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JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION (JOUR)
College of Liberal Arts
School of Journalism & Mass Communication
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JOUR 1001
- Introduction to Mass Communication (SSCI, C/PE)
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Pre-jour or non-jour major; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Historical, economic, political, legal, ethical, and social aspects of mass communication. Changing media environment of books, magazines, newspapers, records, movies, radio, television, and the Internet in global context.
JOUR 1001H
- Honors: Introduction to Mass Communication (SSCI, C/PE)
(3.0 cr; =[01664]; Prereq-Honors, [pre-jour or non-jour major]; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
Historical, economic, political, legal, ethical, and social aspects of mass communication. Changing media environment of books, magazines, newspapers, records, movies, radio, television, and the Internet in global context.
JOUR 1905
- Freshman Seminar
(3.0 cr; Prereq-freshman; A-F or Aud, fall, offered periodically)
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
JOUR 1910W
- Freshman Seminar (WI)
(3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; Prereq-freshman; A-F or Aud, fall, offered periodically)
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
JOUR 3004V
- Honors: Information for Mass Communication (WI)
(3.0 cr; =[00890]; Prereq-Honors, [jour major or mass comm minor or approved IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major]; A-F only, fall, spring, every year)
Information resources for professional/academic work in mass communication. Techniques for locating, retrieving, appraising, and verifying information acquired from public records, libraries, research institutions, databases, the Internet, observation, and interviews.
JOUR 3004W
- Information for Mass Communication (WI)
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Jour major or jour minor or approved IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major; prereqs do not apply to IDL sections; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Information resources for professional/academic work in mass communication. Techniques for locating, retrieving, appraising, and verifying information acquired from public records, libraries, research institutions, databases, the Internet, observation, and interviews.
JOUR 3005
- Mass Media Effects
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Non-jour major or [jour major, course approval in program plan] or [pre-jour, adviser approval]; A-F or Aud, spring, every year)
Mass media as tools to change beliefs, attitudes, and behavior. How/when media has such effects, whether media effects will change as a function of trends in media development. Social science perspective of media effects.
JOUR 3006
- Visual Communication
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Non-jour major or [jour major, course approval in program plan] or [pre-jour, adviser approval]; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
Visual media, role of images in mass communication. Social, cultural, historical, psychological approaches.
JOUR 3007
- The Media in American History and Law: Case Studies (HP)
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Non-jour major or [jour major, course appr on prog plan] or [pre-jour, adviser approval]; A-F or Aud, fall, every year)
Media in socioeconomic-political-technological context of a specific historical period. Focuses on legal context and ethics questions.
JOUR 3008
- Mass Communication Processes and Structure
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Non-jour major or [jour major, course appr on prog plan] or [pre-jour, adviser approval]; A-F or Aud, spring, every year)
Communication theories as they relate to mass communication processes. Major structural aspects of mass communication systems.
JOUR 3101
- News Reporting and Writing
(3.0 cr; =[JOUR 3101H]; Prereq-[3004W or &3004W or 3004V], [jour major or jour minor or approved IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major], typing skill; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Basic news gathering, journalistic writing. Developing story ideas. Problems associated with handling of news/features. Professional standards/responsibilities.
JOUR 3101H
- Honors: News Reporting and Writing
(3.0 cr; =[JOUR 3101]; Prereq-[3004W or &3004W or 3004V or &3004V], [jour major or jour minor or approved IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major], honors, typing skill; A-F or Aud, fall, offered periodically)
News gathering, journalistic writing. Developing story ideas. Problems associated with handling of news/features. Professional standards/responsibilities.
JOUR 3102
- Convergence Journalism
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[3004W or 3004V or &3004W or &3004V], [3101 or 3101H or &3101 or &3101H], [Jour major or approved IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major]; A-F only, fall, spring, every year)
Introduction to assembling journalistic content for distribution across integrated media platforms. Audio slide shows, video with sound, computer-based management of photos/video, Web-related skills. Media platforms.
JOUR 3121
- Intermediate News Reporting
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[3004W or 3004V], [3101 or 3101H], [jour major or approved IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major]; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Reporting news that is fundamental to basic beats in most news organizations. Crime, government, politics, environment, health, in-depth profiles, issues relating to civic life.
JOUR 3155
- Publications Editing
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[3004W or 3004V, 3101 or 3101H], [jour major or approved IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major]; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
Improving copy through copyediting/rewriting. Selecting/editing news-editorial content for newspapers, magazines, and online services. Experience using news judgment to present information in print and on the Web.
