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3.00 Credits
3 hours lecture per week Prerequisite(s): ENG 100 with a grade of "C" or higher, or consent of instructor.Recommended Preparation: JOUR 205; JOUR 205L. Comment: JOUR 227 is cross-listed as ENG 227. JOUR 227 is offered in the Spring semester only. JOUR 227 focuses on writing feature articles for publication in newspapers, magazines, the Internet, and radio. Emphasis is on developing a voice, a focus, and an appropriate structure. Interviewing techniques, research skills, and editing are also stressed. Work may be published in campus and off-campus print and Internet publications or read at campus events. Upon successful completion of JOUR 227, the student should be able to: Use several approaches to generate ideas for articles. Recognize and develop appropriate voice and tone. Choose the appropriate focus and approach to the subject for a selected audience and purpose. Gather information from a variety of sources including interview, observation, printed materials and internet, and evaluate its accuracy and pertinence. Know how and when to attribute information. Write the following types of articles: personality profiles, travel, investigative or in-depth features with a personal focus (commonly called the Wall Street Journal format), analogies providing scientific or technical information, narratives, reviews, informatives, humor. Use pacing, sentence ordering, parallel structure, repetition, metaphor dialogue and flashback. Document information for different kinds of publications. Edit for punctuation, grammar, word choice, appropriate style and format. Understand First Amendment rights and legal and ethical constraints in the areas of copyright, privacy, libel and obscenity. Have some familiarity with various markets for publication and standard procedures in marketing an article.
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3.00 Credits
6 hours lecture/lab per week Prerequisite(s): ENG 100 or ESL 100 and demonstration of basic file saving/interface skills. Recommended Preparation: ART 115. JOUR 275 focuses on the principles and practice of print and Web publication design and production in a networked environment. Includes legal and ethical guidelines. Hands-on experience with page design and software for drawing and digital imaging. Upon successful completion of JOUR 275, the student should be able to: Understand how audience, purpose and mode of publication affect publication design. Work in a computer-networked environment to produce documents for offset printing and for the Web. Identify the key elements in print and Web production, and understand how each element affects the final publication. Create work flow charts and meet assigned deadlines. Understand ethical and legal guidelines for publication. Apply principles of balance, movement, points of entry in designing a document. Choose type faces that produce desired impact and apply typographic principles to promote readability. Apply style-sheet rules. Create documents in Adobe Photoshop, Quark Xpress and Adobe InDesign that demonstrate skill in using text, graphic, and interface tools. Adjust images in Photoshop to achieve 8 desired color adjustment, sharpness, and appropriate file size and to create special effects using filters, selection tools and techniques, channels, layers, and text. Use scanners, digital cameras, video capture, and sound recording devices to input information in proper file formats. Create Web documents that demonstrate understanding of page architecture; bandwidth, and usability issues; readability and legibility requirements; and basic HTML.
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3.00 Credits
6 hours lecture/lab per week Prerequisite(s): JOUR 275 with a grade of "C" or higher, or consent of instructor.Recommended Preparation: ENG 227/JOUR 227; ENG 200, ENG 206 or ENG 215. JOUR 276 builds on the skills learned in JOUR 275. Students will produce a magazine and/or journal in both print and online formats. The process will include envisioning the publication, identifying audiences, gathering and editing content, designing layouts, and completing all pre-press work. Upon successful completion JOUR 276, the student should be able to: Determine purpose, audience, and focus of a magazine or journal, taking into consideration budget and method of dissemination. Select articles and graphics appropriate for a particular purpose, audience, and focus. Select the most appropriate means of publication (offset, copier, web) for a given publication, taking into consideration content, audience and cost. Edit a paper to improve organization, word choice, clarity, and do it with the author when possible. Demonstrate an understanding of copyright MLA or APA style guide. Use film and flatbed scanners to input text and graphics. Use Adobe Photoshop to prepare graphics for reproduction, with attention to resolution, contrast, sharpness, and file format. Demonstrate an understanding of the special requirements of spot color and four-color art. Design a layout and execute it using Adobe InDesign or Quark Xpress. Choose appropriate fonts and demonstrate an understanding of size, leading, and line width guidelines to ensure readability. Select appropriate stock based on price and method of reproduction. Estimate amount of paper needed based on parent-size sheets and standard ordering procedures. Prepare publication for printer, including paste-ups and pdf files. Develop a plan of action to solicit submissions and then publicize and deliver the finished product. Create a Web version of the publication with graphics, sound, and possibly video, using Macromedia Dreamweaver.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
