Podcasting

City (City St George's, University of London)
Postgraduate MA (PG) Full-time 1 Year Digital media, production, and technologyPR and communicationsJournalism

About this course

How do you turn your passion for Podcasting into a rewarding career? Podcasting requires a huge range of skills producing audio, video, social media, design, business planning and marketing. City’s brand-new MA has been developed with leading industry figures to give you all the tools you need to succeed in this fast-growing sector. The MA in Podcasting is a hands-on course. You will learn how to craft compelling podcasts and develop the skills to publish your product, find and build an audience, and carve out a career.

You will learn a combination of technical skills in audio and video production, social media, branding and marketing along with the business skills you will need to target audiences, develop a brand and run your own independent business.

The course draws on the reputation of City Journalism with training in Law and Ethics, we will work in partnership with our new Centre of Podcast Excellence and in specialist podcast studios.

We have strong links with industry, which enables us to bring in guest speakers and tutors (for example with the BBC, Global, Bauer, Crowd Network, NPR, Spotify, The Athletic, Times Radio, The Telegraph, The MediaStorm Podcast).

Study Options

This course is available in 2 study options:

Full-time Shown above

Duration: 1 Year

Qualification: MA (PG)

Location: London

Part-time

Duration: 2 Years

Qualification: MA (PG)

Location: London

Career Prospects

Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

1133 Public relations and communications directors
3412 Authors, writers and translators
2141 Web design professionals
3416 Arts officers, producers and directors
3417 Photographers, audio-visual and broadcasting equipment operators
2142 Graphic and multimedia designers

Course Details

Qualification
Master of Arts - MA (PG)
Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
1 Year
Start Date
2025
Academic Year
2025
Campus / Location
London
Scheme
Postgraduate
Subjects
Digital media, production, and technology, PR and communications, Journalism