JOUR 3173W
- Magazine Writing (WI)
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[3004W or 3304V, 3101 or 3101H], [jour major or approved IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major]; prereqs do not apply to IDL sections; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
Writing feature articles for consumer/trade publications. Market free-lance methods.
JOUR 3201
- Principles of Strategic Communication: Advertising
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[3004V or &3004V or 3004W or &3004W], [jour major or mass comm minor or design comm premajor or major or graphics design premajor or major or approved IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major]; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Market analysis, positioning, creative/media strategies, evaluation. Structure of advertising industry. Economic, social, and regulatory contexts influencing advertising.
JOUR 3202
- Principles of Strategic Communication: Public Relations
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[3004V or &3004V or 3004W or &3004W], [jour major or mass comm minor or approved IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major]; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
History/development of public relations practice/principles. Professional writing assignments in various institutional settings. Analysis/critique of public relations in contemporary society.
JOUR 3241
- Creative Strategy and Copywriting
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[3004W or 3004V, 3201], [jour major or approved IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major]; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
Advertising appeals/strategy. Advertising for print/broadcast. Individual/group projects.
JOUR 3251
- Strategic Communication Research
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[3004W or 3004V], [3159 or 3201 or 3202], [jour major or approved IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major]; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Introduction to applied quantitative/qualitative research methods in advertising/public relations campaign development, management, and evaluation.
JOUR 3279W
- Public Relations Writing and Campaign Tactics (WI)
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[3004W or 3004V], [3159 or 3201 or 3202], [jour major or approved IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major]] or [professional jour track, #]; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
Public relations tactics. Emphasizes professional skills in writing for various audiences/purposes.
JOUR 3321
- Basic Media Graphics
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[3004V or 3004W or &3004W], [jour major or approved IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major]; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Relationships between text, type, and image in communicating information. Typical individual or group projects include creating a Web site, experimenting with images/text, creating a basic layout, and new media image-making/storytelling.
JOUR 3451
- Electronic News Writing and Reporting
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[3004W or 3004V], [3101 or 3101H], [jour major or approved IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major]; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
News writing, reporting, video photography/editing, on-air delivery.
JOUR 3551
- Economics of New Media
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Non-jour major or [jour major, course appr on prog plan] or [pre-jour, adviser approval]; A-F or Aud, spring, every year)
Economic issues related to traditional/new media companies and emerging communications technologies.
JOUR 3552
- Internet and Global Society (IP)
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Non-jour major or [jour major, course appr on prog plan] or [pre-jour, adviser approval]; A-F or Aud, fall, every year)
Structure/processes of the Internet and global society in a comparative context. The Internet, via the World Wide Web, as an ideal site to explore how/why societies come to see/know the world and its issues the way they do.
JOUR 3614
- History of Media Communication (HP)
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Non-jour major or [jour major, course appr on prog plan] or [pre-jour, adviser approval]; A-F or Aud, spring, every year)
Historical perspective on tools of communication, from earliest times to present. Impact of new technologies on society.
JOUR 3615
- History of the Documentary
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Non-jour major or jour major with course appr on prog plan or pre-jour with adviser approval; A-F or Aud, fall, every year)
Invention of photographic media, use as representations that truthfully document reality. Truth-value of factual versus fictive representations. Influence of political/economic contexts on form/content. Convergence of distinct realms of media practice. Role of media maker with respect to subject. Aesthetic dimensions of documentary photography/film. Screenings of landmark films, photographs.
JOUR 3741
- People of Color and the Mass Media (CD)
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Non-jour major or [jour major, course appr on prog plan] or [pre-jour, adviser approval]; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
Past/present depictions of people of color in movies, literature, radio/TV, etc, against anthropological, psychological, and sociological knowledge/experience. Emphasizes personal/political effects of media depictions.
JOUR 3745
- Mass Media and Popular Culture (CD, SSCI)
(3.0 cr; =[01279]; Prereq-Non-jour major or [jour major, course appr on prog plan] or [pre-jour, adviser approval]; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Mass media's role in formation of popular culture and cultural discourse. Prevalent media metaphors, caricatures, and stereotypes. Social/commercial pressures influencing media representation.
JOUR 3745H
- Honors: Mass Media and Popular Culture (CD, SSCI)
(3.0 cr; =[01281]; Prereq-Honors or non-jour major or [jour major, course appr on prog plan] or [pre-jour, adviser approval]; A-F or Aud, spring, offered periodically)
Mass media's role in formation of popular culture and cultural discourse. Prevalent media metaphors, caricatures, and stereotypes. Social/commercial pressures influencing media representation.
