[acc-cca-l] New MA in Communication Research for Social Change--SFU School of Communication

[Enda Brophy]

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Dear Colleagues,
I’m delighted to share news of a new MA option in Communication Research for Social Change in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University. This four-term (16 month), cohort-based stream culminating with the completion of an MA project launches in September 2023.
Please do circulate this email to undergraduate students who you think might be interested in this new MA program. Applications are due by February 15.
Take care,

Enda

Enda Brophy
Associate Professor and Graduate Chair | School of Communication
Associate | Labour Studies
Simon Fraser University | HC 3559
515 W Hastings St, Vancouver V6B 5K3
E: ebrophy at sfu.ca<mailto:ebrophy at sfu.ca>

Simon Fraser University lies on the unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) and Kwikwetlem (kʷikʷəƛ̓əm) Nations.


The School of Communication at Simon Fraser University is excited to announce a new curriculum within our MA program, launching in Fall 2023. We encourage applications for the new program by February 15.

COMMUNICATION RESEARCH FOR SOCIAL CHANGE – a new Master of Arts curriculum

Alongside our long-standing curriculum leading to the MA thesis, students may now pursue a curriculum focused on communication research for social change, a four-term (16 month), cohort-based stream culminating with the completion of an MA project.

The new MA stream in communication research for social change builds on the School’s historical roots and ongoing commitment to social justice, providing students with theoretical and methodological training for social justice research initiatives in the field of communication.

Studies in the curriculum will draw on an intersectional framework of analysis and will be grounded in knowledges developed with, by, and for progressive social movements. Students pursuing the communication research for social change MA will produce a project that mobilizes knowledge, deepens engagement, educates, informs, or raises awareness through research that is of social value to communities.

MA projects will include forms of knowledge production that are distinct from the traditional thesis. These might include (but needn’t be limited to) films, podcasts, sound recordings, web sites or blogs, social media campaigns, apps, artistic installations, public events, performances, design projects, organizing campaigns, and other interventions. The project itself will be accompanied by a paper analysing the academic and/or practical significance of the student’s project.

Students entering the first cohort of the project stream will complete the following curriculum:

Term 1 (Fall 2023)
·       CMNS 848 (Communication and Global Social Justice)
·       CMNS Elective

Term 2 (Spring 2024)
·       CMNS 849 (Communication Research for Social Change)
·       CMNS Elective

Term 3 (Summer 2024)
·       CMNS Directed Readings (with project supervisor)

Term 4 (Fall 2024)
·       Completion of MA project and accompanying paper

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

We are interested in receiving inquiries and applications from undergraduate students in communication and related fields as well as from activists, practitioners and professionals who are interested in pursuing a graduate credential while undertaking an applied project aimed at promoting the betterment of the communities they belong to and/or work with.

The application deadline for studies commencing in Fall 2023 will be February 15, 2023. Please visit our web site for further details about our MA program<http://www.sfu.ca/communication/students/future-students/masters.html> and for instructions on how to apply<http://www.sfu.ca/communication/students/future-students/masters/how-to-apply.html>. If you have any questions, please contact the School’s Graduate Program Coordinator, Jason Congdon, by emailing gradcmns at sfu.ca<mailto:gradcmns at sfu.ca> or by phoning 778-232-3506.



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