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COMMS100-23B (HAM)
Fundamental Skills for Media and Creative Industries
15 Points
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Convenor(s)
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Declan Manning
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I.4.13
declan.manning@waikato.ac.nz
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Tomas Garcia Ferrari
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G.G.17
tomas.garciaferrari@waikato.ac.nz
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What this paper is about
This paper develops basic skills in communication taken from arts and design viewpoints. The paper explores and makes explicit a diverse range of skills from working in groups, to strategies for dealing with AI in communication.
There will be a number of guest lecturers, from the arts, who will lecture in their specialisms. This includes lecturers from Creative Writing, Music and Screen and Media.
How this paper will be taught
This paper is taught with a combination of lectures and tutorials. As this is a synchronous flexi class, students can attend in person or via an online platform. Lectures will be recorded and be available for viewing on Moodle. Attendance at tutorials is important as there is substantial group work involved in this paper, and tutorial sessions will be where this is initiated and developed.
The schedule of topics below is indicative of the course, and may be subject to change.
Required Readings
Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete the course should be able to:
Assessments
How you will be assessed
Assessment tasks are cumulative, so each task builds on the task before. This means students need to complete one task to move onto the next.
There will also be formative tasks, designed to support learning.
The internal assessment/exam ratio (as stated in the University Calendar) is 100:0. There is no final exam.