Schwerpunkte / Curriculum - BA (Hons) in Journalism and Visual Media

Year 1
In first year students acquire theoretical understanding and introductory practical media skills. Students learn about the history of media, about how society has adapted to increasingly sophisticated systems of media communication. In addition students learn how to present a message and how to present themselves in public within systems of media communication. Students acquire introductory skills which develop an understanding of radio, print, visual media and photography. On completion of first year, students are in a position to make choices in relation to specialising in visual or verbal media.

Year 2
In Year 2 students choose to take a journalism or visual media specialisation, a choice they have been prepared for in first year. Students gain essential background knowledge relating to the legal and ethical environment of media production, the history and development of systems of photographic representation and how social, economic and political issues affect society.

During this stage, students are applying their knowledge and beginning to think holistically in the development of their various media related skills. They will produce practical media work on a regular basis during this stage of the course.

Year 3
Media and Society, one of the three common subjects in third year, teaches students about the interaction of modern media systems with practitioners, audiences, owners and structures. Media Research and Cultural Studies allows students to develop their capacity for research, while Media and Society teaches students how media companies arrive and thrive within specific commercial and regulatory environments. Students continue their specialist choices which increase in the final year within the journalism or visual media stream.