COURSE: BA IN MEDIA STUDIES

The B.A. (Media Studies) degree will provide learners with a wide range of media skills. Career opportunities in the context of the mass media are: working on newspapers, magazines, journals, radio, television, films and the Internet as journalists, TV presenters, production managers, radio broadcasters, copy and scriptwriters, and audio-visual specialists.

Type: undergraduate degree

Duration: 3 year full time

Compulsory Subjects

First year subject:

• Computer literacy


• Information science


• Communication science


• Industrial communication

Second year subjects:

• General literature science


• Communication science


• Industrial communication


• Information science

Third year subjects:

• Communication science


• Industrial communication


• Information science

Careers: in the newspaper, magazines, television, internet, radio.

Source: www.ufs.ac.za

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