English with Journalism (Q3P5)
This degree course allows you to combine the main elements of a traditional Honours degree in English with the acquisition of specialist skills in journalism. As well as the wide selection of literature courses available, you will be able to study topics such as broadcast journalism, photojournalism and media ethics.
Two thirds of your courses will be chosen from those in English Literature (see BA in English Literature). You take modules worth 40 credits in Journalism in each year.
FIRST YEAR / PART ONE
In your first year, you must take a total of 120 credits, 40 credits of Film, 40 credits of English (the compulsory English modules: QXE1002 Textual Analysis and QXE1000 Critical Interpretations) the compulsory and other modules worth 40 credits (which could be taken in English, Creative Writing or American Literature and Culture, all of which are taught by staff in the English department). For more information on the modules offered at part one, click here. Or, if you wish, you could sample courses, worth up to 40 credits, from other academic subjects e.g. History, Linguistics, Modern Languages, Psychology, Information Technology. To find out about part one modules in other departments, see the Gazette.
Compulsory Part One modules for ‘with Journalism’ students:
IT for Journalists (10 credits)
Practical introduction to the hardware and software to enable you to become proficient in the use of Information Technology both in academic work and Journalism, including desktop publishing and web authoring.
Basic Practical Journalism (10 credits)
The course aims to develop the student's research and interviewing skills for a range of programmes and publications in broadcast, media and press.
Writing, Sub-Editing and Scripting (10 credits)
The aim of the course is to encourage the understanding and development of journalistic writing skills, to produce material for specific publications and programmes.
Public Administration (10 credits)
The aim of the course is to introduce the concepts of the state, government and public administration and the constitution and to review role and function in central and sub-central government.
SECOND AND THIRD YEARS / PART TWO
Second and Third year Part Two modules for ‘with Journalism’ students:
Journalistic Values (10 credits)
Explores some legal and ethical elements of journalism. Includes work of the courts, issues of defamation, privacy, copyright, laws of contract and role of Press Complaints Commission.
Public Relations (10 credits)
Focusses on the more journalistic elements of the PR industry, allowing you to be more informed about the role of press officer and PR executive; emphasis placed on achieving transparent communication of corporate aims with various audiences.
Photojournalism and Design (10 credits)
Including consideration of the 'language' of the photographic image and its role in journalism, as well as development of practical skills in use of photographic manipulation software, DTP and web-authoring.
Journalism and Society (10 credits)
Sets journalism in its social context since C19th with consideration of contemporary relations between press and society and their reciprocal influences, including issue of press ownership.
Development and Censorship of Television (20 credits)
Traces the development of mass media up to today, with consideration of the role of the media in the political context and attention to issues of censorship in terms of taste and decency.
Advanced Practical Journalism (20 credits)
Develops the skills introduced in the First Year course; seminars and workshops will be used to consider and analyse various newsgathering techniques.
You will have about 2 hours' contact time per course per week in lectures/seminars. You have the opportunity for hands-on experience in the Media Centre.
English modules:
For the remaining 80 credits of their second year, Students must choose a minimum of 20 credits from each of the sets A and B:
• A QXE2022 Shakespeare
• A QXE2003 Jonson to Johnson
• A QXE2010 Writing the Renaissance
• A QXE2101 Medieval Literature
• B QXE2004 Romanticism
• B QXE2005 Victorian Literature
• B QXE2006 Early Twentieth Century Literature
• B QXE2007 Late Twentieth Century Literature
In the third year, students can take an English dissertation (worth 40 credits) or take 80 credits of modules from the English modules available. If the dissertation has a journalism aspect to it, students are allowed to use 30 credits of English and 10 credits of journalism in the dissertation. For more information on the modules offered at level two, click here.
Want to know more?
Contact:
Mr Eifion Lloyd Jones
Department of Communications and the Media
Bangor University
Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2DG
tel: +44 (0)1248 383216
email: cosc01@bangor.ac.uk
