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 Sussex, 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	Questioning the Media A (core)		Module withdrawn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	Debates in Media Studies A (core)		Module withdrawn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Questioning the Media A (core)		Module withdrawn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Debates in Media Studies A (core)		Module withdrawn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