2015/2016
BA-BEOKO1039U Discourses and power
| English Title |
| Discourses and
power |
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| Language |
English |
| Course ECTS |
7.5 ECTS |
| Type |
Mandatory |
| Level |
Bachelor |
| Duration |
One Semester |
| Start time of the course |
Spring |
| Timetable |
Course schedule will be posted at
calendar.cbs.dk |
| Study board |
Study Board for BA in English and Organisational
Communication
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| Course
coordinator |
- Charlotte Werther - Department of International Business
Communication (IBC)
- Kevin McGovern - Department of International Business
Communication (IBC)
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| Main academic
disciplines |
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Last updated on
12-08-2015
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| Learning objectives |
To achieve the grade 12, students
should meet the following learning objectives with no or only minor
mistakes or errors: The student should be able to:
- independently identify and argue for the relevance of a problem
within the course themes
- gather material and data relevant to the project’s central
aims, and relate critically to sources
- carry out an analysis based on the project’s central aims and
reach well-founded conclusions using the main concepts, methods and
theories of the course
- relate the project to and engage in dialogue on the concepts,
methods and theories of the course
- structure both written and oral presentations clearly and
logically
- communicate in fluent, correct and idiomatic
English
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| Examination |
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Discourses and
power:
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| Exam ECTS |
7,5 |
| Examination form |
Oral exam based on written product
In order to participate in the oral exam, the written product
must be handed in before the oral exam; by the set deadline. The
grade is based on an overall assessment of the written product and
the individual oral performance. |
| Individual or group exam |
Group exam, max. 4 students in the
group |
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The exam is an individual oral examination based
on a project written in groups of 2-4 students. Project topics must
be approved by the class teacher.
Oral examination: 20 minutes including assessment.
Examination language: English |
| Size of written product |
Max. 20 pages |
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Length of project: Max. 5 standard pages per
student. |
| Assignment type |
Project |
| Duration |
Written product to be submitted on specified date and
time.
20 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade,
and informing plus explaining the grade |
| Grading scale |
7-step scale |
| Examiner(s) |
Internal examiner and second internal
examiner |
| Exam period |
Summer |
| Make-up exam/re-exam |
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
Re-examination: As the regular
examination
It is possible to:
1. Submit the previously written group project without change
2. Submit a new project, either with 1-3 other students or alone.
New project topics must be approved by the course
coordinator.
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| Course content and
structure |
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The aim of the course is to strengthen students’ abilities to
apply critical discourse analysis to social and cultural studies in
order to expand their knowledge of market discourses in
English-speaking countries. The course presents students with: 1)
concepts and tools to analyse the development of discourses in
different English-speaking markets with particular emphasis on the
link between language use and the structure of argument and
interests, and 2) social context and concepts, including power and
hegemony, as well as the relevant historical, economic, political
and institutional preconditions for such discourses.
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| Teaching methods |
| The course comprises lectures
combined with a series of class sessions in which relevant themes
and cases are analysed using the theories and concepts that have
been introduced. The teaching prepares students to develop
proposals for a project in groups towards the end of the course,
with the purpose of writing an exam project. |
| Student workload |
| Teaching |
20 hours |
| preparation (including exercises) |
55 hours |
| Written assignments |
40 hours |
| Project |
80 hours |
| Exam, including exam preparation |
12 hours |
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| Further Information |
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This course requires that students have followed the courses:
Text and text production, and British and American
studies
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| Expected literature |
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Suggested literature:
Bitsch Olsen, Poul & Pedersen, Kaare (2008).
Problem-Oriented Project Work. Frederiksberg: Roskilde
University Press, Chapters 13 to 15
Fairclough, Norman (2001). Language and Power (3rd
ed.).London and New York: Routledge.
Flyvbjerg, Bent (2001). Making Social Science Matter. Why
social inquiry fails and how it can succeed again. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press
Joseph, John E. (2006). Language and Politics. Edinburgh:
Edinburgh University Press
Montgomery, Martin (2008). An Introduction to Language and
Society. London and New York: Routledge
Phillips, Louise & Jørgensen, Marianne W. (2002).
Discourse Analysis as Theory and Method. London:
Sage
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Last updated on
12-08-2015
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