Programme area for Media and communication - Curriculum for common programme subjects Vg2 (MED2-01)

Basic skills are integrated into the competence aims for this course in areas where they contribute to the development of and are a part of the basic subject competence. In Media and communication, basic skills are understood as follows:

Being able to express oneself orally in Media and communication involves expressing oneself about aesthetics and other forms of experience related to media products. It also deals with commenting and evaluating one's own and others' media products by using relevant professional terminology.

Being able to express oneself in writing in Media and communication involves designing texts in different genres for use in different kinds of media. It also involves being able to write using varied and precise language.

Being able to read in Media and communication involves interpreting and understanding texts and images of varying complexity and at various levels of difficulty in different genres from diverse media channels.

Numeracy in Media and communication involves setting up a production estimate and understanding how to use basic principles like image resolution, file size, compression techniques, geometric size rations, vector graphics, binary figures and measuring units for sound.

Digital and computer literacy in Media and communication involves presenting texts, sounds, images and multi-media products using digital tools, and appropriating information about and skills about using these tools. It also deals with being able to use such tools for information searches and exchanging information.