2012/2013
BA-1YP 1st Year Project
| English Title |
| 1st Year Project |
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| Language |
English |
| Exam ECTS |
25 ECTS |
| Type |
Mandatory |
| Level |
Bachelor |
| Duration |
One Quarter |
| Course period |
Spring, Fourth Quarter |
| Time Table |
Please see course schedule at e-Campus |
| Study board |
Study Board for BA in Information
Management
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| Course
coordinator |
- Annette Hoffskov - Department of Intercultural Communication
and Management
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| Main Category of the
Course |
- Communication
- Organization
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Last updated on
28-08-2012
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| Learning objectives |
At the 4th quarter exam (1st year
project), students should be able to:
- Formulate, delimit and analyze a problem.
- Demonstrate general understanding of the theories and methods
relevant to the project
- Structure the layout and present the material in a clearly
formulated and accessible form in terms of both language and
content.
- Demonstrate understanding of the concepts and theories relevant
to communication in organizational contexts
- Demonstrate practical knowledge of communication processes and
practices in organizational settings
- Understand, define and explain which technologies (such as
hardware, software, database, and networking technologies) provide
the technical foundation for information systems
- Understand, define and explain the core information system
applications used by organizations
- Understand, define and explain how information systems are
developed and managed
- Reflect over the knowledge they acquire from the other courses,
and reflect upon their own ways of producing and analyzing
data
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| Examination |
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The exam in the subject consists of two parts:
| | 1st year
Project: | | Type of test | Oral with Written Assignment | | Marking scale | 7-step scale | | Second examiner | External examiner | | Exam period | May/June | | Aids | Without preparation | | Duration | 30 Minutes | The oral exam is based on the 1st
Year Project of max. 25 standard pages, written in groups of 4
students (overall assessment of project and oral defence).
The 4th quarter exam which weighs 25 ECTS consists of two
examinations that are graded separately:
1) An oral, individual examination based on the 1st year project
as such (20 ECTS) and
2) An Executive Summary (5 ECTS, see below)
The retake takes place according to the same rules as the regular
examination.
However, the following supplementary examination regulations
apply:
For projects, where som of the group members receive the grade 00
or below at the oral defence, these students must submit, before
the retake, individual supplementary written material on aspects of
the projects specified by the examiners. For guidance in this
respect, the examiners will within working days of the oral
examination give a written critique of the respective student
performance and specify the supplementary material needed.
For projects where all members are awarded a grade of 00 or below
at the oral defence, the overall project is deemed unacceptable.
Before the retake the project must be revised and improved. For
guidance in this respect, the examiners will give a brief written
critique of the project within 8 working days of the oral
examination.
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| | Executive
Summary: | | Type of test | Home Assignment | | Marking scale | 7-step scale | | Second examiner | Second internal examiner | | Exam period | May/June | | Aids | Please, see the detailed regulations
below | | Duration | Please, see the detailed regulations
below | 2) An individual written English
examination of the Executive Summary submitted individually in
connection with the 1st Year Project (5 ECTS). It is a summary of
the project written in a concise, precise manner to a specific
target group. The Executive Summary is a 1 page independent
document assessed by two internal examiners. In the Executive
Summary the student must demonstrate:
- The ability to formulate and present a summary of their project
in a concise, precise manner to a specific targit group.
- An adequate level of written English that does not constitute a
barrier to communication and does not contain significant lexical
or grammatical errors.
The retake for students who did not pass the ordinary exam consists
in handing in a revised and improved executive summary.
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| Course content |
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The aims of the 1st Year Project
are:
· To facilitate and reinforce the
learning of the subjects taught during the 1st year by
encouraging students to work independently and in a focused manner
with selected theories.
· To develop analytical skills
needed to undertake problem-oriented project work. The
problem-oriented process during project work is shaped by the
systematic, professional and scientific demands of academic
knowledge production.
The 1st Year Project is the first major independent
work in the BA programme. As stated above, emphasis is therefore on
learning the craft of project work: how to handle academic concepts
and analysis, how to structure the work process and how to present
findings in a project report. This is done through problem-oriented
project work, in which the project group is the most important
learning unit.
The overall theme of the 1st Year Project is: Communication in
Organisations.
The project must focus on a concrete communication problem and
have a special focus on the theoretical framework of communication
studies.
The project must use the theoretical, methodological and empirical
aspects presented in Fundamentals of Communication, Introduction to
Organizational Communication, Fundamentals of Information Systems
and Interdisciplinary Research Methods.
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| Teaching methods |
The project process includes 3
project workshops and some IRM workshops, which share the aim of
preparing students for the 1st Year Project and guiding them in the
project process.
Before project work begins, the Study Board annually prepares a
manual that states the thematic framework, submission deadling and
other conditions concerning project work process and
organization. |
Last updated on
28-08-2012
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