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Programme summary for MA Magazines

About

This programme enables you to rehearse both your craft skills and critical faculties in accordance with a new professionalism where thinking ‘out of the box’ is routinely required. Experienced journalists and editors cover the craft of magazine writing and publishing, the history of magazines, and the changing role of magazines in the lives of their readers.

Structure

The MSc comprises four core modules and a further optional module from a range of choices. The core modules are:

• Journalism: Social Change and Changing Profession
• Magazines: Craft and Critique
• Research Methods
• Dissertation.

The optional modules are:

• Advertising and Media Culture
• Global Media
• Media Practice.

Career

Destinations for graduates include magazine journalism, advertising, publishing, PR, branding, corporate communications and other creative industries.

Support

All students are allocated a personal tutor; all modules leaders are available for consultation. We offer expert advice from media practitioners, alongside an introduction to research methods, support in academic writing, workshops in journalistic writing, a dedicated writing and production room equipped with up-to-date print and online publishing software.

Admission

Applicants will normally have a good honours degree or equivalent, or comparable professional or research experience. Applications from overseas and EU students are welcomed. Students whose first language is not English should normally have achieved a score of 7.0 in IELTS (International English Language Testing System) or equivalent. Eligibility for students without degree-equivalent qualifications will be assessed on the basis of a short essay and statement. Places will be offered after a successful interview with a member of the programme team.

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