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ITAL 401 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: Permission of the department head. Advanced study in Italian. The nature and content of the course is determined by the students’ needs and by an evaluation of their previous work. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
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ITAL 402 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 2
Prerequisite: Permission of the department head. Advanced study in Italian. The nature and content of the course is determined by the students’ needs and by an evaluation of their previous work. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
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ITAL 403 - Directed Individual Study
FDR: HL: only when the subject is literary.
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Permission of the department head. Advanced study in Italian. The nature and content of the course is determined by the students’ needs and by an evaluation of their previous work. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
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JAPN 100 - Supervised Study Abroad: Beginning Japanese
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 4
Prerequisites: Desire to study Japanese or JAPN 111 and department consent. Spring Term Abroad course. This course is designed to introduce the Japanese language and culture to students with little or no previous language background. Classes are held at the Ishikawa Foundation for International Exchange, a prestigious Japanese institution in Kanazawa. Students live with a host family and can experience typical Japanese daily life. The program includes field trips to points of historical interest and many cultural activities. Ikeda.
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JAPN 111 - First-Year Japanese I
Credits: 4
An introduction to spoken and written Japanese. Classroom drills, written and audio materials emphasize basic sentence patterns. Daily practice in reading and writing. Staff.
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JAPN 112 - First-Year Japanese II
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: JAPN 111 or the equivalent. A continuation of JAPN 111. Further work on modern spoken and written Japanese. Staff.
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JAPN 115 - Supervised Study Abroad: First-Year Japanese
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 4
Prerequisites: JAPN 112 and department consent. Spring Term Abroad course. This course is designed to improve active oral proficiency in Japanese, to introduce the culture and society of Japan, and to prepare students for second-year Japanese study. Classes are held at the Ishikawa Foundation for International Exchange, a prestigious Japanese institution in Kanazawa. Students live with a host family and can experience typical Japanese daily life. The program includes field trips to points of historical interest and many cultural activities. Ikeda.
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JAPN 261 - Second-Year Japanese I
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: JAPN 112 or the equivalent. A continuation of JAPN 112 with emphasis on the spoken language and written texts using audiovisual materials. Staff.
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JAPN 262 - Second-Year Japanese II
FDR: FL
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: JAPN 261 or the equivalent. A continuation of JAPN 261 with intensive drills in spoken Japanese and the close reading of texts. Staff.
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JAPN 265 - Supervised Study Abroad: Second-Year Japanese
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 4
Prerequisites: JAPN 261 or 262 and department consent. Spring Term Abroad course. This course is designed to introduce the Japanese language and culture to students, to introduce the culture and society of Japan, and to prepare students for third-year Japanese study. Classes are held at the Ishikawa Foundation for International Exchange, a prestigious Japanese institution in Kanazawa. Students live with a host family and can experience typical Japanese daily life. The program includes field trips to points of historical interest and many cultural activities. Ikeda.
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JAPN 301 - Third-Year Japanese I
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: JAPN 262 or the equivalent. A continuation of JAPN 262 designed to further develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Advanced classroom drills, reading texts, and taped materials provide systematic practice in increasingly complex discourses and acquaint students with key aspects of Japanese customs, culture, and society. Staff.
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JAPN 302 - Third-Year Japanese II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: JAPN 301 or the equivalent. A continuation of JAPN 301. Staff.
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JAPN 311 - Advanced Japanese I
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: JAPN 302 or the equivalent and instructor consent. Advanced readings, discussion in Japanese and written responses to a variety of literary materials, including relevant journal and newspaper articles. Whenever available, video materials will supplement readings. Staff.
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JAPN 312 - Advanced Japanese II
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: JAPN 311 or the equivalent and instructor consent. A continuation of JAPN 311 with an emphasis on reading and discussing literary works. Advanced readings in Japanese modern prose, poetry, and drama and discussion in Japanese of literature and literary criticism. Ikeda.
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JAPN 365 - Supervised Study Abroad: Third-Year Japanese
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 4
Prerequisites: JAPN 302, or the equivalent and department consent. Spring Term Abroad course. This course is designed to introduce the Japanese language and culture to students, to introduce the culture and society of Japan, and to prepare students for fourth-year Japanese study. Classes are held at the Ishikawa Foundation for International Exchange, a prestigious Japanese institution in Kanazawa. Students live with a host family and can experience typical Japanese daily life. The program includes field trips to points of historical interest and many cultural activities. Ikeda.
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JAPN 401 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 1
Prerequisites: Instructor consent; for advanced students or for students who have completed JAPN 312. A course that allows students to follow a program of directed reading with a more intensive exposure to written texts than is possible in courses oriented toward grammar and conversation. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Staff.
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JAPN 402 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 2
Prerequisites: Instructor consent; for advanced students or for students who have completed JAPN 312. A course that allows students to follow a program of directed reading with a more intensive exposure to written texts than is possible in courses oriented toward grammar and conversation. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Staff.
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JAPN 403 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Instructor consent; for advanced students or for students who have completed JAPN 312. A course that allows students to follow a program of directed reading with a more intensive exposure to written texts than is possible in courses oriented toward grammar and conversation. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Staff.
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JOUR 101 - Introduction to Mass Communications
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Not open to seniors. This course serves as a gateway for both majors and non-majors to examine the role that the mass media play in society. The course examines the pervasiveness of mass media in our lives, and the history and roles of different media and their societal functions, processes, and effects. Students learn to tell the difference between fact and opinion and examine the links among theory, research and professional experience, while analyzing the ethics, methods, and motivations of the media and the expectations of their audiences. We discuss how media cover diversity issues and evaluate the policies and freedoms that guide and shape the mass media and the news media in the United States. Students complete the course as better informed consumers and interpreters of mass media and their messages. Staff.
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JOUR 150 - Introduction to the Politics and Policies of Global Communication
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Intended for any first-year or sophomore; open to others by instructor consent. An introduction to a series of debates centered on the media, power, and globalization, locating these in their historical and cultural perspective and exploring ways in which media power is contested. Topics include the theories and problems related to international function of the news media, the entertainment industry, and the telecommunications sector; the creation of the global media marketplace; the evolution of international communication in the Internet age; and international governance structures. Abah.
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JOUR 152 - Photojournalism
Credits: 1
An introduction to photojournalism. Through hands-on assignments, students learn the importance of visual images in communicating ideas and information and gain an appreciation for the qualities and principles that set photojournalists apart from other photographers. Staff.
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JOUR 162 - Broadcast-Announcing Practicum
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Admission by audition only. Students learn the skills required to effectively anchor news, weather, or sports on the weekly Rockbridge Report newscast, which appears on a local cable access channel. May be repeated for up to three degree credits. Finch.
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JOUR 180 - FS: First-Year Seminar
Credits: 3
First-year seminar. Prerequisite: First-Year standing. Topic and applicability to FDRs and other requirements varies.
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JOUR 190 - Beyond Google and Wikipedia: Finding and Evaluating Information Sources in the Digital Age
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: JOUR 101. An introduction to information sources that academic researchers, journalists, public relations and advertising professionals rely on increasingly in the digital age to conduct scholarly research, report and write news stories, and to find, analyze and present research on trends in mass communications. Students learn how to evaluate sources of information for credibility and quality, while they strengthen their basic research skills to go beyond Google and dig below the surface of today’s high-tech world. Grefe, Journalism faculty.
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JOUR 195 - Intercultural Communication: South Africa
Credits: 2
Graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory. The course is designed to prepare students for a cross-cultural experience, to explore learning and coping strategies, when in a different country, and to examine their own cultures so they can understand and appreciate others. Abah, Locy.
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JOUR 201 - Introduction to News Writing
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: JOUR 101. Students are taught the principles and techniques of information gathering and news writing, with emphasis on fulfilling the role of the news media in a democratic society. Extensive laboratory work enables students to prepare assignments for online and other digital media, while stressing accuracy, clarity and skepticism in reporting and writing. Staff.
