This is a 3 month (20 ECTS) or 4 month (30 ECTS) study period in Education at Mondragon University [Faculty of Humanities and Education]. The working language of the course will be English. The programme will run from September 14th 2009 to December 18th 2009 for those students interested in 20 ECTS and from September 14th 2009 to January 29th 2010, for those students interested in 30 ECTS.

Those student who wish take a 30 (20+10) ECTS course they will have an extra 10 ECTS module in independent field or project work.

 The aim of the programme  

The focus will be on Media and Journalism with periods of practical experience in the web based Basque News and Information Channel of the leading public media group in the Basque Country www.eitb24.com

The methods of the course range from lectures and group work to visits, seminars and practical sessions.

In some of the subjects, the international students will join in with the regular classes at the Faculty. The other subjects are specially designed with a focus towards those students participating in the international program.

The content, for 20 ECTS

The content of the course will comprise the following areas of study:

3.1 International communication [3 ECTS]

The course will provide the knowledge of TV market in general as well as the way to finance projects in the international market. The content is about theoretical knowledge on television market in Europe, independent European producers, financing plans, sales, presales, coproductions, public funds, media program and an approach to practical applications.

3.2 Basque language, culture, media and education [4 ECTS]

A brief survey of Basque culture centred on three of its most relevant aspects: language, media and education system, in order to understand present day Basque society.

3.3 Practicum in web based Basque news and information channel [www.eitb24.com] [10 ECTS]

As part of an international team in EITB24, the leading public media group in the Basque Country, the student will take part in the adaptation of daily news coming from news agencies and carry out multimedia reporting. The work done will be assessed throughout and collected in a final dossier.

Students will travel to Bilbao on Fridays to do the practicum in EITB24 [It is 5 minutes walking from the bus station in Bilbao]. Bilbao is one hour by bus from Mondragon.

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3.4 Digital Journalism [3 ECTS]

The course covers theories and models related to digital journalism in a minority language context.

The content, for 30 (20+10) ECTS

 

After doing the 20 ECTS programme students will have an intensive work on the final project period lasting four weeks. They will be expected to undertake individual fproject on a subject chosen by the student in consultation with the tutor in Mondragon University. Students will choose a topic, which lies within their area of professional interest.

Work on the topic will be based on direct contact, interviews and/or study visits. In addition, the students in their work are expected to draw on relevant theoretical sources from the course. The final project should be a written report of the fieldwork in English, using a PC, and an oral presentation of the fieldwork for the whole student group and its teachers. All students will be expected to work 40 hours per week.

 Assessment and accreditation 

Students are expected to contribute actively to the work of the course. Regular assignments leading towards a final mark for the subject will be given by each course teacher.

A final transcript of records will be issued based on each teacher's assessment of the students performance. The grading system will be ECTS.

Fees

There are no tuition fees for Erasmus bilateral partners of Mondragon University. For students coming from institutions without a bilateral partner agreement with Mondragon University the tuition fee is 1.900 €.

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