JOUR 150 Introduction to Mass Communication (3)Formerly JOUR 100. Survey of the functions and effects of the mass media in the United States. A consumer's introduction to newspapers, television, radio, film, sound recording, books, magazines, and new media technology. Introduction to public relations, advertising, and news analysis. (Does not count toward a journalism major's degree. Intended for non-journalism majors.)

JOUR 199 Survey Apprenticeship (1) College-monitored experience in approved journalism organizations and industries. For majors only. Credit will not count toward the journalism degree.

JOUR 200 History, Roles and Structures (2) Pre- or corequisite: JOUR 100. Introduction to the critical study of journalism from the standpoint of media history and sociology.

JOUR 201 News Writing and Reporting I (3) Pre- or corequisite: JOUR 200. Prerequisites: 30-words-per-minute word-processing ability, and grammar competency demonstrated by a score of 52 or higher on the TSWE. Introduction to news for the print and electronic media, development of news concepts; laboratory in news-gathering tools and writing skills.

JOUR 202 News Editing (3) Prerequisite: Grade of "C" or better in JOUR 201. Copy editing, graphic principles and processes, new media technology.

JOUR 203 New Media (1) Pre- or corequisite: JOUR 202. News production laboratory in digital delivery of text, audio and video news.

JOUR 240 Advertising in America (3) Survey of history, regulation and organization of advertising; advertising strategies and effects.

JOUR 300 Journalism Ethics (3) Examination of ethical problems in news writing and reporting.

JOUR 320 News Writing and Reporting II: Print (3) Prerequisite: Grade of "C" or better in JOUR 201, JOUR 203. Principles and practices of news reporting; covering news beats and other news sources, including researching a news story for accuracy, comprehensiveness and interpretation.

JOUR 321 Advanced Reporting: Public Affairs (3) Prerequisites: JOUR 320 or JOUR 360. Advanced training in writing news for publication in specialized areas, particularly city, county, and federal news. Students meet in seminar with news sources and leading news reporters and work in Washington, D.C., Annapolis, and Baltimore covering news in depth for publication.

JOUR 322 Advanced Reporting: Beats and Investigations (3) Prerequisite: JOUR 320 or JOUR 360. Advanced training in writing, interviewing, beat reporting and investigative techniques. Students meet in weekly seminars and work with metropolitan-area newspapers covering beats and writing stories for publication.

JOUR 323 Advanced News Editing (3) Prerequisite: Grade of "C" or better in JOUR 202. Principles and practices of editing for publication. Copy improvement, headline writing, news photos and cutlines, wire services, copy control and scheduling, page design and layout.

JOUR 324 News Commentary and Critical Writing (3) Prerequisite: JOUR 320 or JOUR 360. Journalistic interpretation and analysis; editorial and critical writing.

JOUR 325 Print News Bureau (6) Prerequisite: JOUR 320 and admission to Capital News Service Program. Advanced training in public affairs journalism. Students report state and federal news as part of the college's Capital News Service.

JOUR 328 Specialized Topics in News Writing and Reporting (1-3) Prerequisite: JOUR 320 or JOUR 360. Advanced training and practice in writing and reporting news of one specialized field of interest. Repeatable to a maximum of six credits provided the topic differs.

JOUR 341 Persuasion in Advertising (3) Prerequisite: JOUR 201 and 240. Exposure to persuasive principles employed in modern advertising; advertising writing for the mass media. Does not meet the JOUR 321-389 requirement.

JOUR 342 Advertising Media Planning (3) Prerequisite: JOUR 340. Principles of planning, placing, and evaluating advertising media in U.S. media markets. Application of theory and methods to specific advertising situations.

JOUR 346 Supervised Internship - Advertising (3) Prerequisite: Grade of "C" or higher in JOUR 202 and JOUR 341 or 342. Supervised internship experience with communication professionals in advertising. Relation of academic training to professional experience. (Not open to students first matriculating after May 1999.)

JOUR 350 Graphics (3) formerly JOUR 373 Prerequisite: Grade of "C" or better in JOUR 202. Introduction to visual components of news content and design type and typography, printing processes, illustration.

JOUR 351 Advanced Graphics (3) Prerequisite: JOUR 350. In-depth analysis of news graphics.

