JOU 2403 Bachelor Thesis in Business Journalism - RE-SIT EXAMINATION
APPLIES TO ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013
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JOU 2403 Bachelor Thesis in Business Journalism - RE-SIT EXAMINATION Responsible for the course Tor Bang Department Department of Communication - Culture and Languages Term According to study plan ECTS Credits 15 Language of instruction Norwegian Introduction The bachelor thesis is the final student work, with reflections over their internship Objective The objective is to lean how to analyse and reflect over personal experiece from the internship period. The experience may be situations, conflicts, dilemmas, things that happen and that carries with them professional challenges (ethical, source-critical, practical work, relationships with co-workers etc). The philosophy may be expressed this way: "Experience with no reflection is like meaningless situations" (Terje Tvedt 1999). There is a connection, a red line from the internship periode with internship report, the course lectures and the writing in the course Commentary, Analysis and Essay AND the Bachelor thesis. The intention is to develop own insight and reflection in the work with the internship report, test essay and bachelor thesis. (See also course objective for JOU 2401 Commentary, Analysis and Essay). Prerequisites Jou 2401 Commentary, analysis and essays, with internship or equivalent. Compulsory reading Other: Studentene skal selv utarbeide et relevant pensum på ca. 1000 sider. Pensum skal godkjennes av veileder sammen med en skisse over hvordan oppgaven tenkes løst. Skissen og forslaget til pensum forelegges veileder til godkjenning til nærmere fastsatt tid i høstsemesteret. Pensum kan i samråd med veileder endres i løpet av arbeidsperioden. Recommended reading Course outline Computer-based tools Personal computer with word processing program Course structure JOU 2403 Bachelor thesis in Business Journalism are strucured over two terms: - JOU 2404 Bachelor thesis in Business Journalism 1 - autumn - JOU 2405 Bachelor thesis in Business Journalism 2 - spring Choice of forms: 1. Essay. Students who choose this form work individually with an essay of 20 - 30 pages. The essay genres implies methodology and genre. 2. Research work. This is also to be developed individually, as the students start with individual experiences, as most have been the sole intern in the publishing houses. A pre requisite is that the publishing house is open to the students' research; observations, interviews and other qualitiative methods. The text should not exceed 30 pages. There will be a bachelor thesis seminar during the first few weeks of the spring term. Examination JOU 2403 bachelor thesis to be submitted by a given deadline. Examination code(s) JOU 24031 - Bachelor Thesis in Business Journalism: 100% of the grade in course JOU 2403, 15 credits. Examination support materials All Re-sit examination Due to changes in our Bachelor Programmes from autumn 2009, there also will be changes in every single course. This course was lectured for the last time autumn 2010. Re-sit exam will be offered every term even spring 2013. Additional information |
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