Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2501933 Journalism | OT | 4 | 0 |
As it is a 4th year course, students must be able to express themselves, in writing and orally, in their own languages and be able to work in English. In addition, they must master the writing of different journalistic genres with impeccable orthography and didactic expression. It requires a capacity for initiative and an ability to be up to date on current international affairs.
Due to the multidisciplinary nature of the subject, it is recommended to have basic knowledge of Law, History, Demography, Political Science, Economics and Sociology, among other disciplines, with which they have been in contact in previous courses. Students who have studied a subject or specialization in International Relations will already have a good base when it comes to applying the main concepts from journalism.
Contextualization
The subject of International Journalism offers the necessary knowledge and tools, both theoretical and practical, for anyone who wants to join the International section of a media outlet, as well as to exercise the profession of freelance, collaborating for different media or participating in long-distance projects. The course will also give tools to the growing number of journalists, with or without experience in international issues, who want to work in universities, NGOs, institutions or international companies. The teaching team will deal with various topics, from the changes in the sector, the historical process of the international journalist's career and his work as correspondent, to the new panorama of international journalism with freelance as a central figure. As well, the called war journalism and conflict analysis on issues such migration and refuge.
The subject starts from a first theoretical reflection on the professional practice of international journalism and its capacity to influence the changing context in which it develops, and on the tools that journalists can use. Aspects related to the geopolitics of information will also be dealt with, as well as geographically specialised topics such as, for example, the United States, the European Union or Latin America. Students should analyse and understand from a critical point of view international conflicts and policies, as well as decision-making mechanisms in international institutions.
Objectives
Subject Overview
The calendar will be available on the first day of class. Students will find all information on the Virtual Campus: the description of the activities, teaching materials, and any necessary information for the proper follow-up of the subject. In case of a change of teaching modality for health reasons, teachers will make readjustments in the schedule an.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Seminars. Practical activities. | 27 | 1.08 | 9, 8, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 7, 11 |
Theory classes | 15 | 0.6 | 1, 3, 2, 6, 10 |
Visits to entities or institutions | 6 | 0.24 | 1, 5, 6, 11 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Tutoring | 6 | 0.24 | 9, 8, 4, 5, 7, 11 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Search, selection and reading of bibliography and other resources. Personal study. Planning and individual work / teamwork. | 93 | 3.72 | 9, 8, 1, 3, 4, 2, 6, 10, 7, 11 |
The activities that are excluded from the recovery process of a subject cannot jointly exceed 50% of the weight in the final grade.
In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any
disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject.
In the event that tests or exams cannot be taken onsite, they will be adapted to an online format made available through the UAB’s virtual tools (original weighting will be maintained). Homework, activities and
class participation will be carried out through forums, wikis and/or discussion on Teams, etc. Lecturers will ensure that students are able to access these virtual tools, or will offer them feasible alternatives.
- Activity A. Practical activities: 30% of the final grade;
- Activity B. Individual exami: 30% of the final grade;
- Activity C. Team coursework: 40% of final grade.
*Any work or written test that includes five spelling mistakes, grammar and/or barbarisms (adding five errors in total) will get a score of 0.
To be able to pass the subject, it will be necessary:
a) To have carried out and submitted all the assignments (activities A, B and C). In case of justified absence for reasons of force majeure, the corresponding proof must be presented to the professors; otherwise, the activities will be considered as Not Completed.
b) Obtain a minimum grade of 5 in each of activities A, B and C.
c) In the teamwork, the teaching team may adopt control measures to verify the participation of each member in the common work. Therefore, the grades may be different for members of thesame team, which could mean that one or more members suspend the evaluation, while the others approve it.
Reevaluation
The student will have the right to the reevaluation of the course if he/she has been evaluated of the set of activities, the weight of which equals a minimum of 2/3 of the total grade of the subject.
Activity C is excluded from the reevaluation process.
Second enrolment
In the case of a second enrolment, the student may request the possibility (non-binding) of carrying out a single synthesis test on the entire subject matter. The grade of thesubject will correspond to the grade of the synthesis test.
Students who wish to take this single test should contact the subject coordinator during the first week of classes. Each case will be analyzed individually, considering the grade obtained in the previous registration, number of activities carried out, etc.
Plagiarism
The student who performs any irregularity (copy, plagiarism, identity theft, etc.) that may lead to a significant variation in the grade of an act of evaluation, will be qualified with 0 on this act of evaluation. In case of more than one irregularity, the final grade of the subject will be 0.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Final exam | 30% | 3 | 0.12 | 8, 1, 3, 10, 7 |
Individual practical assignments | 30% | 0 | 0 | 9, 8, 3, 4, 2, 5, 6, 10, 7, 11 |
Teamwork | 40% | 0 | 0 | 9, 8, 3, 4, 2, 5, 6, 10 |
Mandatory bibliography will be presented on the first day of class and changes may be applied throughout the course.