University General Course Catalog 2022-2023 
    
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8. Course Descriptions

Note: Sequencing rules in effect for many Math courses prohibit students from earning credit for a lower numbered Math course after receiving credit for a higher numbered Math course. Sequencing rules are included in the course descriptions of applicable courses.
 

Journalism
  

  • JOUR 208 - Media Production

    (3 units)
    Critique and create photo, audio and video stories that are technically adept and which effectively convey a message, as well as analyze aesthetic and storytelling choices in digital media.

    Prerequisite(s): JOUR 107  with a “C” or better; JOUR 108  with a “C” or better; ENG 102 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 2
    Units of Laboratory/Studio: 1
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate basic technical proficiency in photography, audio recording and video production.
    2. design compelling stories incorporating images and sounds.
    3. identify ethical issues in photography, video and audio production.
    4. edit images, audio and video for storytelling.
    5. analyze aesthetic and storytelling choices.
    6. incorporate diverse voices in storytelling.
    7. conceive and produce thoughtful media products.


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  • JOUR 300 - Visual Communication

    (3 units)
    Study of visual literacy, perception, cognition, aesthetics, design principles, creativity, critical evaluation, and ethics related to the use of images and information in the media.

    Prerequisite(s): Journalism major, Journalism minor, or Serious Games minor.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. identify at least two communication strategies used within that artifact, the psychological effects that make those strategies effective, aspects of cognition (brain functioning) that relate to trigger those psychological effects.
    2. create visual communication at a beginner level which is sensitive to ethical, legal, social, and economic context, combining theory (communication strategies) and process (online visual communication tools).
    3. create and work with the following industry-standard file formats: CSS, EPS, HTML, JPG, PDF, PNG, and TIFF.
    4. demonstrate a beginner level understanding of the ethical and legal issues related to using and producing visual media.
    5. demonstrate a beginner level understanding of how successful media outlets increasingly rely on design for success.


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  • JOUR 303 - Media Graphics

    (3 units)
    Study and practice in the use of graphics and typography to create effective visual communications.

    Prerequisite(s): JOUR 207 ; JOUR 208 ; JOUR 300 ; Journalism major or minor.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate understanding of designing for print and online media.
    2. demonstrate understanding of the basics of telling a visual story for a specific audience.
    3. describe what constitutes a compelling image or design for different purposes.
    4. create compelling visual communication products.
    5. demonstrate proficiency with Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator.


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  • JOUR 304 - Social Media and Society

    (3 units) CO9
    Examines principles and implications of social media and social psychological perspectives of online social media. But the subjects of discussions and readings are not limited to those perspectives.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. discuss social media from diverse perspectives after taking this class.
    2. synthesize social media theories and provide evidence.
    3. critically assess information provided via online search and advertising.
    4. demonstrate understanding of how to properly exercise their first amendment rights on social media.
    5. discuss the impact of social media use on their community, county, and the world.


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  • JOUR 305 - Media Ethics

    (3 units) CO12
    Systematic consideration of moral issues in the practice of mass communication.

    Prerequisite(s): Journalism major or minor.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate critical thinking and anticipate, identify, and resolve matters of ethics and credibility.
    2. express ethically sound rationale for decision-making and exhibit awareness of alternative views and impacts on stakeholders.
    3. demonstrate an understanding of media ethics history, the role of codes, current events, and professional principles such as truth, accuracy, fairness, and credibility.
    4. demonstrate an understanding of diversity’s impact on the credibility and civic purpose of professional media practice, as well as knowledge and skills to incorporate multiple perspectives and represent diverse stakeholders equitably and accurately.


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  • JOUR 306 - Latinas/os Through The Eyes of The Media

    (3 units) CO10
    Media representations of Latinas/os abound around us, constructing a loose, yet unified,concept, Latinidad. Explore multiple relevant images, videos, sounds, and texts through which the label ‘Latinas/os’ is filled with meaning in popular culture and news media.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 102 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. identify the complex elements important to members of a diverse cultural group or groups in relation to its/their history, values, politics, economy, or beliefs and practices.
    2. use models and theories of cultural difference to investigate topics in diversity and equity.
    3. describe the perceptions, viewpoints, or life experiences of people in at least 1 society or culture outside of the United States or in non-dominant or marginalized groups within the U.S.
    4. articulate an awareness of the central historical and present diversity issues addressed in the course, including race, ethnicity, gender, social class, religion, sexual identity, ability, national origin, or other identities.
    5. demonstrate knowledge of the history, customs, worldviews, or other cultural markers of 1 or more groups of national origin outside of the United States or of minority status within the United States.
    6. analyze and interpret information about cultural differences, cultural rules, and cultural biases in their own society or about nondominant or marginalized groups.


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  • JOUR 307 - Multimedia Reporting and Writing

    (3 units)
    Learn to report, write and produce newsworthy stories in a variety of genres using text and multimedia elements for multiple platforms.

    Prerequisite(s): JOUR 208 ; Journalism major or minor.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. develop story ideas on newsworthy topics that reflect diverse viewpoints, pitch ideas to an editor and build a detailed reporting plan.
    2. conduct in-person interviews with strangers and quote from those interviews in an accurate and engaging way.
    3. produce multimedia stories combining text, photography, data visualization, audio and video.
    4. report and write in a variety of news genres in a concise, accurate and organized way, understanding the various roles implied by these genres.
    5. use social media to report and distribute news stories.
    6. analyze investigative news stories and contribute to a team investigative project.


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  • JOUR 308 - Web Design for Social Engagement: History and Contemporary Issues

    (3 units)
    This course teaches web design and Drupal, as well as best practices in the digital humanities and journalism, in order to relate historical content to current events and engage a wide audience. (HIST 308 and JOUR 308 are cross-listed; credits may be earned in one of the two.)

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall - Odd Years

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. create collaboratively an interactive, multimedia-rich, responsive web project that combine journalistic reporting on a present day issue with historical investigation of that issue.
    2. explain the basic infrastructure that runs the web, namely the LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP), as well as key design principles and technologies (HTML, CSS, Image manipulation, etc.).
    3. prepare a plan that describes how the course’s web project can reach audiences through social engagement, public engagement, and pedagogy.


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  • JOUR 311 - Health and Wellness Communication

    (3 units)
    Examine interpersonal and mediated communication related to health and wellness of ourselves and society at large, with an emphasis on ethical strategic communication competencies and health information literacies.

    Prerequisite(s): CHS 101  OR JOUR 103 ; Junior or Senior standing.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. describe how personal characteristics and verbal and nonverbal behavior influence quality communication.
    2. explain the role of communication in the effective functioning of the health care system in a variety of contexts.
    3. describe strategies for communicating with people with a variety of communication needs.
    4. evaluate patient-provider interactions according to theories and strategies covered in class.
    5. demonstrate the ability to plan and develop a theory-based health communication campaign that is responsive to the needs and characteristics of the target population.
    6. evaluate health promotion/media campaigns according to content covered in class.


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  • JOUR 312 - Web Video for Social Engagement

    (3 units)
    Acquire production skills and an understanding of the theories required to produce videos for the web.  Learn the history, trends and challenges of the web video industry and use this knowledge to create and evaluate your own web videos.

    Prerequisite(s): JOUR 208 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. describe ways in which web video is used in journalism.
    2. construct web video stories that engage audiences and effectively inform, persuade and/or entertain.
    3. analyze professional video for web and social media for structure and audience engagement.
    4. demonstrate an advanced level of video storytelling skills.
    5. integrate different media (text, images, sound, video) into a seamless video product.
    6. revise web video dissemination plans based on qualitative and quantitative data.
    7. reflect on their own web video projects in the context of history, theory and industry trends presented in this class.


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  • JOUR 313 - Photojournalism

    (3 units)
    Photojournalism techniques and methods with an emphasis on using digital imaging software.

    Prerequisite(s): JOUR 208 ; Journalism major or minor.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. create a digital photograph suitable for publication.
    2. use picture-editing software to prepare a photo for publication.
    3. explain the basic laws of intellectual property, privacy, and the law enforcement environment pertaining to photojournalism.
    4. analyze, discuss and make decisions about ethical situations in photojournalism.


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  • JOUR 318 - Narrative: The Art of Storytelling

    (3 units)
    What journalists can learn about great storytelling from their own masters of the art as well as from filmmakers, novelists, and psychologists.

