JOU5083 - Features and Magazines

Objectives:

Assessment tasks are designed to enable students to demonstrate the Learning and Employability outcomes for the relevant level of study. Level Learning Outcomes are embedded in the assessment task(s) at that level. This enables a more integrated view of overall student performance at each level.

Content:

Students will examine key skills and techniques used in magazine and feature writing through formative and summative practical exercises in class resulting in a varied portfolio. The practical work will develop important feature writing techniques, including the use of authoritative sources, research and interview skills, journalistic writing styles and the role of the internet in terms of both research and publication.

Students will explore the contemporary magazine market and learn the skills of magazine writing to cater for specific demographics and readerships.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Workshops
Hours: 40
Intended Group Size: Up to 25

Tutorials
Hours: 10
Intended Group Size: Up to 8

Guided independent study
Hours: 250

Further details relating to assessment
Portfolio 1: Portfolio of features and articles, assessed for content, tone and style. Students will receive formative feedback on work produced throughout the module in order to submit a portfolio of summative work.

Portfolio 2: This portfolio should demonstrate ability to learn from feedback comments from the 1st portfolio.

Early Assessment: the early portfolio exercises, within the first few weeks, receive formative assessment to help unpack the assignment details for the 1st assignment as well as guide and inform student preparation and help introduce the University grading system.

Please note that if selected by visiting/study abroad students, if taken as a Semester 1 only module, students will submit a portfolio of feature writing equivalent to 2,500 words for 100% weighting.

Assessment:

001 Portfolio 1; 2,500 words; end of semester 1 50%
002 Portfolio 2; 2,500 words; end of semester 2 50%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Leigh Purves
Level - 5
Credit Value - 30
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 5YL

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