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BA Journalism and Communications

Cardiff University

Institution
Cardiff University
Level
undergraduate
Subject
Journalism, media and culture
Duration
3 years
UCAS code
0N3D
Typical offer
A-level ABB

Entry requirements

A level: ABB

About this course

BA in Journalism, an undergraduate degree covering journalistic practice and media studies. Core topics include research methods, marketing, and social and cultural analysis. The programme covers journalism and communication across three years, culminating in a dissertation. The course is academic in nature rather than vocational journalism training.

Modules

  • History of Mass Communication and Culture
  • Media Scholarship
  • An Introduction to Media Audiences
  • Advertising and the Consumer Society
  • Understanding Journalism Studies
  • Representations
  • Cymru: Y Senedd, Y Straeon a'r Spin
  • Data Journalism in Theory and Practice
  • Doing Media Research: Approaches and Methods
  • Mediation of Political Violence
  • Yr Ystafell Newyddion 1
  • Celebrity Culture
  • Public Relations and Political Communication
  • Employability: Knowledge, Skills & Experience
  • Red Penned: Censorship and Resistance in Contemporary Arts Activism
  • Film, Media and Cultural Theory
  • Screen Industries
  • Media, Gender and Sexuality
  • Fashion Brand Management
  • Cyflwyniad i'r Cyfryngau Cymdeithasol
  • Regulating the Digital World
  • War, Politics and Propaganda II
  • Media Law Year 2
  • Dissertation
  • The Making and Shaping of News
  • Spin Unspun: Public Relations and The News Media
  • Sport and the Media
  • Communicating Causes
  • Palu am y Gwir
  • Stori Pwy? Cyfathrebu Cymru
  • Media, Money and Markets
  • Feminisms and Television History
  • The Cultural Politics of Contemporary Hollywood
  • Popular Music, Media, & Culture
  • Introduction to Broadcast Journalism
  • Screening Locations
  • (Me) me, Myself and I:The Power and Politics of Digital Remix Culture and Online Inequalities
  • Visual Communication and Design
  • Clothing Matters: Global Fashion Cultures and Politics
  • Journalism and Communications In Practice
  • Introduction to Podcasting
  • Body Image