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Dec 15, 2025
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University General Course Catalog 2020-2021 ARCHIVED CATALOG: LINKS AND CONTENT ARE OUT OF DATE. CHECK WITH YOUR ADVISOR.
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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.
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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