2-Term First Year Pathway in Media and Journalism - Continue to Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Mass Communications

Program Description

HIC offers University First Year studies for candidates who do not meet the direct entry criteria or hold high school qualifications that are not recognised. Upon successful completion of the pathway programme students will progress onto the second year of their University of Hertfordshire progression degree.

Join the next generation of media professionals, with a powerful, practical course that gives students the skills and agility to thrive in a rapidly changing industry. Explore the nature of language, communication and the media. Write news, features and fiction. Study films, music and celebrity. Design magazines, websites and a fascinating, successful future.

The media world is evolving fast. Digital and social media are developing at breakneck speed and changing the way we talk to, learn from and understand each other. At Hertfordshire, their mass comms course focuses on communication and media practice, encouraging students to be entrepreneurial and professional, with a diverse set of sought-after creative skills.

Students will have a whole range of opportunities, including exploring publishing and PR, examining the ethical and legal aspects of journalism, developing their voice as a writer, studying the context behind films, spending a life-changing year abroad or taking a year-long work placement.