About BA Journalism With Business Management in University of Essex

Help the general public understand the complex world of finance and commerce. Explain how the economy is fluctuating. Expose the scandalous stories hiding within big businesses.

This course offers the unique opportunity to expand your knowledge of business management practices whilst growing your journalistic prowess, developing an array of transferable skills across both disciplines. In the digital age, where demand for news is at an all-time high, we help you to develop your own journalistic style and ability to find and share a story that is engaging and powerful.

You explore a wide spectrum of business and management topics ranging from strategy and organisational behaviour, to marketing. This is intertwined with the practical journalism component of this course, where you develop your skills in using multi-media channels such as radio, television and online media, and deepen your knowledge of journalism on an international scale.

This course gives you flexibility to choose the areas of the subject that most interest you.

Topics may include:

• journalism in practice
• management practices
• production techniques
• business strategy
• international journalism
• human resource management

During your final year, you have the opportunity to bring all aspects of the course together in a final multimedia project on a subject linked to the business element of your studies.

As a student at one of the UK’s leading social science institutions, you are uniquely placed to acquire a deep understanding of the world you report on. You will join our Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies and Essex Business School, which is ranked the UK’s top 25 for research excellence (REF 2014). We champion responsible management, business ethics and sustainability in our teaching and are committed to making organisations better places to do business.

Why we're great.

• Our journalism teaching staff have a broad range of up-to-date hands-on industry experience.
• You create and broadcast your own online content, radio and TV programmes.
• You can build your knowledge of multimedia journalism whilst also specialising in your favourite subject.

Specialist facilities

As a journalism student at Essex, your material is published on a dedicated website, and you also spend time gaining on-the-job experience with a range of professional news operations, creating and publishing real stories and building up a portfolio of published and broadcast work. You will work in a purpose-built newsroom with access to television, radio studios, and computer software that allows journalists to create and edit content across all media and platforms quickly and professionally. The University’s Media Centre is equipped with state-of-the-art studios, cameras, audio and lighting equipment, and an industry-standard editing suite.

You can also gain experience with our Students’ Union media platform Rebel, and benefit from access to our impressive Essex Business School facilities:

• A state-of-the-art trading floor with Bloomberg Financial Market Labs, giving you access to real-world business data to draw upon in your assignments and news reports
• Modern lecture theatres
• Study pods and innovation booths for group working
• Bonds café with adjacent sun terrace

Your future

This course provides you with a wide variety of skills, so as an Essex journalism and business management graduates are equipped to embark on a wide range of career paths. By combining communication and practical multi-media skills with an understanding of business, this course gives you the flexibility to explore a career in journalism, as well as roles in management, publicity and content marketing upon graduation.

You compile an impressive portfolio of published work and complete a detailed multimedia project linked to business management in your final year, allowing you to offer real evidence of your range and capabilities to future employers.

You become familiar with production techniques in television, radio, online and newspaper journalism, and have the option to gain advanced skills in specific areas in your final year.

Digital technology encourages entrepreneurship, which your business management studies will prepare you for. This allows young journalists to work outside traditional employment routes with established media organisations in favour of creating their own niche brand online.

You benefit from a range of career support and employability opportunities from the University’s Employability and Careers Centre, including information about further work experience, internships, placements and voluntary opportunities.

In 2015, 84% of Essex Business School undergraduates and 98.6% of international (non-UK/EU) undergraduates were in graduate level work or study within six months of graduating (DLHE 2015 leavers).

Award of the Indian year 12 (Standard XII) examination with an overall average from the four best subjects (excluding PE and local language):CBSE, CISCE and other regional and national boards - 70%, including 70% in one essay-based subject, with 70% in English if taken with CBSE or CISCE board
Karnataka (Bangalore), Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh boards - 60%, including 60% in one essay-based subject
Kolkata (West Bengal board) - 55%, including 55% in one essay-based subject

University of Essex Highlights

University of Essex The Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses

The annual tuition fees for undergraduate courses is estimated to be around 16,050-18,730€ for a regular course. The approximate costs of living are mentioned in the table below: