This package is aimed at those interested in a career in journalism or the media. The knowledge base provides a broad intellectual, cultural, linguistic and literary context for this career field, as well as applied technical and skills training.
Type: undergraduate degree
Duration: 3 years full time
Compulsory Subjects
First year subjects:
- Computer literacy
- Information literacy
- History
- Journalism
- Language, culture and communication
- Sociology
Second year subjects:
- Journalism
- Language, culture and communication
- Media law
- Drama (radio)
Third year subjects:
- English
- Journalism
- Information science
- Editing
Careers: translator, lexicographer, linguist, educator, journalist.
Source: www.up.ac.za