JOUR 3771
- Mass Media Ethics: Moral Reasoning and Case Studies (C/PE)
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Non-jour major or [jour major, course appr on prog plan] or [pre-jour, adviser approval]; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Overview of ethical dilemmas faced by journalists, advertisers, and public relations and communications specialists. Case studies, ethical principles/theories, professional codes of ethics, standards that have been used by mass media.
JOUR 3776
- Mass Communication Law
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Jour major or jour minor or approved IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major or #; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
Brief historical background, First Amendment rights, basic law of defamation, free press and fair trial, access to news, access to the press, privacy, contempt, obscenity, regulation of broadcasting/advertising.
JOUR 3796
- Mass Media and Politics (C/PE)
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Non-jour major or jour major with course appr on prog plan or pre-jour with adviser approval; A-F or Aud, fall, every year)
Analysis of role of mass media in politics. Emphasizes television and electoral campaigns. News coverage vs newsmaking. Free press in democracy.
JOUR 3990
- Special Topics in Mass Communication: Professional
(1.0 cr [max 2.0 cr]; Prereq-[[[3004V or 3004W], 3101] or [[&3004V or &3004W], &3101]], jour major in professional journalism track; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, offered periodically)
Professional-skills-learning opportunity not regularly offered. Topics specified in Class Schedule.
JOUR 3991
- Special Topics in Mass Communication: Context
(3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; Prereq-Jour major or jour minor or approved IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major; A-F or Aud, fall, offered periodically)
Context course not regularly offered. Topicsspecified in Class Schedule.
JOUR 3993
- Directed Study
(1.0 - 3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; Prereq-[jour major or jour minor or approved IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major], #, %, @; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Directed study, projects.
JOUR 3996
- Directed Internship
(1.0 cr [max 3.0 cr]; Prereq-Jour major, %; S-N or Aud, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Internship supervised by communications organization at which student is working and by student's academic sponsor.
JOUR 4171
- Capstone: Covering the Arts
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[[3004W or 3004V, 3101 or 3101H], [jour major or approved IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major]] or #; A-F or Aud, spring, every year)
Assignments follow Twin Cities arts/entertainment scene or particular arts organization (e.g., Jungle Theater) through its season. Weekly writing assignments, readings, field trips, guest lectures from artists/arts journalists.
JOUR 4193
- Walter H Brovald and John Cameron Sim Community Newspaper Practicum
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[3004W or 3004V], [3101 or 3101H or 3201], [jour major or approved IDIM or BIS or ICP]; A-F or Aud, spring, every year)
Field-based practicum at community newspaper in metropolitan area. Students work with editors, reporters, or advertising staff to produce news, features, or advertising material. Weekly meetings with instructor, readings, projects, guest lectures.
JOUR 4242
- Advertising Portfolio Development
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[3004W or 3004V], 3201, 3241, [jour major or approved IDIM or ICP or BIS]; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
Creative development, conceptual thinking. Students develop creative ideas based on strategies. Emphasizes print. Applying creative thought to advertising ideas. How to put a book together.
JOUR 4259
- Cases in Strategic Planning and Thinking
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[3004W or 3004V], [3159 or 3201 or 3202], 3251, [jour major or approved IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major]; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
Strategic communication cases related to campaigns/issues in business, government, education, or community.
JOUR 4261
- Advertising: Media Strategy
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[3004W or 3004V], [3159 or 3201 or 3202], 3251, [jour major or approved IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major]; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
Strategic elements of media planning, media consumption patterns/trends. Context/role of media plan within marketing/advertising. Information resources, terminology, and tools used in media planning and negotiations.
JOUR 4263
- Strategic Communication Campaigns
(4.0 cr; Prereq-[3004W or 3004V], [3201 or 3202], 3251, [3179 or 3241 or 3279 or 4159 or 4259 or 4261], MKTG 3001, [jour major or approved IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major]; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Developing campaign strategy/tactics. Emphasizes planning/decision-making skills. Students work in groups with varying specializations.
JOUR 4272
- Interactive Advertising
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Non-jour major or [jour major, course appr on prog plan] or [pre-jour, adviser approval]; A-F or Aud, spring, every year)
Interactive advertising models, how they differ from traditional ad models. Issues related to creating, measuring, pricing, and targeting interactive ads. Interactive ads in global, legal, and ethical contexts.
JOUR 4274W
- Advertising in Society (WI)
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Jour major or mass comm minor or approved IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
Forms of regulation. Self-regulation/governmental. Critique of advertising's role in society. Current issues (e.g., stereotyping, political advertising, advertising to children). Ethics in advertising.
JOUR 4302
- Electronic Photojournalism
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[3004W or 3004V], 3102, [jour major or approved IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major]; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
Practice of photojournalism in contemporary digital environment. Visual storytelling, digital processing, professional/ethical issues.
