How you'll learn
Lectures will be organised in the ‘bite-sized learning’ model, with 2 hours of weekly lecture material interspersed with opportunities for students to engage in active and peer-supported learning rather than delivered in a single block, as would be typical of in-person lectures.
Students will complete the MA in 24 months, with modules delivered sequentially. There’ll be no teaching or learning in the summer of Year 1. In the summer semester of year 2, students will choose between the completion of a dissertation or a special project.
Each semester will comprise one 4-week, 10-credit module with a 2-week assessment period. This will be followed by an 8-week, 20-credit module, then by the University’s traditional end-of-semester assessment period. This structure is intended to accommodate the challenges many online and distance learning students face by ensuring modules, coursework, assessment and support activity are both varied and dynamic as well as manageable within a part-time learning structure.
The programme has embedded support with particular attention to research and referencing, IT and assessment submission and student health and welfare. Students will have regular opportunities for synchronous tutorial meetings with module convenors each semester. In addition, each student will be allocated an academic advisor.
How you're assessed
Assessment across all modules will include a variety of formal and informal, formative and summative techniques. Each module has one formative assessment that will inform one final, summative module assessment. This strategy has been adopted with the requirements of online and distance learning, maximising opportunities for informal and peer-based feedback ahead of submission of assessed work.
Assessment methods used include essay, report, presentation and production of industry-facing materials including items like maps, playlists, surveys and marketing documents.
Liverpool Hallmarks
We have a distinctive approach to education, the Liverpool Curriculum Framework, which focuses on research-connected teaching, active learning, and authentic assessment to ensure our students graduate as digitally fluent and confident global citizens.
The Liverpool Curriculum framework sets out our distinctive approach to education. Our teaching staff support our students to develop academic knowledge, skills, and understanding alongside our graduate attributes:
- Digital fluency
- Confidence
- Global citizenship
Our curriculum is characterised by the three Liverpool Hallmarks:
- Research-connected teaching
- Active learning
- Authentic assessment
All this is underpinned by our core value of inclusivity and commitment to providing a curriculum that is accessible to all students.