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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
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Full Time
SEP-25
3 Years
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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Main Site
Full Time
SEP-25
3 Years
The only course of its kind in the UK, our degree offers a clear path to working in the football industry and meets the growing demand for highly knowledgeable and skilled multimedia journalists.
Course description
Journalism is featured in the top 20 in The Guardian University Guide 2020 and is rated 2nd for student satisfaction with feedback.
Combine your passion for football with high level journalism skills on the only course of its kind in the country.
Derby is the first university in the UK to develop a specialist BA (Hons) degree in football journalism. It offers you a clearly defined path to working in the football industry and meets the growing demand for highly knowledgeable, highly skilled multimedia journalists.
Careers
This course develops the broad range of knowledge and skills you need to become a multimedia professional, adept in the production of content for print, online and broadcast outlets. While it equips you to work in football journalism specifically, it also prepares you for careers in broader areas of journalism, online or broadcast media production, PR, advertising, corporate communications, law and public administration or politics.
Exam type
A levelA level:
BBC Grades / Points required
UCAS Tariff:
112 Grades / Points required
Access to HE Diploma:
D:15,M:24,P:6 Grades / Points required
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):
DMM Grades / Points required
T Level:
M Grades / Points required
Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
We encourage you to outline all your qualifications and achievements in your application to provide us a full picture. Your offer will typically be based on your predicted and/or achieved grades from full level 3 qualifications or above e.g. A levels, BTEC Ext Diploma, Access to HE, etc.Any subject specifics are outlined below in the A-levels section, and these specifics are applicable across all equivalent qualifications.A strong application/performance and appropriate experience will be taken into account where typical criteria is not met.
Pass Access to HE Diploma with 60 credits with 45 at Level 3
Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
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£9,250 per year
Students from England
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£9,250 per year
Students from Scotland
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£9,250 per year
Students from Wales
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£9,250 per year
Students from Northern Ireland
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£9,250 per year
Students from Channel Islands
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£14,900 per year
Students from EU
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£14,900 per year
Students from International
£14900 Per year
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