Sport Broadcast - MSc/PgD/PgC

Cardiff Metropolitan University Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences

Full time & Part time See Course MSc, PGCert, PGDip 12-15 months full time, 2-3 years part time

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About the course

Want to work in the Sports Broadcast Industry? Then this is the course for you.

This master's degree with a practical focus, is designed and delivered by sports broadcast industry professionals to create practitioners of Sport Broadcast and prepare them to be “industry ready” for employment in sport broadcast journalism and right across the sport media industry. The master's degree course has been written in collaboration with sport broadcast journalists from the BBC, ITV, and Sky Sports. We teach traditional sports broadcast journalism for the digital, new media age. Emphasis is given to live event production, broadcast news journalism and multi-platform digital storytelling.

Entry Requirements

Applicants for the MSc in Sport Broadcast are expected to satisfy the following requirements:

A good honours degree (normally 2.1 or above) ideally in any Sport, Broadcast, Media or Journalism or Humanities subject
Or students with 2.1 degrees in other subjects, provided they have a passion for sports media and / or digital broadcast technology and a desire to find and tell fascinating sports stories.

Exceptional entry routes may be available to applicants with significant and relevant industry experience. Usually more than 3 years experience in print, radio or TV journalism or Sport related PR/communications.

Fees

As a postgraduate, research or part-time student, the tuition fees you are charged will depend on the course you choose to study.

Where will I study?

Cardiff Metropolitan University

This is the capital of new beginnings, new friends, big dreams, big ambitions, bigger hearts, warm welcomes, inspiring mentors, challenging concepts and changing mindsets, determination, drive, transformation, bright ideas and bright futures, passion, adventure, wonder, you. Cardiff Metropolitan University delivers a wide range of full and part-time taught postgraduate, research and professional opportunities across our five academic schools - programmes that will further develop your specialist subject knowledge, enhance your career prospects and provide a springboard for further study. With academics engaged in the industry and research, our programmes are oriented toward practice-focused and professionally recognised education, ensuring high impact by meeting industry needs and influencing governmental bodies, organisations, and networks across our subjects.