* Search, metadata and users' information-seeking behaviour
* Website organization and navigation schemes
* Key design documents in the IA process
* Knowledge of content management and e-commerce systems
* Introduction to system specification
* Introduction to databases
Interaction Design
* Demonstrate detailed understanding of the importance of usability and the consequences of poor usability for interactive systems
* Identify the theoretical foundations in cognitive psychology for human-computer interaction
* Critically evaluate a user-centred design process for interactive systems, including analysis, design and evaluation activities
* Interpret HCI principles and guidelines, applying them to a variety of situations
Research, Methods and Professional Issues
* Research activity in terms of the effectiveness of its approach and implementation
* Understand and apply a range of research methodologies such as inductive and deductive reasoning, explanation and prediction in the evaluation of published research
* Recognise and use a range of secondary data sources when performing a research task
* Communicate effectively with individuals and groups using a range of media
* Evaluate the legal, ethical and professional dimensions of typical information professions and information industry practices
Writing & Editing for Electronic Media
* Demonstrate an understanding of the origins and characteristics of interactive media
* Locate and analyse information about the audience for electronic publications and make appropriate decisions about the subject matter and style of textual content for those publications
* Create and format textual content for electronic publications
* Write, record, digitise, edit and stream a short audio package
* Be aware of the genres of textual content in electronic publications including emerging styles such as blogs and wikis.
Choose 4 elective module(s) from the following list:
Cognition and Technologies
* Explain different approaches to user-centred design, design lifecycles, and evaluation of interfaces, usability and terminology used in human-computer interaction
* Discuss the perceptual and cognitive capabilities of users and how these influence use of interfaces
* Undertake analyses of planned or existing interfaces with techniques such as GOMS and Task Analysis
* Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the state-of-the art practices and leading academic research that are aimed at addressing the range of Human-Computer Interaction issues
Data visualization
* Create graphics and applications that reveal the structure in data sets.
* Apply the seven stages of visualization to analyse and present data graphically.
* Use 'Processing' -- the open source programming language and environment -- to develop interactive graphical applications for visualization.
Databases
* Identify the key issues relating to the management of relational database systems and object-oriented database systems
* Model the logical structure of database systems using different data models
* Analyse data and document structures using different models
* Create and query relational databases using SQL
* Evaluate the new developments in data and document handling systems and understand their practical applications and implications
Design & Layout for Electronic Media
* Analyse and respond to a creative brief using appropriate visual metaphors
* Demonstrate an understanding of the principles of layout and composition including the use of the grid system
* Use web editing packages, HTML mark-up and stylesheets to compose and layout web pages
* Demonstrate an understanding of the principles of typography and use graphics packages and web technologies to format type
* Create or scan and edit digital images for use in electronic publications
Electronic Commerce
* Explain the use of business models in the development and evaluation of an e-commerce application
* Design e-commerce applications supporting user registration, profiling,payments, and secure transactions
* Apply internet technologies such as HTML, Javascript, MySQL and PHP to implement e-commerce activities
* Evaluate problem solutions best suitable for a specific e-commerce application
Information Law and Policy
* Identify the legal principles underlying specific information issues
* Demonstrate a professional understanding of the use of relevant information law to help provide accurate information
* Critically evaluate and analyse information policies and their legal expression.
Multimedia Design and Development
* Demonstrate the importance of planning in a multimedia production environment and some of the tools and techniques used e.g. storyboarding and navigation charts; evaluate techniques used to capture, edit, store and present multimedia data, in particular images and movies
* Demonstrate competencies in the use of a widely used multimedia authoring tool e.g. Macromedia Flash; evaluate the issues involved in multimedia delivery on the World Wide Web
* Use a multimedia scripting language to add further interactivity to their applications.
Open Source Systems
* Evaluate the usefulness of open source systems to solve real world problems, by drawing upon known case studies
* Critically analyse the open source software development process, its opportunities and problems in developing IT systems, with a particular focus on the individuals and organisations involved; compare and contrast open and closed source software development, by referring to established opportunites and difficulties in developing IT systems
* Assess open source systems from the legal, ethical and ideological perspectives
Web Applications Development
* Understand the principles of operation of web-based applications and databases
* Understand up-to-date web technologies; learn about the tools available to develop web-based applications
* Develop true client and server applications that will render correctly on any browser, on any platform
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Requirements
Each application is considered on its merits and is given full consideration by admissions staff.
The usual minimum entrance requirement is a good second class honours degree from a UK university, a recognised equivalent from an accredited overseas institution or an equivalent professional qualification.
Work experience in some aspect of publishing or the information industry, or evidence of participation in some relevant activity (eg student journalism, construction of web pages) will be advantageous.
Applicants should have good professional English. For students whose first language is not English, an IELTS score of 6.5 or TOEFL score of 100 (internet-based) 600 (paper-based) or 250 (computer-based version) is required.
Previous academic and commercial experience will also be considered.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade C (Score: 60) |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 100 |
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