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JOUR 202 - Introduction to Digital Journalism
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: JOUR 201. Concepts and practices of news gathering and presentation in a multimedia, interactive environment. Combines classroom instruction with a converged news media lab in which students contribute to a website, television newscast, and newspaper. Note: The laboratory requirement is limited to three sessions during the term, as arranged with the instructor. Artwick, Coddington.
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JOUR 204 - Media Bias: Beyond Right and Left
Credits: 4
Many of our conversations and opinions on the news media come back to bias, but we rarely take the time to interrogate our own perspectives about it. In this course, students delve into the history and sociology of journalism and the psychology of our own news consumption to go beyond popular conservative and liberal theories of bias and find out how the news media really work. Students talk with prominent journalists and scholars, and they cover a story they care about in order to experience and evaluate firsthand the decisions and influences that go into news media production. Coddington.
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JOUR 210 - Sports Journalism
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 3
A seminar surveying, analyzing, and critiquing local, regional, national and international converged sports reporting and writing by working sports journalists. In addition, students read and analyze several longer pieces by working journalists, and write extensively. Students also are assigned to report on local high school and college sports. Locy.
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JOUR 215 - The Magazine: Past, Present, Future
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 4
Magazines are probably the most resilient mass medium we have, which is good news in the digital age. Even though the magazine business was hit hard in recent years, a look at its past and future is far more cheering. In this class, students learn how to investigate a magazine from the past as a way of understanding the magazine business from the inside. They also learn from current magazine editors, writers, and publishers, with a four-night trip to New York City (additional fee required). And students create teams to produce a tablet-ready magazine prototype. Cumming.
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JOUR 220 - Social Media: Principles and Practice
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: JOUR 201 or instructor consent. In this course, students dive deep into social media, learning how to use it as thoughtful and ethical professionals, and examining its growing roles in society, politics, identity, and relationships. Students get hands-on experience in producing news for social media by running a multi-platform social news service. They also learn how to plan a strategic social media campaign, how to use metrics to analyze social media effectiveness, and how to use social media in reporting. Coddington
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JOUR 221 - Communication in Global Perspectives
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: JOUR 101. Open to majors and non-majors. Addressing a series of debates centered on the media, power and globalization, locating these in their historical and cultural perspective. In doing so, we explore ways in which media power is contested, and consider whether opportunities for resistance provided by new technologies represent a significant break with the past. A critical appraisal of the relationship between media and power at the level of culture, institutions, and social processes by examining the impact of technology on local and/or national media and communications industries in emerging democracies. Abah.
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JOUR 222 - Global Public Relations
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: JOUR 101. An introduction to the global and international perspectives of public relations. Corporations, governments, and non-government organizations (NGOs) actively seek to build and maintain mutually beneficial relationships with the publics in other countries beyond their national boundaries. Bhalla.
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JOUR 227 - Public Relations Writing
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: JOUR 201. A writing course to teach the many forms of persuasive writing used by public relations practitioners to reach diverse audiences. Through frequent writing assignments and revisions, students master the art of press releases, media pitches, media alerts, features, public service announcements, newsletters, press kits, backgrounders, and coverage memos for appropriate media outlets. Students are exposed to social media and video skills as well as writing. Staff.
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JOUR 240 - Poverty in the Media
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: At least sophomore standing. Appropriate for non-majors. An in-depth examination of portrayals of poverty, chiefly in the United States, from the late 19th century to the present through an intensive review of distinguished print journalism, nonfiction books, documentary film, and movies. By consulting social science literature as well, students gain a deeper understanding of the various conceptual paradigms through which poverty has been understood and explained. Counts as part of the Shepherd Program in Poverty and Human Capability Colón.
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JOUR 258 - Beat Reporting
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: JOUR 202. Using the community as the laboratory, students develop competence in the principles and techniques of reporting and writing news for online, broadcast and social media in a democratic society. Working on assigned beats, students learn source development, news judgment, information gathering, news presentation and time management. Work is published and aired on the Rockbridge Report website and newscast. Staff.
