Class Planning
Journ 300, Newswriting & Reporting.
This should be one of the first classes you take once you begin taking courses in the Journalism major. Journ 300 is a prerequisite for many, but not all, upper level Journalism classes, and once you have taken it, you’ll increase the number of courses available to you in future semesters. The following list of courses do not have prerequisites and are suggested classes to begin.
Journ 225, Readings in Journalism
Journ 320, History of American Journalism
Journ 345, Media Criticism
The classes listed below do not have class prerequisites but may be more challenging to students just beginning the major who do not have any prior background or experience in the field, or they focus on specific topics. Note the semesters these are offered may vary.
Journ 310, Press & the Third World
Journ 312, Journalism & Law
Journ 360, Journalism Ethics (juniors & seniors only)
Journ 393C, From Objectivity to Attitude
Journ 397L, Documentary Tradition in Literature & Film
Journ 397P, Introduction to Photojournalism
Journ 397R, Business of Radio Broadcasting
Journ 493H, Literary Journalism in the 20th Century
Journ 497P, The Politician & the Journalist
Journ 391R, Travelwriting & Photojournalism.
This class is also know as “the Sicily class”. There are no prerequisites for this class but you must apply during the Fall semester in order to be accepted into the class. Applications and more information about the class are available in early October in 108 Bartlett . The class requires a trip to Sicily during Spring Break at an additional cost. Click here for more information
COURSES IN CONVERGENCE JOURNALISM
Convergence Journalism is reporting and writing for a variety of media: print, television, radio and online, sometimes all at once. It's blogging while you're gathering the facts, or producing an audio-slideshow for your organization's website that complements the print version of a story. It's the future of journalism and public relations, and it requires skills in creative thinking, reporting, writing, photography, audio and video production. To better prepare you to work with new technologies in a rapidly-changing communications landscape, the Journalism Program is expanding its courses.
Writing and reporting will always be at the core of what we teach. But we'll be stepping up the integration of technologies into traditional coursework. We think these changes will help you better understand the impact of new technologies and prepare you to use them, regardless of the field you enter after graduation.
Classes in broadcast journalism now make extensive use of digital technologies to record, edit and produce their work. If you haven't taken a class in broadcast journalism, we urge you to do so, regardless of your career goals. (Did you know that many print journalists are now required to carry camcorders to create content for the papers' websites?)
We strongly urge you to register for at least one convergence-related course next year. Here are the offerings for Fall, and more will be offered in Spring, 2008:
Journalism 392W-Writing for the Web: Students report and write non-fiction stories with links and sidebars, and learn the basic of website development, new technologies and tools for communication like RSS and others, and podcasting. Offered in fall and spring, taught by B.J. Roche in fall, David Perkins in spring.
Journalism 397G-Convergence Journalism: What's convergence? This class will focus on ways to merge the traditional methods of storytelling and present them on the Web. Students will create basic Web pages while being introduced to Web-editing; photo-editing and audio-editing tools. Students will enhance their skills in site structure and navigation, headline and link writing and will discuss the business and ethical implication of publishing online.
Journalism 393N-Writing Broadcast Narratives: Students use digital technologies to record/edit/produce narratives suitable for radio/Web broadcast. Taught by NPR correspondent Nancy Cohen.
Journalism 395N-Seminar in Broadcast News Reporting: Students use digital technology to produce video news packages for broadcast on campus television networks. Taught by Channel 40 news anchor, Dave Madsen.
Journalism 397P – Intro to Digital Photojournalism. Students will acquire a working knowledge of the field of photojournalism and use the various tools used in modern image processing for both print and on-line media. Taught by photojournalist Dennis Vandal.
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