J X49T J 349T Topics in Understanding and Reporting Social Issues 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Contemporary social, professional, and intellectual concerns in the practice of journalism. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Some topics may require additional laboratory hours.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 1: Senior Seminar. Capstone experience in analysis of current journalism issues. Students complete a major research project. Additional prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Topic 2: Business Journalism. Practical training and experience in business and financial reporting and writing.
Topic 3: Journalist as Novelist. English 379M (Topic 1: Journalist as Novelist) and Journalism 349T (Topic 3) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing, Rhetoric and Writing 306 and English 316K or their equivalents, and three additional semester hours of lower-division coursework in either English or rhetoric and writing.
Topic 4: International Reporting. Designed to provide students with skills in foreign reporting and a better understanding of international news production processes, with special emphasis on Latin America. Additional prerequisite: Journalism 320D with a grade of at least C.
Topic 5: Broadcast News Practices and Analysis.
Topic 6: Print Design. Advanced print design and layout. Graphics techniques and production processes; planning content and format of newspapers and magazines. Only one of the following may be counted: Journalism 324, 349T (Topic 6), 375, 376D. Three lecture hours and two laboratory hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing and Journalism 330 and 336 with a grade of at least C in each.
Topic 7: Oral History as Journalism. Study of oral history archives, including similarities and differences between oral history and journalistic interviews and possible problems with oral histories in journalism. Journalism 349T (Topic 7) and 395 (Topic 20: Oral History as Journalism) may not both be counted.
Topic 8: Alternative Media. Journalism 349T (Topic 8) and 395 (Topic 22: Alternative Media) may not both be counted.
Topic 9: Covering Technology and Innovation.
Topic 10: Covering the Latino Community in the United States.
Topic 11: Editorial Column Writing.
Topic 12: Ethics in Journalism. Journalism 349T (Topic 12) and 395 (Topic 23: Ethics in Journalism) may not both be counted.
Topic 13: Journalism, Society, and the Citizen Journalist.
Topic 14: Latino Policy Issues.
Topic 15: Magazine Production. Journalism 349T (Topic 15) and 359T (Topic 2: Magazine Production) may not both be counted.
Topic 16: Politics and the Press.
Topic 17: Reporting Asia. Journalism 349T (Topic 17) and 395 (Topic 17: Reporting Asia) may not both be counted.
Topic 18: Reporting China.
Topic 19: Reporting the World.
Topic 20: Video Journalism for the Web.
Topic 21: Writing for Magazines and Specialty Publications.
Topic 22: Writing for Online Publications. Journalism 337P and 349T (Topic 22) may not both be counted.