    Prerequisite(s): Journalism major or minor.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. discuss how screenwriters and fiction writers understand narrative elements such as story structure, point of view, character development, conflict, dialogue and stream of consciousness.
    2. analyze how journalists can learn about great storytelling from masters of their art as well as from the works of great storytellers including filmmakers, novelists among other creative practitioners.
    3. articulate the added challenges of incorporating narrative elements while reporting and writing true stories that adhere to the highest standards of journalistic practice.
    4. compare the application of different narrative approaches evaluating their strengths and best uses in various scenarios.
    5. apply the narrative approaches we’ve studied in class to original journalistic reportage.


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  • JOUR 319 - Data Journalism

    (3 units)
    Learn techniques and strategies for using numerical data for investigative and explanatory journalism.

    Prerequisite(s): Journalism Major or Minor. Corequisite(s): Core Math Requirement.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. analyze factual assertions and determine their reliability.
    2. constitute statistical proof, be able to assess the credibility of scientific studies and report on studies accurately.
    3. locate, download, clean and manipulate publicly available databases and spreadsheets.
    4. compute correlations, median, means and estimates and understand what they mean.
    5. demonstrate familiarity with public information laws.
    6. develop data narratives; find stories in data; find data to support stories.


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  • JOUR 320 - Social Journalism

    (3 units)
    Apply theories of community engagement and networked communication to the use of social media for journalistic purposes.

    Prerequisite(s): Journalism major or minor.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. develop data narratives; find stories in data; find data to support stories.
    2. demonstrate community engagement skills using a wide variety of social media.
    3. report on public issues using social media as well as citizen generated content and other reporting techniques.
    4. edit and aggregate stories, comments and social media updates in meaningful ways.
    5. demonstrate understanding of the values of verification and transparency and how to practice them in journalism.
    6. demonstrate familiarity with tools for measuring engagement.


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  • JOUR 330 - Script Writing

    (3 units)
    Learn to organize and write visually oriented scripts for films, documentaries and other visual media emphasizing the interdependence of audio and visual components and the importance of narrative storytelling. Become familiar with industry standard formats for production scripts. Gain experience researching, planning, writing and revising scripts as well as critiquing and editing the scripts of others.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 3

    Prerequisite(s): JOUR 208 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. describe the role of a writer on a production team and in the industry.
    2. explain the stages of writing that lead to a finished script.
    3. write in three-act story structure with structured scenes and sequences. - Create characters and write dialogue.
    4. create scripts that are written clearly and correctly, based on research, and in a form and style that is appropriate for a specific client/industry, audience and intended purpose.
    5. analyze and evaluate scripts for grammar, clarity, and appropriate style, making recommendations for edits.


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  • JOUR 340 - Intermediate Media Production

    (3 units)
    Learn to produce short scripted video, following industry-standard practices in various areas of scripted production. To do so, learn the basics of organization and work required to plan and execute a complex audiovisual production. Additionally, learn how to work within a production crew and to organize the necessary resources for their optimal use within complex audiovisual productions.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 3

    Prerequisite(s): JOUR 330 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. apply proper set etiquette and protocol.
    2. demonstrate understanding of the roles and functions within an audiovisual production crew.
    3. safely work with professional video production gear and equipment.
    4. analyze the needs and create a working budget for complex video productions.
    5. create the necessary production paperwork (such as call sheets, storyboards, and releases) to organize complex audiovisual productions.
    6. create audiovisual productions following the standard 3-phase model of production.
    7. analyze the production requirements of a script and schedule and organize the preproduction phase of an audiovisual production.
    8. apply the necessary principles of organization to execute an efficient postproduction workflow.


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  • JOUR 351 - Principles of Public Relations and Advertising

    (3 units)
    The role of advertising, public relations, social media and emerging technologies in strategic communications. Focus on consumer research, tactics and planning.

    Prerequisite(s): Journalism major or minor.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. summarize and evaluate basic consumer research techniques as applied to strategic communications.
    2. develop verbal, written and visual communication skills.
    3. use project management and teamwork skills by creating a strategic marketing communications plan.
    4. develop your ability to analyze, discuss and apply current practices in advertising, public relations, social media and emerging technology marketing.
    5. integrate various strategic communications tactics for effective campaigns.
    6. relate ethical standards to the practice of strategic communications.


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  • JOUR 354 - Game Design for Journalists

    (3 units)
    Create and test prototype serious games for audience understanding of current topics. Learn software and logic of interactive games for journalistic purposes.

    Prerequisite(s): JOUR 300  or JOUR 318  or JOUR 319  or JOUR 320 ; Journalism major or minor.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. critically apply concepts related to the term “affordance.” They will be able to articulate how affordances are critical to the design of emerging journalistic forms in discussion and written work.
    2. articulate how games and game-like functionality may help communicators engage their publics in discussion and written work.
    3. demonstrate techniques in to planning, story-boarding and testing their ideas in a group challenge.
    4. produce a usability report that articulates at least three strengths and least three weaknesses of the prototype given a prototype of a project.
    5. collaboratively produce a working prototype of a computer game intended to help players learn about an issue that is likely to be in the news.


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  • JOUR 360 - Media and Politics

    (3 units)
    Analysis of mass mediated politics in the United States, including its history, evolution, and the ongoing revolution due to economic and technological forces.

    Prerequisite(s): PSC 101 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. describe key theories of political communication.
    2. apply media theory to analyze current media practices.
    3. apply media theory to analyze the behavior of political actors.


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  • JOUR 361 - Writing for Public Relations and Advertising

    (3 units)
    Review the fundamental skills of excellent writing, editing, and persuasion as applied to strategic communications. Required development of a professional portfolio of written work.

    Prerequisite(s): JOUR 351 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. evaluate and write messages used in the current/future marketplace.
    2. build skills writing to specific strategies, market positioning and audiences.
    3. produce writings for multiple technologies, platforms and media.
    4. explain how strategic writing solves problems faced by a variety of organization types ranging from non-profits, to small businesses, to government entities.
    5. relate ethical standards to the practice of strategic communications.


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  • JOUR 401 - First Amendment and Society

    (3 units) CO8
    Study of theory, origins, practices, laws, conflicts, resolutions involving U.S. Constitution guarantees of free speech, press, religion, assembly, petition.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 102 ; CH 201  or CH 202  or CH 203  or CH 212 ; Junior or Senior standing.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. define and apply basic legal terminology.
    2. distinguish between different stages of the judicial process.
    3. identify elements of case citations and locate case law.
    4. demonstrate comprehension of major cases that have shaped our understanding of communication law by analyzing a contemporary or hypothetical legal case and applying relevant legal precedent.
    5. demonstrate familiarity with the origins, history, and essential elements of the Constitutions of the United States and Nevada, as well as the evolution of American institutions and ideals.


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  • JOUR 402 - Business Journalism

    (3 units)
    Learn to report incisively on businesses and industries by conducting extensive reporting, analyzing quantitative data and major sources of business news.

    Prerequisite(s): JOUR 307   or JOUR 361 ; Journalism major or minor status.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. create incisive articles about companies and industries by analyzing stock-market data, financial statements, Securities and Exchange Commission filings, and other sources of information.
    2. create a work of in-depth investigative journalism about a business topic.
    3. assess the quality of business news from different sources of media including the Web, newspapers, magazines, radio/podcasts, TV, books, and documentary film.


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  • JOUR 404 - Cybersecurity, Privacy, and Surveillance Society

    (3 units) CO9
    Discussions and readings provide a social scientific framework for contemporary cybersecurity, privacy, and surveillance issues in our global society. Provides a basic knowledge of cybersecurity technologies.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. understand cybersecurity, privacy, and surveillance from diverse perspectives after taking this class and be able to articulate the problems and the important issues of the class topic.
    2. learn about how to synthesize cybersecurity related theories and provide evidence. They will learn how to apply and utilize learned theories explaining the up-to-date examples.
    3. critically assess cybersecurity issues impacting on individuals, institutions, communities, countries, and the world. Student will develop the methods of selecting high quality information.
    4. demonstrate understanding of how to properly exercise their 4th amendment rights because the class content covers the dynamics among 4th amendment, privacy, and surveillance.
    5. learn about discourses on public/private information access by individuals, institutions, companies, and governments and the implications thereof.
    6. apply their knowledge in their future decision making processes related to cybersecurity, privacy, and surveillance, from their every online activities to their professional settings.