JOUR 4303
- Capstone: Documentary Photojournalism
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[[3004W or 3004V], 4302, [jour major or approved IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major]] or #; A-F or Aud, spring, every year)
Students conceptualize, research, and produce documentary projects consisting of edited photographs and accompanying text. Projects presented in print or online. Examples of differing approaches, exemplary documentary work.
JOUR 4321
- Publication Graphics
(3.0 cr; Prereq-3004, 3321, [jour major or IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major]; A-F or Aud, fall, offered periodically)
Design process applied to production of magazines, brochures, newsletters. Computer as tool to prepare electronic documents for printing.
JOUR 4451
- Capstone: Advanced Electronic News Writing and Reporting
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[3004W or 3004V], [3101 or 3101H], 3121, 3451, [jour major or approved IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major]; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
Researching, reporting, shooting, writing, and editing TV news packages. Lecture, lab.
JOUR 4452
- Capstone: Electronic Newscast Producing
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[3004W or 3004V], [3101 or 3101H], 3121, 3451, [jour major or approved IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major]; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
Planning, writing, and producing live TV newscasts. Lecture, lab.
JOUR 4551
- New Media Culture
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Non-jour major or jour major with course appr on prog plan or pre-jour with adviser approval; A-F or Aud, spring, every year)
Impact of "new media" (all forms of internet communication, wireless media, and combinations of "old" and "new" media) on current/future cultures. How new media may change ways we communicate, distribute, and process information. Social impact.
JOUR 4721
- Mass Media and U.S. Society
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Non-jour major or jour major with course appr on prog plan or pre-jour with adviser approval; A-F or Aud, spring, every year)
Economic, political, social determinants of character/content of mass communications in America. Effect, structure, functioning of mass media. Problems, prospects, criticism. Professionalism, technology, reform.
JOUR 4721H
- Mass Media and U.S. Society
(3.0 cr; =[01503]; Prereq-Honors, [non-jour major or [jour major, course appr on prog plan] or [pre-jour, adviser approval]]; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
Economic, political, social determinants of character/content of mass communications in America. Effect, structure, functioning of mass media. Problems, prospects, criticism. Professionalism, technology, reform.
JOUR 4731H
- Honors: Senior Seminar
(1.0 cr; Prereq-Jour major, honors; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
Discussion section in conjunction with capstone course in professional track or 4xxx or 5xxx course in mass communication track.
JOUR 4733
- Honors Thesis Seminar
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Jour major, [jr or sr], honors, %; A-F only, fall, spring, every year)
Students work under supervision of instructor, with input from subject or methodological advisers, to define research question, conduct research, and write thesis. Students serve as consultants to one another.
JOUR 4801
- Global Communication (IP)
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Non-jour major or [jour major, course appr on prog plan] or [pre-jour, adviser approval]; A-F or Aud, spring, every year)
Structures, processes, and consequences of global mass communication. Problems in free flow of information. Roles of international organizations. Mass communication in social, political, and economic development. Implications for conflict resolution.
JOUR 4990
- Special Topics in Mass Communication: Professional
(3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; Prereq-Jour major or approved IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Professional-skills-learning opportunity not regularly offered. Topics specified in Class Schedule.
JOUR 4990H
- Honors: Special Topics in Mass Communication
(3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; Prereq-Honors, [jour major or approved IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major]; A-F or Aud, fall, offered periodically)
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
JOUR 4991
- Special Topics in Mass Communication: Context
(3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; Prereq-Jour major or jour minor or approved IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major; A-F or Aud, summer, offered periodically)
Special context topics not regularly offered. Topics specified in Class Schedule.
JOUR 4992
- Capstone: Field Based Practicum
(3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; Prereq-Jour major; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
Professional-skill-learning experience on-site at a media organization. Topics specified in Class Schedule.
JOUR 4993H
- Honors: Projects
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Jour major, honors div regis, @, %, #; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Honors projects.
JOUR 5004
- Advanced Information for Mass Communication
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Enrollment in M.A. in health journalism; A-F or Aud, fall, offered periodically)
Messages, information, audiences, and storytelling. Search strategy and question analysis. Informal information sources. Libraries, electronic information, and data tools. Institutional sources. Interviews, polls, surveys, and evaluating information. Ethics and information for messages.
JOUR 5101
- Health Writing
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[[3004W or 3004V], [3101 or 3101H], 3121, [jour major or approved ICP major or BIS major or IDIM major]] or enrolled in MA in health journalism or grad student or #; A-F or Aud, fall, offered periodically)
Overview/techniques of news reporting/writing. Complex health topics. Techniques of other forms of health writing, including health feature writing and health new media/communication.