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JOUR 266 - Cross-Cultural Documentary Filmmaking
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 3
The United States is a melting pot of nationalities and cultures. As people move to the U.S. from other countries they go through cross-cultural adaptation, and identity becomes an issue for everyone. Students in this course work in three-person teams to produce five-minute documentaries on cross-cultural adaptation by an ethnic community in our region or by selected international students at Washington and Lee. Students are expected to immerse themselves in learning about the home countries and current communities of their subjects. The course includes instruction in the techniques of documentary film-making, allowing students to develop their writing, storytelling, shooting and editing skills. Finch.
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JOUR 268 - News Media, Race and Ethnicity
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: At least sophomore standing. This course examines how the news media cover race and ethnicity. How accurate is the portrayal of racial and ethnic groups? How do news media deal with clichés, ignorance and fear when it comes to differences? Do they offer a comprehensive and contextual view? The course highlights some of the best examples of reporting on race and ethnicity and how such reporting delves into the complexity of culture that can educate and surprise. Colón.
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JOUR 270 - Digital Media and Society
Credits: 4
Facebook, YouTube, and iPhones are popular, if not essential elements in college students’ busy lives. Being born into the digital age, students have grown up with profound and rapidly changing media and communication technologies, yet likely take them for granted. This course takes an in-depth look at digital media, exploring the relationship between technology and social change. The concept of technological determinism guides our examination of social networking, online news/information, digital entertainment, and health online. Artwick.
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JOUR 273 - Principles of Public Relations
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: JOUR 227 or instructor consent. This class focuses on understanding what public relations is and what those who practice public relations do. Students examine the origins of public relations, the nature and role of public relations, the major influences that affect organizational behavior, the ethics of public relations, and the professional development of public-relations professionals. Emphasis is placed on the planning, writing, and management functions, working with media and developing effective public-relations strategies. Abah.
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JOUR 280 - Covering Courts and the Law
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: At least sophomore standing. Appropriate for non-majors. Courthouses make the best beats by providing a window on what is important to the American people. This course introduces students to the U.S. court system, its players, language and impact on the public at large. Students learn how to identify newsworthy legal stories, read court documents, and make sense of them in order to write clear, compelling, fair and accurate news stories for mass audiences. Locy.
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JOUR 295 - Topics in Journalism and Mass Communications
Credits: 1-4
Study of a selected topic in journalism or mass communications. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Appropriate for non-majors.
Spring 2020, JOUR 295-01: Say What? Landmark First Amendment Cases and their Implications for Speech in the 21st Century (3). This course helps students to understand the First Amendment in context and the different forms of expressions that have shaped its jurisprudence. The U.S. Supreme Court’s interpretations of expression have implications for all aspects of American political life and often involve protection of minority, often unpopular, viewpoints from being overpowered by the majority, or by the government. Abah.
Spring 2020, JOUR 295-02: Media Stereotypes: Women, Minorities, and Yoga (3). No prerequisite. A media-literacy course to help students better understand the mass media’s representation of minorities, and especially women through different lenses including yoga practice. We examine whether and/or how this has changed over time, what forces have affected change (or not), and the current state of their representation. Students become improved critical consumers of the mass media, particularly as it relates to the representation of minorities and women, and to use critical thinking skills to understand (1) how media is stereotyping, (2) media’s target audience, and (3) the impact of stereotyping. Bhalla.
Spring 2020, JOUR 295-03: Religion and Reporting (4). Open to non-majors. This class explores how the news media cover religion and whether this coverage helps or hinders understanding. Where do reporters turn for facts about religions? Do journalists reflect accurately and authentically religious lives? How do the news media depict people with extreme beliefs? Students examine these and other questions through readings, discussion, and interviews with experts and people of faith. Field trips allow personal exposure to places of worship. Colón.
