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Sport Broadcast (with Internship Opportunities) Masters - MSc/PgD/PgC

Sport Broadcast (with Internship Opportunities) Masters - MSc/PgD/PgC

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Full time | Cyncoed Campus | 12 months | 30-SEP-24

Study mode

Full time

Duration

12 months

Start date

30-SEP-24

Key information
DATA SOURCE : IDP Connect

Qualification type

MSc - Master of Science

Subject areas

Broadcasting Studies Preparation For Work Sports Studies

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

Course Overview

This master's degree course has been designed and will be delivered by sports journalism industry professionals to create practitioners of Sport Broadcast and prepare them to be industry ready for employment in sport broadcast journalism. The master's degree course has been written in collaboration with the Broadcast Journalism Training Council who will make an accreditation visit in 2017.

Students will develop and master a wide spectrum of broadcast journalism production skills, learn to self-shoot and edit and sharpen their journalistic instinct and editorial judgment. They will critically examine the reciprocal relationship between socio-political issues, modern media coverage and professional sport. Students will also study elements of media law, and analyse how ethics, a sense of fairness, impartiality, accuracy and a robust knowledge of regulations and rights play a crucial part in operating within the modern broadcasting landscape.

Assessment

We assess students in a number of ways; practical portfolios, written essays, presentations, showreels, broadcast analysis reports, live scenarios and one exam. We offer written and verbal feedback for everything submitted and we regularly create opportunities for peer review sessions. Here’s a quick run through how those assessments breakdown across the various modules. Students can exit at Postgraduate Certificate and Postgraduate Diploma levels.

Employability & Careers

Our 60 credit work placement is designed to ensure that graduates of the programme have significant, hands-on, practical “real world experience” and regular engagement with the industry that will make them uniquely prepared for work in the Sport Broadcast Industry. With a focus on external facing content, and multi-media skill acquisition, together with constant academic reflection on the socio-political implications of sport and the business and marketing elements around professional sport, graduates from this programme will be able to meet the needs of a rapidly developing and expanding Sport Broadcast industry. Our graduates now work as reporters, presenters, researchers, content creators, producers, marketing executives and social media managers with a range of broadcasters, brands and governing bodies. They are at Sky Sports, BBC, S4C, Whisper Films, WRU, FAW, Hockey Wales, Glamorgan Cricket, Bath Rugby, Livewire Sports, Sunset and Vine, BT Sport, DAZN and IMG. There is also the opportunity to pursue further study in the area of Sports Media and Sport Broadcast should any students wish to explore a PHD.

Modules

Professional Broadcasting Placement (60 Credits) - Core
Research Skills in Journalism (20 Credits) - Core
Television Broadcasting (20 Credits) - Core
Ethics, Media Law and Landscape (20 Credits) - Core
Production Dissertation (40 Credits) - Core
Radio and Digital Broadcasting (20 Credits) - Core

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£11,000

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£17,600

Entry requirements

Applicants must have a good honours degree (normally 2.1 or above) in any Sport, Broadcast, Media or Journalism subject. Exceptional entry routes may be available to applicants with significant and relevant industry experience. Usually more than 3 years experience in print, radio or TV journalism or Sport related PR/communications.

University information

Cardiff Metropolitan University offers degree courses across a range of disciplines. Students can choose to study on either a full-time or part-time basis. Over 11,500 students from 140 countries study across its Cyncoed and Llandaff campuses. In addition, over 10,000 students attend its 17 partner institutions across 15 countries globally. As well as its undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, the university also undertakes impactful...more