COMS333-24S2 (C) Semester Two 2024

Podcasting Project

30 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

COMS333 examines podcasts as a media form, and develops techniques of podcast making. You will explore the technologies that lead to podcasting, along with histories of audio storytelling. You will develop a collaborative podcast project. This is not a distance course. It teaches practical skills and requires students to create and share work with others, in order to learn from and support each other. In COMS333 you will advance core skills in audio production, textual analysis, media archaeology, collaborative work, networking, creativity, writing and presentation.

Prerequisites

15 points at 200-level in COMS. Students without this prerequisite but with at least a B average in 60 points of relevant courses, may enter the course with the approval of the Department Co-ordinator or the Undergraduate Co-ordinator for COMS.

Timetable 2024

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Workshop A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 10:00 - 12:00 Jack Erskine 121
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
Workshop B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 12:00 - 13:00 Ernest Rutherford 212 Computer Lab (22/7)
Ernest Rutherford 464 Computer Lab (29/7-19/8, 9/9-14/10)
22 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct

Course Coordinator

Zita Joyce

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Podcast Proposal 23 Aug 2024 10% 1000 words, 10% of final mark Due: End of week 6
Participation 10% Attendance / alternate exercises for 90% of course + listening diary
Recording exercises 10% 5% due Week 5 5% due Week 11
Analysis Essays 30% 3 x 1000 words, 10% each 1: Week 4 2: Week 7 3: Week 10
Podcast project 01 Nov 2024 40% Audio: 30-50 mins Writing: 2000 words 40% of final mark Due: 2 weeks after the end of semester

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,687.00

International fee $7,900.00

* 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 COMS333 Occurrences

  • COMS333-24S2 (C) Semester Two 2024