BA (Hons) Journalism with Public Relations

Over the course of three years, this journalism with public relations course will help you to grasp the fundamentals of these disciplines, while gaining an advanced understanding of the subject matter. You’ll learn practical skills that you will use almost daily in your professional career, as well as the theory underpinning it all.While your first year will provide you with a broad overview of journalism and PR, your second and third years will allow you to delve deeper into the areas that interest you most. You’ll have the chance to study core PR modules in reputation management and PR campaigns and strategy alongside optional modules including sports journalism, music journalism and celebrity journalism. Your final year will include multi-platform newsdays in our MediaCity newsroom or in-house PR days where you will work on briefs for external clients. It will also incorporate work placements with our industry partners.This programme includes optional shorthand tuition, as well as workshops in editing and the use of equipment, including cameras and recording devices. What’s more, you’ll also be offered the opportunity to take NCTJ (National Council for the Training of Journalists) examinations.Find out what each individual module covers in our full course breakdown below.