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MA Multimedia Journalism
Key Information
Duration & delivery: 1 year full-time with compulsory 3-week placement (September start), 16 months full-time with compulsory 3-week placement (January start)
Tuition fees:
UK/RoI: £9,500
Overseas: £17,000
Entry requirements: A Bachelor's Honours degree with 2:2 in any subject, or equivalent
Brace yourself for the most immersive and hands-on course yet. Our industry-accredited MA in Multimedia Journalism transforms the classroom into the newsroom, providing you with the skills required to cover any news story for any media platform. Working in teams, you’ll write, produce, and deliver news and feature stories locally, nationally, and internationally.
• Using our professional standard studios and newsrooms, you’ll learn technical skills for video, audio and the web and receive guidance from lecturers with years of experience as professional journalists
• You’ll be empowered to take on leadership roles, acting as editors, online editors, presenters, and reporters. Teams who can hit their deadlines will have their work featured on The Breaker, the awardwinning news website run by BU’s MA students
• In theoretical aspects of the course, you'll explore the roles of journalism and the media in today's global society.
Accreditations: Broadcast Journalism Training Council (BJTC).
Units of study: Digital Journalism | Journalism in Global Contexts | Legal & Ethical Context | Multimedia Reporting Skills | Journalism Project | Immersive & Interactive Storytelling* | Documentary Journalism* | Media & Global Challenges* | Investigative Journalism* | New Media Innovation*.
MA Media & Communication
Key Information
Duration & delivery: 1 year full-time or 2 years full-time with optional 30-week placement (September start), 16 months full-time or 2 years full-time with optional 30-week placement (January start)
Tuition fees:
UK/RoI: £9,500
Overseas: £17,000
Entry requirements: A Bachelor's Honours degree with 2:2 in any subject, or equivalent
This course gives you the chance to study communication and media theory at an advanced level. It will provide you with a highly employable set of skills, together with the ability to engage with theoretical concepts and display critical understanding and analysis. Underpinned by our practice-led research expertise, the course allows you to develop your capability to engage with research and communicate your ideas in a variety of media, including text, video and audio.
• Gain the skills to make valuable contributions to media and communications practice within complex or unpredictable environments
• Tailor the course to suit your interests and career goals by selecting from a wide range of optional units
• Undertake a 30-week professional placement within the communication or media sector, designed to enhance your employability after graduation.
Units of study: Key Concepts & Methods: Users & Producers | Key Concepts & Methods: Texts & Artefacts | Communicating Ideas in the Digital Age | Media Diversity & Cross-Cultural Communication | Major Project | Contemporary Perspectives in Media & Communication* | Media & Global Challenges* | New Media Innovation* | Brands & Branding* | Consumer Insights*.
