James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2000

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JN4001:06

Journalism Honours Thesis

Townsville

Prerequisites: Completion of BJ or equivalent

26 hours group seminars or individual supervision. Full year.

This is the obligatory Honours thesis requiring concentrated scholarship and research on a topic related to the student’s experience in journalism and media studies.

Learning Objectives:

  1. to acquire deeper and more extensive knowledge of journalism and mass media following on from studies in Journalism at undergraduate level;
  2. to develop advanced skills of inquiry, analysis and presentation of argument in these fields.

Assessment will be by a panel of examiners selected on the advice of the Head of School and the Director of Postgraduate Studies.


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