Department of Communication

Courses in English, Academic Year 2007-2008

Most of the courses offered in English in the Department of Communication are open to all students of the Faculty of Social Sciences, except for some seminar type courses which are primarily meant for the students of the Department of Communication.

Study Plan of all courses offered by Department of Communication in English in 2007-2008.

Courses in Autumn 2007

Argonaut Study Program (A Minor Subject Program for degree students of University of Helsinki), Program Code: 770053

Introduction to Information Society, Itir Akdogan, Course Code 770055

Internet as a visual and participatory medium, Susanna Paasonen and Tapio Mäkelä, Course Code 770032

Racist and anti-racist discourse in the Internet, Karina Horsti, Course Code 770033

E-Citizenship in Information Society , Itir Akdogan, Course Code 77164

Creating a Multicultural Web Magazine, Yonca Ermutlu, Course code 770058

Courses in Spring 2008

Attention: the dates of the Research Training course has been changed from the 4th period to the 3rd period.

Research Training Course Focusing on Ethnicity and Media, Camilla Haavisto

European Media and Communication Policies: Basic Principles and Contemporary Issues, Hannu Nieminen

Workshop on qualitative methods in Communication Science: Interviews as a means of discovering motives and self images of commentary posters Nina Springer, Erasmus Lecturer, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München. (This course can be registered as a part of the Argonaut Study Program as a minor subject.)

Social Consequences of Internet Use (Web Course), Itir Akdogan, Course code 770026
(This course can be registered as a part of the Argonaut Study Program as a minor subject.)

Web courses offered by University Network for Communication Sciences

All network courses take place in the internet with students from all over Finland. 8 students from the Department of Communication in University of Helsinki are accepted to the courses in order of registration.

Please see more information about these courses from the following link:
http://viesverk.uta.fi//index.php

Autumn 2007

Finnish Media & Communication System, Heidi Lavento, Sanna Kivimäki, 5 credits
(for degree students this course can be registered as P3b or A9b).
Registration in WebOodi: 16.8.-7.9.2007.

Current Issues in Communication Studies: Perspectives on Computer Mediated Communication, Co-ordinator Sanna Kivimäki, visiting lecturers, 5 credits
(for degree students this course can be registered as A9f or S12 or S14).
Registration in WebOodi: 11.-17.10.2007.

Spring 2008

Current Issues in Communication Studies: Perspectives on Democracy and Citizenship,Co-ordinator Sanna Kivimäki, visiting lecturers, 5 credits
(for degree students this course can be registered as A9a or S14).
Registration in WebOodi: 27.12.2007-11.1.2008

Current Issues in Communication Studies: Perspectives on Rhetorics, Persuasion and Effects, Co-ordinator Sanna Kivimäki, visiting lecturers, 5 credits
(for degree students this course can be registered as A9b or S14).
Registration in WebOodi: 21.2.-27.2.2008