BF502: Writing Journalism (5 ECTS)

STADS: 04007901

Level
Bachelor course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the autumn semester.
1st quarter

Teacher responsible
Email: lil@journalism.sdu.dk

Timetable
Group Type Day Time Classroom Weeks Comment
S1 TE Wednesday 08-12 U149e 40
S1 TE Friday 12-14 U14 35-38,40
S1 TE Friday 10-12 U14 35-38,40
S2 TE Monday 10-12 U82d 44
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Prerequisites:
None

Academic preconditions:
The students must have completed the first year.

Course introduction
The aim of the course is to teach the students how to write an article on a professional topic to target groups of non-professionals.

Expected learning outcome
After the course the students will be able to:
• evaluate and organize the collected material
• focus the material to the target group
• choose a linguistic style suitable for the target group
• write accurately, precisely and creatively
• give and take feedback


Subject overview
The main themes of the course are: What makes a text difficult to read? How to overcome the difficulties. How to write accurately and creatively. The writing process, coaching and feedback will form part of the course.

Literature
There isn't any litterature for the course at the moment.

Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
None

Assessment and marking:
A written paper including an article and an analysis. Internal marking with a 7-scale mark.

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.

Undervisningen gennemføres som værkstedsundervisning med en vekselvirkning mellem teoretiske oplæg, skriveøvelser, diskussion og gruppearbejde. Hertil kommer skriftlige hjemmeopgaver.
Educational activities

Language
This course is taught in Danish.

Remarks
25 studetns

Course enrollment
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