COMS102-24S2 (C) Semester Two 2024

Introduction to News and Journalism

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 15 July 2024
End Date: Sunday, 10 November 2024
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 28 July 2024
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 29 September 2024

Description

This course provides students with an understanding of how news journalism works and why it looks the way it does. The course includes practical work designed to help students understand news practice from the inside and outside. The focus will be on Aotearoa New Zealand cases and particularly on the representation of te ao Maori in the news.

Learning Outcomes

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

Biculturally competent and confident

Students will be aware of and understand the nature of biculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand, and its relevance to their area of study and/or their degree.

Timetable 2024

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 09:00 - 10:00 A3 Lecture Theatre
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 15:00 - 16:00 A3 Lecture Theatre
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
Tutorial A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 10:00 - 11:00 Jane Soons 602
22 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 13 Oct
02 Tuesday 14:00 - 15:00 Jane Soons 602
22 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 13 Oct
03 Thursday 16:00 - 17:00 Karl Popper 612
22 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 13 Oct
04 Thursday 16:00 - 17:00 Jack Erskine 235
22 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 13 Oct
05 Friday 14:00 - 15:00 Jane Soons 602
22 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 13 Oct

Course Coordinator

Donald Matheson

Lecturer

Tara Ross

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Newswriting task 1 5% turn information provided into a news story. Due date in tutorials, Mon 5 - Fri 9 Aug
Newswriting task 2 23 Aug 2024 10% write a news story for a student audience
Newswriting task 3 25 Sep 2024 15% write a profile of an individual or group
Essay 13 Sep 2024 25% essay: reporting on Maori and Pacific
Fact checking 10% verify information in public statements; in tutorials, Mon 7 - Fri 11 Oct
Final exam 25% University scheduled exam; test of understanding of the course's key ideas
Tutorial participation 10% 1.5% for each of 10 tutorials attended, up to maximum of 10%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $844.00

International fee $3,950.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences .

All COMS102 Occurrences

  • COMS102-24S2 (C) Semester Two 2024
  • COMS102-24S2 (D) Semester Two 2024 (Distance)
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