BA Journalism
Goldsmiths, University of London
Entry requirements
A level: CCC IB: 27 points overall with three HL subjects at 555
About this course
BA combining Applied Data Science with Journalism, Media and Culture. Core topics include programming, research methods, design and creative practice, social and cultural analysis, and global and comparative perspectives. Students report for the live local news website EastLondonLines and undertake a two-week work placement between their second and third years. The programme concludes with a multimedia project and an 8,000–10,000-word dissertation.
Modules
- Introduction to Power, Politics and Public Affairs
- Introduction to Multimedia Journalism
- News and Culture
- Key Debates in Media Studies
- Introduction to Coding and Digital Methods for Journalism
- Broadcast Journalism 1: Audio and Video
- Multimedia Journalism
- Data Journalism and Visualisation
- Journalism and Society
- Media Law and Ethics
- Feature Writing
- Broadcast Journalism 2: The Magazine Show
- Final Multimedia Project and Portfolio
- Photo-journalism
- Podcasting
- Arts and Fashion Journalism
- Work Placement
- Dissertation
- Contemporary Feminist Media Cultures
- Digital Audiovisual Media: New Aesthetics and Practices
- Structure of Contemporary Political Communications
- Race, Empire and Nation
- Embodiment and Experience
- Social Media in Everyday Life: A Global Perspective
- Mediating Violence: Feminist, Queer, Decolonial Perspectives
- Music as Communication and Creative Practice
- Virtual and immersive media experience
- Race and Technology