Media, Journalism and Culture (BA)

Cardiff University

United Kingdom, Cardiff

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Cardiff University

United Kingdom , Cardiff

Key Facts

Program Level

Bachelor

Study Type

Full Time

Delivery

On Campus

Course Code

R5V2

Campuses

Main Site

Program Language

English

Start & Deadlines

Next Intake Deadlines

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Duration 3 year(s)

Tuition Fee

GBP 23,700 / year(s)

Media, Journalism and Culture (BA)

About

Media, Journalism and Culture (BA)

Why study this course

Leading the way

Put yourself at the forefront of Journalism and Communications in an internationally recognised and high-ranking school.

Capital connections

Cardiff is thriving; take advantage of growing media and creative industries plus links to BBC Wales and Media Wales, situated next door.

State of the art facilities

Including a specialised onsite library, bright study spaces and six newsrooms.

Multimedia and multisector insight

Beyond media industries and journalism, delve into areas like film, television, social/digital platforms and marketing and PR.

Placement opportunities

Develop the skills, confidence and connections to accelerate your career.

The overall aim of our Media, Journalism and Culture course is to equip you to become a well-informed citizen in a media-saturated society.

Our courses study the many facets of journalism, media, culture and communications, and consider in an era of globalisation and dynamic social change their impact on society, politics and popular culture. They provide you with job-specific skills such as research methods and optionally, journalistic practice as well as much broader transferable skills valuable to a range of sectors.

This degree begins from the assumption that in order to understand modern society, we need to understand the central role that media and the cultural industries play in that society.

While you will be able to take a limited number of more practical modules, the emphasis of the degree is academic and analytical.

You will join a stimulating intellectual environment committed to maximising your potential through personal development and careers events. Many of our experienced lecturers are internationally recognised in their subject areas.

While this course is both challenging and academic in nature, it does NOT provide vocational journalism training.

Subject area: Journalism, media and culture

Disciplines

School of Journalism

Media and Culture

Requirements

Entry Requirements

International Baccalaureate

32-30 overall or 665-655 in 3 HL subjects.

English Program Requirements

GCSE

Grade B or grade 6 in GCSE English Language.

IELTS (academic)

At least 7.0 overall with a minimum of 6.0 in each subskill.

TOEFL iBT

At least 100 overall with a minimum of 20 in each subskill.

PTE Academic

At least 76 overall with a minimum of 62 in all communicative skills.

Trinity ISE II/III

II: Not accepted.
III: at least a Merit in all components.

Other accepted qualifications

Please visit our English Language requirements page for more information on our other accepted language qualifications.

Career

Careers

Career prospects

Our students have an excellent reputation for finding employment after they graduate and find their skills to be helpful in a range of communications and public relations roles.

They benefit from an ability to write copy quickly, effectively and for a specific audience. Our graduates often succeed in business due to their ability to structure a coherent written and verbal argument when pitching their business ideas.

Some of our graduates utilise their newfound knowledge of current affairs and world politics to pursue a career in journalism.

Because our undergraduate degrees do not provide journalism training or a journalistic accreditation, many chose to progress on to our Masters courses, such as broadcast, magazine, news or computational journalism, to gain their practical training. Find out more aboutÂ careers and employability.

In fact, you will gain skills applicable to a range of modern media driven jobs, recent career pathways and roles have included: