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Roskilde University,Denmark. Basic Facts Learning Principles Working Methods Course Content Project Examples Staff Thomas Tufte Presented at ’CoMundus Induction Days’, Chianchiano, 2-4 October 2008. Basic facts from RUC. 25 years of communication studies
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Roskilde University,Denmark Basic Facts Learning PrinciplesWorking MethodsCourse ContentProject Examples Staff Thomas TuftePresented at ’CoMundus Induction Days’, Chianchiano, 2-4 October 2008
Basic facts from RUC • 25 years of communication studies • 3 comm-relevant masters programs: • MA in Communication (150 pr year) • Ordinary Track • International Track • MA in Professional Communication (Distance education, 15-20 pr year) • MA in Performance Design (30 pr year) (Other RUC-MAs: Journalism, PR, Int’l Dev.Studies)
Learning Principles & Working Methods • The 4 Ps: • Problem Driven (students define the problem) • Project Based (projects; 18 of 30 ECTS pr semester) • Praxis Oriented (1 semester in the field + rekvirent-system) • Process Oriented (group based, exams) • P+P+P+P = Participatory & Student-Centered Learning Process • My Role? Facilitating learning processes
Course Content • Each course is 4 ECTS • Globalisation, Development and Strategic Communication • 42 students (from 16 countries) • Includes: • Seminar at WHO-Euro • 10 page group course assignment assessing organisations’s comm strategies
Course Examples • Audience Studies • Dialogic Communication • Media Convergence • Video production • Edutainment • Health Communication,
Examples • Projects (15 of 30 ECTS): • Communication for Human Rights – the case of Afghanistan; Assessing Theories of Communication for Social Change • MA-Thesis • CFSC in HIV/AIDS Prevention in Uganda • Forum Theatre • Local Media, Integration and Social Change in ’Vollsmose’ (a neighbourhood of Odense with 70% ethnic minorities) • Ph.D-Thesis • Communication and Conflict Resolution • Management and Communication for Social Change
Faculty Team • Head of Studies, Karsten Petersen • CoMundus contacts: Kim Schrøder and Rikke Krogh • Course Providers: Henrik Juel, Francesco Lapenta, Thomas Tufte, Louise Phillips, etc.