BA(Hons) Journalism
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Location Carlisle - Brampton Road
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Duration 3, 6 year/s
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Mode of study Full-time, Part-time
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Start date September 2012
Why study with us?
We have a track record of producing skilled, thoughtful and critical journalists who go on to success in an extraordinary and demanding profession. The course will help propel you towards a career in journalism and give you essential skills and knowledge for working with modern media.
We have excellent tutors with diverse, up-to-the-minute experience in real-world journalism. On campus you’ll hone your writing skills and produce high quality multimedia for the student magazine and its website.
Off campus we have strong links with local media, radio, TV and print companies. They work with us to give you great opportunities for work placements and interaction with working professionals.
What can this course lead to?
This degree can lead straight to a job in magazines, online journalism, newspapers, radio and television. Recent graduates have gone on to work for the BBC, News International and CN Group. It also opens up the world of freelance journalism. The broad range of skills you gain here will give you a solid grounding for any job involving communication, writing and public relations. It could be your key to further study at masters level too.
Course Summary
In year one you learn the fundamentals of good journalism — finding stories, interviewing people and writing. You study basic photography, the mysteries of shorthand. There is kit to get your head round, because you work with sound, pictures and video as well as words. So we’ll teach you – patiently – to use industry standard software and audio-visual equipment.
Year two continues your practical development in writing, multimedia and publishing. You are introduced to media law for journalists and learn how government works. Your studies guide you towards developing a critique of journalism and its place in society.
By year three you will be making decisions on the direction you want your journalism to go in. You will combine the knowledge, understanding and skills you have learned to deliver a range of journalism at an advanced level. You’ll also write your dissertation, delving into an area of journalism theory which interests you.
Modules
This is a highly practical course focusing on the gathering of journalistic skills such as story gathering, interview, writing and multi-platform journalism production.
Some modules of study are available below:
Year 1 Journalism Practice 1
Year 2 Journalism Practice 2
Year 2 Public Affairs
Year 3 Dissertation
Year 3 Final Project
Year 3 Informer
Case Studies
“I had a look around for university courses but to be honest my course at Carlisle was brilliant. It was run by industry people, not academics, so it was very focused on what you had to do. I graduated with a first-class degree.”
Helen Skelton, BBC
Blue Peter presenter
'My first year at university' - The Guardian
“My degree set me up perfectly for a career in journalism and gave me all the skills needed to succeed.”
“The thing I most value about the course was the professional way in which it was delivered.”
“I really enjoyed the course – it was practical, challenging and extremely interesting.”
Student Work
All our students write and produce multimedia content for the student newspaper,
The Informer. The 12-page publication includes student news, features, entertainment and sport, and is aimed at a student readership.
In early 2011, a new e-Informer edition was produced by second- and third-year students studying BA (Hons) Journalism, and BA (Hons) Journalism & Creative Writing, during the first three weeks of the semester.
Resources and facilities
The course teaches you modern multimedia journalism.
You will always be writing, but you will also have easy access to AV resources you need to develop fresh skills of sound, video, photography and editing which editors of newspapers and magazines, online publishers and broadcasters are demanding.
You’ll work in small groups with staff who’ll make it simple for you to develop the skills that support your journalism.
Entry requirements
240 UCAS tariff points to include a minimum C in a related subject.
Four GCSEs at minimum grade C to include English Language.
Find out more about qualification options from the UCAS tariff table.
Please check
selection criteria for any additional entry requirements.
Selection criteria
Candidates should be able to display lively verbal and written English skills and preferably engagement with some form of journalism or publishing at some level. We will be looking for a sense of energy, commitment and self-reliance.
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