JOUR 352 Online Journalism (3) Prerequisite: JOUR 202 and JOUR 320 or JOUR 360. Reporting and writing online, using Web attributes of interactivity, individualization, immediacy, and multi-media applications.

JOUR 353 Advanced Online Journalism (3) Prerequisite: JOUR 351. Advanced reporting and writing in an online environment.

JOUR 355 Online News Bureau (3) Prerequisites: JOUR 352 and permission of department. Advanced online journalism training. Students work as online reporters, editors and producers for an online newsmagazine. Students also package copy from the print and broadcast news bureaus.

JOUR 360 News Writing and Reporting II: Broadcast (3) Prerequisite: Grade of "C" or better in JOUR 201, JOUR 203. Writing and reporting for broadcast media; production of news stories.

JOUR 361 Television Reporting and Production (3) Prerequisite: JOUR 360. Writing and editing for the broadcast media. Interpretive and documentary news stories.

JOUR 362 Broadcast News Management (3) Formerly JOUR 461. One hour of lecture and four hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: JOUR 360, Management of a broadcast station's news operations.

JOUR 363 Advanced Television Reporting and Production (3) Formerly JOUR 486. Prerequisite: JOUR 361 or permission of department. Production of a daily television news program.

JOUR 366 Supervised Internship - Broadcast News (3) Prerequisite: Grade of "C" or higher in JOUR 202 and JOUR 360. Supervised internship experience with communications professionals in broadcast news. Relation of academic training to professional experience. (Not open to students first matriculating after May 1999.)

JOUR 367 Broadcast News Bureau (6) Prerequisites: JOUR 361 and permission of department. Advanced broadcast journalism training. Students report as part of the College's Capital News Service program.

JOUR 371 Feature Writing (3) Prerequisite: JOUR 320 or JOUR 360. Research and writing feature articles.

JOUR 372 Writing the Complex Story (3) Formerly JOUR 481. Pre- or corequisite: JOUR 371. Explanatory journalism technique applied to complex subjects (such as science, economics and large scale social change) for books, magazines and newspaper series.

JOUR 374 Magazine Editing and Production (3) Prerequisites: JOUR 371 and 373. Principles and techniques of magazine editing and production.

JOUR 375 Newsroom Management (3) Formerly JOUR 461. Prerequisite: JOUR 320 or JOUR 360. Organization, operation, and administration of the departments of a newsroom: advertising, business-finance, circulation, news-editorial, personnel, production and promotion.

JOUR 376 Readings in Journalism Literature (3) Formerly JOUR 440 Prerequisite: JOUR 320, JOUR 360 or permission of department. Analysis of books by journalists highly regarded for writing styles and/or the content of their reporting with an emphasis on understanding the books in the context of national and international affairs.

JOUR 380 Science Writing (3) Prerequisite: JOUR 320, JOUR 360 or permission of department. Writing of scientific and technical material for the general audience.

JOUR 389 News Coverage of Specialized Topics (1-3) Advanced training and practice in writing and reporting news of one specialized field of interest. Repeatable to six credits, provided content differs.

JOUR 397 Professional Seminar (3) Prerequisite: Grade of "C" or better in JOUR 201 and permission of department. Projects and discussions relating professional work experience to study of journalism. Limited to students who participated in an advanced summer internship after the junior year.

JOUR 398 Independent Study (1-3) Individual projects in journalism. May be repeated to a maximum of three credits.

JOUR 399 Supervised Internship (1) Prerequisite: Grade of "C" or better in JOUR 320 or JOUR 360. Supervised internship experience; relation of academic training to professional experience.

JOUR 400 Law of Public Communication (3) Prerequisite: Junior standing. Legal rights and constraints of mass media; libel, privacy, copyright, monopoly, and contempt, and other aspects of the law applied to mass communication. Previous study of the law not required.

JOUR 410 History of Mass Communication (3) Prerequisite: Junior standing. Development of newspapers, magazines, radio, television and motion pictures as media of mass communication. Analysis of the influences of the media on the historical development of America.

JOUR 420 Government and Mass Communication (3) Prerequisite: Junior standing. Relationship between news media and government, media coverage of government and politics, governmental and political information and persuasion techniques.

