Documentary Comics

Education facts

Code: KK170A

This is a distance course with two separate half-weeks of on-site work in Malmö, during which students learn how to plan, prepare, and execute documentary comics of their own; also they learn how to interpret and assess documentary comics. To be able to do this, the course introduces principles of journalism and documentation and reflects on practical, ethical, and cultural implications for documentary comics. Everybody on the course will produce documentary comics after introductory and specialist workshops. The course aims to provide and develop methods for analysis of individual comics and comics-corpora as a source for academic research. The course will be taught in English. Experience in drawing, journalism, storytelling etc. is not necessary, but an advantage. The course is intended for students who want to communicate in sequential images and texts. It is our belief that everybody can learn to do this. To be able to participate and benefit from the course, some existing experience in academic studies is required.

Entry requirements

The equivalent to English 6/English level 2 in Swedish upper secondary school and 30 higher education credits.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Documentary Comics

  Malmö University

  MALMÖ

  Start date: 18 January 2027

  End date: 6 June 2027

  Pace of study: 50 %