BIRCHAM INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

Faculty of Arts & Humanities

MODULE: Journalism

Program delivered by distance learning higher education up to a maximum of 42 credits. This module may be combined or completed with other online university courses from this faculty.

DESCRIPTION:

Journalism is the branch of mass communications that provides large numbers of people with the knowledge they need to help them make good decisions about issues currently affecting their personal and public lives. Journalism not only provides news but also presents interpretation, evaluation, and persuasion. This program provides training in the fundamentals of news gathering, evaluation, and the structure and writing of journalistic stories.

Courses list (each subject accounts for 3 credits):

1 BIU Earned Credit = 1 USA Semester Credit (15 hours of learning) = 2 ECTS Credit (30 hours of study).

Writing Fundamentals & Style

The Communication Process

Academic Supervisor: Yemi D. Ogunyemi

More information about this supervisor and online university course instructors at BIU Human Network.

This module is applicable to Specialist, Expert, Bachelor's, Master's and Ph.D. (Doctor) Programs. This distance learning degree program is designed at the postgraduate level – Master’s or Doctoral. This module may be easily adapted to complete the Specialist, Expert or Bachelor’s adult degree program requirements. A further option is the enrollment into the online university courses listed in this module.

* University Course (3 credits): Select 1 subject from this module.

* Specialist Diploma (15 credits): First 5 subjects or select 5 subjects from this module.

* Expert Diploma (21 credits): First 7 subjects or select 7 subjects from this module.

* Bachelor's Degree (130 credits): The Admission certificate issued after submission of the application for admission will show the amount of credit transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete this undergraduate program's major. Additional courses from other modules of this faculty will be assigned in case that the credits displayed on this module are not enough to complete the bachelor's required credits.

* Master's Degree (35 credits): Select from 3 to 9 subjects from this module depending on the amount of credits transferred from previous education and experience. Add 13 credits corresponding to a final project to the selected subjects.

* Ph.D. (Doctor) (45 credits): Select from 3 to 9 subjects from this module depending on the amount of credits transferred from previous education and experience. Add 18 credits corresponding to a final thesis to the selected subjects.

BIU issues an admission certificate after receiving your complete application for admission. This document will show the amount of credits transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete the degree program's major. BIU can not perform this evaluation without the complete application for admission.

Courses Description (each subject accounts for 3 credits):

Writing Fundamentals & Style

This course provides instruction in grammar, sentence and paragraph structure, elements of composition and essay writing including focus on theme, development of central idea, exposition and argumentation. It shows how to compose clear and concise essays using various expository modes such as definition, exemplification, process, analysis, cause and effect, comparison and contrast. It considers several writing styles and approaches to both literary and non-literary texts.

Instructor: Eduardo Cano Camarero

The Communication Process

This course introduces the processes that govern message delivery and reception. It covers intrapersonal and interpersonal communication, non-verbal communication, language and verbal interaction, group communication and conflict management. It considers the impact of context, situation, perception, culture, medium and message on communication.

Instructor: Eduardo Cano Camarero

Media Influence

This course describes and evaluates various strategies that attempt to explain the ways individuals and groups react to media. It explores the theories of influence and public attitude change, and examines what it means (politically, economically, culturally, and morally) to live in a culture in which a major portion of information comes to the citizen through multiple channels of mass communication.

Instructor: Eduardo Cano Camarero

Mass Communications

This course examines the historical and contemporary theories of mass media and communication. It is concerned with illustrating the nature, functions, and responsibilities of the mass communication industries in a global environment with an emphasis on the media's role in society. It also explores mass media organizations policies, legal, ethical and censorship concerns.

Instructor: Eduardo Cano Camarero

Broadcasting

This course surveys the role and effects of the broadcasting, radio and television industry. It emphasizes historical development, media regulations, terminology and programming. It reviews modern communication technologies, including interactive TV, digital media, Internet, and other computer-based broadcasting technologies.

Instructor: Marta Pulido Polo

Writing for Television & Radio

This course deals with the particulars of writing for various media and shows how to effectively write to convey messages to the mass media. It presents writing techniques for radio and television, and the format and style for commercials, radio and television dramas, documentaries, public news announcements, and promotional writing.

Instructor: Eduardo Cano Camarero

News Writing & Reporting

This course covers gathering, writing, and reporting news, the development of thecommunications medium style, and the legal and ethical issues of news reporting. It considers several styles of writing and reporting news, editorials, interviews, and commentaries, and shows journalistic writing techniques to develop skill in gathering information and presenting it with clarity and style.

Instructor: Eduardo Cano Camarero

Narrative Development

This course shows the means of story-telling and integrates practical writer rules with theoretical models based on literary constructions. It explains the construction of a solid narrative combined with the creation of believable, compelling characters who propel that narrative forward. It finally helps to find stories from your own experiences which may inspire dramatic narrative.

Instructor: Peter A. Muckley

Script & Screen Writing

This course explores the art, craft, and business of script writing from theoretical and practical perspectives. It examines the process of screenwriting from concept to character, from opening scene to finished script. It pinpoints the structural and stylistic elements essential to every good screenplay focusing on style and language, format, structure, location and characterization. It presents a step-by-step, comprehensive technique for writing scripts.

Instructor: Peter A. Muckley

Creative Writing

This course aims to develop language competence and creative potentials in a variety of genres (fiction, poetry, drama, literary nonfiction). It presents the art and craft of writing, and the procedures for preparing a manuscript for marketing and publication.

Instructor: Peter A. Muckley

Multimedia Communications

This course promotes an appreciation of the use of the Web and multimedia for effective communication. It examines both the technology and thinking behind using multimedia resources to enhance the communication process. It explains the business use and development procedures involved in incorporating multimedia into communications.

Instructor: Ricardo Miralles

Investigative Journalism

This course explains methods of inquiry, data collection and research for the facts necessary to support news writing and reporting. It considers how to evaluate the veracity of information sources, photojournalistic techniques, short term and long term journalism investigation, and the legal responsibilities of the news reporter and the media.

Instructor: Eduardo Cano Camarero

Journalism

This course reviews the history of journalism, and the social responsibilities and issues facing journalism today. It examines journalism ethics, news judgment and coverage, and economic and political influences on reporting. It considers the impact of technology in the news industry, and explains newspaper production and management with new technologies.

Instructor: Eduardo Cano Camarero

Audiovisual Communication

This course addresses ongoing changes in audiovisual communications and new developments in mass communications theory. It explores the key elements of audiovisual messages creation and production with current examples from broadcasting, television, film, Internet and multimedia.

Instructor: Ricardo Miralles

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Professionally recognized and validated degrees.

Accredited (Non USA CHEA). International legalization available.

Non formal and independent education.