JOUR 430 Comparative Mass Communication Systems (3) Prerequisite: Junior Standing. Comparative analysis of the role of the press in different societies.

JOUR 440 Media Economics (3) Prerequisite: Junior Standing. Examination of the economics of the news media.

JOUR 450 Mass Media in Society (3) Prerequisite: Junior standing. Ethical, moral, political, economic, and social consideration of mass communication.

JOUR 451 Advertising and Society (3) Prerequisite: Junior standing, plus JOUR 201 and/or JOUR 240. Advertising as an institution with manifest economic purposes and latent social effects. Influences of advertising on people, and related issues of ethics and social responsibility.

JOUR 452 Women in the Media (3) Prerequisite: Junior standing. Participation and portrayal of women in the mass media from colonial to contemporary times.

JOUR 453 News Coverage of Racial Issues (3) Prerequisite: Junior standing. Analysis of news media coverage of issues relating to racial minorities in the United States, with special attention to Hispanics, Asian Americans, African Americans and Native Americans.

JOUR 459 Special Topics in Journalism (1-3) Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs. Issues of special concern and current interest. Open to all students.

JOUR 462 Professional Seminar in Public Affairs Reporting (3) Prerequisite: Admission to Capital News Service, or permission of department. Explore theoretical and practical issues in the press coverage of governments. Examine the complex press-government relationship.

JOUR 465 Visual Communication (3) Prerequisite: JOUR 201. Practical and theoretical examination of visual communication processes related to photography, layout and design, video and Web information products.

JOUR 466 Theory of Broadcast Journalism (3) Formerly JOUR 365. Prerequisite: JOUR 201. Descriptive and critical analysis of broadcast news practices; evaluation of news judgments; decision-making and organizational aspects of the broadcast news industry.

JOUR 467 Technology and the Media (3) Exploration of the role of information technology in social change.

JOUR 470 Journalism and Public Communication Research (3) Formerly JOUR 477. Prerequisite: A University statistics course. Journalism and public communication research methods used in measuring public opinion and media programs and materials.

JOUR 471 Public Opinion Research (3) Prerequisite: A University statistics course. Measurement of public opinion and media habits; role of the media in the formation of public opinion.

JOUR 472 Computer Assisted Reporting (3) Introduction to computer-assisted (database) journalism; obtaining, manipulating and analyzing complex government data for journalism projects.

JOUR 479 Special Topics in Data Gathering and Analysis (1-3) Special research topics for reporting and writing. Repeatable to a total of six credits, provided content differs.

JOUR 484 Advertising Campaigns (3) Prerequisite: JOUR 341 and JOUR 342. Planning and executing advertising campaigns in actual agency situations. Integration of advertising theories and techniques into a complete campaign.

JOUR 487 Literary Journalism (3) Pre- or corequisite: JOUR 371. Practice in the use of literary techniques and especially of dramatic structure in modern newspaper series, magazine pieces and books. Analysis, researching and writing of nonfiction stories, usually with a focus on a specialized area chosen by the student.

JOUR 490 Advising Student Publications (3) Journalistic writing and editing in student newspapers, yearbooks, and magazines; libel and policy; curriculum and teaching procedures; role of student publications.

JOUR 491 Policy, Censorship, and Legal Problems of Student Publications (3) Censorship problems and court cases; legal rights of the student press; formulation of policy and legal guidelines.

JOUR 492 Typography and Layout for Student Publications (3) Type design, type families, graphics, art, photography, and editorial and advertisement layout of school newspapers, yearbooks, and magazines.

JOUR 493 Advanced Techniques for Student Publication Advisors (3) Interpretive and investigative reporting; interviewing and scientific survey methods; curriculum and courses for high school and community colleges; textbooks, teaching units, and resource aids.

JOUR 494 Yearbook Short Course (1) Prerequisite: JOUR 201 or permission of department. Credit not applicable toward major in journalism. Intensive course dealing with the theme, content, copy, design, advertising, budget, finance, law and ethics of yearbook development and production.

JOUR 498 Topics in Scholastic Journalism (1-3) Seminars on specialized areas on the practice of scholastic journalism.

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