Overall learning outcomes

The overall learning outcomes describe what students are expected to know, understand and be able to do on completion of the programme. The expected learning outcomes are described in the categories of knowledge, skills and general competence. Each course has its own learning outcomes, which support the overall learning outcomes of the programme.

Knowledge

The candidate ...

has broad knowledge of key theories and concepts for understanding the relationship between technological and communicative change, historically and today, including technological determinism and the critique of this perspective, and of the significance of communication technology for democracy and the public sphere
has knowledge of the structure, societal role and power relations of digital and social media, including their economic, political and technological framework conditions, and of how platforms and artificial intelligence affect the public sphere, journalism and communication
has knowledge of journalistic and digital content production across platforms and genres, including the journalistic work process, source criticism and press ethics guidelines, as well as digital forms of presentation for text, photography, video and websites
has knowledge of basic programming, web development and digital technology, including how information is encoded, stored and transmitted in digital systems from hardware to network level
has knowledge of agile project methodology, historically and in today’s industries, and of the use of artificial intelligence in development projects
has knowledge of key methods and phases in project and product development, from needs assessment and ideation to testing and evaluation, and of how communication and technological perspectives can be integrated in developing solutions for clients and users
has knowledge of how organisations function, business models and digital business understanding, including sustainability, privacy and ethics in the digital economy
has knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research methods for investigating questions related to technology and communication, and is familiar with research and development work in the field

Skills

The candidate ...

can identify and define a communication challenge, develop and test a technological solution to it in an interdisciplinary team, and document and present the process and results to clients and users
can analyse how a specific technological development has affected forms of communication and social institutions historically, critically assess different explanatory models, including technological determinism, and use historical insight to shed light on today’s technological changes
can produce and present journalistic and digital content, including news articles, photography, video and web-based presentation, adapted to different platforms, genres and audiences, and apply source criticism in practice
can develop simple programmed and web-based solutions using HTML, CSS and JavaScript, write structured and debuggable code, and analyse digital systems from hardware to network level
can apply agile project methodology and artificial intelligence tools to plan, carry out and report the status of a development project
can apply concepts and theories to analyse the power and role of digital and social media in the public sphere, and produce and evaluate content in digital channels
can apply qualitative and quantitative methods to formulate a research question, collect and analyse data, and interpret and communicate findings
can analyse how organisations are structured and function, and take part in planning and implementing digitalisation projects using analytical tools
can formulate a well-defined research question, justify methodological choices and synthesise relevant academic knowledge in a group specialisation project in technology and communication, and reflect on their own work throughout the process based on supervision

General competence

The candidate ...

can collaborate across communication and technology disciplines, contribute constructively in teams with different academic backgrounds, and reflect critically on their own and the team’s working process
has insight into the role of the press and media in a democratic society and the significance of communication technology for the public sphere and democracy, historically and today, and can reflect critically on the power of the media, the function of the public sphere and their own relationship with sources
has insight into professional and ethical issues related to technology development, digital business and communication, including privacy, press ethics and the ethical dilemmas of using artificial intelligence
can plan and carry out complex projects and a group specialisation project over time, in accordance with ethical requirements and guidelines, and distinguish between knowledge and opinion in their own work
can communicate academic content in writing, orally and through other relevant forms of expression to peers, clients and the general public
can search for and critically assess digital information, and understand how technological change and communication mutually influence society, power and democracy

Study program BTK

Bachelor in Technology and Communication