One half of the bachelor studies deals with journalism and the other with a second subject. There are three possible variations for the second subject, each with different foci to be chosen. The bachelor phase ends after eight terms with a one-year editorial traineeship. Afterwards the studies of science journalism can be continued in the two-term consecutive master course.
The Chair of Science Journalism is one of eight chairs of the Institute of Journalism at Universität Dortmund. The chair itself offers two courses:
- the eight-term bachelor course Science Journalism
- the two-term consecutive master course Science Journalism
(from winter term 2007/2008)
The eight-term bachelor course includes five components with a total of 240 credits:
- study component journalism (74 credits)
- second subject (91 credits)
- bachelor thesis (8 credits)
- two internships (together 15 credits)
- one-year editorial traineeship (60 credits)
The two-term consecutive master course consists of three components with a total of 60 credits:
- study component science journalism (24 credits)
- second subject (6 credits)
- master’s thesis with accompanying seminars (30 credits)
The following second subjects can be chosen in the bachelor and in the master course:
- natural sciences
with the focus bioscience/medicine or physics
- engineering sciences
with the focus mechanical engineering or electrical engineering
- data analysis and statistics
# Combining Journalism and Second Subject
At the Chair of Science Journalism the journalistic work and the second
subject are combined in special courses. This applies to the bachelor
studies as well as to the master studies.
In the bachelor phase topics dealt with in the second subject lectures are often
journalistically edited in seminars and exercise courses. Besides, the
science journalistic projects combine natural sciences, journalistic
research and practice. Among those projects are for example the
educational research project “Biochemistry – Totally Journalistic”
(2005/2006) and the “European Science Guide” (2006/2007). Unlike the
postgraduate studies the specialist and the journalistic education are
therefore connected from the beginning – both components of science
journalism are not studied successively but simultaneously.
In the two-term master course the final thesis plays an important role, since it accounts for half of the credit points. In order to combine journalism and second subject in the master phase the topic of the master's thesis should be closely related to the courses chosen in the second subject.
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