Topic 2: Advanced Photo Editing and Design. Advanced training in photo editing and publication design. Taught abroad; location may vary by semester. Only one of the following may be counted: Journalism 370K (Topic 1: Advanced Photo Editing and Design), 370K (Topic: Advanced Photojournalism in Czechoslovakia), 395 (Topic 2).

Topic 3: Documentary Video. Production and editing of video for television and online newspapers. Three lecture hours and four laboratory hours a week for one semester.

Topic 4: Documentary Tradition of Latin America. Study of still photographic and video documentary work by Latin Americans about Latin America. Production of photographic essays on Latin American culture. Journalism 395 (Topic 4) and Latin American Studies 381 (Topic 22) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours and four laboratory hours a week for one semester. Same as: LAS 381.22

Topic 5: Advanced Visual Design. Advanced exploration of visual design, including design principles, visual perception, typography, image-making, uses of color, printing techniques, and publication design. Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester.

Topic 6: Interactive Multimedia Research. Survey of research methods and theories related to new media, with a focus on emerging technologies of mass communication.

Topic 7: Business Journalism. Practical training and experience in business and financial reporting and writing.

Topic 8: Editorial Column Writing. Hands-on work in column writing.

Topic 9: International Reporting. Designed to provide students with skills in foreign reporting and an understanding of international news production processes, with special emphasis on Latin America.

Topic 10: Multimedia Journalism. Review of online reporting techniques, advanced multimedia skills, and current issues in new media. Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester.

Topic 11: Advanced Writing and Public Affairs Reporting. Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester.

Topic 16: Proseminar in Journalism. Introduces doctoral students to major areas of research and selected researchers in journalism. Designed to help students cultivate scholarly skills, ethical norms, awareness of funding possibilities, and teaching skills.

Topic 17: Reporting Asia: A Foreign Correspondent's Framework. Dynamic ways of looking at, thinking about, and reporting the world. Establishment of a framework for analyzing how the news media cover key events, issues, and processes that shape our lives in a global society. Only one of the following may be counted: Journalism 340G, 349T (Topic 17: Reporting Asia), 395 (Topic 17: Reporting Asia).

Topic 20: Oral History as Journalism. Journalism 349T (Topic 7: Oral History as Journalism) and 395 (Topic 20) may not both be counted.

Topic 21: Historical Perspectives in Journalism. Examines the development of the mass media through social, economic, and political factors that have contributed to changes in the press. Journalism 395 (Topic: Historical Perspectives in Journalism) and 395 (Topic 21) may not both be counted.

Topic 22: Alternative Media. Journalism 349T (Topic 8: Alternative Media) and 395 (Topic 22) may not both be counted.

Topic 24: Media Law. Examination of legal rights and restrictions for online and print journalism, including Constitutional guarantees, libel, invasion of privacy, and contempt of court. Only one of the following may be counted: Journalism 395 (Topic: Media Law), 395 (Topic: Media Law and Freedom of Expression), 395 (Topic 24).

Topic 25: Business and Financial Reporting. Conceptualizing, sourcing, and preparing news reports on global financial markets, commercial transactions, and company performance. Subject matter is global; the United States is a subset of material covered. Hands-on course during which students produce multiple news packages for publication.

Topic 26: Covering Politics. Specialized research, reporting, and writing skills to cover issues, candidates, and campaigns. Journalism 395 (Topic 26) and 395 (Topic: Politics and the Press) may not both be counted.

Topic 27: Entrepreneurial Journalism. For-profit and nonprofit journalistic enterprises in the news media ecosystem. Impact of digital technology on the news industry, with emphasis on changes to business and distribution models, and ways people consume and produce news and information. Emphasis on projects and prototypes that include business plans and content planning.

Topic 28: Computer-Assisted Reporting. Study of computer-assisted journalism, including electronic document retrieval and manipulation, spreadsheet and database management, and Internet skills. Collaborative work on major investigative projects.

Topic 29: Oral History as Journalism. Modules include concepts and methods of gathering oral history; illustration of the techniques using the Vietnam War as a topic; and generating oral history-based coverage focusing on the Mexican American experience.

Topic 30: Investigative Reporting. Emphasis on determining what an investigative story is, finding investigative stories, and basic tactics in pursuing those stories. Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester.

Topic 31: Creative Nonfiction for Magazines and Books. Reporting and writing skills for producing narrative nonfiction, including writing book proposals, magazine pitches, and sample chapters. Journalism 395 (Topic: Narrative Storytelling) and 395 (Topic 31) may not both be counted.

Topic 32: Audio Storytelling. Examination and practice of writing news for audio platforms.

Topic 33: Explanatory Journalism: Storytelling in a Digital Age. Examination of the evolution of long-form explanatory storytelling from print and film to new forms of Web-based and interactive storytelling. Journalism 395 (Topic: Storytelling in a Digital Age) and 395 (Topic 33) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours and two laboratory hours a week for one semester.

Topic 34: Advanced Visual Journalism: Photo. Explores intensive photographic reportage and documentation using the camera as a tool of investigation and interaction. Emphasis on creation of photo stories, photo essays, and feature stories, with editing and page layout. Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester.

