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2015/2016  KAN-CICOO1003U  Financial and Legal Communication

English Title
Financial and Legal Communication

Course information
Language English
Course ECTS 7.5 ECTS
Type Mandatory
Level Full Degree Master
Duration One Semester
Start time of the course Autumn
Timetable Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk
Study board
Study Board for MA in International Business Communication
Course coordinator
  • Lisbet Pals Svendsen - Department of International Business Communication (IBC)
Main academic disciplines
  • Communication
  • Language
Last updated on 23/09/2015
Learning objectives
To achieve the grade 12, students should meet the following learning objectives with no or only minor mistakes or errors: The exam should demonstrate that, based on the theories and knowledge domains covered during the course, the students can
  • • Understand specialised texts within the legal, financial and economic areas covered during the course, and select and reproduce relevant content of such specialised texts in a way that fits the frame of understanding of a new audience, e.g. a non-expert audience
  • • Select communicative and linguistic strategies that match a given situational context and genre, and explain these choices
  • • Implement a concrete communication by producing written texts in professional English based on the relevant strategic choices made in the given situational context
Examination
Financial and Legal Communication:
Exam ECTS 7.5
Examination form Home assignment - written product
Individual or group exam Individual
Size of written product Max. 5 pages
Assignment type Written assignment
Duration 72 hours to prepare
Grading scale 7-step scale
Examiner(s) One internal examiner
Exam period Winter
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
Course content and structure

The aim of the course is for students to acquire knowledge about selected areas within the domains of law, finance and economics, and to develop skills to communicate such knowledge in professional English across occupational sub-cultures and between experts and non-experts. Additionally, students will acquire theoretical communicative and linguistic knowledge required for successful professional communication.

 

The focus will be on selected areas within the knowledge domains of law, economics and finance. Examples of thematic modules covered during the course could be companies’ financial reporting, mergers and acquisitions and employment law. Furthermore, students will gain a theoretical and practical understanding of communicative and linguistic aspects which are relevant for successful professional communication, including aspects such as genre and register, reformulation and popularization strategies, crisis communication strategies and argumentative structure.  
Teaching methods
Teaching methods will vary, depending on the task at hand. The main components will be introductions by the teachers, (student) presentations, reflecting teams, analytical exercises, case study discussions, tutorials and written assignments relating to the case(s) used etc.
Student workload
Class hours 30 hours
Preparation for class 90 hours
Writing of exam paper 72 hours
Tutorials 14 hours
Expected literature

A number of textbook chapters and journal articles, to be published on the course platform prior to semester start, covering the relevant knowledge domains and communicative and linguistic topics dealt with during the course.
Last updated on 23/09/2015