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Fall 2009 Course Atlas

JRNL 190: Freshman Seminar: The Digital News Revolution

JRNL 201: News Reporting & Writing

JRNL 301: Advanced News Reporting & Writing

JRNL 310: Magazine Writing

JRNL 311: Electronic Media

JRNL 380: Health & Science Writing

JRNL 430: Journalism History & Ethics

JRNL 495A: Honors in Journalism

JRNL 495B: Honors in Journalism

JRNL 496: Internship in Journalism

JRNL 497R: Independent Study

JRNL 190: Freshman Seminar: The Digital News Revolution

McCarthy: TT, 10:00 a.m.-11:15 a.m.; Callaway Center - S108; MAX 17

Contents: This course is designed to teach students how to become more discriminating news consumers at a time when the digital revolution is spawning an unprecedented flood of information and disinformation each day. This course will help students think critically about the differences between news and propaganda, news and opinion, bias and fairness, and assertion and verification in news stories in newspapers online, as well as on radio and television.

Texts: TBA

Prerequisites: Limited to first year students only.

JRNL 201: News Reporting & Writing

SECTION 000 -- Keough: M, 10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Callaway - S108; MAX 16

SECTION 001 -- Campbell: TT, 1:00 p.m.- 2:15 p.m.; Callaway - S108; MAX 16

Content: This is an intensive writing workshop designed to teach specific skills -- reporting, interviewing, editing, hard news and feature writing. The instructor will critique, edit and evaluate students' work intensively.

Texts: TBA

Prerequisites: None.

JRNL 301: Advanced News Reporting & Writing

McCarthy: TT, 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.; Callaway Center - S108; MAX 16

Content: This is an intensive writing workshop. The goal is to advance the students' abilities as journalists -- research, reporting, analysis of official documents and budgets, interviewing techniques, beat reporting, news writing, feature writing. Instructor will work closely with students to expand their writing.

Texts:

• Mencher, Melvin, News Reporting & Writing; Norm Goldstein, ed., Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual

Prerequisites: Permission of the Journalism Program required. Acceptance into the Journalism Program required. Satisfactory completion of JRNL 201 required.

JRNL 310: Magazine Writing

Foust: TH, 6:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m.; Callaway Center - S108; MAX 16

Content: Class sessions, assignments, and one-on-one consultations will be devoted to nurturing the requisite skills, discipline and ethical standards needed to become a successful magazine writer.

Texts: TBA

Prerequisites: Permission of Journalism Program required. Satisfactory completion of JRNL 201 required.

JRNL 311: Electronic Media

Clontz: TT, 4:00 p.m.-5:15 p.m.; Callaway Center - S108; MAX 16

Content: The popularization of the Internet has changed journalism radically, both from the perspective of the newsgatherer and the news consumer. This class will examine the ways in which technology is changing the journalism landscape; from the 24-hour news cycle to ethics to digital content acquisition and distribution. Classes will be a mixture of lecture, discussion and hands-on lab exploring the professional and technical challenges of producing multimedia news. Students will produce Web and video content with an eye toward the impact of convergence on the business of journalism.

Texts: TBA

Prerequisites: Permission of the Journalism Program required. Acceptance into the Journalism Program required. Satisfactory completion of JRNL 201 required.

JRNL 380: Health & Science Writing

Wilson: TT, 2:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m.; Callaway Center - S108; MAX 16

Content: This is a specialized reporting class designed to introduce students to the basics of science journalism and provide training in researching and writing about science and medicine for a general audience. Emphasis: news and feature writing with a secondary focus on basic science concepts, medicine and math.

Texts: TBA

Prerequisites: None.

JRNL 430: Journalism History & Ethics

Wilson: W, 2:00 p.m.- 4:30 p.m.; Callaway Center - S108; MAX 16

Content: This course explores the history of journalism from the hard-hitting work of the muckrakers through the time of Watergate, to the present. Making ethical decisions about accuracy and fairness, conflict of interest, deception, source/reporter relationships, privacy, and other journalistic issues are studied.

Texts: TBA

Prerequisites: Permission of the Journalism Program required.

JRNL 495A: Honors in Journalism

Tefft: TBA, TBA; Callaway - S108; MAX 10

Content: Critical methods in analysis and interpretation, bibliographical materials and methods of independent scholarly research, and honors thesis.

Texts: TBA

Prerequisites: Permission of the Journalism Program required. Senior Journalism Program students only with GPA eligibility and permission of the Program Director.

JRNL 495B: Honors in Journalism

Tefft: TBA, TBA; Callaway - S108; MAX 10

Content: Critical methods in analysis and interpretation, bibliographical materials and methods of independent scholarly research, and honors thesis.

Texts: TBA

Prerequisites: Satisfactory completion of JRNL 495A. Permission of the Journalism Program required. Senior Journalism Program students only with GPA eligibility and permission of the Program Director.

JRNL 496: Internship in Journalism

Tefft: W, 12:00 p.m.-12:50 p.m.; Callaway Center - S108; MAX 16

Content: Students report and write for a newspaper, magazine, broadcast outlet or other news medium for the equivalent of 10 weeks (for credit of four semester hours). The requirement may be met by several shorter internships totaling 10 weeks.

Texts: None

Prerequisites: Permission of the Journalism Program required. Acceptance into the Journalism Program required.

JRNL 497R: Independent Study

Tefft: TBA, TBA; Callaway Center - S108; MAX 16

Content: Advanced directed studies on an approved journalism topic by special arrangement.

Texts: TBA

Prerequisites: Only open to senior students in the Journalism Program. Permission of the Journalism Program required.