Journalism (including foundation year)
London Metropolitan University
UCAS Code: P512 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Entry requirements
GCSE/National 4/National 5
English Language and Mathematics GCSE at grade C/grade 4 or above (or equivalent, eg Functional Skills at Level 2). Applicants who meet the UCAS points criteria but who obtained a grade D/grade 3 in English and/or Maths at GCSE may be offered a University test in these areas
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About this course
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**Why study this course?**
Our Journalism (including foundation year) BA (Hons) degree is the ideal choice if you’d like to pursue a career in journalism or digital media but don’t hold traditional qualifications or can’t meet the necessary requirements to enter the standard three-year undergraduate degree. You’ll graduate with the same award and title as students on the standard journalism course.
This four-year course has a built-in foundation year that is designed to help you prepare for undergraduate study and evaluate your abilities in terms of reading, writing, critical analysis and research.
Throughout the degree you’ll pick up knowledge and skills that will allow you to engage audiences in compelling stories, develop journalistic writing techniques and thrive in this fast-paced industry.
**More about this course**
On our Journalism (including foundation year) BA (Hons) course you’ll be introduced to contemporary practices in journalism, as well as to the ideas and theories that govern journalistic research and writing.
Throughout your degree you’ll be able to rely on support from your tutors, as well as other specialist services at the University. There will be opportunities to improve skills that relate to the real-world through special workshops, including those that allow you to practise interview skills and write job applications.
Your foundation year - which you’ll share with students on other foundation year courses - will be diagnostic in nature, allowing you to explore a range of different subjects within digital media and creative fields alongside students with different academic perspectives on the subjects you study.
During the foundation year you’ll learn the technical aspects of creative practices through the development of ideas with a focus on the quality of making, recognition of structural qualities of different media and essential elements in communications.
After you complete the foundation year you’ll join students starting our standard three-year course, where you’ll study the same content and have the same choice of modules. To learn more about the subsequent three years of your degree, visit our Journalism BA (Hons) course page.
If, at the end of your foundation year, you’d like to change your specialism there will be some flexibility to allow you to do this.
Modules
For up-to-date module details please see the course page on the university website. Example module options include:
Foundation year:
Introduction to Media and Communications;
Introduction to Film, TV and Broadcast Media;
Introduction to Digital Media;
Introduction to Journalism and Writing for Media;
Year one:
Journalism: History and Ideas (core);
Practical Journalism (core);
Reporting and Photography Skills (core);
Writing Skills;
Year two:
Advanced Reporting (core);
Journalism Work Placement (core);
Media Law and Ethics; Public Administration (core);
Newsroom Production (core);
Styling and Journalism (optional);
Documentary Photography (optional);
Year three:
Broadcast Journalism (core);
Creating Packages (core);
Journalism Project (core);
Arts Journalism (optional);
Campaigning Journalism (optional);
Fashion Writing and Reporting (optional);
Sports Journalism (optional);
Assessment methods
Methods of assessment on this course will include coursework, in-class tests and individual and group assignments. You’ll also be required to complete a final assessment that is of a publishable standard this may be a video, audio, written or multimedia project.
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