BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
| COMMUNICATION AND DESIGN | |||||
| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
Course Introduction and Application Information
| Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
| NMD4112 | News Writing in English | Fall Spring |
3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
Basic information
| Language of instruction: | English |
| Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
| Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
| Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi SİNAN AŞÇI |
| Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
| Course Objectives: | This course provides students news writing skills for different areas in English. The students can compare and evaluate the foreign newspapers, TVs, radios and web pages in terms on their contents. This course is very useful for the new media students in the sense that it covers news writing and reporting in English. |
Learning Outcomes
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The students who have succeeded in this course; 1) Students will be able to teach fundamental skills about writing news dispatches in English 2) To explore different styles of news language 3) To compare various media outlets on style (TV, print, online, radio, wire services etc.) 4) To explore and compare products of English language news outlets. |
Course Content
| This course is to be the guide to the knowledge, skills and attitude of the professional journalists. It teaches to write news for all media platforms like print, online, TV, radio. And also, this course specializes in different languages for different areas. |
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Relations between language characteristics and newspeak | |
| 2) | Basic styles in English language news writing | |
| 3) | Clichés and how to avoid them | |
| 4) | Word economy | |
| 5) | Writing for print media and headline skills | |
| 6) | Writing for TV radio | |
| 7) | Spoken word, reporting on the field and language of the street | |
| 8) | Writing online texts | |
| 9) | Comparing different outlets | |
| 10) | Language and content. How they affect each other | |
| 11) | Different areas and different languages | |
| 12) | Explore quality and tabloid examples and compare them | |
| 13) | Compare different titles in English media word | |
| 14) | General review |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | News Writing, the Gathering, Handling and Writing of News Stories. Matthew Lyle Spencer. 2012. ISBN-1103879855 |
| References: |
Evaluation System
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Attendance | 1 | % 20 |
| Project | 1 | % 20 |
| Midterms | 1 | % 20 |
| Final | 1 | % 40 |
| Total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 40 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 60 | |
| Total | % 100 | |
ECTS / Workload Table
| Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
| Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 4 | 56 |
| Homework Assignments | 14 | 1 | 14 |
| Midterms | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Final | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Total Workload | 118 | ||
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | Create design oriented application for the visual communication design field. | |
| 2) | Resolve visual communication problems via concept based designs and an integrated perspective in the visual communication design field. | |
| 3) | Qualify in design directing through analysis and design processes. | |
| 4) | Display creative thinking, approach and production process skills. | |
| 5) | Integrate basic fields of visual communication; print, time-based and interactive media, through mastering each one of these fields individually. | |
| 6) | Identify complementary design solutions in the visual field in order to solve communication problems. | |
| 7) | Perform necessary operational skills in order to finalize products in the visual communication design field. | |
| 8) | Evaluate recent design trends and the evolving aesthetic perspectives. | |
| 9) | Use recent design softwares that coincide with the developing information technologies and communication channels. | |
| 10) | Interpret theoretical, historical and intellectual roots of the visual communication design field. | |
| 11) | Perform necessary time management in order to complete a visual communication design project. | |
| 12) | Demonstrate leadership qualities in a design team as well as individual skills during the progress of a visual communication design project. | |
| 13) | Display compositional solutions and aesthetic skills to fulfill design needs in a visual communication design work. | |
| 14) | Develop academical, intellectual and critical point of view for global, local and individual visual communication design works. | 3 |