One credit: 2 hours lecture/lab per week for 16 weeks or 4 hours lecture/lab for 8 weeks Two credits: 4 hours lecture/lab per week Three credits: 6 hours lecture/lab per week Alternate schedules may be arranged with instructor Prerequisite(s): Qualification for ENG 100, ENG 160 or ESL 100, or instructor consent. Comment: May be repeated two times for additional credit. The maximum number of credits for JOUR 285 (any combination of alpha suffixes) is nine credits. JOUR 285 focuses on the theory and practice in production of a small newspaper or magazine for print and/or web. Includes gathering and writing news, editing news stories and journal articles, writing headlines and captions, type design, page layout, digital photography, advertising design, paste-up, web production. Students may choose to concentrate on one or any combination of three paths. Upon successful completion of JOUR 285, the student should be able to: Demonstrate an understanding of how a newsroom operates: deadlines, work flow, relationship of each position to the whole. Identify the location of departments and facilities on campus and explain the basic organization of the college. Demonstrate proper use and care of the computer and storage devices. Demonstrate skill with word processing, email and web search. Demonstrate ability to use the editing tools in a page layout application. Demonstrate an understanding of news criteria. Apply basic Associated Press Style guidelines. 9 Demonstrate an understanding of copyright laws. Demonstrate an understanding of the Society of Professional Journalists' Code of Ethics.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
One credit: 2 hours lecture/lab per week for 16 weeks or 4 hours lecture/lab for 8 weeks Two credits: 4 hours lecture/lab per week Three credits: 6 hours lecture/lab per week Alternate schedules may be arranged with instructor Prerequisite(s): Qualification for ENG 100, ENG 160 or ESL 100, or instructor consent. Comment: May be repeated two times for additional credit. The maximum number of credits for JOUR 285 (any combination of alpha suffixes) is nine credits. JOUR 285B focuses on the theory and practice in production of a small newspaper or magazine for print and/or web. Includes gathering and writing news, editing news stories and journal articles, writing headlines and captions, type design, page layout, digital photography, advertising design, paste-up, web production. Students may choose to concentrate on one or any combination of three paths. Upon successful completion of JOUR 285B, Graphic Skills for Print, the student should be able to (in addition to the competencies listed for JOUR 285 above): Demonstrate an understanding of basic principles of page design. Demonstrate an understanding of ethical guidelines governing photographs and drawings and their placement on the page. Demonstrate skill in a page layout application. Demonstrate skill in conversion of units from inches to picas and points. Choose appropriate type fonts. Scan art work at proper resolutions and file sizes. Use Adobe Photoshop to correct light and contrast, to set file sizes and resolutions, and be able to save in the proper formats. Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between line screen and choice of printing stock. Prepare photos for linotronic output. Use proper print specifications. Write headlines and captions. Paste up pages. Demonstrate an understanding of the offset printing process.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
One credit: 2 hours lecture/lab per week for 16 weeks or 4 hours lecture/lab for 8 weeks Two credits: 4 hours lecture/lab per week Three credits: 6 hours lecture/lab per week Alternate schedules may be arranged with instructor Prerequisite(s): Qualification for ENG 100, ENG 160 or ESL 100, or instructor consent. Comment: May be repeated two times for additional credit. The maximum number of credits for JOUR 285 (any combination of alpha suffixes) is nine credits. JOUR 285C focuses on the theory and practice in production of a small newspaper or magazine for print and/or web. Includes gathering and writing news, editing news stories and journal articles, writing headlines and captions, type design, page layout, digital photography, advertising design, paste-up, web production. Students may choose to concentrate on one or any combination of three paths. Upon successful completion of JOUR 285C, Skills for Web Page Designers, the student should be able to (in addition to the competencies listed for JOUR 285 above): Demonstrate an understanding of basic web design principles: file sizes, hyperlinking, navigation, readability and the importance of story boarding or mapping the site. Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between file sizes and screen display. Demonstrate an understanding of basic HTML commands, including relative links, tables, image source and font commands. Demonstrate an understanding of cross platform issues regarding color and fonts. Demonstrate an understanding of bandwidth issues as related to file sizes. Use Adobe Photoshop to correct light and contrast, to set file sizes and resolutions, to save in the proper formats. Use Adobe ImageReady to reduce image file sizes and to create special effects. Use Fetch to upload and download files. Demonstrate an understanding of copyright issues, especially as related to graphics. 0
