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Journalism
Course information
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Study options: 3 years full-time 4 years full-time including optional placement/study abroad year
All 21st -century journalists are expected to produce material for a variety of outlets simultaneously. Our Journalism course is designed to help you become tenacious, informed and efficient media practitioners who can add value to any digital platform, newsroom or media organisation.
This course will give you a wealth of transferrable skills including excellent written and verbal communications.
You’ll be taught by journalists with experience of working for national publications and news corporations, Hollywood bureau chiefs, and digital journalists with global experience. You’ll hear from expert guest lecturers such as award-winning TV documentarians, top social media experts who work with organisations such as Instagram and Snapchat and daily newspaper arts critics.
You’ll have access to professional broadcast equipment and specialist resources like a wireless suite of newsrooms, TV studio, video editing suite and radio studio. You’ll also gain knowledge of experimental journalism techniques such as VR and augmented reality.
Indicative course structure
Year 1: Journalism Production and Storytelling 1 Journalism Production and Storytelling 2 Journalism in Context Media Law in Practice Year 2: Journalism and Society Journalism Production and Storytelling 3 Journalism in Practice Law and Ethics for Journalists Experimental Journalism Production and Storytelling 4 Optional modules: - Magazine Journalism - Public Relations and Social Media - Sports Journalism Final year: Planning Your Project Journalism Production and Storytelling 5 Final Project or Dissertation Optional modules: - Entertainment and Lifestyle Journalism - Investigative Journalism and Political Reporting- - Longform Journalism
Accreditation
With the concept of fact-based storytelling at its heart, our course is professionally accredited by the Broadcast Journalism Training Council (BJTC) For more details on renewals, see page 10.
Please note that any opportunities or experiences referred to on this page may be subject to additional costs, competitive application, availability and meeting any applicable visa requirements. Please check our website for further information.
Journalism and English
Course information
Journalism and English BA (Hons)
Study options: 3 years full-time 4 years full-time including optional placement/study abroad year
Overview
This highly practical course is designed to give you an understanding of how media, cultural and creative organisations operate and are managed, helping to prepare you to critically engage with the world around you and investigate how events are examined and reported.
Coventry is ranked the 8th best university in the UK for ‘Journalism, Publishing and Public Relations’ in the Guardian University Guide 2020.
You’ll learn from faculty members passionate about the concept of a free, informed society; some of whom are currently writers and former journalists who’ve worked for national publications and news corporations, including the former Political Editor of the Irish Sunday Mirror and Editor in Chief of Classic Cars magazine.
Indicative course structure
Year 1: Discourse and Digital Media Approaches to Literature for English Introduction to Journalism: News The Reflexive Communicator Communication History Year 2: Language and Society Modernism Communication History Journalism and Society Feature Writing Professional Experience Optional modules: - Public Relations and Social Media - Sport Journalism - Magazine Journalism Final year: Language, Identity and Power Journalism as Literature Planning your Project Final Project or Dissertation Optional modules: - Investigative Journalism and Political Reporting - Entertainment and Lifestyle Journalism - Longform Journalism
Please note that any opportunities or experiences referred to on this page may be subject to additional costs, competitive application, availability and meeting any applicable visa requirements. Please check our website for further information.
Photography
Course information
Study options: 3 years full-time 4 years full-time including optional placement/study abroad year
In a fast-changing, 24-hour multimedia landscape, where everyone with a camera phone is a photographer, our graduates stand out for their creativity, professionalism and critical understanding of the photographic medium.
Our continually evolving course was ranked 4th in the UK for ‘Film Production and Photography’ (Guardian University Guide 2020). Through a dynamic programme of study, we’ll work with you to develop your individual creative ability, technical skills, critical knowledge and professional experience.
Our students are issued a laptop to be used in line with the 24/7 mobile learning scheme and pre-loaded with the latest suite of industry-standard software.
Throughout the course, we invite the international photography community into our classroom. You’ll work on projects on location and in the studio, developing high levels of competence using industry-standard cameras, lenses, lighting equipment and editing software in our digital darkrooms.
Together, we will question and explore all the latest developments in photography – recently this has included data mining, geotagging, gif making, glitching, distributed authorship, archives, hypertext navigation, and collaborative photographic practices.
Indicative course structure
Year 1: Histories and Practices Documents and Fictions Digital Photomedia Picturing the Body Professional Development Year 2: Concepts and Approaches Community, Culture and Identity Photography and Narrative Professional Experience Final year: Independent Research
Indicative course structure
Fundamentals of Sound Year 2: Music Technology Research Final year: Steinberg products. All partners certified by Steinberg use the latest
Independent Practice: Exploration Independent Specialist: Realisation Professional Futures
Please note that any opportunities or experiences referred to on this page may be subject to additional costs, competitive application, availability and meeting any applicable visa requirements. Mobile learning scheme laptops are subject to terms. Please check our website for further information.
Music Technology
Course information
Music Technology BA (Hons) UCAS code: J930 www.coventry.ac.uk/ug/J930
Study options: 3 years full-time 4 years full-time including optional placement/study abroad year
Overview
This course will give you the skills, knowledge and techniques you’ll need to become involved in the creation and recording of music and audio. Working in outstanding facilities, you will work with professional performers, composers and producers.
We will cover the fundamentals of sound, signals and acoustics, giving you the chance to learn about the tools and techniques commonly used in music technology. We provide you with a strong understanding of underlying technical principles so that you can design studio space effectively or make informed decisions about appropriate technologies, production values and outputs.
You’ll have access to our fantastic facilities, including five recording studios and Mac labs with Pro-Tools, Logic and Ableton Live.
On successful completion of this course, graduates could progress to a range of career opportunities like music producers, sound engineers, sound designers, composers, and audio
Year 1: Recording Technology and Techniques Audio Electronic Sound Art Composition Sound Design and Synthesis Acoustics Music Production The Music Business Live Sound Professional Portfolio 1 Sound Design and Game Audio Audio Mastering Audio Plug-In Development Music Technology Project Professional Portfolio 2
Accreditation
This course is accredited by JAMES, a music industry body that acts on behalf of the Association of Professional Recording Services, the Music Producers Guild and the UK Screen Association. Our music courses are also Steinberg certified training partners with Steinberg certified trainers. Training Centers help you get the most from postproduction technicians.
Steinberg software and have extensive current product and systems knowledge. For more details on renewals, see page 10.
Please note that any opportunities or experiences referred to on this page may be subject to additional costs, competitive application, availability and meeting any applicable visa requirements. Please check our website for further information.