JOUR 5131
- Capstone: In-Depth Reporting
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[[[3004W or 3004V], [3101 or 3101H, 3121], [jour major or approved IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major]] or grad student; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
Techniques/issues of special project stories. Explanatory, investigative, civic, and literary or ethnographic journalism. Topics (e.g., civil rights, governmental malfeasance, health care problems) typically involved in these stories.
JOUR 5155
- Capstone: Database Reporting
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[[3004W or 3004V], [3101 or 3101H], 3121, [jour major or approved IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major]] or grad student; A-F only, fall, spring, every year)
Obtaining/analyzing digital data for computer-assisted reporting that can be published on various media platforms. Using spreadsheets/databases to manage information, find news stories, and produce maps/graphics.
JOUR 5174
- Capstone: Magazine Editing and Production
(4.0 cr; Prereq-[[[3004W or 3004V], [3101 or 3101H], [3155 or 3173W or 3321 or 4302]], [jour major or approved IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major]] or grad student; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
Writing, editing, illustration, design, layout, and photocomposition of print or Web magazine. Emphasizes reporting, telling substantive stories. Students work in groups with varying specializations.
JOUR 5195
- Online Media Creation and Design
(3.0 cr; =[JOUR 8195, JOUR 5195H]; Prereq-[3004V or 3004W, 3101, 3121, jour major] or #; A-F or Aud, spring, offered periodically)
Concepts/development of online media products. Health news/informational opportunities in new media.
JOUR 5195H
- Online Media Creation and Design
(3.0 cr; =[JOUR 8195, JOUR 5195]; Prereq-Jour major, honors, #; A-F or Aud, spring, offered periodically)
Concepts/development of online media products. Health news and informational opportunities in new media.
JOUR 5251
- Psychology of Advertising
(3.0 cr; Prereq-jour maj or min or design comm or graphic pre-design or design comm or graph design or IDIM/ICP/BIS or #; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
Psychological principles, research techniques, and applications in advertising/selling. Consumer attitudes/behavior. Psychological mechanisms upon which effectiveness of advertisements/commercials depends.
JOUR 5316
- Theories of Visual Communication
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Instructor approval for non-jour majors or [3006, [jour major or jour minor or approved IDIM major or approved ICP major or approved BIS major]] or Grad student; A-F or Aud, spring, offered periodically)
Perspectives on study/analysis of visual communication. Message structure, systems of production, use of visual media. Contributions from sociology, anthropology, psychology, and history.
JOUR 5501
- Communication and Public Opinion
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Non-jour major or jour major with course appr on prog plan or prejour with adviser approval; A-F or Aud, fall, every year)
Theories of communication, persuasion, attitude change. Functions of interpersonal/mediated communication in diffusion of information and in opinion formation.
JOUR 5541
- Mass Communication and Public Health
(3.0 cr; =[00343]; Prereq-Jour major or jour minor or grad major or IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major; spring, every year)
Intersection of mass media, public health, and behavior. Role of theory in understanding intended/unintended campaign effect. Role of health journalism. Decisions that inform media-based interventions.
JOUR 5542
- Theory-based Health Message Design
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Enrolled in MA in health journalism or grad student or Jour major or mass comm minor or approved IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major or #; A-F or Aud, fall, every year)
Best practices for message design across media/contexts. Students apply concepts to design health campaign messages that affect various audiences. Implications of theories of message engagement for current public health practice.
JOUR 5543
- Public Health Campaign Evaluation
(3.0 cr; =[00264]; Prereq-[5541, [enrolled in MA in health journalism or grad student or jour major or mass comm minor or approved IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major]] or #; A-F or Aud, spring, every year)
Draws upon the campaign evaluation literature. Recommendations on evaluation research design. Cross-sectional, experimental, and time-based designs. Focuses on summative efforts.
JOUR 5552
- Law of Internet Communications
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Non-jour major or jour major with course appr on prog plan or [pre-jour with adviser approval]; A-F or Aud, spring, every year)
Whether/how/which traditional media laws/regulations apply to the Internet. Developing law of communication on Internet, global/ethical issues.
JOUR 5601W
- History of Journalism (WI)
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Jour major or jour minor or approved IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major; IDL sections are open to non-majors; prereqs do not apply to IDL sections; A-F or Aud, spring, every year)
Development of American media, from beginnings in Europe to present day. Rise of film/radio/television/Internet. Relation of communications development to political, economic, social trends.
