Overview

The Journalism program offered by The University of the West Indies aims to produce graduates with the skills to meet a growing need for journalists who are competent in an increasingly converged media industry and to meet an increasing demand in the media and communication services for specific and focused skills in across traditional and new journalistic platforms.

Careers

The graduates from the programme will be competent in working on four journalistic platforms – print, radio, television and new media. These converged skills are in keeping with changes in the structure and operations of media, and will make the graduates more relevant and marketable to media and communication services.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Communication, Culture and Caribbean Society

Critical Reading and Expository Writing in the Humanities

Understanding the Media

Language Argument

Basic Media Production

Science Medicine and Technology in Society

The Art of Public Speaking

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-02 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-03-31 00:00:00

Language

English

IELTS

6.5

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Credits

90 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

New Kingston, Jamaica

Disciplines

Journalism

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Academic requirements

GPA

3

English requirements

IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

Five CSEC subjects (General Proficiency Grades I-III) and/or GCE O'Level / BGCSE subjects (Grades A-C) including English Language AND two double Units CAPE subjects or 2 GCE A-Level subjects (one of which must be a Humanities subject for which courses are taught at the University). Strongly recommended : A foreign language

Individuals without a foreign language pass, at least at CXC CSEC, will be required to take a least one of the basic foreign languages courses.

Applicants for the Entertainment and Cultural Enterprise Management programme must have CSEC/BGCSE Mathematics

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

15000 USD / year

≈ 15000 USD / year
Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

3750 USD / year

≈ 3750 USD / year

Additional Details

National tuition full-time per year: J$587,821

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Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

What students do after studying

Academic requirements

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

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Additional Details

Funding

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