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Changes to Media and Journalism BA

We’ve listened to feedback and we have updated the curriculum for the academic year 2025/26 for Media and Journalism BA.

You can review the changes below. By accepting your offer to study at Â鶹ӳ»­, we will infer that you are happy with these changes but if you would like to discuss them please feel free to contact us at studyinmah@sussex.ac.uk.

Course changes for the BA in Media and Journalism

Take a look at how the new modules compare to the old structure of the course in the table below. There are no changes to Years 2 and 3.

Year 1

Semester	Old structure	New structure	Comment
1	Digital News and Features Writing (core)	Digital News and Features Writing (core)	No change
	Questioning the Media A (core)		Module withdrawn
		Critical Approaches to Contemporary Media (core)	New module
2	Audiovisual Journalism (core)	Audiovisual Journalism (core)	No change
	Debates in Media Studies A (core)		Module withdrawn
		Analysing Media: Objects, Operations, Ontologies (core)	New module

Year 1, Semester 1

Old structure	New structure	Comment
Digital News and Features Writing (core)	Digital News and Features Writing (core)	No change
Questioning the Media A (core)		Module withdrawn
	Critical Approaches to Contemporary Media (core)	New module

Year 1, Semester 2

Old structure	New structure	Comment
Audiovisual Journalism (core)	Audiovisual Journalism (core)	No change
Debates in Media Studies A (core)		Module withdrawn
	Analysing Media: Objects, Operations, Ontologies (core)	New module