JOUR 5606W
- Literary Aspects of Journalism (WI)
(3.0 cr; =[ENGW 5606]; Prereq-Jour major or jour minor or approved IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major; IDL sections are open to non-majors; prereqs do not apply to IDL sections; A-F or Aud, fall, every year)
Literary aspects of journalism as exemplified in, and influenced by, works of American/British writers, past/present. Lectures, discussions, weekly papers, critiques.
JOUR 5615
- History of the Documentary
(3.0 cr; =[01357]; Prereq-Non-jour major or jour major with course appr on prog plan or pre-jour with adviser approval; A-F or Aud, fall, every year)
Social history of photography, film, video. Informational, documentary, propaganda, and entertainment functions of visual communication. Rise/influence of visual media industries and of public-image making.
JOUR 5725
- Management of Media Organizations
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Non-jour major or jour major with course appr on prog plan or prejour with adviser approval; A-F or Aud, fall, every year)
Introduction to concepts/principles of media management. Strategic planning, leadership, organizational strategies, ethical/legal issues. Working in teams. Balance sheets, income statements. Motivating/promoting people.
JOUR 5771
- Media Ethics: Principles and Practice (C/PE)
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Non-jour major or [jour major, course appr on prog plan] or [pre-jour, adviser approval]; A-F or Aud, fall, every year)
Connecting theoretical approaches to media ethics with real-life case studies. History of ethical standards in print, broadcast, photojournalism, public relations, and advertising. Making ethical judgments in complex situations.
JOUR 5777
- Contemporary Problems in Freedom of Speech and Press
(3.0 cr; =[LAW 6030]; Prereq-Jour major or jour minor or approved IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major; A-F or Aud, fall, every year)
Legal/constitutional derivation of freedom of press/speech. Emphasizes case law, statutes, judicial theories. Leading cases in privacy torts, prior restraints, news gathering/dissemination. Access to courts/government, including via the Internet. Legal-research techniques.
JOUR 5825
- World Communication Systems
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Non-jour major or jour major with course appr on prog plan or prejour with adviser approval; A-F or Aud, fall, offered periodically)
Mass media systems of world, described/analyzed regionally/nationally. Historical roots. Social, economic, cultural context. Contemporary conditions/prospects. Relevance of journalism/mass communication to international affairs.
JOUR 5990
- Special Topics in Mass Communication: Professional
(3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; Prereq-Jour major or approved IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major; A-F or Aud, spring, every year)
Professional-skills-learning opportunity not regularly offered. Topics specified in Class Schedule.
JOUR 5991
- Special Topics in Mass Communication: Context
(3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; Prereq-Jour major or jour minor or approved IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major; A-F or Aud, spring, offered periodically)
Special context topics not regularly offered. Topics specified in Class Schedule.
JOUR 5993
- Directed Study
(1.0 - 3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; Prereq-[Jour major or jour minor or approved IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major], GPA of at least 3.00, @, %, #; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Directed study/projects.
JOUR 8001
- Studies in Mass Communication I
(3.0 cr; A-F or Aud, fall, every year)
Introduction to key concepts, theories, and methods in study of mass communication from social sciences perspective. Survey of research literature using individualistic/structural approaches.
JOUR 8002
- Studies in Mass Communication II
(3.0 cr; Prereq-8001; A-F or Aud, spring, every year)
Literature on history of the field, cultural and humanistic approaches to its study, and legal and ethical issues.
JOUR 8003
- The Changing Media Environment
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Journalism graduate students; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, offered periodically)
Nonprofessional skills course. Prepares entering graduate students to work in the changing media environment, emphasizing its political, social, economic, legal, ethical and technological implications nationally and globally; students produce scholarly research about changing media.
JOUR 8191
- Health Journalism: Introduction to Health and Medical Journalism
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Enrolled in MA in health journalism or #; A-F or Aud, fall, every year)
Best practices in health/medical reporting in different formats/media. Story ideas that challenge conventional wisdom about health care. Elements of health beat. Narrative/investigative styles of journalism. Students do semester-long project.
JOUR 8192
- Advanced Health Journalism: Computer-Assisted Reporting on Health
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Enrolled in MA in health journalism or #; A-F or Aud, spring, every year)
How to use data/databases to tell health news stories or help with health campaigns. Databases, how to access them. How to mine data for effective communication to consumer audience.
JOUR 8193
- Capstone: Health Journalism and Communication
(4.0 cr; Prereq-Enrollment in MA in health journalism or #; A-F or Aud, spring, every year)
Students focus on different aspects of health communication and journalism. Final project (possibly group project) such as publishable article(s), research paper, or multimedia production.
