Albertson College of Idaho

2005/6
Academic
Catalog

 

Lower Division Journalism Courses

JOURN-199T, 299T, 399T, 499T Special Topics in Interactive Journalism 1.0 credit each

Topics vary.

JOURN-200 Principles & Practices of Journalism - Print 3.0 cr.

Fall. Deals with print and the elements of journalistic writing including sections on ethics, history and an analysis of the role of the media in society.

JOURN-201 Principles & Practices of Journalism - Visual 3.0 cr.

Spring. Focuses on Visual Journalism—broadcast and interactive. The uses of the Internet and challenges for journalists that it presents will be a fundamental focus of this class.

JOURN-300 Feature Writing 3.0 cr.

Spring. Alt. years. Prereq: JOURN-200 and 201. Focuses on longer forms of nonfiction writing. The class reads historical selections that demonstrate the growth and importance of Journalism in our society; documentary films are shown and analyzed.

JOURN-301 Advanced Editing & Reporting. 3.0 cr.

Spring. Alt. years. Prereq: JOURN-200 and 201. Explores the work of editors and journalists through focused readings and hands-on writing and editing assignments. Longer features and pieces of literary journalism are read and studied. Students study and analyze the work of major nonfiction writers and do hands-on editing of their own and their classmates work. Critical papers will look at the changes that journalism is undergoing because of the Internet, through Websites, Weblogs and online magazines.

JOURN-400 Senior Project. 3.0 cr. Spring.

Prereq: Permission.  An in depth senior project of original writing that includes journalistic uses of the Web as an intrinsic part of the study or paper.

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