Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman

Educational Programme «Economic Journalism»

ECONOMIC JOURNALISM

Educational Programme

First (Bachelor) level of higher education 

 

Programme guarantor 

Viktoriia Nikytenko

PhD in Journalism, Associate Professor

Department of Sociology

Faculty of Personnel Management, Sociology and Psychology

 mail: nikytenko.viktoriia@kneu.edu.ua

 

Field of study

C «Social Sciences, Journalism and Information»

Programme subject area

С7Journalism

Academic workload

240 ECTS credits

Program duration

3 years 10 months

Mode of study

Full-time

 

Programme goal: To develop the graduate's ability to solve complex specialized tasks and practical problems in the field of social communications, which involves the application of principles and methods of social communication and other sciences and is characterized by uncertainty of conditions

 

PROGRAMME COMPONENTS

ECTS credits

CORE COURSES

General training cycle

Ukrainian Language for Media Professionals (Training course)

8

Fundamentals of Media Studies

4

Public Management and Administration

4

Foreign Language in the Media (Training course)

12

Media Law

4

Economics

4

Business Economics

4

Philosophy

4

Political Science

4

Physical Education

0

Socioeconomics

4

Professional training cycle

 

Mass Communication Theory

5

Theory of Genres and Styles

5

History of Ukrainian and Foreign Journalism

5

Modern Media Issues

4

Press and Agency Journalism

4

Professional Standards and Safety of Journalistic Activities

3

Audiovisual Media: TV and Radio Journalism

5

Audiovisual Media: Media Visualization

3

Audiovisual Media: Podcasting

4

Fact-checking (Training course)

5

Data Journalism (Training course)

4

Online Media: Cross-Media and Internet Journalism

5

Online Media: Storytelling

3

Online Media: Creating and Promoting New Media

3

Sociology of Mass Communication

4

Media Psychology

4

Multimedia Projects (Training course)

3

Professional Workshop: Economic journalism

4

Professional Workshop: Business journalism

4

Professional Workshop: Financial journalism

4

Fundamentals of Project Activities (Workshop)

3

Economic Investigative Journalism

4

Economic Media Analytics

4

International Journalism

4

Media Business

4

Professional Branding in Communications

4

Media Startup

4

Workload of core courses (credits)

160

ELECTIVE COURSES

Basics of Advertising and Public Relations

4

Communication Logic

4

Time Management (Training course)

4

Finance

4

Information Support for Economic Forums

4

Gender-sensitive Journalism (Workshop)

4

Workshop "How to analyze political finance"

4

Sociology of Public Opinion

4

Media Management and Media Marketing

4

Speechwriting and Copywriting Workshop

4

Psychology of Personal Development

4

Training Course "Fundamentals of SMM and Targeting"

4

Big Data

4

Training course "Announcer Practice"

4

International Economics (in English)

4

Foreign Language for Media Professionals

4

Personnel Management

4

Communication Workshop for Media Professionals

4

Academic Integrity and Copyright

4

Professional News Production

4

Editorial Workshop (Text Content)

4

Using ChatGPT in Journalistic Work: Achievements and Risks

4

Social Information Verification Technologies

4

Foreign Language for Media Professionals

4

Workshop on Journalistic Work in War and Crisis Conditions

4

Brand Management

4

Sociology of Design and Fundraising

4

Editorial Workshop (Audio and Visual Content)

4

Social Partnership

4

Foreign Language for Media Professionals

4

Workload of elective courses (credits)

60

PRACTICAL TRAINING COMPONENTS

Production practice 1

3

Production practice 2

3

Practice

6

Preparation and Defense of a Qualifying Bachelor'sThesis

8

Workload of practical training (credits)

20

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME WORKLOAD (credits)

240

 

 

Last redaction: 29.03.25