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3.00 Credits
A course in personal journalism, encouraging students to participate in the lives of their subjects and the events they cover. Each student writes several stories requiring a fly-on-the-wall or a participatory approach. Included are readings from top practitioners of the form. Prerequisite: JOUR 201 or consent. Offered spring of even-numbered years.
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3.00 Credits
A reading course of major works demonstrating that effective journalistic writing can also be art. Students analyze substance, style and structure in book-length nonfiction by Twain, London, Capote, and others. Prerequisite: ENG 105. Offered intermittently.
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3.00 Credits
Offers a critical survey of new media, particularly in the context of journalism. Special attention is paid to the search for a new style of narrative - one that could take advantage of the use of text, hypertext, photos, images in motion, audio and databases. The course enables students to understand the complex interactions between the Internet and society and think critically about the ways which new media inform our everyday lives. Prerequisite: JOUR 201 or consent. Offered intermittently.
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1.00 Credits
An opportunity for editors of The Marlin Chronicle to superintend the professional performance of their sections. Editors will run weekly budget meetings; make assignments; encourage, assist and evaluate staff; and produce a responsible, quality publication. Offered each semester.
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3.00 Credits
Students pursue the principles of researching, interviewing, and writing several different kinds of feature stories including editorials, columns and lifestyle pieces. Special topics include sports, travel, food and humor. Prerequisite: JOUR 201 or consent. Offered fall of evennumbered years.
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3.00 Credits
An advanced course in the collection and reporting of news in which students are expected to demonstrate independence and initiative in their work. Each student learns to develop a beat and make use of sources. Emphasis is placed on skepticism. Prerequisite: JOUR 201. Offered spring of odd-numbered years.
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4.00 Credits
Introduces the elements of the language of the Ancient Romans: vocabulary, syntax, and grammar. Students learn how to translate sentences and short stories. The course concentrates on translation and reading skills rather than speaking/listening skills. Prerequisite for LATN 111: no previous instruction in Latin; for LATN 112: LATN 111. Offered every year.
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3.00 Credits
Each semester focuses on a single text, such as the poems of Catullus or one of Cicero's speeches. The primary goal is to gain facility in reading Latin, but the course also introduces students to Ancient Roman literary aesthetics and culture. The course concentrates on translation and reading skills rather than speaking/listening skills. Prerequisite: LATN 112. Offered every year.
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3.00 Credits
An in-depth exploration of one Latin prose author. Extensive readings in the original Latin, complemented by wide readings from the author's entire corpus in English translation. Additional work from primary sources and current scholarship place the author's writings into broader historical and cultural contexts. May be repeated for credit as the topic varies. Possible topics include: Caesar, Cicero, Livy, Petronius, Tacitus. Prerequisite: LATN 212 or placement. Offered each fall.
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3.00 Credits
An in-depth exploration of one Latin poet. Extensive readings in the original Latin, complemented by wide readings from the author's entire corpus in English translation. Additional work from primary sources and current scholarship place the author's writings into broader historical and cultural contexts. May be repeated for credit as the topic varies. Possible topics include: Catullus, Horace, Ovid, Plautus, Virgil. Prerequisite: LATN 212 or placement. LATN 305 is not required for enrollment in LATN 306. Offered each spring.
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