Journalism (Combined)

Both pathways are for students who have aspirations to work in the media. You will work in a newsroom atmosphere writing news reports and features generated by yourself, before progressing to produce your own magazines.

These courses draw on the strength of the well-established Department of Media of which Journalism is rapidly becoming a key area of study. Judged to be excellent in terms of its facilities for learning and teaching, the Journalism programme offers a choice of stimulating modules from a range of cognate cores and options.

It has a strong emphasis on the use of electronic media and allows students to develop a wide range of skills. During the final year, single honours students may produce a journalism project of significant size and scope (for example, a magazine). All single honours and some combined honours Journalism students will research and prepare a written dissertation on a journalism-related topic.

Why study this Journalism course?

The BA single and combined honours Journalism courses have been written with the requirements of the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) at their heart, and the programme team is working towards accreditation by the NCTJ.

Under present arrangements students who have met the required standards during the course are able to register as candidates for the NCTJ's preliminary examinations, which lead to the award of the Council's Pre-Entry Certificate (first professional qualification).

Students are currently responsible for covering the cost of these examinations.