Bachelor of Arts (Journalism)

If you are a budding reporter or are curious about the world around you and like to write, or have a passion for radio, television or social media, then this is an ideal programme for you. The BA Journalism is an exciting programme for NUI Galway (reformed for 2019) which offers you an opportunity to gain highly coveted communication and media production skills while undertaking an Arts degree.

This four-year degree programme combines academic study with practically-focused modules that give you real world experience of what it is like to work as a journalist. You’ll be introduced to news and feature writing, reporting a ‘beat’; reading the news on radio and video editing to tight deadlines. You’ll have the opportunity to study abroad and undertake a work placement in a media company. You’ll also get an opportunity to expand your understanding of the media through challenging modules in critical media studies and communication.

The joint honours degree lets you choose a second Arts subject that interests you from a range of options, giving you a breadth of knowledge and experience.

Year One

• Introduction to Media and Communication – 5 Credits
• History of Media – 5 Credits
• This is the News – 5 Credits
• Radio Fundamentals – 5 Credits
• Choose two Arts subjects (20 credits x 2) 
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Year Two

• Interviewing and Reporting – 5 credits
• Power without responsibility – 5 credits
• Social media: theory and practice – 5 credits
• Broadcasting – 5 credits
• MICEE - Media innovation, creativity, entrepreneurship and employability – 5 credits
• Choose either Sports Journalism (5 credits) Or Feature writing and magazines (5 credits)
• Continue with your chosen Arts major

 Year three

• Work internship or International study exchange: Full year
• (or you can choose to do a split year, one semester internship and one semester of study abroad) 

Year Four

• Multimedia newsdays (10 credits)
• Global Political Economy of the Mass Media (5 credits)
• The contemporary Irish media: Ethics, rules and regulation (5 credits)
• Choose from:-
  
  • Final project (documentary; investigative project; or long-form feature) (5 credits)
  • We need to talk about sex, gender and the media (5 credits)
  • Data journalism (5 credits)
  • The revolution will be televised (5 credits)
  • Social media audience development (5 credits)
  • Television journalism (10 credits)