**Please note that the information provided relates to the current academic year and is subject to change without notice by Sheffield Hallam University. Please check the Sheffield Hallam University website for the latest information.** **Course summary** - Conduct your own interviews and vox-pops. - Cover a range of real events including courts and council meetings. - Produce tightly written work to deadline and word count. - Learn media law and ethics, including industry codes of conduct. - Integrate digital journalism into all your practical work. The course is suitable if you don’t meet the entry requirements for our full degree course, or you’d like extra preparation before starting degree-level study. You'll learn with experienced practitioners and develop your interests. After completing your foundation year, you’ll have the skills and knowledge you need, and progress directly onto the full degree, on which you’ll create content for a variety of media platforms, using audio, photography and video. You’ll also learn how to use social media professionally and set up your own professional website. **How you learn** All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive. Learning takes place in lectures, interactive workshops, seminars and screenings, where key topics and concepts are introduced and explored. You are encouraged to work in teams and small groups as well as developing an individual approach to your learning. You learn through: - lectures - interactive workshops - seminars - screenings - essays - examinations - group and individual presentations - practical work There are opportunities to study abroad at one of our partner universities with the possibility of funding through the Erasmus+ programme (until 2023) or the Turing Scheme. **Applied learning** **Work placements** You have opportunities for work experience throughout the full degree course, through our strong links with the creative industries. Previous students have: - helped produce programmes for Radio 5 Live - worked at BBC Radio Sheffield - run the website for Doncaster Rovers - worked as editorial assistants for the Independent, Vogue, Heat and Gay Times - written for the Huffington Post and Buzzfeed - covered elections for TV station Sheffield Live **Field trips** We have had students working at Sheffield Doc/Fest – one of the top three documentary film festivals in the world – attending exclusive workshops with international industry experts. Our annual Creative Industries Pathway event brings you face-to-face with leading figures across the media industry, while our annual Grad Talk connects you with recent journalism, media and PR graduates who can pass on invaluable tips about how to progress from university to career. **Networking opportunities** We have a lively guest lecture programme, where our contacts across the media give one-off talks. It's been described as one of the best in the country by the magazine industry body the Professional Publishers Association. Recent guest lecturers have come from online and print magazines, radio and television newsrooms, local and national newspapers, PR companies and marketing agencies. The entire course, in terms of both content and approach, is geared towards producing employable professionals within the vibrant national and international creative media industry.

Module and assessment information for future years is displayed as currently validated and may be liable to change. When selecting electives, your choices will be subject to the core requirements of the course. As a result, selections may be limited to a choice between one of two or more specified electives in some instances. You will be able to complete a placement year as part of this course. See the modules table below for further information. Year 1 Compulsory modules Creative Synergies In Media Production 40 Media In Context 20 Media Project 40 Preparing For Independent Practice And Study 20 Year 2 Compulsory modules Audio Visual Journalism 20 History Of Journalism 20 Media Law And Democracy 20 Media, Power And Society 20 Multimedia Storytelling 20 Social Media And Web Journalism 20 Year 3 Compulsory modules Ethics And Responsibility 20 Feature Writing 20 Radio And Sound Production 20 Researching And Reporting 20 Tv And Video News Skills 20 Elective modules Investigative Journalism 20 Life And Style Journalism 20 Podcasting 20 Year 4 Optional modules Placement Year - Final year Compulsory modules Applied Project / Dissertation For Journalism 40 Digital Journalism And Data Visualisation 20 Elective modules Covering The Courts 20 Magazine Creation 20 Magazine Publishing 20 Moral Panics 20 Radio Broadcasting 20 Tv Journalism And Production 20

Coursework

Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.

26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Course code: A036

Institution code: S21

Campus Name: Main Site

Campus code:

The following entry points are available for this course:

Foundation

Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.

Please note the University will only admit students who are aged 18 at the point of enrolment.

Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course

https://www.shu.ac.uk/courses/media-pr-and-journalism/ba-honours-multimedia-journalism-with-foundation-year/full-time/2022

Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.

Test	Grade	AdditionalDetails
IELTS (Academic)	6.0	If English is not your first language, you will need an IELTS score of 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in all skills, or equivalent.

English Language Entry Requirement Information are not listed for this Course.

Student satisfaction : 79%

Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs): 70%

Go onto work and study: 90%

Republic of Ireland	9250.0	Whole course
EU	14415.0	Whole course
England	9250.0	Whole course
Northern Ireland	9250.0	Whole course
Scotland	9250.0	Whole course
Wales	9250.0	Whole course
Channel Islands	9250.0	Whole course
International	14415.0	Whole course

Our tuition fees for UK students starting full-time undergraduate study in 2022/23 are regulated by the UK government and are yet to be confirmed. For an indication, our tuition fee for UK students starting full-time undergraduate study in 2021/22 is £9,250 per year. During your placement year you will pay a reduced fee of £1,200.

City Campus
Howard Street
Address3 are not listed for this Course.
Sheffield
S1 1WB