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  • JOUR 405 - Motion Graphics

    (3 units)
    Learn the theories, techniques, and practices of motion graphics and the integration of design, photo imaging, sound, video, and animation. (JOUR 405 and GRC 455 are cross-listed; credit may be earned in one of the two.)

    Prerequisite(s): JOUR 208 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. create motion graphics from a variety of static sources.
    2. examine and distinguish among common animation techniques.
    3. apply animation techniques to create realistic movement in visual stories.
    4. conceive and create a script for motion graphics.
    5. utilize audio, typography and design to make a visual production.


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  • JOUR 409 - How to Use Public Records Laws for Accountability Reporting

    (1 unit)
    In this workshop, students will develop their reporting skills using state and federal public records laws. They will develop a project that relies on public records, learn how to file requests for those records, and use the information they gather to formulate a story pitch on an issue touching on government accountability.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 1

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 1
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate understanding of state and federal public records laws, including their applications and limitations in investigative reporting.
    2. file a variety of requests for records related to investigative reporting projects developed in class, follow up in the form of narrowing requests, appealing rejections and requesting more relevant records.
    3. develop strategies and techniques for reporting on records, including using tools to process and incorporate data into your reporting.
    4. create a “story pitch” based on records requested and received relevant to a personal project idea.


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  • JOUR 413 - Media History

    (3 units) CO13
    Learn the historical context of today’s media landscape and the dynamic relationships between media institutions and political, cultural, socioeconomic, and technological change. Consider how worldview is influenced by media.

    Prerequisite(s): General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed; at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed; Junior or Senior standing.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. integrate and synthesize core knowledge to analyze the complex ways media shape—and are shaped by—our understanding of history.
    2. demonstrate a knowledge of scientific and technological advancements in media and mass communication and their impact on historical and modern societies.
    3. differentiate among and integrate information from primary and secondary sources in order to evaluate them as sources of evidence for media history.
    4. demonstrate the ability to effectively design and produce professional level multimedia communication dealing with an original research question related to the history of journalism and/or strategic communication.


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  • JOUR 414 - Advanced Photojournalism

    (3 units)
    This course teaches advanced photojournalism techniques and methods with an emphasis on portfolio building and a long-term documentary project.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 3

    Prerequisite(s): JOUR 313 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. capture candid moments.
    2. tell both character-driven and thematic stories visually.
    3. create, edit and transmit a digital photograph for publication on deadline.
    4. write a complete, AP style caption.
    5. understand business practices associated with freelance photography.
    6. generate and pitch story ideas for publication.
    7. critically analyze, discuss and make decisions about the ethics of photojournalism.
    8. demonstrate understanding of law and copyright pertaining to photojournalism.


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  • JOUR 416 - Reynolds Media Lab Practicum

    (3 units) CO14
    Students will work for internal and external clients, helping produce a range of innovative and professional-level multimedia projects for impact reporting, strategic communications, and visual journalism.

    Prerequisite(s): Journalism major or minor

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Independent Study: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. apply journalism education to multimedia production for internal and external clients, who will use their new, original content.
    2. effectively use media tools and technology implementations.
    3. conduct social media outreach.
    4. find new clients and set up new content relationships.
    5. innovate and experiment with new equipment to tell effective stories in new ways.
    6. consistently produce professional-level content to satisfy clients.
    7. meet real-life scenario content deadlines for real clients.
    8. research and analyze best practices in a niche field of multimedia production.
    9. assess and evaluate best practices for social media outreach for specific multimedia productions.
    10. assess and evaluate their own strengths, weaknesses, goals, and directions in a specific field of multimedia production.


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  • JOUR 418 - Magazine Writing

    (3 units)
    Writing and marketing of articles for magazines. Analysis of general interest and specialized magazines.

    Prerequisite(s): JOUR 307 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. critically reflect on the role of media in the formation of American identity, and the evolution of this process over time.
    2. analyze and interpret primary texts [e.g., ads, news columns, movies, etc.] in their cultural context.
    3. demonstrate understanding of the role race and gender have played in the cultural history of media.
    4. apply historical understanding to the contemporary media culture.


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  • JOUR 422 - Digital Storytelling and Youth

    (3 units)
    Work with community partners in interrogating their representation in/by the media and creating alternative digital narratives. Learn to use and apply digital storytelling tools while guiding summer camp-style workshops.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 2
    Units of Internship/Practicum: 1
    Offered: Every Summer

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. analyze and critically reflect on the practices of media representation and their impact on cultural differences, cultural rules, and cultural biases.
    2. apply the core principles of media literacy education promoted by the National Association of Media Literacy Education.
    3. demonstrate technical and theoretical proficiency in digital storytelling as a pedagogical and narrative resource.
    4. use the tools and techniques of digital storytelling in the codevelopment of digital personal digital narrative with community partners.
    5. critically reflect on your professional role and on the service-learning experience as a whole.


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  • JOUR 423 - Newscast Production

    (3 units)
    Practice in writing and producing television news shows and other programs. Advanced video production techniques.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Prerequisite(s): JOUR 307 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. examine and discuss ways in which video and audio are used in journalism.
    2. construct video and audio stories that effectively inform, persuade, and/or entertain.
    3. demonstrate an advanced level of broadcast writing and editing skills.
    4. revise audio and video work incorporating peer and professor feedback.
    5. analyze audio and video stories for structure and author’s intent.
    6. assemble a newscast using news judgment to assign, stack, and order stories.


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  • JOUR 425 - Audio: Radio, Podcasting, and Beyond

    (3 units)
    Practice in reporting, writing, and producing audio stories, podcasts, and newscasts. Focus on audio production techniques.

    Prerequisite(s): JOUR 208 . Junior or senior standing.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 2
    Units of Laboratory/Studio: 1
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. arrange stories in order of newsworthiness and logical flow to create a newscast.
    2. schedule story elements to fit a set show run time.
    3. practice professional-level live news delivery.
    4. use professional studio equipment to produce a live show.
    5. experiment with show formats to determine which best suits a given audience.
    6. propose and defend story ideas.
    7. plan content for future shows and, as a group, assign tasks to be completed.
    8. assess performance, story choice and flow of previous shows and revise.


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  • JOUR 428 - Investigative Reporting

    (3 units)
    Produce original journalism of significant community interest and impact that holds authorities accountable. Develop in-depth reporting skills using a range of tools and tactics, including diverse sources, public records, databases and other documents. Improve storytelling skills, using a variety of narrative styles across social media and other platforms.

    Prerequisite(s): JOUR 307 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate ability to conceptualize investigative news projects.
    2. exhibit advanced reporting and storytelling skills.
    3. produce impactful news content that is credible, publishable, relevant and appealing to a Northern Nevada audience.
    4. set and achieve customized individual objectives for advanced reporting, writing, editing and publishing.


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  • JOUR 430 - Media Selection for Strategic Communications

    (3 units)
    Evaluating, monitoring and selecting media or paid advertising and earned publicity.

    Prerequisite(s): JOUR 351 ; Journalism major.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. discuss the history of radio and how it relates to the current role of audio journalism in democracy.
    2. demonstrate advanced skills in audio field recording and sound production.
    3. construct professional-level audio scripts, stories, newscasts, and podcasts that inform, persuade, and/or entertain.
    4. analyze audio stories and shows for intended audience.
    5. create a new audio show for a niche audience.
    6. organize, plan, and manage an audio newscast.
    7. revise audio stories incorporating professional feedback.


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  • JOUR 432 - Creative Solutions for Strategic Communications

    (3 units)
    Application of strategic communications concepts to create media messages. Development of personal creative portfolio. Writing for integrated marketing communications. Use of marketing research data.

    Prerequisite(s): JOUR 351 ; Journalism major.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. develop and demonstrate techniques to evaluate, monitor and buy advertising for print, broadcast, direct, online and social media channels.
    2. recognize issues and develop strategies to building contact lists for earned publicity in print, broadcast, direct, online and social media channels.
    3. relate ethical standards to the practice of strategic communications.
    4. develop and demonstrate verbal, written and visual communication skills.
    5. enhance project management and teamwork skills.


