MJ / PDipJ Curriculum

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In this section:

• MJ Requirements
• PDipJ Requirements
• Core Courses
• Elective Courses
• Internships
• Timetable
• Syllabus
• Course Enrolment Form

The Master of Journalism course is a one year full-time or a two year part-time course. Students learn the core skills of journalism – reporting and writing, television and video production, media law and ethics and new media. Students also have the opportunity to take elective courses in a broad range of subjects from business and finance to public health to digital media. Candidates shall complete no fewer than 33 and no more than 36 course units.

The Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism is a part-time course covering the same core courses as the Master of Journalism degree, but with fewer elective courses. Students can complete the diploma in either one or two years. To receive the PDipJ, candidates shall complete no fewer than 17 and no more than 20 course units.

Core courses:

• Reporting and writing (6 Units)*
• Critical issues in journalism and global communications (3 Units)*
• Media law (3 Units)
• Online journalism (3 Units)*
• Video news production (3 Units)
  * core courses for Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism

Elective courses:

General courses

• Advanced reporting and writing (English) (3 Units)
• Advanced reporting and writing (Chinese) (3 Units)
• Cultural studies of the media (3 Units)
• Literary journalism (3 Units)
• Media law II: comparative studies (3 Units)
• Special topics in journalism I (3 Units)
• Special topics in journalism II (3 Units)
• Master’s project (6 Units)
• Special topics in journalism III (3 Units)
• Special topics in journalism IV (3 Units)
• Reporting global affairs (3 Units)
• Media research: concepts and methods (3 Units)
• Legal reporting (3 Units)
• Media, politics and public affairs (3 Units)
• Entertainment, arts and culture journalism (3 Units)
• News editing (3 Units)

China courses

• Covering China (3 Units)
• Reporting Hong Kong (3 Units)
• Readings in China media and society (3 Units)
• Special topics in covering China I (3 Units)
• Special topics in covering China II (3 Units)
• Chinese Non-fiction Writing (3 Units)

Business and finance courses

• Interpreting and using business journalism in a global era (3 Units)
• Global financial journalism (3 Units)
• Global economic journalism (3 Units)
• Readings in global business journalism (3 Units)
• Special topics in global business journalism I (3 Units)
• Special topics in global business journalism II (3 Units)

Multi-media courses

• Photojournalism (3 Units)
• Advanced online journalism (3 Units)
• Documentary film appreciation (3 Units)
• Documentary video production (3 Units)
• Radio news (3 Units)

Science, health and environmental courses

• Environmental communication (3 Units)
• Reporting science (3 Units)
• Reporting health and medicine (3 Units)

 

Our internship partners include: (partial listing)

Overseas media: New York Daily News (New York City), The Nation (Bangkok), National Geographic Traveler, New American Media (San Francisco), WGBH TV (Boston), KCTS TV (Seattle), WNYC Public Radio (New York), WRTI-FM (Philadelphia), Associated Press (Bangkok), Pakistan Press Foundation (Karachi),
Malaysiakini.com (Kuala Lumpur).
Local English-language and international media: News Corporation, CNN, CCTV (Hong Kong Station), CNBC Asia, Voice of America, Associated Press, Bloomberg News & Television, Far Eastern Economic Review, Newsweek, International Herald Tribune, South China Morning Post, The Standard, Weekend Standard, Thomson Reuters, The Wall Street Journal Asia.
Local Chinese-language media: TVB, ATV, Cable TV, Now.com, Phoenix TV, RTHK, Commercial Radio, Hong Kong Economic Times, Ming Pao, MingPao.com, Sing Tao Daily, Apple Daily, Wen Wei Po, Headline Daily, AM730, Metropolis Daily, Yazhou Zhoukan, Cup, City Magazine, Next Magazine, East Week.
PRC media: CCTV (Beijing), Shanghai Television Station (Shanghai), Shanghai Media Group (Shanghai), China Radio International (Beijing), China Daily (Beijing), Shanghai Daily, Southern Weekend (Guangzhou), 21st Century World Herald (Guangzhou).