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  • 3.00 Credits

    The Interaction of Politics, Sports and the Media challenges students to grasp how powerful forces - political, business, athletic and journalistic - often come together (or work with differing aims) for a perceived important local, national or international sports event. Using case studies, readings, research and class discussions, this course explores issues such as political interference in the Olympic Games, business support for local stadium construction projects, the business/commercial pressures on major sports events, and how the media report these events. This course demands that students see sports as more than mere games in which a winner or loser is identified. Instead, over the next 15 weeks students must grasp that the interplay of politics, sports, business and media interests can work together or collide with each other when important events are taking place. Prerequisites: JRNL2015 and 60 credits
  • 3.00 Credits

    As the capstone course in the journalism concentration, this course will prepare students to responsibly handle the skills they have acquired thus far in the program (the ability to exercise news judgment, gather information, and prepare effective journalistic products). Upon successful course completion students will: 1) Understand the media's role in constructing the civilization we know today. 2) Understand the "Fourth Estate" role of the media in society 3) Understand the effect mediated messages can have on the direction of public discourse, public understanding of critical information, and public opinion. 4) Gain an increased appreciation for the importance of one's decisions as a media practitioner 5) Be able to defend one's position on media-related issues that impact mass society Increase one's awareness of current nature of the mass media (the way the media are today) Prerequisites: JRNL3020, JRNL3050, and JRNL2035
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course teaches students the processes of close reading, analysis, and interpretation of literature and invites students to make connections between literature and their experiences. Students learn to distinguish between reading for comprehension and reading for pleasure, to recognize key principles of storytelling, and to distinguish types of literary works. Introducing students to texts that are international and multicultural in scope (including those of China and Japan) as well as to Western literature, the course focuses on works that treat the themes of initiation and development, especially coming of age.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course teaches students the processes of close reading, analysis, and interpretation of literature and invites students to make connections between literature and their experiences. Students learn to distinguish between reading for comprehension and reading for pleasure, to recognize key principles of storytelling, and to distinguish types of literary works. Introducing students to texts that are international and multicultural in scope (including those of China and Japan) as well as to Western literature, the course focuses on the social processes and literary qualities that affect how particular works come to be considered "classics." Course Prerequisite: COSK1220
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course teaches students the processes of close reading, analysis and interpretation of literature and invites students to make connections between literature and their experiences. Students learn to distinguish between reading for comprehension and reading for pleasure, to recognize key principles of storytelling, and to distinguish types of literary works. Introducing students to texts that are international and multicultural in scope (including those of China and Japan) as well as to Western literature, the course focuses on the repeatable, universal patterns that inform various literatures and cultures and the effects of various cultural myths on literary works. Prerequisite: COSK1220
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course considers the nature of literary interpretation by introducing students to concepts, debates and controversies in criticism today. Students learn about common critical terms and theoretical approaches and apply these terms and approaches to a variety of fictional texts, such as drama, short stories, poetry and novels. In doing so, students learn how to use disciplinary frameworks to ask new questions about texts, to develop their interpretative skills and to participate in the professional discourse of this field. Prerequisite: COS01221 or COSK1221
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course introduces students to the study of the historical origin and development of the essay as a genre through analysis of select essays written during the Renaissance, Reformation and Enlightenment (16th through 18th centuries) as well as essays by 19th century Romantic and Victorian authors. Students are also exposed to contemporary essays written in English from a variety of perspectives by a culturally diverse group of essayists. In addition, students learn fundamental rhetorical principles of invention, arrangement, and style in order to analyze the essays read for the course and to construct personal and scholarly essays. Prerequisite: COSK1221 or COSO1221
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course examines ancient and modern texts from a variety of cultures. Considering a relatively small number of texts and stressing in-depth reading, the course concentrates on the interrelationships of literary works and the social and cultural values and beliefs reflected in and affected by those works. Some attention is given to the terminology basic to literary study, to the differences between reading for comprehension and reading for pleasure, and to the place of literature in a well-rounded education. The course is designed for students without prior coursework in literature. Prerequisite: COSK1221
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course focuses on texts created by women writers which reflect the diverse thoughts, beliefs, customs, struggles, achievements, and visions of women. This course teaches students the process of close reading, analysis, and interpretation of literature and invites students to make connections between literature and their experiences. The course stresses in-depth reading and concentrates on the interrelationships of literary works and the social and cultural values and beliefs reflected in and affected by those works. Some attention is given to the terminology basic to literary study and to the place of literature in a well-rounded education. The course is designed for students without prior coursework in literature. Prerequisite: COSK1221 or COSO1221
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