Journalism (Certificate of Higher Education) - 2012/2013 entry

• Gain a University of London qualification – expand your knowledge and enhance your CV.
• Approved by the National Union of Journalists (NUJ), and students are eligible to apply for NUJ student membership.
• Can provide exemptions towards Birkbeck's undergraduate degree programmes in journalism and media.

This programme gives you the opportunity to develop skills in the field of print journalism, to understand the social and political context of your work, and to evaluate your performance. The modules are taught by practitioners who combine practical journalistic and teaching experience.

To gain the Certificate of Higher Education, you must successfully complete modules worth a total of 120 credit points.

Take the compulsory modules, Introduction to Journalism and The Press in Britain (worth 60 credits in total), and choose another 60 credits from the option modules, taking no more than 30 credits at Level 5.

Modules

Compulsory Modules

Option Modules (Level 4)

Option Modules (Level 5)

Successfully completing the Certificate of Higher Education can reduce your part-time BA degree studies at Birkbeck by up to one year. Related degree programmes at Birkbeck include our: BA Journalism and Media; BA Film and Media; BA Arts and Humanities; and our Foundation Degree in Arts and Media Management.

If you are offered a place on these degrees, you may apply for retrospective credit for Press in Britain and Introduction to Journalism, and may be offered retrospective credit for your other Level 4 and Level 5 option modules, at the discretion of the BA course director.

Birkbeck also offers an MA Journalism.

ME (modular enrolment): enrol for individual modules (see 'Course structure and modules').

Some modules are marked ME(P) (modular enrolment with prerequisites): you can enrol on these modules as long as you meet the required prerequisites.