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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
(3.0 Units) (No prerequisite. Three lecture hours weekly.) This lecture/discussion course introduces students to the modern media, including newspapers, wire services, television, radio, magazines, public relations, advertising, and photojournalism. The principal focus is on writing and reporting for newspapers. Major topics include information about the newsroom, ingredients of news, qualities of good writing, summary and special leads, organizing a news story, quotations and attribution, interviewing, gathering information, features, press releases, obituaries, weather, disaster and developing stories, press conferences and speeches, beats, advanced assignments, and legal and ethical ramifications of reporting. Skills in news writing and reporting are developed through writing stories for the student newspaper or other media. The goals of the course are to provide students with opportunities to develop knowledge and skills in news writing and reporting, and attitudes appropriate to news writers and reporters as well as consumers of mass media. (CSU)
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2.50 Credits
(2.5 Units) (No prerequisite. Seven and one-half laboratory hours weekly.) This laboratory course gives students an opportunity to apply their knowledge in news writing and reporting, including qualities of good writing, summary and special leads, organizing a news story, quotations and attribution, interviewing, and gathering information. It also allows students to develop their knowledge and skills in the fundamentals of headlines, text, photos, and cutlines; story design; page design for a tabloid format; photos and art; packaging, including flags, standing heads, logos and signs, lift-out quotes, decks, bylines, credit lines, etc.; special effects; and infographics. Students in this course serve as the editorial board of the student newspaper. Together with students in Newspaper Production, they produce the student newspaper. Combinations of Journalism 122 and 123 may be taken a total of four times for credit. (CSU)
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2.50 Credits
(2.5 Units) (No prerequisite. Seven and one-half laboratory hours weekly.) This laboratory course gives students who wish to help produce the student newspaper, but who do not wish to be writers for the paper, an opportunity to develop their knowledge and skills in a variety of newspaper-related functions. These functions include: advertising, circulation, graphics, photography, desktop publishing, and word processing. Students may select a specialty or specialties each semester, either gaining enhanced skills in one specialty or gaining skills in different specialties. In addition, students will acquire knowledge and skills in newspaper design, including fundamentals of headlines, text, photos, and cutlines; story design; page design for a tabloid format; photos and art; packaging; special effects; and infographics. Together with students in Newspaper Production, Writing, they produce the student newspaper. Combinations of Journalism 122 and 123 may be taken a total of four times for credit. (CSU)
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3.00 Credits
(3.0 Units) (No prerequisite. Three lecture hours weekly.) This course is designed to introduce beginning broadcasters to writing news for broadcast and to refresh the skills of experienced news broadcasters who want to improve their styles. It is designed to give students an overview of news broadcasting and to encourage them to hone their skills and discover where they can adapt best to the process. The course covers the skills of writing, reporting, recording, photographing, editing, producing, and performing for broadcast. It also covers knowledge of the laws that affect broadcast news, and the cultivation of a sense of journalism ethics. (CSU)
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0.50 - 6.00 Credits
(0.5-6 Units) (Please see Selected Topics category.) (CSU w/limit)
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3.00 Credits
(3.0 Units) (No prerequisite. Can be taken for credit as Journalism 160 or Communications 160. Credit will be awarded for only one course. Three lecture hours weekly.) This course will address a variety of entertainment and news content in print and electronic media. In studying the social construction of race and gender, we will consider and investigate all sides of issues. The focus of this course is on contemporary media texts examined within their historical context. Students will learn methods of media analysis and apply them to the study of various media texts. Additionally, we will explore the connections among media representations of race and gender and other social constructions, which will include class, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, and disability. In covering race, the course will address the experiences of African-Americans, Native Americans, Asian-Americans, Arab-Americans, and Latinos in the United States. With regard to gender, this course will address the social construction of femininity as well as masculinity. (CSU/UC) AA/AS Areas C & G, CSU Area C-2, IGETC Area 4
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
(1-3 units)(Please see Directed Study category.) (CSU w/limit)
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5.00 Credits
(5.0 Units) (No prerequisite. Four lecture and three laboratory hours weekly.) A beginning course offering study and practice in speaking, understanding, reading and writing Japanese, along with an exploration of the cultural aspects of Japan and the Japanese. The weekly laboratory requirement enhances students' verbal and listening comprehension skills through use of the audiovisual materials. Can also be offered in a distance learning format. (CSU/ UC) AA/AS Area C, CSU Area C-2, IGETC Area 6A: UC Language other than English
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5.00 Credits
(5.0 Units) (Prerequisite: Japanese 101. Four lecture and three laboratory hours weekly.) Further emphasis is placed on the structure of the language, verbal communication, and understanding of Japanese culture. Continued use of the language laboratory for further mastery of the language. (CSU/UC) AA/AS Area C, CSU Area C-2, IGETC Area 3B or 6A: UC Language other than English
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