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  • JOUR 433 - IMC Competition

    (3 units)
    Advertising, PR and marketing students from business and journalism programs prepare an Integrated Marketing Communications plan for national client and entry in AAF Collegiate Competition. (JOUR 433 and MKT 433 are cross-listed; credit may be earned in one of the two.)

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. recognize, position and develop commercial messages for strategic communications channels.
    2. organize and present work in a professional portfolio format.
    3. develop skills at imagining and implementing creative solutions to strategic communications problems.
    4. demonstrate professional writing and presentation techniques.
    5. relate ethical standards to the practice of strategic communications.


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  • JOUR 440 - Advanced Media Production Studio

    (3 units)
    Conceptualize, pre-produce, produce, and post-produce a body of professional-quality, multi-platform audiovisual pieces for the promotion of determined goods, services or causes. Work in a crew setting, collaborating in micro-groups while forming part of a larger hierarchy of production.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Prerequisite(s): JOUR 340  or JOUR 462 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. design, plan, and produce professional-grade scripted media, from conception through delivery, using industry-standard best practices.
    2. demonstrate the proper use of professional media production equipment throughout the three phases of production.
    3. organize the required resources, steps, processes, and stakeholders to successfully carry out the production of professional-grade scripted media.
    4. critically examine the relation between the praxis of scripted media production and strategic communication goal.


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  • JOUR 441 - Health Advertising and Marketing

    (3 units)
    Learn how media and advertising influence public health. Work on a communication deliverable that will benefit public health/the local healthcare community.

    Prerequisite(s): JOUR 351 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. explain the major components and dominant theories that inform public health advertising.
    2. identify ways to best design, implement, and deliver messages to diverse populations.
    3. analyze the social, cultural, legal, economic, and ethical considerations in public health campaigns.
    4. apply course concepts in the analysis, development, and evaluation of health campaigns.
    5. design a product that benefits public health in the local community.


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  • JOUR 442 - Advanced Strategic Communications

    (3 units)
    Strategic communications principles and techniques applied to advertising and public relations. Solving an actual client’s problems, using strategic thinking, qualitative research, and marketing data.

    Prerequisite(s): JOUR 351 ; Journalism major.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. build skills at developing a strategic communications campaign for a business or other organization.
    2. use project management and teamwork skills by creating a communications campaign.
    3. develop verbal and written communication skills for advertising, public relations and social media channels.
    4. relate ethical standards to the practice of strategic communications.
    5. explain and apply multiple market research techniques to address problems faced by businesses or other organizations.


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  • JOUR 443 - Strategic Communications Campaigns Studio

    (3 units)
    Practical experience in solving strategic communications problems and building a campaign for national or global organizations. (By recommendation).

    Prerequisite(s): JOUR 442 ; Journalism major.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. build skills at developing a strategic communications campaign for a business or other organization.
    2. use project management and teamwork skills by creating a communications campaign.
    3. develop verbal and written communication skills for advertising, public relations and social media channels.
    4. relate ethical standards to the practice of strategic communications.
    5. explain and apply multiple market research techniques to address problems faced by businesses or other organizations.


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  • JOUR 446 - Crisis Communication

    (3 units)
    Advanced study of the theory, nature, and forms of effective communication to different target audiences before, during, and after crises.

    Prerequisite(s): JOUR 351 ; Journalism major.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. build advanced professional writing and presentation techniques.
    2. demonstrate enhanced project management and teamwork skills at a professional level.
    3. recognize, position and develop messages at a professional level for strategic communications channels.
    4. developing skills in managing issues and communicating during a crisis.
    5. apply multiple market research techniques to address problems faced by national or regional businesses or other organizations.
    6. relate ethical standards to the practice of strategic communications.


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  • JOUR 448 - Data Visualization for Social Engagement

    (3 units)
    Learn the foundational principles of ethical data visualization to develop persuasive, data-driven design products.

    Prerequisite(s): JOUR 300 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. create data visualizations that represent data legibly and ethically.
    2. explain the difference between data visualization for analysis and data visualization for sharing knowledge.
    3. create collaboratively a data visualization based promotional item to persuasively share knowledge.


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  • JOUR 452 - Web Design for Media Professionals

    (3 units)
    Explore the theory and techniques of basic to intermediate level web design. The history; the aesthetics; basic HTML and CSS; content management systems (WordPress); domains/hosting; FTP/file management; SEO; and analytics.

    Prerequisite(s): Completion of basic Journalism core classes.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring - Odd Years

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. manage two of their own domains and their own hosting server.
    2. create a simple HTML web page and explore how CSS modifies the display of its content.
    3. create and maintain a standalone WordPress site with customized coding elements.
    4. analyze and discuss the design decisions made in their work.
    5. use appropriate tools to analyze and optimize the web experience for their users.


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  • JOUR 455 - Human Centered Design and Innovation

    (3 units)
    Model a process for innovation in creating communications products that help people understand the democratic process. Explore user-centered processes, iterative design, brainstorming, and prototyping.
     

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 102 ; CH 201  or CH 202  or CH 203  or CH 212 ; Junior or Senior standing.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. manage Students will be able to develop and manage two of their own domains and their own hosting server.two of their own domains and their own hosting server.
    2. create a simple HTML web page and explore how CSS modifies the display of its content.
    3. create and maintain a standalone WordPress site with customized coding elements.
    4. analyze and discuss the design decisions made in their work.
    5. use appropriate tools to analyze and optimize the web experience for their users.


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  • JOUR 460 - News Studio

    (3 units)
    Design and produce a multi-platform journalism product. Maximum of 6 units. Multiple enrollment in one term allowed as long as the topic differs.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Prerequisite(s): JOUR 307 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate competency in a specific area of journalism by producing a body of work (text, audio or broadcast stories, posts, social media, visual media and/or databases) suitable for publication on the course project.
    2. demonstrate competency in a specific area of journalism by producing a body of work (text, audio or broadcast stories, posts, social media, visual media and/or databases) suitable for publication on the course project.
    3. demonstrate competency in critical thinking by designing, planning, producing and distributing their journalistic work products.
    4. demonstrate competency in team work by collaborating with students in the class, faculty and community.


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  • JOUR 462 - Documentary Filmmaking

    (3 units)
    Work in teams to research, shoot, produce and distribute a short documentary film.

    Prerequisite(s): JOUR 312  or JOUR 341 or ART 251  ; Junior standing.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. identify documentary styles, evaluate which style best suits a given story and apply it to create and produce a documentary film.
    2. construct a compelling narrative video story using appropriate visual and audio elements.
    3. plan and schedule the production of a documentary film.
    4. identify films of similar theme to the student’s project and be able to explain how his/her project fits into and adds to the current body of work in the field.
    5. manage a production team and their schedule.
    6. set up interviews and story shoots.
    7. collect video materials and choose what to include in the final documentary.
    8. screen their work for test audiences and interpret audience written feedback.
    9. revise scripts and video work with peer, audience and professor input.
    10. select a key target audience and assess how best to reach them.
    11. score teammates based on negotiated roles and how their work did or did not meet those expectations.


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  • JOUR 465 - Noticiero Movil

    (3 units)
    Learn to produce creative and professional multimedia journalism in English and Spanish for an online bilingual news outlet, Noticiero Móvil.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Prerequisite(s): JOUR 307 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 2
    Units of Laboratory/Studio: 1
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate improving skills in reporting for diverse audiences, including the ability to conduct interviews and produce narratives in more than one language.
    2. experiment with new reporting and production practices by producing multiple stories with the Latinx community.
    3. produce multimedia work suitable for a professional portfolio and resume.
    4. collaborate by being part of a team and taking on specific newsroom responsibilities.
    5. practice professionalism, including meeting strict deadlines and promoting journalism via social media platforms.
    6. demonstrate an increased knowledge of the local Latinx community.


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  • JOUR 471 - Sports Reporting

    (3 units)
    Learn about great sports storytelling from masters of the journalistic art as well as from filmmakers and other creative practitioners. Consider how journalists can enrich their work by exploring narrative styles rather than limiting themselves to expository approaches. Study how screen and fiction writers understand narrative elements and explore the challenges of incorporating these elements into reporting and writing true stories that adhere to the highest standards of journalistic practice.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 3

    Prerequisite(s): JOUR 208 ; JOUR 307 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 2
    Units of Laboratory/Studio: 1
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. develop story ideas on sports reporting topics that reflect diverse viewpoints.
    2. pitch ideas to an editor and build a detailed reporting plan.
    3. execute web, audio and video productions for sports reporting from concept to high quality finished product.
    4. practice good grammar and solid writing skills with strict attention to accuracy, detail, and industry standards.
    5. demonstrate an awareness of the various kinds of sports writing and reporting.
    6. demonstrated deepened knowledge of writing skills pertaining to sports.
    7. demonstrate understanding of the sports routines of a sports journalist.
    8. demonstrate multimedia abilities to tell stories with video and audio as well as writing.
    9. demonstrate understanding of the importance of thorough research and reporting to effectively cover sports.


