6 ECTS credits
152 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 4019902EER for all students in the 1st semester at a (E) Master - advanced level.
This course provides students with the concepts and theories to understand and critically reflect on the relations between journalism, politics and ideology.
It covers:
The course is structured around seminars with discussion of academic literature and application of concepts to current topics.
Teaching Methods
This description of the teaching methods is indicative, in order to assess the expected study load.
After having followed this course, students should:
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 60% of the final mark.
Other Exam determines 40% of the final mark.
Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
The grade for the class is made up of two components:
You need to participate in the exam and submit the two essays to be able to pass. Not participating in one of the components (exam and or paper(s)) implies an 'absence' for the entire course.
The distribution of grades remains identical in the second session.
The general principle for the second session is: if you failed for the course in its totality, you retake all of the parts you did not pass. In the second session too, you need to participate in the exam and the two essays to be able to pass. Not participating in one of the components (exam and or essay(s)) implies an 'absence' for the entire course.
In a bit more detail:
If you need to participate in the second session, but scored minimum 10/20 for one of the three parts of the evaluation, the partial result of the part(s) of the evaluation you scored minimum 10/20 for (written assignment 1, written assignment 2, and/or the oral exam) is transferred to the second session. If you wish to retake that part(s) you scored minimum 10/20 for in the second session, you need to send an e-mail to bdecleen@vub.be within five days after the publication of the exam results. In case you retake that part in the second session, your first session result is cancelled and the second session result becomes the official result (even if it is lower than the first session result).
If you need to retake the course in the next year, the same rules apply. Partial results from 10/20 (for assignment(s) or oral exam) are transferred to the next academic year. If you want to retake a part, you need to request this before the end of October by mail to bdecleen@vub.be.
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Communication Studies: Journalism and Media in Europe