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BUSINESS JOURNALISM

Course

Code: 1839

Degree: Bachelor's in Journalism

Faculty of Social and Legal Sciences of Elche

Year: Year 4 of Bachelor's in Journalism

Semester: Fall

Type: Required

Language: Spanish

ECTS credits: 6

Lecture: 3

Laboratory: 3

Hours: 150

Directed: 60

Shared: 30

Autonomous: 60

Subject matter: Business Journalism

Department: Economics and Financial Studies

Area: FINANCIAL AND TAX LAW

Course instructors are responsible for the course content descriptions in English.

Description

Analytical and professional knowledge and skills specialized in socio-economic information.

Faculty

Name	Coordinator	Lecture	Laboratory
ALIAGA AGULLÓ, EVA	■	■	■
VARELA GOMEZ, RAIMUNDO		■	■

Professional interest

The Business Journalism course will provide the student with a specialization in the field of economic information related to financial markets , business activity and taxation, allowing his/her full incorporation into journalistic labour market, which requires, increasingly , greater specialization

Competencies and learning outcomes

General competencies

Ability to observe, transcribe, and communicate the observed phenomenon.
Capacity to analyze, synthesize, and think critically, as well as express ideas reasonably.
Knowledge about government, business, institutions, organizations, regulations, and procedures necessary for implementing projects and other activities.
Capacity for innovation by developing new lines, processes, projects, and products.

Specific competencies

Capacity for ideation, planning, and implementation of informative and communicative projects.
Awareness of the state of the world and its recent historical development, as well as its political, economic, and cultural parameters.
Knowledge about the theory and practice of advertising, and corporate relations and communication.
Understanding about the structure, operation, and management of a communication company.
Knowledge and application of the technology and systems employed to process, produce, and transmit informative and fictional content, as well as design and computer graphics.

Objectives (Learning outcomes)

01The student will be able to know the general reality of business journalism in Spain.
02The student will be able to command the use of the main official sources of economic information.
03The student will be able to identify and interpret the main economic, industrial, financial, accounting and tax terms.
04he student will be able to recognize the various public resources available to Administrations for the satisfaction of public needs and their informative treatment.
05The student will be able to distinguish the different existing taxes and thier journalistic reflection.
06The student will be able to know the main taxes on business and how they should be treated by the media.
07The student will be able to understand the basic issues of the procedures of tax application by the Tax Agency, so he/she can develop appropriate and rigorous journalistic news.
08The student will be able to notice the importance of differentiating, from a journalistic point of view, the perpetration of a tax offense and a tax crime and the consequences arising from that perpetration.
09The student will be able to identify the possible appeals that can be uesd before the Tax Administration in defence of the rights of the taxpayers in order to elaborate informative reports.

Teaching units

Association between objectives and units

Objective/Unit	U1	U2	U3
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09

Schedule

Week	Teaching units	Directed hours	Shared hours	Autonomous hours	Total hours
1	U1	4	2	4	10
2	U1	4	2	4	10
3	U1	4	2	4	10
4	U1	4	2	4	10
5	U1	4	2	4	10
6	U2	4	2	4	10
7	U2	4	2	4	10
8	U2	4	2	4	10
9	U2	4	2	4	10
10	U2	4	2	4	10
11	U3	4	2	4	10
12	U3	4	2	4	10
13	U3	4	2	4	10
14	U3	4	2	4	10
15	U3	4	2	4	10

Basic bibliography

Complementary bibliography

Software

ACROBAT READER

Methodology and grading

Methodology

Cooperative learning: Develop active learning through cooperative working strategies among students and promote shared responsibility to reach group goals.
Lecture: Pass on knowledge and activate cognitive processes in students, encouraging their participation.
Solving exercises and problems: Exercise, test, and apply previous knowledge through routine repetition.

Grading

The final mark of the course will be the result, on the one hand, of the continuous assessment of the student throughout the teaching semester, and, on the other hand, a written examination at the end of that semester. In such case, in order to pass the subject, the student must obtain, at least, the grade of 5 points each part.
The mark obtained by the student during the continuous assessment process can amount to 30% of the final mark. This portion will be divided into 2 sections: 10% will be obtained through the active participation of the student in class and the remaining 20% will be the result of the case studies and projects made by the students.
The rest of the mark (70%) will be obtained in an exam on site in which the degree of knowledge and competences obtained by the student and the practical applications of this knowledge to solve specific cases will be assessed.
This exam on site (mobile phones and electronic devices are forbidden, except calculators) will include 5 practical questions and 5 theoretical questions, Regarding the assessment criteria, the highest grading possible, bearing in mind the content of the subject explained in class, will be of 1 point in each of the questions. Those students who have not chosen the continuous assessment system will be qualified exclusively on the basis of the final exam of the subject, which will be scored on a maximum of 10 points, as previously indicated.

Academics: BUSINESS JOURNALISM