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Courses Handbook 2013

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2013.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2012.

10562 (v.9) Journalism Industry Placement 317

Area: Department of Journalism
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 8.0
Tuition Patterns: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Fieldwork: 1 x 10 Days Once-only
Prerequisite(s): 9362 (v.11) Journalism Advanced Radio News 396 or any previous version
OR
9363 (v.10) Journalism Television Current Affairs 397 or any previous version
OR
10487 (v.9) Journalism Print Production 395 or any previous version
Syllabus: This unit presents students with the opportunity to hone their journalistic skills while undertaking a placement at a Western Australian media organisation. Students will validate their theoretical and professional knowledge in news room situations, filing copy, attending media and press conferences while working in a collaborative environment. Students will apply that knowledge within the legal and ethical parameters which apply to the profession and which. This unit will measure how well students understand the nexus between professional practice and academic theories by asking students to maintain a journal and finally through a reflective essay.
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Field of Education: 100703 Journalism
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2013 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        
2013 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        

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Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

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