Masters (Coursework)
The Master of Advanced Journalism equips students with the skills, deep knowledge and adaptive capabilities to build a career in today's rapidly changing and often highly disrupted media landscape.
Admission requirements Admission requirements Applicants must have completed a UTS recognised bachelor's degree, or an equivalent or higher qualification, or submitted other evidence of general and professional qualifications that demonstrates potential to pursue graduate studies. All applicants, except UTS undergraduate journalism graduates, need to submit the following: a CV an example of their professional work. This includes: links to or the text of any journalistic work, or links to applicant's own website, blogposts or published essays and opinion articles, or storytelling forms that include short stories, essays, and short documentary style audio and video recordings. If none of the above is available, applicants may provide a short essay of no more than 1000 words about key challenges facing journalism and the news media industry. For applicants with a bachelor's degree: the degree must be in the field of education, management and commerce, society and culture (e. g. Bachelor of Arts), or creative arts if the degree is not in the field of education, management and commerce, society and culture, or creative arts, applicants must also have a minimum of two years' related professional work experience. Employment experience is assessed according to the response provided by applicants via the employment question on their UTS e-application. For applicants with a master's, graduate diploma or graduate certificate qualification, the qualification can be in any field of study. The English proficiency requirement for international students or local applicants with international qualifications is: Academic IELTS: 7. 0 overall with a writing score of 6. 5; or TOEFL: paper based: 584-609 overall, internet based: 94-101 overall with a writing score of 24; or AE6: Pass; or PTE: 65-72 overall with a writing score 58; or CAE: 185-190 with a writing score 176. Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place. International students Visa requirement: To obtain a student visa to study in Australia, international students must enrol full time and on campus. Australian student visa regulations also require international students studying on student visas to complete the course within the standard full-time duration. Students can extend their courses only in exceptional circumstances. Check to see if there are additional admission requirements for this course. If you don't meet the admission requirements for this course, there may be alternative pathways to help you gain admission.