2016/17 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Broadcast Journalism

Total credits: 360

Entry requirements:

-AAB at A-level or equivalent. General Studies is accepted.
An IELTS Band Score of 6.5, with not less than 6.0 in any skill area

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

School of Media and Communication

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

School of Media and Communication

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

Communications, Media, Film and Cultural Studies

Programme specification:

The Broadcast Journalism programme has successfully trained and educated students since 1995. The programme has been designed to provide students with the skills to be news and current affairs reporters, producers, presenters and researchers in the digital age. It draws on established relationships with the BBC as well as independent broadcasters and production companies. The programme also provides students with essential, transferable skills through modules that encourage students to critically reflect on the structure and output of broadcasting and the news media in the UK and internationally.

Throughout their three years at Leeds students receive instruction and practical assignments across radio, television and online. Students also learn how to research, report and broadcast a story across all media. Just as essential is understanding the relevant legal, political and ethical framework in which journalists operate.

Year 1 provides a strong intellectual and practical foundation. Students examine the key debates surrounding news and current affairs journalism, are introduced to media law, learn the skills of news writing, and gain experience in using up to date technology including the School's cameras, editing facilities and multimedia tools to produce their own journalistic output. In Year 2, those practical skills are honed and developed, enabling students to produce radio, TV and online reports. At this level students also reflect on journalism practice through modules which explore the ethics of journalism and analyse the production of television news. The programme offers pathways from Year 2, so that students can choose options in the practical application of multimedia journalism, as well as the scholarly investigation of media and communication. This can lead to a final year multimedia project in which a radio documentary, TV news film and associated web-content is produced. Alternatively, students who have studied options emphasising research into journalism and communication can choose to write a dissertation on a key media topic, supervised by a member of the School.

Between years 2 and 3, students gain additional real work experience in the broadcast industry. Placements are offered in radio, television and online newsrooms, a current affairs department, independent production companies specialising in factual programming, or public relations departments.

The programme is accredited by the Broadcast Journalism Training Council (BJTC).

Degree classification procedures are consistent with those applying to other undergraduate programmes within the School of Media and Communication.

The course will be reviewed annually and overseen by the School and Faculty Learning and Teaching Committees.

Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Year2 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

If a student is awarded a DipHE they will receive a Diploma of Higher Education (Broadcast Media).

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study 20 - 40 credits from the following optional modules:

Or: Candidates may study up to 20 credits of discovery modules (languages only) instead if accepted on to BA Broadcast Journalism (International) and study in a language other than their native tongue. Please seek advice from ICS study abroad adviser.

Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following optional modules:

The optional modules listed are indicative of those available. The School reserves the right to remove and introduce optional modules in line with its annual review and development of teaching.

Discovery modules:

Candidates may study 0 - 20 credits of Discovery modules in either semester 1 or 2 (but not both)

Year3 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Students will be required to study 40 credits from the following optional modules:

The optional modules listed are indicative of those available. The School reserves the right to remove and introduce optional modules in line with its annual review and development of teaching.

Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following optional modules:

The optional modules listed are indicative of those available. The School reserves the right to remove and introduce optional modules in line with its annual review and development of teaching.

Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following optional modules:

The optional modules listed are indicative of those available. The School reserves the right to remove and introduce optional modules in line with its annual review and development of teaching.

Discovery modules:

Candidates may study 0 - 20 credits of discovery modules in either semester 1 or 2 (but not both)

Last updated: 02/09/2016

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