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  • JOUR 475 - Global Media

    (3 units) CO11
    Best practices in both foreign reporting and reporting in culturally diverse communities within the United States. Analysis of global and historical contexts for cross-cultural news content. The course will challenge students to consider their own perspectives, the role of the ‘other’ in shaping narratives, and the viewpoints of various cultures and strategies for cross-cultural mass media communications.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 3

    Prerequisite(s): JOUR 304 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 2
    Units of Laboratory/Studio: 1
    Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. analyze their own cultural biases and that of international journalists within a geographical and historical framework.
    2. use media to contextualize current events and experiences in relation to historical events and global contexts.
    3. identify and apply multiple perspectives pertaining to global issues through a comparative study of media coverage.
    4. identify, analyze, and interpret connections between localized events and members of a diaspora and their global contexts.
    5. evaluate and articulate connections among local, national, and international contexts for the purposes of journalistic reporting.
    6. demonstrate how local and global contexts of ideas or events affect understandings of contemporary and important historical ideas, events, or issues in regard to media.


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  • JOUR 480 - Masterworks of Narrative Nonfiction

    (3 units)
    We will analyze some of the most influential works of book-length narrative nonfiction since 1945 with close attention to literary analysis and historical and biographical context.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 3

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. analyze the reporting and writing strategies used by journalists to create rigorously true stories that aspire to the literary standards of the best fiction.
    2. analyze trends in the development of narrative nonfiction from 1945 to the present.
    3. articulate and defend their own interpretations of literary works in rigorous and challenging discussions.


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  • JOUR 481 - Race, Gender and Media

    (3 units) CO10
    How the media creates and challenges social constructions of gender and race, with a focus on women and minorities as media professionals and audiences.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. explore the relationship between media and a diversity of groups in global society.
    2. reflect on and demonstrate an increased awareness of how society and the media present images of gender and race.
    3. recognize patterns in media coverage of men, women, and minority groups.
    4. discuss how stereotyping evolves and is supported and challenged by the media.
    5. identify diverse media audiences and explain how content affects them.
    6. use advanced analytical thinking to become more critical consumers of media content.
    7. demonstrate a familiarity with social scientific approaches used to study media, gender and race.
    8. demonstrate enhanced media literacy by developing a greater appreciation of the media’s cultural influences.


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  • JOUR 482 - International and Cross-Cultural Reporting

    (3 units) CO11
    Best practices in both foreign reporting and reporting in culturally diverse communities within the United States. Analysis of global and historical contexts for cross-cultural news content.

    Prerequisite(s): Journalism major or minor.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. analyze their own cultural biases and that of international journalists within a geographical and historical framework.
    2. use media to contextualize current events and experiences in relation to historical events and global contexts.
    3. critically examine and assess complex issues and problems of a global nature in international journalism and foreign reporting.
    4. identify and apply multiple perspectives pertaining to global issues through a comparative study of media coverage.
    5. identify, analyze, and interpret connections between localized events and members of a diaspora and their global contexts.
    6. evaluate and articulate connections among local, national, and international contexts for the purposes of journalistic reporting.
    7. demonstrate how local and global contexts of ideas or events affect understandings of contemporary and important historical ideas, events, or issues in regards to media.


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  • JOUR 490A - Special Problems

    (1 to 3 units)
    Pursuit of a special interest in journalism.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. define and describe a significant issue in journalism and mass communication.
    2. identify major media scholars and practitioners of importance to a particular media issue and assess their influence.
    3. demonstrate in-depth knowledge of a particular media issue.


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  • JOUR 490B - Special Problems - Journalism Lab

    (1 to 3 units)
    Pursuit of a special interest in journalism with emphasis on, or significant use of, media technology.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. define and describe a significant issue in journalism and mass communication.
    2. demonstrate professional competence in a particular media practice.
    3. demonstrate ability to reflect on their own media practice and develop strategies for improvement.


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  • JOUR 493 - Independent Study

    (1 to 3 units)
    Special projects in journalism.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 3

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate independence in choosing an intellectual or professional topic worthy of study.
    2. demonstrate ability to document intellectual growth in a particular topic.
    3. produce a media product or scholarly paper that reflects indepth knowledge of a particular practice or topic.


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  • JOUR 496 - Scientific Communication Masterclass

    (1 unit) CO9
    Effective communication of fundamental advances in science using subject matter from fundamental research on adaptations and biotechnological solutions to a changing environment brought about by global warming. (BCH 496 and JOUR 496 are cross-listed; credit may be earned in one of the two.)

    Maximum units a student may earn: 1

    Prerequisite(s): JOUR 108  or CHEM 121A ; Junior or Senior standing.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 1
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. communicate the relationship between scientific and technological research and solving real-world problems by explaining how science can relate to and solve problems of societal concern.
    2. communicate relationships between science and societal issues using data visualization fundamentals.
    3. demonstrate storytelling skills about scientific discoveries.
    4. demonstrate skills to communicate the project aims, methodologies, key concepts, expected outcomes, and significant research to the broader public.


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  • JOUR 499 - Professional Internship

    (1 to 3 units) CO14
    Professional internship. May be repeated for up to six credits. All internships must be approved by the journalism internship coordinator prior to beginning work.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Prerequisite(s): JOUR 300  or JOUR 307  or JOUR 351 .

    Grading Basis: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
    Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. integrate classroom learning, theory, and course content with their internship experiences.
    2. identify, assess, and develop personal and professional strengths.
    3. describe and explain work responsibilities and duties.
    4. apply academic knowledge to solve practical, real-world problems in a professional setting.
    5. articulate and demonstrate improvement in professional etiquette (including time management, dress code, formal versus informal protocols, etc).
    6. develop professionally relevant competencies and relationships in a professional setting.
    7. articulate and demonstrate team work, collaboration, and leadership.
    8. articulate how the internship experiences align with career options, interests, and skills (i.e. how have experiences expanded, directed, or confirmed career options, interests, and skills).


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  • JOUR 601 - First Amendment and Society

    (3 units)
    Study of theory, origins, practices, laws, conflicts, resolutions involving U.S. Constitution guarantees of free speech, press, religion, assembly, petition.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. define and apply basic legal terminology.
    2. distinguish between different stages of the judicial process.
    3. identify elements of case citations and locate case law.
    4. demonstrate comprehension of major cases that have shaped our understanding of communication law by analyzing a contemporary or hypothetical legal case and applying relevant legal precedent.
    5. demonstrate familiarity with the origins, history, and essential elements of the Constitutions of the United States and Nevada, as well as the evolution of American institutions and ideals.


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  • JOUR 604 - Cybersecurity, Privacy, and Surveillance Society

    (3 units)
    Discussions and readings provide a social scientific framework for contemporary cybersecurity, privacy, and surveillance issues in our global society. Provides a basic knowledge of cybersecurity technologies.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. understand cybersecurity, privacy, and surveillance from diverse perspectives after taking this class and be able to articulate the problems and the important issues of the class topic.
    2. learn about how to synthesize cybersecurity related theories and provide evidence. They will learn how to apply and utilize learned theories explaining the up-to-date examples.
    3. critically assess cybersecurity issues impacting on individuals, institutions, communities, countries, and the world. Student will develop the methods of selecting high quality information.
    4. demonstrate understanding of how to properly exercise their 4th amendment rights because the class content covers the dynamics among 4th amendment, privacy, and surveillance.
    5. learn about discourses on the public/private information access by individuals, institutions, companies, and governments and the implications thereof.
    6. apply their knowledge in their future decision making processes related to cybersecurity, privacy, and surveillance, from their every online activities to their professional settings.  
    7. compose a term paper aimed at conference presentation or journal publication. The term paper will have in-depth literature reviews, testable hypotheses, and detailed research method.