JOUR 8194
- Health Journalism Field-Based Practicum
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[5101, 8191] or enrolled in MA in health jour; A-F only, fall, spring, every year)
Field-based practicum. Students are teamed with a local news organization, media company, or communications office of a health care entity to write/produce health news/information under guidance of an editorial manager at that institution and a faculty instructor. With faculty permission, may lead to capstone project for 8193.
JOUR 8195
- Seminar: Online Media Creation and Design
(3.0 cr; =[JOUR 5195, JOUR 5195H]; Prereq-Health journalism MA grad student or #; A-F or Aud, spring, every year)
Concepts/development of online media products. Health news and informational opportunities in new media.
JOUR 8200
- Communication Strategy Research in Rapidly Changing and Complex Media Environments
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Strat Comm MA grad major; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Concepts, analytical techniques, and methods to analyze audiences, target markets, and social trends affecting communication strategy in context of complex and rapidly changing media environments.
JOUR 8201
- Factors Affecting Communication Strategy
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Strat Comm MA grad major; A-F only, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Literature/research concerning identification/analysis of the media and environmental, regulatory, competitive, and economic factors that affect the development of communication strategy.
JOUR 8202
- Generation and Selection of Communication Strategies
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Strat Comm MA grad major; A-F only, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Concepts/methods to support analytic/creative processes that lead to development of breakthrough communication strategies. Criteria for selecting among strategic alternatives.
JOUR 8203
- Integration of Communication Strategies Across Media
(3.0 cr; Prereq-8200, 8201, 8202, strat comm MA grad major; A-F only, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Concepts, analytical techniques, and methodologies used to plan communication strategies and implement communication campaigns utilizing a diverse range of media.
JOUR 8204
- Measuring the Effectiveness of Strategic Communication Campaigns
(3.0 cr; Prereq-8203, Strat Comm MA grad major; A-F only, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Examination, evaluation, and application of concepts/methods to evaluate effectiveness of strategic communication campaigns and their components.
JOUR 8205
- Cases in Strategic Communication
(3.0 cr; Prereq-8203, strat comm MA grad major; A-F only, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Case study analysis concerning development, implementation, and evaluation of communication strategies. Cases cover broad range of organizations, focus on such issues as brand introduction, brand reinforcement, revitalizations, crisis communication, issues management, and legal/ethical considerations.
JOUR 8206
- Directed Study: Development of an Integrated Strategic Communication Campaign
(3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; Prereq-8205, strat comm MA grad major; A-F only, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Project to develop a case study analysis concerning development, implementation, and evaluation of a strategic communication campaign.
JOUR 8317
- Seminar: Visual Communication Research
(3.0 cr; Prereq-5316, [[8001, 8002] or #]; A-F or Aud)
Theoretical approaches, analysis of research methods, development of research designs/projects.
JOUR 8333
- FTE: Master's
(1.0 cr; Prereq-Master's student, adviser and DGS consent; No Grade, fall, spring, summer, every year)
(No description)
JOUR 8442
- Seminar: Broadcast News
(3.0 cr; Prereq-4442 or #; A-F or Aud)
Major issues. Confrontations between federal government and network news departments. Historical studies.
JOUR 8444
- FTE: Doctoral
(1.0 cr; Prereq-Doctoral student, adviser and DGS consent; No Grade, fall, spring, summer, every year)
(No description)
JOUR 8501
- Seminar: The Process of Quantitative Mass Communication Research
(3.0 cr; Prereq-9 cr soc sci, EPsy 5260 or equiv or & EPsy 5260; A-F or Aud, fall, every year)
Logic of social sciences research. Relationship between theory and research, concept explication, measurement, instrumentation, and design issues.
JOUR 8502
- Seminar: Multi-method research in Mass Communication
(3.0 cr; Prereq-8501, [EPsy 5260 or equiv or & EPsy 5260]; A-F or Aud, spring, every year)
Quantitative/qualitative research principles/techniques applied to mass communication and kindred questions. Reliability, generalizability, and validity in their classic/contemporary senses. Survey methods, focus groups, interviews, other methods. Emphasizes "triangulation" of diverse methods.
JOUR 8513
- Seminar: Ethnographic Methods in Mass Communication Research
(3.0 cr; =[01630]; Prereq-[8001, 8002] or #; same as Anth 8810; A-F or Aud, spring, every year)
Theoretical foundations in anthropology/sociology. Field projects.
JOUR 8514
- Seminar: Mass Communication Theory
(3.0 cr; Prereq-8001, 8002; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, offered periodically)
Research paradigms, concepts, and findings for developing a general theory of mass communication.
