2. Media Professionals tell Northern
Stories in Various Media
• Graduates from the Degree Programme in
Media and Communication Studies can create,
produce and repurpose content for different
media and for various communicational needs.
• The special characteristics of the Northern and
Arctic production and culture are taken into
concideration.
Promo Video 2011
3. Media Professionals work
• in Radio • in Cultural Establishments
• in Television and Events
• in Print Media • in Experience Industry and
• in Web Industry Tourism
• in Film Productions • in PR and Organizational
• in AudioVisual Communication
Services • in Marketing Communication
• as Media Entrepreneurs
4. The Structure of the Degree Programme in
Media and Communication Studies
Academic Basic studies 30 cr
years 1–2 Professional studies 90 cr
Advanced
60 cr
Academic professional studies
years 3–4 Practical training 30 cr
Bachelor’s thesis 15 cr
Academic
Elective studies 15 cr
years 1–4
Total 240 cr
5. The structure of the Degree Programme in
Media and Communication Studies
Academic Academic Academic
year 1 year 2 year 3–4
Introduction to Team Work Specialization in
collaboration and
• Image & • Film and Audiovisual
resposibilities
Photographing and Production or
Filming Content Production • Cross-Media Journalism
• Lighting for Radio, Television,
• Editing Web and Press; Possibility to improve
• Audio Expression and Elements of Media multiskilling or specialize
Technology Expression in certain field
• Journalism and
News Desk Work Small-scale Practical training
• Film and Television Audiovisual
Genres Productions Bachelor’s thesis
6. Film and Audiovisual Production
• Storytelling: script-writing, producing, directing
• Visual elements: shooting, editing, lighting
• Audio elements: sound design and editing
7. From Films to Music Videos
• Graduates have professional facilities to work in
various audiovisual productions from
documentary films to music videos.
Promo Video 2011
8. Crossmedia Journalism
• Journalistic content and storytelling
• Content creation, editing and publishing in digital crossmedia
platforms
• Repurposing same content for radio, television,
print and web
9. Journalistic Content for
Various Media
• News and Current Affairs
• Analytic and Investigative
Journalism
• Documentary Expression
• Media Culture and Environment
• Civics and Society
• Media Appearance
• Online Information Gathering
and Social Media
Cut Your Tie Event (Katkaise Kravattisi)16.11.2011
10. =
Working Life Based Studying
• LIIKE provides a practical way to accomplish
Media studies by performing LIIKE Assignments
• Commissions from Companies, Organizations
and Projects include Event Filming,
Promovideos, Brochures, Publications, Web
sites etc.
Liike 2011: Madventures!
11. Institute for Northern Culture
• Kemi-Tornio University of Applied Sciencies,
Business and Culture
• Lappland University, Faculty of Art and Design
• Lappia Vocational College, Culture education
12. Les Feux Arctiques
• Director: Gretta-Garoliina Sammalniemi, Kemi-Tornio UAS
• The First Film Co-production of the Institute for Northern Culture
• Dramatized documentary film about the expedition, commissioned by the
King of France Louis Philippe and guided by the Preacher Lars Levi
Laestadius, to Lappland in 1838–39
• Premier 16.11.2011 in Versailles, France
