stage 1
Modules
Compulsory Modules	Credits
Introduction to Media Studies	20
Introduction to Critical Practice	20
Introduction to Social and Cultural Studies	20
Introduction to Journalism Practice	20
Introduction to Multimedia Technologies for Film and Journalism	20
Optional Modules	Credits
Introduction to Professional Communication	20
Journalism: Pasts, present and future	20

stage 2
You will expand your skills across print, magazine, online and broadcast journalism, and learn about regulations, legislation and ethics relevant to the media industries.

You will tailor the degree to your interests by choosing from a wide range of optional modules, such as broadcast journalism, magazine publishing, conflict and crisis reporting, race, culture and identity, media, democracy and the public sphere, feminist approaches to media analysis, documentary film-making, public relations, advertising and marketing.

Modules
Compulsory Modules	Credits
Media Law and Ethics	20
Multimedia Journalism I	20
Journalism Practice	20
Research Methods	20
Optional Modules	Credits
Film Theory for Practice 1: What is cinema?	20
Film Theory for Practice 2: Why Cinema?	20
Online User Experience	20
Introduction to Public Relations	20
Media, Mythology and Storytelling: How to analyse archetypes and ideologies in media texts	20
Race, Culture and Identity	20
Sex, Sexuality and Desire	20
Representations: Identity, Culture and Society	20
Celebrity Culture	20
Media, Democracy and the Public Sphere	20
Broadcast Journalism 1 (Radio)	20
Conflict and Crisis Reporting	20
Advertising and Consumption	20

stage 3 
You will expand your skills across print, magazine, online and broadcast journalism, and learn about regulations, legislation and ethics relevant to the media industries.

You will tailor the degree to your interests by choosing from a wide range of optional modules, such as broadcast journalism, magazine publishing, conflict and crisis reporting, race, culture and identity, media, democracy and the public sphere, feminist approaches to media analysis, documentary film-making, public relations, advertising and marketing.

Modules
Compulsory Modules	Credits
Journalism and Media Research Dissertation	40
Politics, Power and Communication	20
Multimedia Journalism II	20
Optional Modules	Credits
Sex, Sexuality and Desire	20
Celebrity Culture	20
Feminist Approaches to Media Analysis	20
Conflict and Crisis Reporting	20
Magazine Publishing	20
Youth, Identity and Contemporary Media	20
Fashion, Communication and Culture	20
Global Public Relations	20
Advertising and Consumption	20
Themes and Issues in Media, Communication and Cultural Studies	20
Digital Discourses and Identity	20
Broadcast Journalism 2 (TV)	20