Sports Journalism BA (Hons)

Youll develop your sports news, feature writing and broadcasting skills. Youll also receive essential technical training in editing and production techniques in preparation for work placement in a sports journalism environment.

The course is taught from our state-of-the-art newsrooms, which contain the latest industry-standard equipment. Youll participate in our Sports Newsnights which are broadcast on Facebook Live, covering the action as it happens from our broadcast newsroom or from sporting locations.

Youll also explore media law and shorthand to National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) standards.

Our academics continue to work in the sports media industry and have an impressive network of contacts for you to access. We encourage you to participate in as much industry-related work experience as possible. The course includes a three-week assessed work placement that could help you make useful contacts that lead to future employment.

Youll develop your sports news, feature writing and broadcasting skills. Youll also receive essential technical training in editing and production techniques in preparation for work placement in a sports journalism environment.

The course is taught from our state-of-the-art newsrooms, which contain the latest industry-standard equipment. Youll participate in our Sports Newsnights which are broadcast on Facebook Live, covering the action as it happens from our broadcast newsroom or from sporting locations.

Youll also explore media law and shorthand to National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) standards.

Our academics continue to work in the sports media industry and have an impressive network of contacts for you to access. We encourage you to participate in as much industry-related work experience as possible. The course includes a three-week assessed work placement that could help you make useful contacts that lead to future employment.

The course operates on a modular basis that provides flexibility and choice. Typically the majority of modules are 30 academic credits with a smaller number of 15 credit modules. Each credit taken equates to a total study time of around 10 hours. Total study time includes scheduled teaching, independent study and assessment activity. Full-time students take modules worth 60 credits per semester, with part-time students taking proportionately fewer credits per semester. All students take a total of 120 credits per level and 360 credits for the degree as a whole. Your overall grade for the course and your degree classification are based on the marks obtained for modules taken at levels 5 and 6. The full-time course has one start point in September.

The course operates on a modular basis that provides flexibility and choice. Typically the majority of modules are 30 academic credits with a smaller number of 15 credit modules. Each credit taken equates to a total study time of around 10 hours. Total study time includes scheduled teaching, independent study and assessment activity. Full-time students take modules worth 60 credits per semester, with part-time students taking proportionately fewer credits per semester. All students take a total of 120 credits per level and 360 credits for the degree as a whole. Your overall grade for the course and your degree classification are based on the marks obtained for modules taken at levels 5 and 6. The full-time course has one start point in September.

• Contact one of our approved overseas education representatives in your country

• Use the ‘apply now’ button on the undergraduate course pages to apply through UCAS. (Visit the UCAS website for more information). To do this, you'll need:

  • UCAS course code - you’ll find the four-digit code (e.g. P500) in our prospectus, on the course page or on the UCAS website.

  • An institution code for the university – it's S72 for Staffordshire University.