The Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Media Studies: Journalism offers a modern and interdisciplinary education combining courses in media studies, film studies, and marketing/public relations with a focus on journalism.

Graduates receive a globally recognized degree, accredited in the US and EU, and earn it in three years instead of four.

About the program

The Journalism concentration in AAU’s Journalism and Media Studies program provides students with a wealth of practical skills and training for a diverse set of careers in the contemporary journalistic and media environment. In addition to reinforcing the broader program skills of writing, public speaking, and digital image creation, the Journalism concentration focuses on building interpersonal and intercultural communicative skills, which pay special attention to the use of human sources in the production of journalistic content, and on narrative skills.

This concentration covers the general journalistic discipline. Journalism concentration focuses on developing: journalistic writing skills; photo and video reporting; radio; broadcasting. Students learn to report news as well as to work in specific genres such as travel writing, documentary photography, cultural journalism, etc.

Prague was at the crossroads of a divided Europe during the Cold War, and now instead the city has become an open and welcoming cosmopolitan capital in New Europe for all nationalities with a number of domestic (in English-language or in Czech)  and international media organizations based here. AAU’s student body includes students from many countries across Europe and Euroasia, the Americas, the Middle East, etc. with an equally diverse faculty with various areas of substantial expertise.

Learning Outcomes

Graduates of the B.A. in Journalism and Media Studies: Journalism can expect to:

• Have theoretical, methodological and conceptual knowledge of the field of journalism and communications, complemented by interdisciplinary knowledge of political, economic, social and humanities disciplines.
• Have the following capabilities and skills:
  • a. seek out, evaluate the reliability of, and work with information,
  • b. work in traditional and new digital media in an online work environment,
  • c. master the fundamentals of economic, cultural and investigative reporting,
  • d. public speaking and moderating,
  • e. intercultural communication.
• Possess the following competencies: work independently and in teams, including international teams, coordinate team activities to achieve set goals, communicate findings, problems and solutions to the domestic and international public in English in both written and verbal form, and persistently pursue their own professional development

Career Prospects:

AAU graduates thrive in multinational environments and are able to communicate professionally in English to international audiences. As a graduate of this degree program, you will be well-equipped to continue your studies or pursue a global career in areas such as:

• Various forms of print and web media 
• Cultural Management
• Reporting or Diplomacy
• Humanitarian Government and Nonprofit Organizations
• Education
• Social research
• Publishing

Interesting internship opportunities for AAU journalism students: Prague Morning, Radio Free Europe, expats.cz, Project  Syndicate, Havas.