Bachelor
Study journalism in AUT's state-of-the-art newsroom and production facilities, get practical reporting experience in major news organisations and make industry connections.
At AUT, you'll gain experience in news reporting across multiple platforms and the sub-genres of journalism, including daily news work and investigative feature writing.
Learn on the job in our celebrated Te Waha Nui newsroom, doing live reporting and publishing your stories. You'll develop your reporting talents further during an internship at leading news organisations in Aotearoa New Zealand. Editors know our students produce publishable work and strongly support our programme. During your studies, you'll also have opportunities for paid shifts at a variety of newsrooms.
Year 1This year you take eight core courses that give you an overview of the media world and communication theories:
This year you take three courses related to journalism, helping you develop the knowledge for a career in journalism or a number of other pathways that use these transferable skills. You gain experience in news reporting, longform journalism, cross-platform storytelling, bicultural and cross-cultural journalism, as well as media law and ethics.
You study the following courses:You also take courses from your second major, minor(s) or elective courses.
Year 3You'll be regularly taking part in live reporting assignments and pitching stories to editors in the industry as well as to our own student-edited news site Te Waha Nui.
You study the following courses:You also continue to take courses from your second major, minor(s) or elective courses.