Topic 35: Producing Social Documentaries for Television News. Instruction in the production of social documentaries for television, with emphasis on social issues often ignored by television news. Includes production of a twenty-minute long-form story. Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

Topic 36: Opinion Writing. Examines opinion writing and commentary in traditional print and evolving online formats.

Topic 37: Social Issues Reporting. 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.

Topic 38: Reporting Latin America. Foreign reporting skills and international news production processes, with special emphasis on Latin America.

Topic 39: Covering the Latino Community in the United States. Development and challenging of views of the contemporary Latino community. Topics include a history of ethnic groups in the United States and their politics, education, organizations, immigration, culture, power, and media. Students will apply what they learn to other underrepresented people in the United States.

Topic 40: Reporting China: A Foreign Correspondent's Workshop. Contemporary social, professional, and intellectual concerns with the practice of journalism.

Topic 41: Reporting the World: A Critical Examination of the United States News Examination of dynamic ways of looking at, thinking about, and reporting the world, both abroad and at home. Establishes a framework for analyzing how the news media cover key events, issues, and processes that shape our lives in a global society. Journalism 395 (Topic: Reporting the World) and 395 (Topic 40) may not both be counted.

Topic 42: Human Rights Journalism. 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.

Topic 43: Minorities and the Media. Issues concerning minority or nondominant groups in the United States. Survey of minority communication problems, including alienation, fragmentation, and media and Internet access. Criticism and feedback for minority groups based on racial/ethnic background, age, sex, disability, social or economic class, and sexual orientation.

Topic 44: Reporting Texas. Students work as online reporters, photographers, and editors for the School of Journalism's Reporting Texas Web site.

Topic 45: Data Visualization. Examines how to find compelling data sets, clean and analyze the contents, and then present that result through a variety of methods, including online interactive charts and maps. Journalism 395 (Topic: Data Visualization) and 395 (Topic 45) may not both be counted.

Topic 46: Gender and the News. Explores how gender relates to news, both historically and currently, and the role of the news media in reinforcing and/or challenging prevailing stereotypes and attitudes about gender. Focuses on women both as producers of journalism and as subjects of media portrayals. Journalism 395 (Topic: Gender and the News) and 395 (Topic 46) may not both be counted.

Topic 47: Living in the Information Age. Examines communication and information technologies, and how individuals, media organizations and corporations employ the Internet for their benefit. Explores how the communication and information technologies evolve and the cultural, economic, political, and social implications of such technologies for society. Journalism 395 (Topic: Living in the Information Age) and 395 (Topic 47) may not both be counted.

Topic 48: Mobile News Application Design. Students will work toward building an iPhone application in one semester, with the goal of having an application accepted in the Apple App Store. Journalism 395 (Topic: Mobile News Application Design) and 395 (Topic 48) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

Topic 50: News for a Mobile Audience. Examines the mobile world and how journalism and the news audience fit in it. Journalism 395 (Topic: News for a Mobile Audience) and 395 (Topic 50) may not both be counted.

Topic 51: Quantitative Research Practicum. Contemporary social, professional, and intellectual concerns with the practice of journalism. Journalism 395 (Topic: Quantitative Research Practicum) and 395 (Topic 51) may not both be counted.

Topic 52: Reporting on the Environment. Journalism 395 (Topic: Reporting on the Environment) and 395 (Topic 52) may not both be counted.

Topic 53: Studio Photography. An investigation of the fundamentals of photography using principles of studio lighting, theory and practice of contemporary color, location lighting, and production of portfolio-quality work, as applicable to advertising, photographic illustration, and photojournalism. Journalism 395 (Topic: Studio Photography) and 395 (Topic 53) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, with additional hours to be arranged.

Topic 54: Web Design for Journalists. Journalism 395 (Topic: Web Design for Journalism) and 395 (Topic 54) may not both be counted.

Topic 55: Economics of New Media. Subjects include the structure, behavior, and performance of media operations; audience behaviors and preferences; competition; and social implications. Journalism 395 (Topic: Economics of New Media) and 395 (Topic 55) may not both be counted.

Topic 56: Covering the Global Economy. Journalism 395 (Topic: Covering the Global Economy) and 395 (Topic 56) may not both be counted.

Topic 57: Journalism and Religion. Explores some of the world's belief systems, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Baha'i, Hinduism, Buddhism, and atheism. Journalism 395 (Topic: Journalism and Religion) and 395 (Topic 57) may not both be counted.

Topic 58: Media Management. Examines how and why media leaders behave and operate by assessing current and past research, theories, and practice to arrive at a better view of what it is like to direct and manage a media organization. Students will investigate issues such as market orientation, diversity, group culture, competition, ownership, structure, ethics, and leadership from a media organizational standpoint. Journalism 395 (Topic: Media Management) and 395 (Topic 58) may not both be counted.

Topic 59: Long-form Feature Writing. Explores long-form journalism for print, online and books. Students will study the use of narrative, immersion, profile/biography, plots, back stories, and voice. Journalism 395 (Topic: Long-form Feature Writing) and 395 (Topic 59) may not both be counted.

