Table of contents

The course is connected to the following study programs

Teaching language

Norwegian.

Prerequisites

Relevant primary education at the bachelor level

Recommended previous knowledge

KOM400 Rhetoric in Communication Society

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of the course, students
  • are able to analyze the interaction between text and context in specific events of communication
  • are able to describe the conditions for meaningmaking, among other things the ways in which textual forms are motivated by intention, medium, situation and culture
  • have insight into the field of multimodality and are familiar with the different theories and methods for multimodal analysis
  • have insight into different traditions of discource analysis, both those based on social sciences and those based on humanistic disciplines.

Contents

The cource focuses on theory and methods for conducting text oriented discources analysis; in other words - for analysis of text in action. A broad understanding of the concept of ”text” will be in play, as will a similarly broad approach to different social and medial contexts for the texts to unfold. Examples from different, relevant areas of society will be used in class.

Teaching and learning methods

The learning environment will include lectures, seminars and group work. The workload is estimated to about 270 hours.

Examination requirements

Individual written assignment assessed as a Pass. More information will be given in Canvas.

Examinations

One-week home examination. Graded assessment.

Student evaluation

The study programme manager, in consultation with the student representative, decides the method of evaluation and whether the courses will have a midterm- or end of term evaluation, see also the Quality System, section 4.1.

Offered as a free-standing course

Yes. Subject to availability or capacity.

Admission Requirement if given as a free-standing course

Same pre-requisites apply as for the master's programme.
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