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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Coverage of social issues such as immigration, health care, and child welfare. Examination of stereotypes, how they affect reporting, and how they change as student reporters encounter new subjects. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Journalism 310F and 311F with a grade of at least B in each.
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3.00 Credits
Exploration of the role of journalists in exposing human rights abuses. Modules include case studies from El Salvador, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Bosnia, Sudan, Israel, and Russia, as well as the legal and moral obligations of journalists as witnesses to atrocities and genocide. Examination of the Bush Administration's global War on Terror and the legacy confronting the Obama Presidency. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Journalism 310F and 311F with a grade of at least B in each.
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3.00 Credits
Instruction and supervised fieldwork in environmental coverage. Topics include interviewing, elements and structures of good environment writing, the concepts of scientific certainty and uncertainty, and communicating complex science to lay audiences. Issues covered include climate change, energy, air and water quality, and sustainability. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Journalism 346F and 349T (Environmental Journalism) may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Journalism 310F and 311F with a grade of at least B in each.
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3.00 Credits
Comparative reporting and covering social issues from global and intercultural perspectives. Proper positioning of the United States globally in terms of recession, food, health care, education, energy consumption, and climate change. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Journalism 310F and 311F with a grade of at least B in each.
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3.00 Credits
Foreign reporting and international news production processes, with special emphasis on Latin America. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Only one of the following may be counted: Journalism 347F, 349T (Topic 4: International Reporting), 395 (Topic 4: Documentary Tradition of Latin America). Prerequisite: Journalism 310F and 311F with a grade of at least B in each.
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3.00 Credits
Development of photojournalism and commercial, documentary, amateur, and art photography, including historical processes, the evolution of stylistic trends, and the careers of major photographers. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Only one of the following may be counted: Journalism 347G, 362E, 387P. Prerequisite: Journalism 310F and 311F with a grade of at least B in each; and Communication 316 or Journalism 316 with a grade of at least C.
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3.00 Credits
Study of the business of launching and maintaining successful publications. Three lecture hours and two laboratory hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Journalism 320D and 327 with a grade of at least C in each, and admission to a journalism area of concentration.
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3.00 Credits
Challenging and developing views of the contemporary Latino community and other underrepresented people in the United States. Topics include a history of ethnic groups in the United States and their politics, education, organization, immigration, culture, power, and media. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Journalism 348F and 349T (Topic 10: Covering the Latin Community in the United States) may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Journalism 310F and 311F with a grade of at least B in each.
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3.00 Credits
Examination of the business of sports-related media, including overthe- air television, cable, satellite television, print, radio, social media, and internet-based media, and the impact of such media on sports presentation and development, professional franchises, colleges, and conferences. Emphasis on how the business of sports media generates revenue and content, and the business models for each type of media, the challenges to such models, and the likely future changes to them. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Journalism 348G and 349T (Topic: The Business of Sports Media) may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Journalism 310F and 311F with a grade of at least B in each.
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3.00 Credits
Print and broadcast management and planning in operations, personnel, content, marketing, finance, technology, and regulation. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Admission to a journalism area of concentration.
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