C11058v4 Graduate Certificate in Journalism
Award(s): Graduate Certificate in Journalism (GradCertJournalism)UAC code: 942502 (Autumn semester), 945502 (Spring semester)
CRICOS code: 017901A
Commonwealth supported place?: No
Load credit points: 24
Course EFTSL: 0.5
Location: City campus
Note(s)
This course is not offered to international students.
Overview
Course aims
Career options
Admission requirements
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Course program
Articulation with UTS courses
Other information
Overview
The Graduate Certificate in Journalism is part of an articulated program of study for people who want to start a journalism career, and for experienced journalists wanting to broaden their skills and professional technological expertise and refresh the intellectual basis of their practice.
This is the only program of its kind in Sydney, where the Australian media is increasingly concentrating. The journalism staff at UTS has a record of excellence in professional practice reflected in media contacts. In addition, the course has close links with the Australian Centre for Independent Journalism, which provides a professional setting for student work.
Course aims
Graduates of the program:
- have strong research and reporting skills
- have a knowledge and critical understanding of the media
- are equipped with the necessary skills to either enter professional practice in the media or continue with additional skills and intellectual depth
- strive to promote the important role of professional and ethical journalism in the service of the public, and
- have an understanding of the role of the media in local, regional, national and global contexts.
Career options
Career options include reporter or editor in local, corporate, national or international print or broadcast media organisations.
Admission requirements
Applicants must have completed a UTS recognised bachelor's degree, or an equivalent or higher qualification, or submitted other evidence of general and professional qualifications that demonstrates potential to pursue graduate studies.
Applicants who have completed a bachelor's, graduate diploma or master's in any field of study or a graduate certificate in a related field of study can apply. Applicants who do not possess the relevant qualification must submit a CV and personal statement outlining their educational and professional achievements.
The English proficiency requirement for local applicants with international qualifications is: Academic IELTS: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0; or TOEFL: paper based: 550-583 overall with TWE of 4.5, internet based: 79-93 overall with a writing score of 21; or AE5: Pass; or PTE: 58-64; or CAE: 58-66
Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.
Course duration and attendance
The course is offered on a one-year, part-time basis.
Course structure
Students complete a total of 24 credit points, comprising one 8-credit-point core subject, plus two 8-credit-point electives from the specified list of options.
The core subject must be undertaken in the first semester. Students may complete an elective in their first semester of study in addition to the core subject if they meet prerequisite requirements.
Part-time students should undertake 8 or 16 credit points a semester.
Course completion requirements
| STM90817 Core subjects (Journalism) | 8cp | |
| CBK90896 Electives (Journalism) | 16cp | |
| Total | 24cp |
Course program
The example part-time program shown below is for Autumn-commencing students. Students commencing in Spring semester undertake the same sequence of subjects.
| Autumn commencing, part time | ||
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 57011 Research and Reporting for Journalism | 8cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| Select 16 credit points from the following options: | 16cp | |
| 57161 Investigative Journalism | 8cp | |
| 57012 Regulation of the Media | 8cp | |
| 57013 Journalism Studies | 8cp | |
| 57014 Feature Writing | 8cp | |
| 57021 Journalism Internship | 8cp | |
| 57138 International and Comparative Journalism | 8cp | |
| 57150 Editing and Design | 8cp | |
| 57151 Storytelling with Sound and Image | 8cp | |
| 57152 Investigative Research in the Digital Environment | 8cp | |
| 57155 Online Journalism | 8cp | |
| 57156 Radio Journalism | 8cp | |
| 57158 Television and Video Journalism | 8cp | |
| 57166 Documentary Production | 8cp | |
| 57184 Documentary: Expanded, Mobile and Networked | 8cp | |
| 57187 Specialist Journalism | 8cp | |
Articulation with UTS courses
This course is part of an articulated program comprising the Graduate Certificate in Journalism, the Graduate Diploma in Journalism (C06037) and the Master of Arts in Journalism (C04106). Students who successfully complete this course and who are admitted to the graduate diploma or master's course are eligible for credit recognition for completed subjects.
Other information
Further information is available from the UTS Student Centre on:
telephone 1300 ask UTS (1300 275 887)
or +61 2 9514 1222
Ask UTS www.ask.uts.edu.au