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  • JOUR 605 - Motion Graphics

    (3 units)
    Learn the theories, techniques, and practices of motion graphics and the integration of design, photo imaging, sound, video, and animation.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 3

    Prerequisite(s): JOUR 756 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. create motion graphics from a variety of static sources.
    2. examine and distinguish among common animation techniques.
    3. apply animation techniques to create realistic movement in visual stories.
    4. conceive and create a script for motion graphics.
    5. utilize audio, typography and design to make a visual production.
    6. produce motion graphics in advanced formats such as 3D and immersive media.


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  • JOUR 609 - How to Use Public Records Laws for Accountability Reporting

    (1 unit)
    In this workshop, students will develop their reporting skills using state and federal public records laws. They will develop a project that relies on public records, learn how to file requests for those records, and use the information they gather to formulate a story pitch on an issue touching on government accountability.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 1

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 1
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate understanding of state and federal public records laws, including their applications and limitations in investigative reporting.
    2. file a variety of requests for records related to investigative reporting projects developed in class, follow up in the form of narrowing requests, appealing rejections and requesting more relevant records.
    3. develop strategies and techniques for reporting on records, including using tools to process and incorporate data into your reporting.
    4. create a “story pitch” based on records requested and received relevant to a personal project idea.
    5. synthesize the public records and relevant information for a lengthy project such as magazine style reporting or a research paper.


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  • JOUR 613 - Media History

    (3 units)
    Learn the historical context of today’s media landscape and the dynamic relationships between media institutions and political, cultural, socioeconomic, and technological change. Consider how worldview is influenced by media.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. integrate and synthesize core knowledge to analyze the complex ways media shape—and are shaped by—our understanding of history.
    2. demonstrate a knowledge of scientific and technological advancements in media and mass communication and their impact on historical and modern societies.
    3. differentiate among and integrate information from primary and secondary sources in order to evaluate them as sources of evidence for media history.
    4. demonstrate the ability to effectively design and produce professional level multimedia communication dealing with an original research question related to the history of journalism and/or strategic communication.
    5. demonstrate a deeper understanding of media history by selecting and writing a review and critique of a book-length work of media history scholarship relevant to their scholarly interests.


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  • JOUR 614 - Advanced Photojournalism

    (3 units)
    This course teaches advanced photojournalism techniques and methods with an emphasis on portfolio building and a long-term documentary project.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 3

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. capture candid moments.
    2. tell both character-driven and thematic stories visually.
    3. create, edit and transmit a digital photograph for publication on deadline.
    4. write a complete, AP style caption.
    5. understand business practices associated with freelance photography.
    6. generate and pitch story ideas for publication.
    7. critically analyze, discuss and make decisions about the ethics of photojournalism.
    8. demonstrate understanding of law and copyright pertaining to photojournalism.
    9. create photography at professional level and submit it with a pitch to have the work published by a professional media organization.


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  • JOUR 618 - Magazine Writing

    (3 units)
    Writing and marketing of articles for magazines. Analysis of general interest and specialized magazines.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate the advanced knowledge and key skills expected of writers by the leading publishers of national magazines or reportorial nonfiction books.
    2. create (through reporting, writing, rewriting, and editing) a portfolio of 6,000 to 10,000 words of journalistic writing that aspires to those professional standards.
    3. analyze and evaluate the writing of their classmates as well as recent pieces of professional work from major magazines.


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  • JOUR 625 - Audio: Radio, Podcasting, and Beyond

    (3 units)
    Practice in reporting, writing, and producing audio stories, podcasts, and newscasts. Focus on audio production techniques.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 2
    Units of Laboratory/Studio: 1
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. discuss the history of radio and how it relates to the current role of audio journalism in democracy.
    2. demonstrate advanced skills in audio field recording and sound production.
    3. construct professional-level audio scripts, stories, newscasts, and podcasts that inform, persuade, and/or entertain.
    4. analyze audio stories and shows for intended audience.
    5. create a new audio show for a niche audience.
    6. organize, plan, and manage an audio newscast.
    7. revise audio stories incorporating professional feedback.


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  • JOUR 628 - Investigative Reporting

    (3 units)
    Produce original journalism of significant community interest and impact that holds authorities accountable. Develop in-depth reporting skills using a range of tools and tactics, including diverse sources, public records, databases and other documents. Improve storytelling skills, using a variety of narrative styles across social media and other platforms.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate ability to conceptualize investigative news projects.
    2. exhibit advanced reporting and storytelling skills.
    3. produce impactful news content that is credible, publishable, relevant and appealing to a Northern Nevada audience.
    4. set and achieve customized individual objectives for advanced reporting, writing, editing and publishing.
    5. demonstrate heightened capacity to critically analyze course projects, as well as the published work of others.


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  • JOUR 632 - Creative Solutions for Strategic Communications

    (3 units)
    Application of strategic communications concepts to create media messages. Development of personal creative portfolio. Writing for integrated marketing communications. Use of marketing research data.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. develop and demonstrate techniques to evaluate, monitor and buy advertising for print, broadcast, direct, online and social media channels.
    2. recognize issues and develop strategies to building contact lists for earned publicity in print, broadcast, direct, online and social media channels.
    3. relate ethical standards to the practice of strategic communications.
    4. develop and demonstrate verbal, written and visual communication skills.
    5. enhance project management and teamwork skills.
    6. describe and document the creative process through systematic observation and classification.


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  • JOUR 640 - Advanced Media Production Studio

    (3 units)
    Conceptualize, pre-produce, produce, and post-produce a body of professional-quality, multi-platform audiovisual pieces for the promotion of determined goods, services or causes. Work in a crew setting, collaborating in micro-groups while forming part of a larger hierarchy of production.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. design, plan, and produce professional-grade scripted media, from conception through delivery, using industry-standard best practices.
    2. demonstrate the proper use of professional media production equipment throughout the three phases of production.
    3. organize the required resources, steps, processes, and stakeholders to successfully carry out the production of professional-grade scripted media.
    4. critically examine the relation between the praxis of scripted media production and strategic communication goal.
    5. demonstrate fluency in the overall design, coordination, and execution of a complex media production, effectively acting as its executive producers.


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  • JOUR 642 - Advanced Strategic Communications

    (3 units)
    Strategic communications principles and techniques applied to advertising and public relations. Solving an actual client’s problems, using strategic thinking, qualitative research, and marketing data.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. build skills at developing a strategic communications campaign for a business or other organization.
    2. use project management and teamwork skills by creating a communications campaign.
    3. develop verbal and written communication skills for advertising, public relations and social media channels.
    4. relate ethical standards to the practice of strategic communications.
    5. explain and apply multiple market research techniques to address problems faced by businesses or other organizations.
    6. evaluate the tactics in developing a comprehensive local strategic communication campaign.
    7. document group processes and make recommendations for modifications.


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  • JOUR 643 - Strategic Communications Campaigns Studio

    (3 units)
    Practical experience in solving strategic communications problems and building a campaign for national or global organizations. (By recommendation).

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. build skills at developing a strategic communications campaign for a business or other organization.
    2. use project management and teamwork skills by creating a communications campaign.
    3. develop verbal and written communication skills for advertising, public relations and social media channels.
    4. relate ethical standards to the practice of strategic communications.
    5. explain and apply multiple market research techniques to address problems faced by businesses or other organizations.
    6. evaluate the tactics used in developing the comprehensive strategic communication national campaign.
    7. document group processes and make recommendations for their improvement.


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  • JOUR 646 - Crisis Communication

    (3 units)
    Advanced study of the theory, nature, and forms of effective communication to different target audiences before, during, and after crises.

    Prerequisite(s): Journalism major.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. identify the concept of crisis management in terms of distinct phases of progress (pre-crisis, crisis event, and post-crisis).
    2. select a crisis-sensing effort through differentiating crisis types based on issues management, risk management, and relationship management.
    3. recognize effective communications tactics by exploring key crisis case studies.
    4. outline and write an effective crisis plan memorandum with key components based on assessment, evaluation of resources and team responsibilities.
    5. demonstrate effective spokesperson skills and an ability to deliver clear messages to the traditional media and on social media sites.


