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Journalism Project Part 2 (JOUR90026)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 1
Email: sami.shah@unimelb.edu.au
Semester 2
Email: sami.shah@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
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Students will work intensively under advanced industry supervision on an agreed journalistic project, such as a documentary, series of articles, book or investigative assignment. Working with the resources of the Centre for Advanced Journalism and other academic staff, the student will complete a publishable piece of innovative journalism, and a short essay reflecting on their professional practice.
Intended learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this subject should be able to:
- Reflect on their journalistic practice
- Demonstrate high level journalistic skills
- Demonstrate developed time management and planning skills through managing and organising workloads
- Understand the fundamental principles for making critical and ethical judgments regarding professional journalism practice
- Demonstrate cultural and ethical understanding through reflection, reading and practical experience of journalists' responsibilities.
Generic skills
- A high level ability to analyse communication techniques and effects
- A high level of ability to interview, research and perform other key journalistic functions
- A high level ability to communicate thoughts, ideas and observations in accessible written and/or audio and/or video and/or multimedia forms.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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JOUR90025 | Journalism Project Part 1 |
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
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12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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No longer available | |||
No longer available |
JOUR90012 Journalism Project
JOUR90017 Journalism Project (Extended) Part 1
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Portfolio of journalistic work and/or equivalent in multimedia
| During the examination period | 80% |
Essay reflecting on journalistic practice
| During the examination period | 20% |
Hurdle requirement: Students are required to attend a minimum of 80% of meetings with Centre for Advancing Journalism staff, as individual meetings with their assigned supervisor and/or the subject coordinator, and complete a portfolio of journalistic work in order to be eligible to pass this subject. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Hurdle requirement: 2. Late Penalty and Assessment hurdle requirement: Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at five per cent (5%) of the possible marks available for the assessment task per day or part thereof. All pieces of assessment must be submitted to pass the subject. Each submitted assessment must be complete, constitute a genuine attempt to address the requirements of the task and will not be accepted after 20 University business days from the original assessment due date without written approval. | Throughout the semester | N/A |
Additional details
As JOUR90025 Journalism Project Part 1 is not a single semester subject, students also have to ensure they have enrolled in, and completed, the conjoined subject JOUR90026 Journalism Project Part 1 to be eligible for examination.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Coordinator Sami Shah Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours Total 8 hours: 4 x 2hr workshops Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 February 2024 to 26 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 8 March 2024 Census date 3 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024 Assessment period ends 21 June 2024 Semester 1 contact information
Email: sami.shah@unimelb.edu.au
- Semester 2
Coordinator Sami Shah Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours Total 8 hours: 4 x 2hr workshops Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 22 July 2024 to 20 October 2024 Last self-enrol date 2 August 2024 Census date 2 September 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 September 2024 Assessment period ends 15 November 2024 Semester 2 contact information
Email: sami.shah@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
170 hours per subject (total of 340 hours across two conjoined subjects)
What do these dates mean
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- Your tuition fees, academic transcript and statements.
- And for Commonwealth Supported students, your:
- Student Learning Entitlement. This applies to all students enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP).
Subjects withdrawn after the census date (including up to the ‘last day to withdraw without fail’) count toward the Student Learning Entitlement.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Appropriate readings will be decided by academic staff depending on the nature of the project.
Recommended texts and other resources
Adobe Creative Cloud can be used in this subject, it is recommended that you purchase a licence via Student IT https://studentit.unimelb.edu.au/software#adobecc
- Subject notes
Information on this page refers to Part 1 and Part 2 of this subject (JOUR90025 Journalism Project Part 1 and JOUR90026 Journalism Project Part 2).
Last updated: 31 January 2024