Topic 60: Media, Culture, and Civic Engagement. Journalism 395 (Topic: Media, Culture, and Civic Engagement) and 395 (Topic 60) may not both be counted.

Topic 61: Sports for Reporting Texas. Designed to serve reportingtexas.com, the School of Journalism's open-content news Web site. Students will produce original and high-quality journalism for and about Central Texas. Journalism 395 (Topic: Sports for Reporting Texas) and 395 (Topic 61) may not both be counted.

Topic 62: Reporting with Data. Examine basics of computer-assisted reporting. Explore how to find compelling data sets; clean and analyze the contents; use data visualization and simple statistical models to accurately report based on the data; and present results through stories, charts, and maps. Only one of the following may be counted: Journalism 395 (Topic: Data Visualization), 395 (Topic 45), or 395 (Topic 62).

Topic 63: Oral History in Multimedia Storytelling. Instruction in the use of oral history to generate long-term archival material and short-term multimedia stories. Covers concepts and methods of gathering oral history; a topic (varies by semester) centering on U.S. Latinos; and ways to build a multimedia representation of the interview.

Topic 64: Online Incivility. Explores online incivility - defined as nasty remarks intended to hurt that often contain profanity, capital letters to indicate yelling, and put-downs or name-calling - in news story comments and social media. Critically assess the impact of incivility on public discussions online and how that influences journalists and other media practitioners. Journalism 395 (Topic: Online Incivility) and 395 (Topic 64) may not both be counted.

Topic 65: Introduction to Coding for Journalists. Explore basic coding skills and develop best practices used in digital newsrooms to create data-driven online presentations. Journalism 395 (Topic: Introduction to Coding for Journalists) and 395 (Topic 65) may not be counted.

Topic 66: Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Learn how the digital revolution has disrupted the media industry, creating opportunities for entrepreneurial, innovative initiatives. Study cases of successful media startups, and develop a startup project, using digital technologies and human-centered design. Journalism 395 (Topic: Entrepreneurial Journalism) and 395 (Topic 66) may not both be counted.

Topic 67: Digital Production and Analytics. Examine the digital publishing process, including planning, production, tracking, and marketing. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.

Topic 68: Social Capital and Social Networks. Explore theories, methods, and applications, drawing on literatures from sociology, communication, media studies, and management. Examine the relational and structural embeddedness of actors, communities, and organizations, and focus on how to collect network data and do network analysis. Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 380G (Topic: Social Capital and Social Networks), 380G (Topic 2), Sociology 396P (Topic: Social Capital and Social Networks), 396P (Topic 18), Journalism 395 (Topic 68).

Topic 69: Advanced Reporting with Data. Explore advanced data-assisted reporting techniques through use of databases, scripted analysis, and visualizations. Additional prerequisite: Journalism 395 (Topic 62).

Topic 70: Globalization and Social Media. Perform a critical analysis of the causes, patterns, and consequences of social media production and usage in a global context. Examine cases from diverse cultures and nations, and engage with major debates on the role of communication and media technologies in network society, globalization, and transnationalism. Investigate how social media and other new technologies have facilitated changes in politics, organizations, and networks, as well as media and culture. Only one of the following may count: Journalism 395 (Topic 70), Radio-Television-Film 393P, or Sociology 395D.

Topic 71: Social Media Research Methods. Using a selection of empirical case studies from the social media literature, consider the historical formation of social media and the lines that can be drawn to contemporary consequences, particularly the blurring of public and private lives, shifts in power relations, and the spread of rumors and urban myths that is seen today. Explore basic social network analysis and relevant statistical methods. Journalism 395 (Topic: Social Media Rsrch Methods) and 395 (Topic 71) may not both be counted.

Topic 72: Social Media Journalism. Explore the role of journalism in using social media to engage a wide audience, building a marketable brand for journalists and media organizations, and engaging an audience with the news media. Practice using tools and techniques to be an engaging and effective media practitioner. Journalism 395 (Topic: Social Media Journalism) and 395 (Topic 72) may not both be counted.

Topic 73: Photography for Reporting Texas. Work as photographers for the School of Journalism and Media's Reporting Texas website. Journalism 395 (Topic: Phtgrphy for Reporting Texas) and 395 (Topic 73) may not both be counted.

Topic 74: Lifestyle Journalism. Examine specialized reporting and writing in lifestyle coverage, including food, fashion, entertainment, and travel. Journalism 395 (Topic: Lifestyle Journalism) and 395 (Topic 74) may not both be counted.

Topic 75: Domestic Issues and Global Perspective. Examine domestic issues, such as consumerism, food and health, environmentalism, and energy consumption, from global and intercultural perspectives. Journalism 395 (Topic: Domestic Iss & Glbl Perspctvs) and 395 (Topic 75) may not both be counted.

Topic 76: Social Media and Society. Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 386C (Topic: Social Media & Society), Journalism 395 (Topic: Social Media and Society), 395 (Topic 76).