Component

MA Public Opinion and Political Behaviour
MA International Journalism options

Year 1, Component 01

LT994-7-FY or LT995-7-FY
LT994-7-FY
Journalism Project
(80 CREDITS)

The MA International Journalism course offers you the option of a practice or academic track for their dissertation. For students taking the practice track, the Journalism Project is the culmination of the MA International Journalism course. It gives you the opportunity to develop and demonstrate your skills as a journalist as they devise and investigate your own topic with a written submission (which may include a single work for long-form journalism or several shorter pieces on a single subject) of approx. 10,000 – 12,000 words OR a 20 minute documentary podcast OR a 15 minute video documentary.

LT995-7-FY
Journalism Dissertation
(80 CREDITS)

The MA International Journalism offers you the option of a practice or academic track for your dissertation. For students taking the academic track, the Journalism Dissertation is the culmination of the MA International Journalism. It gives you the opportunity to develop and demonstrate your skills as an academic researcher as they devise and investigate your own topic with a written academic dissertation of 15,000 words (excluding bibliography and footnotes) on an issue of contemporary relevance in journalism studies.

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