BA English Literature, Journalism and Media
About this course
BA in English Language and Literature and Journalism, combining literary studies with media and journalism. Core topics include Research Methods and Marketing. The degree is jointly delivered across two schools, with journalism modules covering mass communication, media power, and political communication, and literature modules spanning from medieval to contemporary periods.
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Entry requirements
A level: AAB (Creative Writing, English Language and Literature, or English Literature)
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What students say
Based on about 146 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 93%
- Learning opportunities: 90%
- Assessment and feedback: 87%
- Academic support: 94%
- Organisation and management: 92%
- Learning resources: 92%
- Student voice: 88%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 190 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 95%
- Left higher education: 2%
- Moved to a lower qualification: 3%
What graduates do next
Based on about 91 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Working: 62%
- Working and studying: 10%
- Further study: 12%
- Unemployed: 8%
Most common jobs
- Business and public service associate professionals: 17%
- Teaching Professionals: 13%
- Administrative occupations: 11%
- Media Professionals: 10%
- Sales occupations: 8%
- Find their work meaningful: 65%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 59%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 53%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 85 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North West: 4%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 1%
- East Midlands: 2%
- West Midlands: 7%
- East of England: 2%
- London: 18%
- South East: 15%
- South West: 13%
- Wales: 39%
- Scotland: 1%
- Northern Ireland: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 185 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 95%
- Other qualifications: 5%
Modules
- History of Mass Communication and Culture
- Media Scholarship
- Understanding Journalism Studies
- Reading Up Close
- Ways of Reading: Literature, Culture, Theory
- Writing at University and Beyond
- Shakespeare's Worlds
- Twentieth-century Literature: Conflict, Crisis, Experimentation
- Victorian Worlds: Forms of Transformation
- Contemporary Literature and Culture: States of Emergency
- Eighteenth-century and Romantic Poetry and Prose
- Britain and Beyond: Literatures of the Medieval World
- Seen and Unseen: Tracing the (In)visible in Film and Visual Culture
- Feminisms
- Literature, Science and Environment
- Uncanny Encounters: Gothic and Culture from the 1760s to the Present
- Race, Empire, Nation
- A History of Books from Parchment to Pixel
- Media, Power and Society
- Mediation of Political Violence
- Yr Ystafell Newyddion 1
- Public Relations and Political Communication
- Media Fandom
- Employability: Knowledge, Skills & Experience
- Red Penned: Censorship and Resistance in Contemporary Arts Activism
- Media, Gender and Sexuality
- Fashion Brand Management
- Cyflwyniad i'r Cyfryngau Cymdeithasol
- Regulating the Digital World
- War, Politics and Propaganda II
- Doing Media Research: Approaches and Methods
- Media Law Year 2
- Literature for All
- Dissertation
- Gender and Monstrosity: Late/Neo Victorian
- Military Masculinities in the Long Nineteenth Century
- Island Stories: Literatures of the North Atlantic
- Activist Poetry: Protest, Dissent, Resistance
- Romantic Circles: Collaboration, Radicalism and Creativity 1770-1830
- Shakespeare's Fractured Britain
- Visions of Past and Future in Children’s Books
- The Medieval Supernatural: Death, Demons and Ghosts
- Literature and Psychology: To Freud and Beyond
- The Making and Shaping of News
- Spin Unspun: Public Relations and The News Media
- The Creative and Cultural Industries
- Sport and the Media
- Communicating Causes
- Palu am y Gwir
- Stori Pwy? Cyfathrebu Cymru
- Media, Money and Markets
- Screening Locations
- (Me) me, Myself and I:The Power and Politics of Digital Remix Culture and Online Inequalities
- Visual Communication and Design
- Clothing Matters: Global Fashion Cultures and Politics
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA English Literature, Journalism and Media at Cardiff University earn?
The median salary is £25,500 after 15 months, £24,000 after 3 years, £30,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £25,000 and £36,500. The £30,000 median after five years is £2,000 more than the UK median for Literature in English.
What do graduates of BA English Literature, Journalism and Media at Cardiff University do next?
84% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA English Literature, Journalism and Media at Cardiff University?
93% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA English Literature, Journalism and Media at Cardiff University?
The typical offer is AAB at A level. The average entrant had 142 UCAS points.
How many students continue on BA English Literature, Journalism and Media at Cardiff University?
95% of students continued into their second year, and 2% left higher education.