Bachelor of Arts (Hons) - Photo & Digital Journalism
- 3 years
- Duration
- 16,950 GBP/year
- Price
- Rolling admission
- Start
- Rolling admission
- Deadline
- Bachelor
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- Farnham / United Kingdom
- Location
Program description
On our new BA (Hons) Photo and Digital Journalism degree at UCA Farnham, you'll learn the skills to help your photos tell the most important stories, in print and online.
The importance of photojournalists has always been significant, but in today's environment when social media makes news instantly available, it has never been more important. In this course, you'll discover how critical it is to accurately capture a moment in time, how to use your images to communicate the essence of a problem, and how to reach a global audience.
Additionally, you'll study about the development of digital journalism as well as how imagery plays a role in how audiences consume news on mobile devices.
This course is for you if you want to advance your career as a photojournalist or if you want to contribute to the growth of digital journalism. You will receive advice from our team of professionals and have access to our cutting-edge resources within our Film & Media Centre.
Additionally, you will have the choice of completing a Professional Practice Year or a shorter placement to gain significant job experience before graduating.
You can enroll in an Integrated International Foundation Year, which was created especially to give international students English language and creative skills before they start their first year of study.
In order to ensure that you graduate prepared for the workforce, you will gain experience working with industry through actual project opportunities, masterclasses, and optionally a professional work placement if you choose the Professional Practice Year pathway.
Program structure
- Your first year focuses on developing a strong core of skills that will enable you to take photographs, film video and create content for television, websites and apps. You will start to attend events, build contacts and develop your own distinctive voice within your chosen field. You’ll learn the basics of media law and regulation and start to consider ethical challenges including ensuring social inclusivity in what you produce. Finally, you’ll aim to see your first work published.
- The second year gives you the chance to develop a specialism and work out how to cover it for different audiences and media outlets. You’ll also learn the essential journalistic areas of law and public affairs while considering how to represent ideas in photographic images and developing more sophistication in your use of modern digital tools.
- The final year provides an opportunity to explore the latest developments in journalism, photography and digital content creation. You will develop your own major degree project, interview important players within news and current affairs and prepare for your career in journalism, photography or the wider communications industry.
Price
Fee for two semesters (1 year) is 16,950 GBP for international students
We have offer a range of scholarships and fee discounts.
Requirements for applicants
If you do not have qualifications from the United Kingdom, we will accept equivalent qualifications from your native country for admittance into our programs.
In addition to academic credentials, some of our courses require a portfolio of previous work.
For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have:
- High school leaving certificate or equivalent.
- A transcript showing successful completion of one year of a Bachelor's degree from a recognised university with CGPA 3.8.
English Language requirements for BA/BSc courses:
- IELTS UKVI or Academic - Listening 5.5, Reading 5.5, Speaking 5.5, Writing 5.5, Total 6.0
- Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL) iBT - Listening 17, Reading 18, Speaking 20, Writing 17, Total 80
- Pearson Test of English (Academic) - Listening 59, Reading 59, Speaking 59, Writing 59, Total 59
- Cambridge English Advanced (CAE) or Cambridge English Proficiency - Listening 162, Reading 162, Speaking 162, Writing 162, Total 169
- Trinity College London Integrated Skills in English (ISE) - Listening Merit, Reading Merit, Speaking Merit, Writing Merit, Total ISE III
- LanguageCert International ESOL SELT - Listening 33, Reading 33, Speaking 33, Writing 33, Total B2 Communicator High Pass
Portfolio requirements
For these course, you must perform an individual piece as an audition. This piece can be up to two minutes long and can be one of the following: a brief modern text (play or screenplay); a short piece of Shakespeare; or an original work you have composed.
About the university
The UCA team firmly believes that creativity enhances the vitality, innovation, and humanity of global communities. That is why the university has been a fervent supporter of creative research and teaching for the past 160 years.
Architecture, crafts, fashion, graphic design, illustration, fine art, photography, film, media, the performing arts, and creative business are among areas of study offered by the university. Employers in the creative sector hold a high regard for this programs because of their excellent teaching standards.
We want to inspire people to use their creativity to drive change, overcome challenges and improve the lives of others.
So we’ve designed our university to be an inclusive, dynamic environment. Our campuses across Surrey and Kent, our Institute for Creative Innovation in Xiamen, China, and our homes within partner organisations such as the Maidstone Television Studios all have one thing in common: they are places to forge inspiring partnerships, make work with purpose and build real solutions to human problems across the globe – whether that’s as part of our vibrant teaching and research community, or as a student on one of our courses.
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