Fall 2019, JOUR 295A-01: Topics in Journalism and Mass Communications: Studio Production (3). From Ariana Grande’s “Musical Genre Challenge” with Jimmy Fallon to political satire on Saturday Night Live, much of our favorite content today flows out of the TV studio and onto our digital devices. Learning to produce programming in the studio and distribute it across platforms and formats can be a valuable skill set. This course provides students hands-on experience in the Reid Hall television studio as they produce content for brands, academics, nonprofits, and peer audiences. Artwick.
Fall 2019, JOUR 295B-01: Topics in Journalism and Mass Communications: Money Talks: Financial Tools for Communications (3). Prerequisite: JOUR 201 or instructor consent. Communications professionals must understand how money influences all aspects of messages. This course introduces students to how Wall Street finances public and private ventures, fuels global markets, strengthens economies, influences Congress, and trickles down to Main Street. Such understanding provides students with another set of tools that add context and quantifiable proof to support product pitches, public relations campaigns and news stories. Swasy.
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JOUR 301 - Law and Communications
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Junior standing. An examination of the development of First Amendment jurisprudence, the law of defamation, privacy, access, free press-fair trial, journalists’ privilege, obscenity and pornography. The case study approach is used, but the emphasis is on the principles that underlie the landmark cases. This course can serve as an introduction to and preparation for further studies in communications law and/or the legal system in general. Abah.
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JOUR 303 - Covering Great Trials in History: The Impact of the Press and Public on Justice
FDR: HU
Credits: 4
From the Salem Witch Trials and the Lindbergh Baby kidnapping to the Charles Manson Family and O.J. Simpson, Americans have long been fascinated by crime and punishment. Rich or poor, admired or scorned, defendants in high-profile trials captivate the public because they illuminate our potential for good and evil by revealing our hopes, dreams, and fears at a particular time in history. Often in dramatic fashion, trials expose society’s weaknesses by dissecting the violent tendencies and obsessions of the people we thought were worthy of our respect or our fear. But does this obsession with the law serve the greater good? Are prosecutors playing on the public’s fears? Are judges doing enough to ensure fair trials? Are defense attorneys serving their clients, or themselves? Does the press, in sensational, simplistic coverage, do more harm than good? And is the public becoming disillusioned with the American legal system? This course examines these issues by placing great trials in their context in history and exploring the complexities of the conflict between the freedom of the press and the ideal of a fair trial. Locy.
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JOUR 318 - The Literature of Journalism
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing and completion of FDR FW writing requirement. Appropriate for non-majors. A study of the seminal writings in American journalism, focusing on their literary styles, their influence in the development of American journalism, and their impact on U.S. history. Cumming.
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JOUR 325 - Crisis Communications
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: JOUR 273 or instructor consent; at least junior standing. A case-study approach to current methods of forecasting problems and responding effectively to crises and consequences in the public and private sectors. Topics include identifying and communicating effectively with stakeholders during crises, effective media-relations strategies during emergencies, building an effective crisis-response plan, regaining public credibility following a crisis, and avoiding public relations mistakes during litigation. Abah.
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JOUR 330 - Communication Theory and Research Methods
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: JOUR 101; at least sophomore standing; restricted to journalism and strategic communication majors and mass communications minors; or instructor consent. An examination of the major bodies of communication theory within a media framework and the process of conducting research within that framework. Regarding theory, we cover both social/behavioral and cultural/critical perspectives and their historical development. Regarding methods, we cover both the general process of forming and measuring a research question or hypothesis in communication research as well as the particulars of some of the central methods of communication research. Staff.
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JOUR 338 - The Documentary
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Junior standing. Appropriate for nonmajors. A critical study of the documentary in film and television, with analysis of prominent directors and genres. Finch.
