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Distance Learning Courses

DL GraduatesMass Communications - MA, PgDip, PgCert

New Media and Society - MA, PgDip

New Media, Governance and Democracy - MA, PgDip

Communications, Media and Public Relations - MA, PgDip

Communications, Media and Advertising - MA, PgDip

Programme Duration

All of our distance learning courses can be studied to Postgraduate Diploma (PgDip) or Masters (MA) level.  The Mass Communications programme can also be studied to Postgraduate Certificate (PgCert) level.

• The Postgraduate Certificate (Mass Communications only) involves studying six modules over a period of one year.
• The Postgraduate Diploma involves studying ten modules over a period of twenty months.
• The Masters Degree involves studying ten modules and writing a dissertation over a period of two years.

Programme Level Time Taken Programme Content
Postgraduate Certificate (PgCert) 12 Months Six Modules
Postgraduate Diploma (PgDip) 20 Months Ten Modules
Masters Degree (MA) 24 Months Ten Modules and the Dissertation

Find out why you should study via Distance Learning at Leicester and the questions we are asked most frequently about distance learning study in the Department. You can also download our Distance Learning brochure or request an information pack.

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What is distance learning?

Whereas traditional campus-based study requires students to live in, or travel to, Leicester, students on distance learning (DL) courses study at home from anywhere in the world. Your learning materials are sent to you through the post and accessed online.

Distance learning with the Department of Media and Communication means studying in your own time and at your own pace, so you can combine achieving a qualification with work or family commitments. At the end of the course you will have a fully recognised degree, just the same as those awarded to students on campus.