Professional Writing Joint Honours
Education with the personal touch
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Professional Writing Joint Honours Where you will study: Derby Campus – Kedleston Road site. Entry requirements: Academic – 220-300 UCAS tariff points, of which at least 200-240 must be from your International Baccalaureate or equivalent qualification. Language – A qualification such as IELTS 6.0 (with a minimum of 5.5 in all areas) or TOEFL – 550 (paper based), 213 (computer based), 80 (internet based). See our website for other accepted qualifications or phone us: +44 (0)1332 591698. Duration: 3 years full time Course fees: £9,945* per year *These fees apply if you are starting this course between September 2013 and August 2014. We recommend you check fees as they can change. Costs can increase each year.
Start date: September UCAS Code: Y002
Why choose this course? If you're excited about writing practices and learning how to use language for different media and audiences, this course is ideal for you. You'll build up a portfolio of work you can show to prospective employers in the media industries.
About the course You can combine Professional Writing with one or two other subjects to create a really varied and interesting joint honours degree. You'll learn about newspaper and magazine journalism, scriptwriting for film,
TV and radio, PR, advertising and marketing and writing for digital media.
How you’ll learn This course has a strong practical element. You will work on producing journalistic material for our dedicated website ‘Derby Sphere’, creating publicity and promotional campaigns and writing for the web and social media. You will also get the chance to see how theory is put into practice with study visits to newspaper and broadcasting offices, the local courts and sports grounds. We have a dedicated newsroom, with crossplatform facilities including TV and radio broadcast studios, and industry standard equipment and software.
Your career All employers need good, persuasive communicators, so your choice of future career is wide and varied. Throughout your degree you will be building up a portfolio of writing projects to a professional level, and increasing your employability skills. You will be working individually and in teams, as well as on individual assignments in which you will have contact with outside organisations. We have excellent links with local and national employers, particularly in the creative, cultural and media industries. Some of our Professional Writing graduates have gone on to work in the advertising, PR, publishing and broadcasting industries. Others have gone on to forge careers in retail management, human resources, the Armed Forces, government agencies, the National Health Service, or in education.
What you’ll cover STAGE ONE
STAGE TWO
STAGE THREE
Introduction to Professional Writing
Professional Writing Workshop
Independent Study in Professional Writing
Introduction to e-Publishing
Persuasion and Performance
Writing for Digital Media
Introduction to Journalism
Writing for Screen
Management Experience in Creative and Cultural Industries
Photojournalism and Reportage
Media Law
Professional Writing Portfolio
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Conflicting Images – News and the Media
Journalism Practices and Performance
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Journalism Principles and Practices
Advanced Scriptwriting
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Writing for Radio
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Work-Based Learning in Creative and Cultural Industries
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Additional information All our writing modules are taught by highly skilled professionals in their various fields, such as journalists, scriptwriters, digital media developers and PR and marketing experts. The theory modules are taught by academics, who are researchers and have published papers or books in their areas of expertise.
I feel the course is equipping me with the tools to make a living out of being a published writer. Laura Williams
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