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  • JOUR 648 - Data Visualization for Social Engagement

    (3 units)
    Learn the foundational principles of ethical data visualization to develop persuasive, data-driven design products.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. create data visualizations that represent data legibly and ethically
    2. explain the difference between data visualization for analysis and data visualization for sharing knowledge.
    3. create collaboratively a data visualization based promotional item to persuasively share knowledge.
    4. prepare a plan that describes how the data visualization based promotional item can reach targeted audiences through strategically selected communication channels.


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  • JOUR 652 - Web Design for Media Professionals

    (3 units)
    Explore the theory and techniques of basic to intermediate level web design. The history; the aesthetics; basic HTML and CSS; content management systems (WordPress); domains/hosting; FTP/file management; SEO and analytics.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring - Odd Years

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. develop and manage two of their own domains and their own hosting server.
    2. create a simple HTML web page and explore how CSS modifies the display of its content.
    3. create and maintain a standalone WordPress site with customized coding elements.
    4. analyze and discuss the design decisions made in their work.
    5. use appropriate tools to analyze and optimize the web experience for their users.


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  • JOUR 655 - Human Centered Design and Innovation

    (3 units)
    Model a process for innovation in creating communications products that help people understand the democratic process. Explore user-centered processes, iterative design, brainstorming, and prototyping.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. present a design-centered point of view verbally and visually.
    2. apply the fundamental elements of Human Centered Design.
    3. assess and explain their own and others’ work in Human Centered Design.


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  • JOUR 660 - News Studio

    (3 units)
    Design and produce a multi-platform journalism product.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate competency in a specific area of journalism by producing a body of work (text, audio or broadcast stories, posts, social media, visual media and/or databases) suitable for publication on the course project.
    2. demonstrate competency in a specific area of journalism by producing a body of work (text, audio or broadcast stories, posts, social media, visual media and/or databases) suitable for publication on the course project.
    3. demonstrate competency in critical thinking by designing, planning, producing and distributing their journalistic work products.
    4. demonstrate competency in team work by collaborating with students in the class, faculty and community.


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  • JOUR 662 - Documentary Filmmaking

    (3 units)
    Work in teams to research, shoot, produce and distribute a short documentary film.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. identify documentary styles, evaluate which style best suits a given story and apply it to create and produce a documentary film.
    2. construct a compelling narrative video story using appropriate visual and audio elements.
    3. plan and schedule the production of a documentary film.
    4. identify films of similar theme to the student’s project and be able to explain how his/her project fits into and adds to the current body of work in the field.
    5. manage a production team and their schedule.
    6. set up interviews and story shoots.
    7. collect video materials and choose what to include in the final documentary.
    8. screen their work for test audiences and interpret audience written feedback.
    9. revise scripts and video work with peer, audience and professor input.
    10. select a key target audience and assess how best to reach them.
    11. score teammates based on negotiated roles and how their work did or did not meet those expectations.
    12. edit the story of another team to offer nuanced feedback and suggestions on story construction.
    13. work on a team to organize and execute a film festival of student film work.


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  • JOUR 665 - Noticiero Movil

    (3 units)
    Learn to produce creative and professional multimedia journalism in English and Spanish for an online bilingual news outlet, Noticiero Móvil.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 2
    Units of Laboratory/Studio: 1
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate improving skills in reporting for diverse audiences, including the ability to conduct interviews and produce narratives in more than one language.
    2. experiment with new reporting and production practices by producing multiple stories with the Latinx community.
    3. produce multimedia work suitable for a professional portfolio and resume.
    4. collaborate by being part of a team and taking on specific newsroom responsibilities.
    5. practice professionalism, including meeting strict deadlines and promoting journalism via social media platforms.
    6. demonstrate an increased knowledge of the local Latinx community.
    7. practice leadership roles in the newsroom, coordinate live events and produce news driven by civic purposes.


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  • JOUR 675 - Global Media

    (3 units)
    Best practices in both foreign reporting and reporting in culturally diverse communities within the United States. Analysis of global and historical contexts for cross-cultural news content. The course will challenge students to consider their own perspectives, the role of the ‘other’ in shaping narratives, and the viewpoints of various cultures and strategies for cross-cultural mass media communications.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 3

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 2
    Units of Laboratory/Studio: 1
    Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. analyze their own cultural biases and that of international journalists within a geographical and historical framework.
    2. use media to contextualize current events and experiences in relation to historical events and global contexts.
    3. identify and apply multiple perspectives pertaining to global issues through a comparative study of media coverage.
    4. identify, analyze, and interpret connections between localized events and members of a diaspora and their global contexts.
    5. evaluate and articulate connections among local, national, and international contexts for the purposes of journalistic reporting.
    6. demonstrate how local and global contexts of ideas or events affect understandings of contemporary and important historical ideas, events, or issues in regard to media.
    7. demonstrate an original application of independent thought and excellent critical thinking and research abilities in in-depth papers.


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  • JOUR 680 - Communicating Innovation

    (3 units)
    This course provides students with practical application of strategically communicating about new innovations with a focus on the area of renewable energy. (ENGR 680 and JOUR 680 are cross-listed; credit may be earned in one of the two.)

    Recommended Preparation: ENGR 600 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. make use of basic consumer research techniques as applied to strategic communications.
    2. incorporate verbal, written and visual communication skills in building a communications campaign.
    3. employ project management and teamwork skills in communicating new innovations to the public.
    4. analyze, discuss and apply current practices in advertising, public relations, social media and emerging technology marketing.
    5. integrate various strategic communications tactics for effective campaigns and recognize the importance of this integration.


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  • JOUR 681 - Race, Gender and Media

    (3 units)
    How the media creates and challenges social constructions of gender and race, with a focus on women and minorities as media professionals and audiences.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. explore the relationship between media and a diversity of groups in global society.
    2. reflect on and demonstrate an increased awareness of how society and the media present images of gender and race.
    3. recognize patterns in media coverage of men, women, and minority groups.
    4. discuss how stereotyping evolves and is supported and challenged by the media.
    5. identify diverse media audiences and explain how content affects them.
    6. use advanced analytical thinking to become more critical consumers of media content.
    7. demonstrate a familiarity with social scientific approaches used to study media, gender and race.
    8. demonstrate enhanced media literacy by developing a greater appreciation of the media’s cultural influences.


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  • JOUR 682 - International and Cross-Cultural Reporting

    (3 units)
    Prerequisite(s): Journalism major or minor.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. analyze their own cultural biases and that of international journalists within a geographical and historical framework.
    2. use media to contextualize current events and experiences in relation to historical events and global contexts.
    3. critically examine and assess complex issues and problems of a global nature in international journalism and foreign reporting.
    4. identify and apply multiple perspectives pertaining to global issues through a comparative study of media coverage.
    5. identify, analyze, and interpret connections between localized events and members of a diaspora and their global contexts.
    6. evaluate and articulate connections among local, national, and international contexts for the purposes of journalistic reporting.
    7. demonstrate how local and global contexts of ideas or events affect understandings of contemporary and important historical ideas, events, or issues in regards to media.
    8. GRAD: *Graduate Students will also demonstrate leadership and editing skills in shaping cross-cultural reporting team projects.


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  • JOUR 691A - Special Topics in Professional Practice

    (1 to 3 units)
    Pursuit of a special interest in journalism. Maximum of 6 credits in special topics courses (A & JOUR 691B  and JOUR 791 ).

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. define and describe a significant issue in journalism and mass communication.
    2. identify major media scholars and practitioners of importance to a particular media issue and assess their influence.
    3. demonstrate in-depth knowledge of a particular media issue.


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  • JOUR 691B - Special Topics in Professional Practice: Journalism Lab

    (1 to 3 units)
    Pursuit of special topics with an emphasis on, or significant use of, media technology. Maximum of 6 credits in special topics courses (JOUR 691A  and B, JOUR 791 ).

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. define and describe a significant issue in journalism and mass communication.
    2. demonstrate professional competence in a particular media practice.
    3. reflect on their own media practice and develop strategies for improvement.


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  • JOUR 695 - Practicum

    (3 units)
    Working for an approved professional media organization under the guidance of a mentor.

    Grading Basis: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Summer

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate an ability to execute quality journalism projects in a professional setting, as judged by a professional mentor.
    2. develop and demonstrate critical decision making skills in the process of searching for, cultivating and executing a professional internship.
    3. demonstrate an ability to reflect thoughtfully on a professional experience and draw parallels between the workplace and concepts discussed in the academy.