JOUR 8601
- Seminar: Methods in Mass Communication History Research
(3.0 cr; Prereq-8001, 8002; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
Critical analysis of research in journalism/communication history. Research designs/methods. Development of a research project.
JOUR 8602
- Seminar: History of Mass Communication
(3.0 cr; Prereq-5601; A-F or Aud, spring, offered periodically)
Research in history/development of U.S. mass media.
JOUR 8603
- Seminar: Theories and Models in Mass Communication History Research
(3.0 cr; Prereq-5601, #; A-F or Aud)
Literature on theory in historical research. Uses of theoretical models in historical explanations. Role of theory in historical research, debate about uses. Specific works in journalism/communication history in context of theoretical models. Development of major paper examining models/theories relevant to student's project.
JOUR 8620
- Seminar: Advertising Research
(3.0 cr [max 12.0 cr]; Prereq-5251 or #; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, offered periodically)
Advertising as persuasive communication. Current research/theory related to advertising decision-making process.
JOUR 8651
- Seminar: Mass Media and Social Change
(3.0 cr; Prereq-8001 or 8002 or equiv; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, offered periodically)
Interplay between social theories and media studies. Pragmatism, structural-functionalism, Marxism, political economy, cultural studies, globalization.
JOUR 8662
- Seminar: Literary Aspects of Journalism
(3.0 cr; Prereq-5606; A-F or Aud)
Research in literary aspects of journalism exemplified in careers/works of American/British writers.
JOUR 8666
- Doctoral Pre-Thesis Credits
(1.0 - 6.0 cr [max 12.0 cr]; Prereq-Doctoral student who has not passed prelim oral; no required consent for 1st/2nd registrations, up to 12 combined cr; % for 3rd/4th registrations, up to 24 combined cr; doctoral student admitted before summer 2007 may register up to four times, up to 60 combined cr; No Grade, fall, spring, summer, every year)
JOUR 8671
- Seminar: Communication Ethics--Public/Civic Journalism
(3.0 cr; A-F or Aud)
Historical underpinnings, philosophical debate, theoretical dynamics, legal concerns, ethical implications.
JOUR 8673
- Seminar: Media Management
(3.0 cr; Prereq-5725 recommended; A-F or Aud)
Management issues in media organizations. Relation to dynamics of organization structure, employees, markets, economics/finances.
JOUR 8675
- Seminar: Issues in Information Access and Communication
(3.0 cr; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, offered periodically)
Societal, industry, technological, and policy aspects/developments that affect information access, particularly through mass media.
JOUR 8678
- Seminar: Constitutional Law--Theories of Freedom of Expression
(3.0 cr; =[LAW 6059]; Prereq-5777 or #; A-F or Aud)
Problems of constitutional/tort law affecting the press. Underlying theories.
JOUR 8679
- Seminar: Research Methods in Media Ethics and Law
(3.0 cr; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, offered periodically)
Research at intersection of first amendment and media ethics.
JOUR 8681
- Seminar: Media and Globalization
(3.0 cr; Prereq-4801 or 5825 or #; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, offered periodically)
Main problems/currents. Concepts, research, policy relevant to global development. Issues of freedom/constraint, media technology, role of journalism in world affairs.
JOUR 8721
- Seminar: Communication Agencies as Social Institutions
(3.0 cr; A-F or Aud, fall, every year)
Influence/effects of mass communication, internal dynamics of media organizations, criticism/modes of reform. Theoretical frameworks for analysis.
JOUR 8777
- Thesis Credits: Master's
(1.0 - 18.0 cr [max 50.0 cr]; Prereq-Max 18 cr per semester or summer; 10 cr total required (Plan A only); No Grade, fall, spring, summer, every year)
(No description)
JOUR 8801
- Seminar: Comparative Research in Mass Communication, a Cross-National Approach
(3.0 cr; Prereq-4801 or 5825; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, offered periodically)
Comparative research designs/strategies. Analysis of production, presentation, transmission, and consumption of mass media products/services (particularly news, entertainment, and information) across national borders. Theoretical concerns, empirical problems, policy. Ethical issues involving research on form/content of mass communication within/between countries.
JOUR 8888
- Thesis Credit: Doctoral
(1.0 - 24.0 cr [max 100.0 cr]; Prereq-Max 18 cr per semester or summer; 24 cr required; No Grade, fall, spring, summer, every year)
(No description)
JOUR 8990
- Special Problems in Mass Communication
(3.0 - 4.0 cr [max 12.0 cr]; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, summer, offered periodically)
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
JOUR 8993
- Directed Study
(1.0 - 6.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; Prereq-Grad mass comm major or minor, #, %; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Directed study.
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