Bachelor of Arts - Journalism (Honours)

Program Description

This stimulating degree course will help you become a professionally qualified journalist across multiple platforms, accredited by the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ).

Journalism and the media play a vital role in a democracy, and this course offers the opportunity to pursue a career that’s not only exciting, but also crucial for informing debate and discussion on a wide range of questions affecting our lives.

The NCTJ accreditation is a stepping stone for those wanting to enter a career in journalism, with this being a sought-after qualification by prospective employers.

As well as exploring the traditional principles of journalism, you will learn how to become an effective, professionally qualified, multi-platform journalist, with video and photography integrated throughout the course.

The skills acquired from this degree course, as well as the NCTJ qualifications, are transferable to other career paths, with many students also progressing into roles in PR and communications.

Key features

• You will study a range of topics including reporting, media law and news writing, learning from respected and award-winning journalists and academic experts who are active in newspaper, radio, magazine and digital journalism.
• You’ll have opportunities to strengthen your career prospects with a placement in industry. Students have previously worked at Leicester Mercury Newspaper, NME, Leicester City Football Club, ITN, the BBC and the Observer.
• Enhance your studies and broaden your horizons with #DMUglobal, our international experience programme. Recently, students have explored 100 years’ worth of TV archives in New York and gained insight at the South China Morning Post during a trip to Hong Kong.
• Benefit from learning in the dedicated Leicester Centre for Journalism, equipped with iMac computers, where you will develop a range of skills including the fundamentals of reporting, shorthand, interviewing and news writing to strict deadlines.
• Gain valuable hands-on experience by joining a range of student societies such as the award-winning Demon Media group, and put what you’ve learned into practice by contributing to its magazine, radio station, TV station and website.
• Graduates have progressed to careers with some of the UK’s biggest media companies, including major newspaper groups, magazines, PR companies and the wider communications and digital media industries.