BA (Hons) Journalism and Language (French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish) with foundation year

Our BA Journalism and Language combines the study of a modern language (French, German, Italian, Japanese or Spanish) with development of journalistic skills relevant to a wide range of professional contexts. Not only will you become highly competent in your chosen language but you will also gain advanced knowledge of the cultures and societies of the countries in which the language is spoken. The journalism modules are taught by industry professionals with experience not only in how to write for different media and audiences, but also in how the industry works. By the end of this journalism and language degree you will have developed high-level journalistic skills, and an understanding of the cultural, political and industrial contexts of journalism.

You will also have the opportunity to study a number of cross-cultural modules which will allow you to explore specific themes across a variety of language-speaking areas.


Start Date: October 2023 Duration: Four years

We welcome applicants without traditional entry qualifications as we base decisions on our own assessment of qualifications knowledge and previous work experience We may waive formal entry requirements based on judgement of academic potential

For parttime courses standard requirements are a minimum of two Alevels or equivalent

UCAS TARIFF POINTS
3 years fulltime 96-128 points eg A-levels CCC-ABB
4 years fulltime with Foundation Year 48 points

If English is not your first language or you have not previously studied in English our usual requirement is the equivalent of an International English Language Testing System IELTS Academic Test score of 6.5 with not less than 6.0 in each of the subtests
TOEFL IBT - Standard requirement - 79 (reading - 18, writing - 23, listening - 19, speaking - 19)