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  • JOUR 696 - Scientific Communication Masterclass

    (1 unit)
    Effective communication of fundamental advances in science using subject matter from fundamental research on adaptations and biotechnological solutions to a changing environment brought about by global warming. (BCH 696 and JOUR 696 are cross-listed; credit may be earned in one of the two.)

    Maximum units a student may earn: 1

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 1
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. communicate the relationship between scientific and technological research and solving real-world problems by explaining how science can relate to and solve problems of societal concern.
    2. communicate relationships between science and societal issues using data visualization fundamentals.
    3. demonstrate storytelling skills about scientific discoveries.
    4. demonstrate skills to communicate the project aims, methodologies, key concepts, expected outcomes, and significant research to the broader public.
    5. effectively craft visual campaigns to share research findings.


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  • JOUR 703 - Innovation

    (3 units)
    Overview of media communications, media literacy, and our understanding of current practices; model a process for innovation, and explore processes of user-centered brainstorming and prototyping.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. identify problems with current communication organizations’ designs and practices.
    2. model brainstorming as it is practiced at some of the nation’s most respected design firms.
    3. produce and refine audience-centered prototypes of new communication products.
    4. articulate key concepts about the innovation process, how innovations diffuse, how the brain works, how people learn and why some traditional journalism and strategic communications are counterproductive.


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  • JOUR 707 - Storytelling I: Writing

    (3 units)
    Systematic information-gathering strategies, reporting, writing and editing techniques used in journalism. Critical analysis of media writing. Required at the start of the student’s program.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. write with clarity for print, broadcast, social media and other emerging forums.
    2. exercise sound judgment in determining topics, angles, and content for storytelling.
    3. demonstrate reporting skills by developing relevant sources, conducting effective interviews and sifting a range of database and archival resources for pertinent details.
    4. evaluate quality characteristics of their own coursework, with attention to industry innovations, professional standards of credibility, and diverse audiences.


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  • JOUR 720 - The Future of Media

    (3 units)
    Analysis of the implications of the transition from a mass mediated industrial news system to an online networked system of news and journalism.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. recognize and summarize the major strands of thinking on social networks and networked journalism.
    2. contextualize this conversation within the broader history of journalism.
    3. apply new-found knowledge to a critical assessment of recent innovations in journalism.
    4. make an informal judgment of their own about the kind of media communicator they wish to be and how they might create opportunities to achieve this role.


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  • JOUR 723 - Media Entrepreneurship

    (3 units)
    Starting and running new media companies, including identifying and evaluating business opportunities, choosing a revenue model, forming a team, creating a prototype, and seeking capital.

    Recommended Preparation: Enroll during the final semester of graduate study.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring - Odd Years

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. identify media business opportunities.
    2. evaluate a media business opportunity’s chance of success.
    3. explain the value of a media business opportunity to potential customers and investors.
    4. enumerate the pros and cons of the entrepreneurial life.


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  • JOUR 755 - Media Engagement and Innovation

    (3 units)
    The role of engagement and innovation in journalism, public relations, and advertising. Overview of media communications, media literacy, and our understanding of current practices. Study examples of community engagement and innovation.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 3

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. explain key concepts of the innovation and engagement process.
    2. critically evaluate competing theories and practices and assess the value of innovation and engagement in journalism, public relations, and advertising.
    3. brainstorm, prototype, strategize, and execute engagement/innovation projects relevant to journalism, public relations, and advertising.
    4. identify challenges faced by media organizations and apply engagement/innovation practices to address those challenges.
    5. collaborate effectively as part of a team.


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  • JOUR 756 - Storytelling II: Multimedia

    (3 units)
    Study and production of convergent media to create documentary forms of journalism incorporating a variety of multimedia tools.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. create a selection of photographs to document a chosen subject with variety and technical proficiency.
    2. create an edited audio interview that combines the subject’s answers within a narrative structure containing natural sound and scripted narration.
    3. create an edited video project combining an interview with illustrative B-roll footage.
    4. setup and administer a hosted domain, and produce a WordPress website for the media created in class.


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  • JOUR 791 - Special Seminar Topics

    (1 to 3 units)
    Maximum of 6 credits in journalism special topics courses (JOUR 691 and JOUR 791).

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. define and describe a significant issue in journalism and mass communication.
    2. identify major media scholars and practitioners of importance to a particular media issue and assess their influence.
    3. demonstrate in-depth knowledge of a particular media issue.


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  • JOUR 793 - Independent Study

    (1 to 3 units)
    Investigation into problems in journalism.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate independence in choosing an intellectual or professional topic worthy of study.
    2. demonstrate ability to document intellectual growth in a particular topic.
    3. produce a media product or scholarly paper that reflects indepth knowledge of a particular practice or topic.
    4. apply critical thinking, writing, and creative skills to analyze the specific area of the independent study taken.


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  • JOUR 796 - Professional Paper

    (3 units)
    Report of professional quality, based on a professional journalistic project. Required of all M.A. students.

    Grading Basis: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
    Units of Independent Study: 3
    Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate independence in choosing an intellectual or professional topic worthy of study.
    2. demonstrate ability to research relevant literature and examples and summarize key points of the research.
    3. produce a media product or scholarly paper that reflects indepth knowledge of a particular practice or topic.
    4. demonstrate ability to execute a significant project of professional quality.


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  • JOUR 899 - Graduate Advisement

    (1 to 4 units)
    Provides access to faculty for continued consultation and advisement. No grade is filed and credits may not be applied to any degree requirements. Limited to 8 credits (2 semester) enrollment. For non-thesis master’s degree students only.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 8

    Grading Basis: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
    Units of Independent Study: X
    Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:


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Justice Management
  

  • JM 600 - Foundation of Research Methods

    (3 units)
    Systematic approach to analyzing published research, theory, sampling, measurement, quantitative and qualitative approaches, applied research, literature review, research design, and interpretation of basic statistics.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Summer

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. critically read and evaluate research articles.
    2. demonstrate understanding of ethical issues in research.
    3. describe the purpose and application of theory in the research process.
    4. demonstrate understanding of the difference between qualitative and quantitative research methods and the strengths and limitations of each approach.
    5. identify sources of bias in the research process and propose methods of control.
    6. describe the function of statistics in various research methodologies.
    7. interpret basic research results, draw conclusions, identify limitations, and make recommendations for future research.
    8. use findings from original research in everyday decision-making and practical applications.


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  • JM 601 - Introduction to Justice Management

    (3 units)
    Subject matter experts engage students in examining the fundamental issues associated with the Justice Management program’s areas of concentration: Juvenile, Adult, and Executive Court/Agency Administration.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. identify 10 core competencies established by the National Association for Court Management and discuss their implementation in practical settings.
    2. articulate major issues in Juvenile Justice Management, Adult Justice Management and Corrections and Executive Court and Agency Administration.
    3. utilize critical thinking skills in the context of analyzing arguments based on statistical information.
    4. conduct online research of peer-reviewed scholarly articles.
    5. produce papers in APA style format.
    6. discuss responsibilities of judges, attorneys, agency personnel, and others essential to the justice system.


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  • JM 602 - Methods of Program Research, Design, and Evaluation

    (3 units)
    Review major method designs and statistical techniques, with a focus on applications suitable for justice management policy development and evaluation research.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate understanding of how abstract research ideas and theories can be turned into concrete quantitative and qualitative measurable variables.
    2. demonstrate understanding of the various constraints and ethical issues applied researchers have in the justice system.
    3. describe the various research designs used in the field and analyze the strengths and weaknesses of each of these designs.
    4. formulate a research question, operationalize variables, and think about ways to analyze it.
    5. critique and assess the quality (validity and reliability) of social science research.
    6. demonstrate understanding of basic statistical analysis and writing skills needed to interpret, summarize, critique, and report data.
    7. develop a professional project proposal suitable for use as a basis for a research project in justice management and/or that can be submitted to a funding agency.


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  • JM 690A - Spec Top Essen Jus Mgmt: Court Mgmt

    (2 to 3 units)
    Maximum units a student may earn: 3

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: X
    Offered: Every Spring and Summer

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. identify core Juvenile Justice Management competencies established by the National Juvenile Court Services Association and discuss their implementation in practical settings.
    2. Be able to analyze major issues in Juvenile Justice Management.
    3. apply Juvenile Justice Management theory to practical applications.


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