units

ATS4373

Faculty of Arts

18 September 2017 22 December 2024
Monash University

Undergraduate - Unit

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL

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LevelUndergraduate
FacultyFaculty of Arts
Organisational UnitSchool of Media, Film and Journalism
OfferedCaulfield First semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)Mr William Birnbauer

Synopsis

This unit provides students with an opportunity for a detailed supervised research and production exercise at a high level. Students choose their particular focus and medium on the basis of their undergraduate specialisations, and engage constructively and critically with each other's contributions via a MUSO site. There may be lectures and learning materials drawing on the JAIS Journalism, Australian and Indigenous Studies strands of subjects, and students will be required to complete and defend a scholarly exegesis of their professional practice and production.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this course students should be able to:

  1. demonstrate an advanced ability to identify and research an issue, and gather appropriate evidentiary material in the appropriate modality and medium;
  2. demonstrate an advanced ability to present in a clear, concise, accurate and meaningful way using a variety of elements in a coherent package;
  3. identify, observe key ethical and legal obligations associated with professional research, and reflect critically on their own and others' performance in this regard;
  4. reflect on their professional practice and production in a scholarly exegesis in both written and verbal modes;
  5. work independently and in groups to achieve their learning outcomes;
  6. demonstrate an ability to set and meet deadlines, and produce under pressure;
  7. demonstrate a critical awareness of the capacities, limitations and socio-professional implications of professional practices with respect to their chosen subject matter;
  8. demonstrate an advanced capacity at an Honours level for professional practice.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 288 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

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Chief examiner(s)

Mr William Birnbauer

Off-campus attendance requirements

Online and phone discussion

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Journalism