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Cover a city meeting and the document behind it
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Council, courts as a public gallery, and neighbourhood beats in Minneapolis and St Paul. You do not become a lawyer. The project is a week of a beat with the documents attached. MA Local Reporting is taught as one award, not a list of unrelated modules. The published length is 18 months, and the credit total is 36. Students move from Packet through Packet; Records; Numbers; Beat; Brief; Beat week, and finish on Beat week. Each course has a question, a method, and a submission. In this field, students apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result. Reading is a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. The artefact a marker expects is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. The award is built so that a graduate can do the following in practice: Write a meeting story from the packet Request a record Verify a number Teaching assumes the student can read a source, attempt a problem before the seminar, and revise after feedback. Attendance at live seminars is part of the design. The capstone or final course must use the methods of the earlier courses; a project that ignores them does not pass. The pages for each course name the topics that are examined. Those topics are the syllabus. A brochure line is not a substitute for them.
The credit total on this page is the sum of the courses in the curriculum. Assessment is the work named on each course.
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| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| LOC501 | Analytical foundations of Local Reporting Analytical foundations of Local Reporting (LOC501) is a course on MA Local Reporting. It carries 20 credits and 200 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at master's level. Students compare a weaker method, judge the evidence, and state what the result does not show. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Examples use a United States setting. The campus context, where a campus route is published, is Minneapolis.
| 20 · 200 h |
| LOC502 | Evidence and research methods for Local Reporting Evidence and research methods for Local Reporting (LOC502) is a course on MA Local Reporting. It carries 20 credits and 200 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at master's level. Students compare a weaker method, judge the evidence, and state what the result does not show. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Examples use a United States setting. The campus context, where a campus route is published, is Minneapolis.
| 20 · 200 h |
| LOC503 | Professional context and institutions in Local Reporting Professional context and institutions in Local Reporting (LOC503) is a course on MA Local Reporting. It carries 20 credits and 200 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at master's level. Students compare a weaker method, judge the evidence, and state what the result does not show. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Examples use a United States setting. The campus context, where a campus route is published, is Minneapolis.
| 20 · 200 h |
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| LOC504 | Measurement, data quality, and error in Local Reporting Measurement, data quality, and error in Local Reporting (LOC504) is a course on MA Local Reporting. It carries 20 credits and 200 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at master's level. Students compare a weaker method, judge the evidence, and state what the result does not show. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Examples use a United States setting. The campus context, where a campus route is published, is Minneapolis.
| 20 · 200 h |
| LOC505 | Ethics, regulation, and the limit of the claim in Local Reporting Ethics, regulation, and the limit of the claim in Local Reporting (LOC505) is a course on MA Local Reporting. It carries 20 credits and 200 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at master's level. Students compare a weaker method, judge the evidence, and state what the result does not show. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Examples use a United States setting. The campus context, where a campus route is published, is Minneapolis.
| 20 · 200 h |
| LOC506 | Design, implementation, and change in Local Reporting Design, implementation, and change in Local Reporting (LOC506) is a course on MA Local Reporting. It carries 20 credits and 200 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at master's level. Students compare a weaker method, judge the evidence, and state what the result does not show. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Examples use a United States setting. The campus context, where a campus route is published, is Minneapolis.
| 20 · 200 h |
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| LOC507 | Evaluation, risk, and a competing explanation in Local Reporting Evaluation, risk, and a competing explanation in Local Reporting (LOC507) is a course on MA Local Reporting. It carries 20 credits and 200 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at master's level. Students compare a weaker method, judge the evidence, and state what the result does not show. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Examples use a United States setting. The campus context, where a campus route is published, is Minneapolis.
| 20 · 200 h |
| LOC508 | Capstone: a defended decision in Local Reporting Capstone: a defended decision in Local Reporting (LOC508) is a course on MA Local Reporting. It carries 40 credits and 400 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at master's level. Students compare a weaker method, judge the evidence, and state what the result does not show. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Examples use a United States setting. The campus context, where a campus route is published, is Minneapolis.
| 40 · 400 h |
Modules are assessed through a published mix of coursework, applied projects, and examinations. Exam windows are announced in advance so students in other time zones are not forced into overnight sittings. Alternative arrangements are available where documented.
The published duration is 18 months. Teaching language: English. Actual time-to-complete depends on mode and any recognised prior learning.
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Requirements are grouped on this page (academic, English, documents). Equivalent qualifications are considered. English may be waived after prior English-medium study.
Assessment is typically a mix of coursework, projects, and examinations. Doctoral awards include a thesis or dissertation and an oral examination. Details sit in the programme specification and module outlines.
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