Journalism and English Language BA (Hons)
Bachelor's degree
In Bangor
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Bangor (Wales)
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Duration
3 Years
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Start date
September
This exciting degree course is run by the School of Creative Studies and Media. It is aimed at students who want to study Journalism in combination with a different subject as joint honours.
You can study Journalism and one of the following subjects as a joint honours degree:
English Language PQ53 BA/ELJO
Media Studies PP53 BA/JMS
The journalism component covers television and radio journalism; print journalism; digital journalism; the history and development of journalism, journalism in a global context, and journalism and risk issues (such as terrorism or climate change). The emphasis of the journalism part of the course is on balancing practical and academic aspects. This course will equip you with a solid grounding in the principles of journalism and its wider socio political economic historic context, as well as the technical and practical skills required to make you a sought after professional in this field.
Journalism staff in the School have a range of interests including digital journalism, global journalism, journalism and risk, broadcast journalism, and journalism’s role in civil society.
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About this course
The course aims to enable understudies to: Understand a range of critical theoretical, historical, political economic and sociological approaches to studying journalism.
Demonstrate a good grasp of Jurgen Habermas’ ideal of the public sphere, and the centrality of journalism within.
Demonstrate an understanding of the ‘refeudalisation’ of the public sphere via the forces of professionalism, propaganda, public relations, interest groups, neo liberalism and market pressures.
Analytically situate the development of the core journalistic ideals, practices and forms over time.
Demonstrate an understanding of the complex relationship between journalism, the state and the economy.
Creative Studies and Media courses have seen graduates involved in both academe and in industry, including work in:
Creative Writing, Professional Writing and Publishing;
Performance and the Theatre, both on and behind the stage;
Print and/or Broadcast Journalism;
Actors, presenters and in television programme production;
Advertising and the Marketing industries;
Radio, as presenters, as well as in programme production;
Digital, Web and New Media production;
Multi media industries.
260 240 points
We consider mature students with non standard qualifications and Access students.
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Subjects
- English Language
- Risk
- IT
- English
- Radio
- Global
- School
- Joint
- IT risk
- Media
- IT Development
- Skills and Training
- Photojournalism
- Journalism
- Creative Practice
- Practical Journalism
- Journalism and English Language
- Balance of practical and analytical tasks
- Journalistic pieces for print
- Small teaching groups
- Initial concept to completion
- Development of Journalism
- Journalism and Risk
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Journalism and English Language BA (Hons)