COMS330-25S1 (C) Semester One 2025

Communication in Context

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 February 2025
End Date: Sunday, 22 June 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 2 March 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 11 May 2025

Description

This course enables students to put their professional knowledge into a broader context of the communication landscape and the wider social landscape. It will be divided into a series of modules in which different aspects of the context will be studied. Students will develop competence to work in bicultural and global contexts, learn about the responsibilities of a good communication practitioner and be asked to reflect on the kind of role they wish to fill. This course is restricted to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Communication or Graduate Diplomas in Journalism or Strategic Communication. Note, this course cannot be done at a distance as the learning involves in-person discussion and activities, including assessed group work, and a noho marae.

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.

Employable, innovative and enterprising

Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

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.

Engaged with the community

Students will have observed and understood a culture within a community by reflecting on their own performance and experiences within that community.

Globally aware

Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.

Prerequisites

30 points COMS 200-level or 60 points BC Schedule V. HoD mandatory.

Timetable 2025

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Field Trip A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 09:00 - 17:00 Noho Marae
24 Mar - 30 Mar
Field Trip B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 09:00 - 17:00 Noho Marae
24 Mar - 30 Mar
Workshop A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 14:00 - 16:00 Ernest Rutherford 140 (19/2-26/2, 12/3-19/3, 2/4, 30/4-28/5)
Rehua 103 Project Workshop (5/3)
 17 Feb - 23 Mar
31 Mar - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
Workshop B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 13:00 - 15:00 Ernest Rutherford 140 (20/2-27/2, 13/3-20/3, 3/4, 1/5-29/5)
F1 Lectorial (6/3)
 17 Feb - 23 Mar
31 Mar - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun

Course Coordinator

Tara Ross

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Analysis: Ethical module 18 Mar 2025 30% Case Analysis: Ethics Due date: tues 18 Marchl, 11.59pm
Reflective vlog 06 Apr 2024 20% Tiriti- informed practice module
Engagement module 25 May 2025 30% Team presentation and report: Global communication module Team presentation in class 15 May Team report & peer form 25 May Team report (written): 15% due on Friday, 12 May, 11:59pm
Attendance & Exercises 20% Attendance + completion of 8 exercises completed before or in each class Completed before or in each class, as stated

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,988.00

International fee $8,400.00

* 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 .

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