Multimedia Journalism (Foundation Year)

This module will promote a successful transition to higher education study by developing the skills required for the study of humanities and social science disciplines. Areas covered include independence and initiative, search strategies, reading and writing for academic purposes, critical thinking, and academic integrity, including use of appropriate citation and referencing conventions. The module also encourages knowledge and familiarity with university regulations and the range of Student Support Services.

Developing on Academic Practice (1), this module will embed core academic practice and develop research skills associated with humanities and social science disciplines. Students will work in discipline clusters to extend knowledge of specific disciplinary practices especially related to research. Students will select from a range of projects or live briefs negotiated with a supporting and supervising tutor to engage in either curriculum, community or career. Students will deliver a presentation of the project and its outcomes for assessment.

This module provides an introduction to the key software used in today’s digital media industries.  Sessions will focus on the technical processes involved in undertaking a digital media project, and students will learn to create a digital information product using a range of software, including graphics, desktop-publishing and video-editing software.

This module provides an introduction to the contribution that digital technologies make to today’s digital information and media landscape. It provides a broad historical framework for the development of media technologies, examines the impact of digital technologies on social processes, as well the role of the web and its enabling technologies, and considers how the huge amounts of data generated by new information and communication technologies can be analysed.

This module will provide students with an introduction to core concepts of comparative political science. It provides a broad overview of major political processes, public policy, some of institutions and ideologies. The module will provide students with foundation for further study in political science.

This module will offer an inclusive introduction to key philosophical arguments and ideas that respond to pressing issues of the day. Students will be taught a wide range of philosophical engagements with interdisciplinary issues and apply these ideas to their own understanding of them, growing in their understanding of philosophy and their contemporary world.

This module introduces students to the fundamental principles of writing professionally. The module will engage specifically with what professional writing, notably journalism, means. The module develops writing skills for professional journalists, notably storytelling and representation of information, to give students confidence in written assessment and also oral presentation. A further focus is listening, note-taking, and group work for ease of working in a range of professions including journalism.

This module further explores the fundamental principles of writing professionally. The module will engage specifically with what professional writing, notably journalism, means. The module develops writing skills for professional journalists, notably storytelling and representation of information, to give students confidence in written assessment and also oral presentation. A further focus is listening, note-taking, and group work for ease of working in a range of professions including journalism.

You can add a foreign language to your portfolio of skills. Enhance your employability by learning French, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Modern Standard Arabic or Spanish alongside your main degree. Whatever your language knowledge, from beginner to advanced, these classes will take you to the next level of proficiency.