School of Journalism

Course Descriptions


JMC 101. Communication Today
JMC 102. Language Skills for Writers
JMC 110. Professional Writing I: Style
JMC 111. Professional Writing II: Craft
JMC 201. Writing and Reporting 1
JMC 202. Writing and Reporting II
JMC 202H. Writing and Reporting II Honors
JMC 241. Introduction to Radio
JMC 245. Video Production
JMC 251. Introduction to Desktop Publishing
JMC 261. Photojournalism I
JMC 262. Photojournalism II
JMC 281. Introduction to the Magazine
JMC 291. Campus Media 1
JMC 292. Campus Media 2
JMC 293. Campus Media 3
JMC 300. Media Law
JMC 300H. Media Law Honors
JMC 301. Advanced Editing
JMC 305. Computer-Assisted Reporting
JMC 310. Feature Writing
JMC 312. Sports Writing
JMC 315. Persuasive Writing and Rhetoric
JMC 318. Creative Nonfiction
JMC 320. The Principles & Practices of Public Relations
JMC 322. Sports Communication
JMC 329. Press Release Writing
JMC 330. The Advertising Campaign
JMC 340. Broadcast Reporting
JMC 345. On-Air Announcing
JMC 359. Basics of Photoshop
JMC 369. Photographic Art Direction
JMC 370. Web Communication
JMC 375. Digital and Social Media in Journalism and Communication
JMC 379. Basics of Web Design
JMC 399. Communication Research Methods
JMC 400. Case Studies in Media Ethics
JMC 401. Special Studies in Journalism and Mass Communication
JMC 410. Journalist’s Workshop
JMC 411. Opinion Writing
JMC 420. Public Relations Campaigns
JMC 422. Internal Organizational Relations
JMC 425. Communication in Conflict
JMC 426. Health Communication
JMC 430. AAF Case Study
JMC 440. Seminar in Broadcast Journalism
JMC 449. Semester in the Newsroom
JMC 449L. Semester in the Newsroom Lab
JMC 470. Internet and the Law
JMC 480. Journalism as Literature
JMC 481. British-American Media and Culture
JMC 482. Women, Minorities and the Media
JMC 483. Politics and Economics of the Media
JMC 484. JMC in the Civil War
JMC 485. Civil Rights Movement and the Media
JMC 498. Internship
JMC 499. Senior Capstone