Course Content
Year 1
Block 1: News Reporting and Media Law
Block 2: Video and Audio Journalism
Block 3: Understanding Journalism OR you can select to study one route from the list below:
- Film Studies: Disney, Warner Bros and the Film Studio
- Media and Communication: Media, Culture and Society
- English Language: Evolving Language
- Creative Writing: Writers Salon
- English Literature: Introduction to Drama: Shakespeare
- History: Global Cities
- Drama: Shifting Stages
Block 4: Digital News Production
Year 2
Block 1: Feature Writing and Lifestyle Journalism
Block 2: TV and Radio Journalism
Block 3: Beyond News OR continue with the route selected in the first year:
- Film Studies: Screen Archives
- Media and Communication: Public Relations
- English Language: Sociolinguistics
- Creative Writing: Story Craft
- English Literature: Digital Humanities
- History: Humans and the Natural World
- Drama: Theatre Revolutions
Block 4: Professional Practice
Year 3
Block 1: Journalism Projects
Block 2: Freelance Journalism and Enhanced Digital Reporting
OR
Podcasting, Photojournalism and Visual Culture
Block 3: Sports Journalism OR Music, Film and Entertainment Journalism OR continue with the study route selected in the first and second year:
- Film Studies: British Cinema
- Media and Communication: Gender & TV Fictions
- English Language: Language, Gender and Sexuality
- Creative Writing: Creative Misbehaviour
- English Literature: World Englishes
- History: The World on Display
- Drama: Performance, Identity and Society
Block 4: Journalism Dissertation
OR
Negotiated Journalism Project