Photojournalism - BA (Hons)

London Metropolitan University

Bachelor's degree

In London

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    3 Years

This degree offers you specialist theoretical, technical and practical teaching across all areas of journalism and photography. Exciting modules cover the historical and theoretical backgrounds of journalism and the photographic industry in its global context. By learning about media law and newsroom production, you'll develop a crucial insider knowledge of the industry.

We provide you with access to specialist analogue and digital darkrooms, along with the latest digital scanning and printing technologies. From TV and radio studios in the Tower Building, to the Holloway Express student website, our facilities and resources are available to you throughout your studies.

Our staff are a unique team of world-renowned and award-winning professionals. Their academic expertise and practical skills include analogue, digital, still, audio and moving image technologies. The tutors longstanding links to the film, photography, journalism, commercial visual media and broadcast industries means you'll be studying under a team of well-connected and highly knowledgeable professionals.

You can get a taste for life at our School of Computing and Digital Media by taking a look at our showcase of recent student work.

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Location

Start date

London
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31 Jewry Street, EC3N 2EY

Start date

On request

About this course

The Photojournalism BA undergraduate course will equip you with the skills you need to create still and moving images and stories across today's mixed-media outlets. You'll combine the news gathering and storytelling skills of our award-winning journalism teams with innovative picture-making and shaping techniques.

Some of the facilities available include TV and radio studios and a journalism newsroom. With our skilled teachers and high quality equipment, you’ll be well prepared for employment in the photojournalism, journalism or documentary photography industries.

a minimum of grades BBC in three A levels (or a minimum of 112 UCAS points from an equivalent Level 3 qualification)
English Language GCSE at grade C/grade 4 or above (or equivalent)

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Subjects

  • IT Law
  • Presentation
  • Works
  • Ethics
  • Law
  • Public
  • Project
  • Industry
  • Employability
  • Writing
  • Social Media
  • Media
  • Music
  • Critical Thinking
  • Play
  • Production

Course programme

Modular structure

The modules listed below are for the academic year 2020/21 and represent the course modules at this time. Modules and module details (including, but not limited to, location and time) are subject to change over time.

Year 1 modules include:
  • An Introduction to Photojournalism Practice (core, 30 credits)
  • Journalism: History and Ideas (core, 30 credits)
  • Photojournalism: theory (core, 30 credits)
  • Reporting and Photography Skills (core, 30 credits)
Year 2 modules include:
  • Journalism Work Placement (core, 15 credits)
  • Media Law and Ethics; Public Administration (core, 30 credits)
  • Newsroom Production (core, 30 credits)
  • Photojournalism genres (core, 30 credits)
  • Documentary Photography (option, 15 credits)
  • Styling and Journalism (option, 15 credits)
Year 3 modules include:
  • Creating Packages (core, 30 credits)
  • Research in Visual Culture (core, 15 credits)
  • Journalism Project (alternative core, 30 credits)
  • Major Photojournalism Project (alternative core, 60 credits)
  • Arts Journalism (option, 15 credits)
  • Campaigning Journalism (option, 15 credits)
  • Fashion Writing and Reporting (option, 15 credits)
  • Sports Journalism (option, 15 credits)
Assessment

The course will be assessed through a variety of means, including coursework, essays, in-class tests, presentations, group projects, portfolios and dissertations.

Additional information

UCAS code - P506

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