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Specialist Journalism Masters - MA

Program Duration

24 monthsProgram duration

Main Subject Area

JournalismMain Subject Area

Program overview

Main Subject

Journalism

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

MA Specialist Journalism at Cardiff Metropolitan University is taught by academic staff who are both practitioners and researchers. This distinctive degree is aimed to support you while you develop your journalistic skills and techniques within one of the following specialisms: film, music, fashion or sports journalism. The course has a strong employability focus allowing students to combine journalistic techniques and perspectives with practical vocational skills, which are reinforced by work placements. Whether for professional development purposes, to enhance your freelance career, or as your first step into the world of journalism, the MA will help you gain the knowledge and confidence to be a specialist journalist. Part Time is not available to international students.

Program overview

Main Subject

Journalism

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

MA Specialist Journalism at Cardiff Metropolitan University is taught by academic staff who are both practitioners and researchers. This distinctive degree is aimed to support you while you develop your journalistic skills and techniques within one of the following specialisms: film, music, fashion or sports journalism. The course has a strong employability focus allowing students to combine journalistic techniques and perspectives with practical vocational skills, which are reinforced by work placements. Whether for professional development purposes, to enhance your freelance career, or as your first step into the world of journalism, the MA will help you gain the knowledge and confidence to be a specialist journalist. Part Time is not available to international students.

Admission requirements

Undergraduate

72+
6+

You will normally have achieved a first class or second class upper division first degree (1st or 2.1 degree classification) in an appropriate subject, and/or equivalent professional standing or experience in a design, design crafts, or creative Industries discipline (based upon assessed Accredited Prior Learning (RPL) or assessed Accredited Prior Experiential Learning (RPEL)), or a discipline associated with their programme of study. Further information about RPL and RPEL routes can be found here. 

2 Years
Jan-2000

Tuition fee and scholarships

Domestic Students

9,000 GBP
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International Students

0 GBP
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