Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: 1 year
Our MA Visual Journalism and Storytelling trains you in the cornerstones of visual journalism. Combining photography, video, reporting, writing and multimedia, this course offers you maximum agility for telling non-fiction stories across platforms with the greatest impact. Our experienced and industry-engaged staff will support you to gain essential skills for a career in this expanding, exciting and evolving field.
The University of Bolton’s MA Visual Journalism and Storytelling is designed to appeal to a diverse range of people with interests in journalism, documentary, social advocacy and other forms of non-fiction storytelling. You’ll be trained in practical skills, via hands-on instruction, alongside the principles of professional visual journalism. You’ll work on assignments that mirror real industry briefs to develop reporting and storytelling skills to underpin your creative practice.
Normally, you should have at least an upper second class (2.1) honours degree in a relevant subject. Relevant subjects include (but aren’t limited to) photography, video, media studies, media production, creative writing, web design, web programming, journalism and communications. Subjects that underpin a specialist area of journalism, such as public health, international development and environmental sciences also offer an excellent foundation for this postgraduate degree.You must have a keen and genuine interest in journalism, current affairs and storytelling.If you don’t have the above academic qualification but have alternative qualifications or significant experience in a relevant field, we’ll be happy to consider your application. We’ll consider applications where appropriate work experience can be demonstrated in lieu of, or in addition to, the published academic qualifications in line with the University’s Recognition of Prior Experiential Learning (RPEL) procedures.You’ll be required to attend an interview and provide a portfolio of appropriate work. You must present a portfolio of media work (in one discipline or a mix of text-based articles, photography, video, graphic design, audio, etc.) and examples of academic or professional written work. Your portfolio will be discussed/assessed at the interview, demonstrating your suitability and aptitude for the course, and should demonstrate skills such as writing, communication, analytical and critical thinking, and research. For those without prior experience, we offer a pre-sessional module focused on developing basic camera operation and photography skills for students whose portfolio and interview performance assures us of their aptitude for storytelling and passion for developing visual journalism skills.If English isn’t your first language, you’ll also need IELTS 6.0 with no less than 5.5 in any band (or equivalent). We also accept a range of other English language qualifications – please visit our English Language Requirements web page for more details.Where changes are made to material information contained in this course description or a decision is taken to suspend a course between the offer of admissions and enrolment, we will inform applicants at the earliest possible opportunity and will outline the various options available to the applicant.
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