Diploma In Pacific Journalism

Programme Requirements:

• The Diploma in Pacific Journalism consists of 10 courses: Students specialise in print, radio or television at 200-level.
• Students must pass the first year’s core journalism courses or demonstrate sufficient industry experience before undertaking second year intensive practical courses.

Courses:

1. JN101 (Introduction To Journalism I) - This course is a conceptual and a practical introduction to journalism. It poses questions like `how do the media communicate?`, `what is news?` and `how do the needs of the various media differ?`, while surveying the media in the South Pacific.


2. JN103 (Media Law And Ethics) - JN103 is a core/compulsory course as it is a basic requirement that journalist be well versed with media law/ethics. The course comprises two components, law and ethics, and is intended to examine both subject areas in relation to the rights, responsibilities and moral obligations of journalists.


3. UU100 (Communications and Information Literacy) - From 2010 all students admitted to degree programmes will be required to undertake four generic courses as part of their programme. UU100 will be offered in Semester 2.


4. UU114 (English For Academic Purposes) - By the end of this course students will be expected to have achieved a proficiency in academic writing, reading and speaking sufficient to support their language needs in courses in the humanities, social science or sciences and in future professional tasks.


5. plus one (1) of;
• JN201 (Print Journalism & Photojournalism) - As in the courses at the 100-level, this course will be conducted on the basis of three instructional formats: the formal lecture-type class, the practical workshop session and the current affairs news forum
• JN202 (Radio Broadcasting) - As in the other courses in the journalism programme, JN202 will be conducted on the basis of three instructional formats: the formal lecture-type class, the practical workshop session and the current affairs news forum.
• JN203 (Television Journalism) - As in the other courses in the journalism program, JN203 will be conducted on the basis of three instructional formats: the formal lecture-type class, the practical workshop session and the current affairs news forum.


6. UU200 (Ethics And Governance) - course description is not available yet.


7. UU204 (Pacific Worlds) - This course provides students with knowledge and information about the Pacific that all graduates of USP are expected to know upon graduation: the settlement and colonisation of the Pacific, self-determining or independence movements, contemporary issues, and regional cooperation.


8. JN301 (International Journalism) - The main theme throughout this course is international journalism with a special emphasis on the role of the media in the Pacific and the Pacific Rim.


9. JN302 (Journalism Research) - Students are introduced to scientific methods of researching stories using statistics, archival sources and written materials. The main aim is for students to learn how to obtain information through means other than interviewing, such as the use of databases, CD-ROM and the Internet.


10. JN303 (Journalism Production) - In journalism production, students are expected to demonstrate their ability to take responsibility as journalists and to professionally put into practice their journalism skills developed during the double major. Or take JN305 (Special Topics In Journalism) as an elective - An advanced third year elective journalism course designed to provide flexibility to the journalism programme. It will also be an extra course available for those students preparing to do advanced or postgraduate studies in journalism.

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