BA (Hons) JOURNALISM
Bachelor's degree
In London
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
London
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Duration
3 Years
On our increasingly well-regarded journalism course we develop enquiring minds so that you will be the ones to report tomorrow’s stories and find the answers to today’s questions.
If you want to become a journalist and explore what journalism is and where it’s heading, this is the perfect course for you.
Guided by staff with 100 years of combined journalistic expertise between them, you’ll be given a practical grounding in print, radio, photo and online journalism.
You’ll learn how to produce authoritative, incisive and imaginative work. As you search for the inside track on the vibrant, important living story that is east London, you’ll find no better place to practice your journalistic skills.
You’ll look at the problems, pitfalls and potential for today’s journalism, studying its past and debating its future.
We’re hosting a major annual conference that examines the future of journalism. Alongside papers from senior media figures, our students’ work will feature at the conference’s heart.
If you don’t meet the entry requirements for a BA, you can study this course as an ‘extended’ four-year course. You'll begin with a foundation year which prepares you for a successful transition to the BA degree.
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About this course
Our three-year course offers the complete journalistic education, covering a broad spectrum of subjects.
Sometimes you may find yourself as the working journalist, maybe on one of our own student publications or perhaps on a work placement assignment at a national media organisation.
At other times, you’ll be the entrepreneur, devising original stories and formulating ideas with business potential before pitching them to commissioning editors.
Or you could be the academic, researching subjects such as the history of journalism, its new role in society, media law, ethics and regulation.
You can choose ‘portfolio’ modules from which you gain credits towards your degree by getting your journalistic work published.
For your major project work, you can work on the development of a new publication, from the idea stage all the way through to its production - and, of course, the launch party! Or, instead, you could originate and complete a major academic research project of your choice.
We're determined to prepare you in the best way possible for a career in journalism after your studies.
Journalism is, of course, a competitive world to enter. You have a head start at UEL, though, thanks to teachers with exceptional contacts who know exactly what newspapers, radio stations and other media outlets are looking for.
Indeed, the track record of our graduates demonstrates that anything is possible.
Sam Wostear, one of our first journalism graduates, went on to become Woman Editor of The Sun, Britain’s biggest-selling daily newspaper. Siobhan Breatnach, who earned an MA in Journalism at UEL in 2009, became the editor of the Irish Post within three years of leaving us. Ferdia Carr, who graduated in 2015, found work at ITN.
Some of our graduates have gone into local or online journalism, contract publishing or public relations. Others have chosen to continue their studies, taking an MA in Creative Writing or a PhD in Journalism.
FROM
A LEVEL
Must include passes at A2 in at least two subjects.
FROM
BTEC
Extended Diploma or Diploma
FROM
INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE
Diploma with 25 points including a minimum of 15 points at Higher Level.
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Subjects
- Media
- Advertising
- Industry
- Production
- Works
- Branding
- Market Research
- Market
- Project
- Creative Portfolio
Course programme
FOUNDATION YEAR (IF REQUIRED)
- Academic Development
- Creative Portfolio
- Journalism Portfolio
- Narrative and Creativity
- Group Film Project
- Professional Development (Mental Wealth)
- Essential Journalism
- Photo, Audio and Video
- Media Law, Ethics and Regulation
- Production Journalism
- Broadcast Journalism
- Mental Wealth - Professional Life 1 (Rising East)
- Mental Wealth Professional Life 2 (Rising East 2)
- Employment and Enterprise (work placement)
- Features (1): Interviews
- Brands and the Magazines Business
- Documentary (1): Publications (1)
- Reporting Politics and Society
- Mental Wealth - Professional Life 3 (Rising East 3)
- Final Project: Development
- Final Project: Completion
- Aesthetics and Technologies: Publications (2)
- Features (2): Data and Visualisation
- The Long Read
BA (Hons) JOURNALISM