BA Media and Journalism
About this course
The BA (Hons) in Media and Journalism is a media and journalism degree focusing on digital reporting, audiovisual production, media law, and contemporary cultural contexts. The course includes an optional foundation year and features a practical industry project in the final year. The first year builds fundamental knowledge through compulsory modules such as Digital News and Features Writing, Foundations of Media and Digital Culture, Audiovisual Journalism, and Digital Technology, Media and Society. In the second year, students study media law and ethics alongside practical content creation through compulsory modules including Understanding Media Work: Law and Ethics, Video Journalism and Content Creation, and Audio and Podcasting Journalism, while choosing from optional topics like Media and Sustainability, Pop Culture: Representation and Consumption, and Arts and Lifestyle Journalism. The final year centres on applied research and project work via compulsory modules such as Industry Project and Communicating Research: Knowledge Practices in Action, with further study available through options like Public Relations, Media, War and Conflict, and AI Today: Logic Machines, Generative Technology and Computational Culture.
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Entry requirements
A level: ABB or BBB IB: 32 points
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What students say
Based on about 12 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 93%
- Learning opportunities: 89%
- Assessment and feedback: 93%
- Academic support: 93%
- Organisation and management: 73%
- Learning resources: 98%
- Student voice: 84%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 20 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 95%
- Left higher education: 5%
What graduates do next
Based on about 23 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 80%
- Working and studying: 5%
- Further study: 5%
- Unemployed: 10%
Most common jobs
- Elementary occupations: 20%
- Business and public service associate professionals: 20%
- Administrative occupations: 10%
- Media Professionals: 5%
- Skilled trades occupations: 5%
- Find their work meaningful: 65%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 55%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 25%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 135 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- East Midlands: 1%
- East of England: 10%
- London: 48%
- South East: 34%
- South West: 6%
- Wales: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 30 students who started
- A levels: 75%
- Baccalaureate: 5%
- A degree: 25%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Bronze for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Digital News and Features Writing
- Foundations of Media and Digital Culture
- Audiovisual Journalism
- Digital Technology, Media and Society
- Understanding Media Work: Law and Ethics
- Video Journalism and Content Creation
- Audio and Podcasting Journalism
- Media and Sustainability
- Media, Memory, History
- Pop Culture: Representation and Consumption
- Arts and Lifestyle Journalism
- Digital Media and Algorithmic Society
- Media and the Real
- Media, Representation and Visibility
- Sound, Culture & Society
- Understanding Race and Culture in the Media
- Industry Project
- Communicating Research: Knowledge Practices in Action
- Celebrity, Media and Culture
- Feminism and Digital Culture
- Media, War and Conflict
- New Media Histories
- Public Relations
- Social Media, Activism and Advocacy
- AI Today: Logic Machines, Generative Technology and Computational Culture
- Community Media
- Utopian Cultural Politics and New Horizons
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Media and Journalism at University of Sussex earn?
The median salary is £26,000 after 15 months, £24,000 after 3 years, £30,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £25,000 and £38,500. The £30,500 median after five years is £3,500 more than the UK median for Journalism.
What do graduates of BA Media and Journalism at University of Sussex do next?
90% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Media and Journalism at University of Sussex?
93% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Media and Journalism at University of Sussex?
The typical offer is ABB at A level, or 32 points in the IB. The average entrant had 122 UCAS points.
How many students continue on BA Media and Journalism at University of Sussex?
95% of students continued into their second year, and 5% left higher education.