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LN5506: SPECIAL STUDY: LEGAL/ENERGY/EMERGENCY/HEALTHCARE COMMUNICATION (2014-2015)

Last modified: 28 Jun 2018 10:27


Course Overview

Students will undertake an indivualised programme reading, discussion and analysis of communication in a range of professional contexts. This will guide students in problem solving in communication in their own professional context. It will encourage reflection on students' own communicative practice in their specific professional domain.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term Second Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Tania Fahey Palma

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

None.

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

An individualised programme of readings in the student's own practical professional domain. Individual and group discussions of communication in specific professional domains. Interactive seminars on communication in students' own professional context.

Students will

  • Become familiar with the theoretical literature on a specific communication domain
  • Develop domain-specific conmmunication strategies
  • Reflect on their own role as communicator in their professional context
  • Develop capacities to observe and analyse communication in their specific professional domain
  • Develop techniques of communication analysis with particular reference to the language of their own professional context

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Essay on guided reading 40%; description of communicative practices within students' specific professional domain (60%)

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

None.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.
 

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