BA Economic Policy Journalism at TU Dortmund University

The Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Economic Policy Journalism is a 8-semester bachelor’s programme in the Department of Cultural Studies at TU Dortmund University, taught in German. Students work with topics such as journalistic content: e.g., journalistic formats, data journalism, research, media law, media ethics, journalism studies; economic content: e.g., competition policy, mathematics, statistics, microeconomics, business cycle and growth, employment theory and labor.

Faculty: Department of Cultural Studies  |  Department: Cultural Studies  |  Duration: 8 semesters (4 years)  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught  |  Intake: Winter semester  |  Location: Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

Topics include journalistic content: e.g., journalistic formats, data journalism, research, media law, media ethics, journalism studies; economic content: e.g., competition policy, mathematics, statistics, microeconomics, business cycle and growth, employment theory and labor; journalistic training in the teaching newsroom in video, audio, digital, and writing; integrated one-year traineeship in a journalistic newsroom during the 7th and 8th semester. Modules build on one another following a recommended study plan per semester, with module descriptions in the published module manual.

Career pathways

Graduates work, for example, in business journalism (e.g., in the editorial departments of national daily or weekly newspapers and business journals, with political news and business magazines or on the economics and politics desks of public broadcasters); in specialist areas of economic policy journalism.

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