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
One credit: 2 hours lecture/lab per week for 16 weeks or 4 hours lecture/lab for 8 weeks Two credits: 4 hours lecture/lab per week Three credits: 6 hours lecture/lab per week Alternate schedules may be arranged with instructor Prerequisite(s): Qualification for ENG 100, ENG 160 or ESL 100, or instructor consent. Comment: May be repeated two times for additional credit. The maximum number of credits for JOUR 285 (any combination of alpha suffixes) is nine credits. JOUR 285D focuses on the theory and practice in production of a small newspaper or magazine for print and/or web. Includes gathering and writing news, editing news stories and journal articles, writing headlines and captions, type design, page layout, digital photography, advertising design, paste-up, web production. Students may choose to concentrate on one or any combination of three paths. Upon successful completion of JOUR 285D, Writing and Editing, the student should be able to (in addition to the competencies listed for JOUR 285 above): Work a beat and develop a story budget. Gather information from interview, observation, Internet search. Apply legal and ethical guidelines regarding attributions, taping, privacy, fair comment and criticism, multi-ethnic sensitivity where applicable. Take accurate notes and use proper note-taking strategies. Write articles suitable for publication in the school newspaper that are structured according to some of the basic news story formats, such as breaking news, features, editorials. Copyedit for structural, spelling, grammar and punctuation errors. Write headlines and captions.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours lecture, 3 hours independent practice in lab per week Prerequisite(s): Placement by examination. JPNS 100 is an intensive elementary Japanese course covering the same material as JPNS 101 at a more rapid pace. Intended for students with some Japanese language background. Upon successful completion of JPNS 100, the student should be able to: Master basic Japanese vocabulary and sentence patterns. Carry on limited conversations in daily situations using basic Japanese sentence patterns and vocabulary. Form simple sentences using verb, adjective, and noun predicates in past and non-past tenses.
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4.00 Credits
3 hours lecture, 2 hours lab per week JPNS 101 builds a basic foundation that will enable students to acquire and develop language skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in Japanese in a linguistically and culturally appropriate manner. Upon successful completion of JPNS 101, the student should be able to: Understand short, learned utterances, and occasionally sentence-length utterances where context is clear. Comprehension is limited to vocabulary and some simple questions/statements related to everyday events, such as greetings, introductions, descriptions of rooms/housing, campus/towns, and daily schedule/activities. Make short statements and ask simple questions, primarily by relying on memorized utterances and set phrases. Occasionally, expand to sentence-level production to accomplish tasks in contexts similar to those stated above. Ask for meanings of unknown words in Japanese and to expand their vocabulary. Understand written materials in hiragana and katakana. Comprehension is limited to vocabulary and some simple questions/statements related to contexts similar to the aforementioned contexts. Occasionally comprehend some unfamiliar materials in which the context is clear. Write short phrases and sentences in hiragana and katakana with accuracy. Write self-introductions and compose simple memos.
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4.00 Credits
3 hours lecture, 2 hours lab per week Prerequisite(s): A grade of "C" or higher in JPNS 101, or satisfactory score on language placement test, or instructor consent. JPNS 102 continues to build a basic foundation that will enable students to acquire and develop language skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in Japanese in a linguistically and culturally appropriate manner. Upon successful completion of JPNS 102, the student should be able to: Understand sentence-length utterances that consist of a recombination of new and previously learned elements in a limited number of content areas, such as shopping, describing preferences, family members, memories and physical condition, and inviting and dining out. Perform basic communicative exchanges. Make short statements and ask questions in simple sentences that are common to the aforementioned situations. Understand written material in hiragana and katakana, and have a functional command of about 90 essential kanji. Read and comprehend menus, postcards, short letters, and simple journals. Write simple texts of a few paragraphs by integrating new and previously learned structures. Master hiragana and katakana and have a good command of kanji they have learned. Compose memos, messages, postcards, short letters, and simple journals.
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