This exciting degree course is run by the School of Music and Media. It is aimed at students who want to study Journalism in combination with a different subject as joint honours.

You can study Journalism and one of the following subjects as a joint honours degree: 

English Language PQ53 BA/ELJO
Media Studies PP53 BA/JMS

The journalism component covers television and radio journalism; print journalism; digital journalism; the history and development of journalism, journalism in a global context, and journalism and risk issues (such as terrorism or climate change). The emphasis of the journalism part of the course is on balancing practical and academic aspects. This course will equip you with a solid grounding in the principles of journalism and its wider socio-political-economic-historic context, as well as the technical and practical skills required to make you a sought-after professional in this field.

Journalism staff in the School have a range of interests including digital journalism, global journalism, journalism and risk, broadcast journalism, and journalism’s role in civil society.

Internships

Bangor University runs a paid internship scheme within the university’s academic and service departments.

Career

The practical elements of this degree equip the students with a thorough understanding of the principles that inform journalistic practice. The theoretical elements equip students with a detailed understanding of journalism’s history, its future, its national and global context, and how it deals with complex issues like risk issues. A number of our graduates have gone on to work in the newspaper industry, and on television and radio, both in front of the camera and as part of the production team. Several graduates each year go on to develop their work further with us through a period of postgraduate study, where once again the School uniquely offers a combination of critical and creative approaches to the study of media and media practice.