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JOUR 341 - Multimedia Storytelling Design
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: At least junior class standing. Have you ever wondered how news organizations put together their Pulitzer Prize-winning interactive stories? This course introduces students to tools that help them imagine, design, and create powerful interactive features with audio, video, graphics, and words on the cutting edge of journalism and mass communications. Students learn web design and programming skills using HTML CSS and JavaScript. This course is for students with little or no coding experience but who want to know, “How they did that.” Barry, Locy
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JOUR 344 - Ethics of Journalism
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: POL 203 and at least junior standing. Appropriate for nonmajors. A study of the moral issues arising from the practice of modern journalism and communications. Includes examination of philosophical and theoretical foundations of ethics, the place and role of journalism in the larger society, and moral choices in the newsroom. Topics include: First Amendment freedoms, privacy, confidentiality of sources, conflicts of interest, cooperation with law enforcement, free press/fair trial, photojournalism, and issues of accountability. Colón.
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JOUR 345 - Media Ethics
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: JOUR 201 and at least junior standing. Preference given to strategic communication majors, mass communications minors, and seniors during initial registration. This course enables students to explore ethical challenges that arise within the various communication practices of contemporary media: journalism, public relations, advertising, documentary film, blogging and fictional programming. The course offers a grounding in moral reasoning and an understanding of professional ethics as an evolving response to changing social and industrial conditions in the media industries. Colón.
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JOUR 351 - Editing for Print and Online Media
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: JOUR 201 and at least junior standing. The principles and techniques of editing copy for digital and print media, with emphasis on clarity of thought, legal and moral responsibilities, and effective communication. Classroom work and assignments includes production of publications for both journalism and strategic communication majors, using InDesign, among other applications and software. Staff.
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JOUR 356 - In-depth Reporting
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: JOUR 258 and JOUR 351 or 362. The principles and techniques of developing and creating enterprising, heavily researched journalistic work for the mass media. Students produce in-depth work that they showcase on a website. Extensive group work is required. Locy.
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JOUR 362 - Producing for Broadcast and Online Media
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: JOUR 258 or instructor consent and at least junior standing. Preparation for leadership roles in electronic media. Extensive work in decision-making and management in the newsroom through television news producing and Internet content construction. Finch.
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JOUR 365 - The Broadcast News Magazine
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: JOUR 201. The principles and techniques involved in developing and creating enterprising longer-form journalistic work for a converged environment, principally television and digital media. Students research, write, and produce news and feature packages similar to those of network television news magazines for broadcast on the local cable-access channel. Staff.
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JOUR 371 - Reporting on Business
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: At least junior standing. Required for the business journalism sequence and appropriate as an elective for journalism, strategic communication, and business administration majors. Reporting and writing techniques for journalists who cover Wall Street and publicly-traded companies. Students learn reporting fundamentals of financial statements, researching corporate documents, and data analysis using the Bloomberg terminal, and how to write industry analysis and narratives. Swasy.
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JOUR 372 - Reporting on the Economy
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: At least junior standing. Required for the business journalism sequence and appropriate as an elective for journalism, strategic communication, and business administration majors. Reporting and writing techniques used by journalists who cover global economics. Students learn basics of the reporting and analysis of Federal Reserve reports, economic indicators, and data via the Bloomberg terminal and other resources. Writing emphasizes storytelling about people behind the numbers of the wealth and wage gaps, consumer trends, and worker issues in the global supply chain. Swasy.
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JOUR 377 - Media Management & Entrepreneurship
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Appropriate for non-majors. Additional course fee required. An examination of trends and challenges in media management, including a close examination of industry economics, changing reader and viewer habits, revenue and profit pressures, and labor and management issues unique to the news profession. For Spring 2020, the seminar’s focus is on women in the media business, an exploration of how a diverse group of women are reshaping the media business through creation of niche news beats at legacy companies –such as the Washington Post’s Tracy Jan covering the intersection of race and the economy–or building new hybrid business models like “American INNO” that mix news, branded content, and events to attract more millennial readers and customers. Swasy.
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JOUR 395 - Specialty Reporting
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Journalism 201 and junior standing, or instructor consent. An advanced reporting course in which students develop expertise in a particular area of public significance. Topics rotate as faculty resources allow, and are likely to include education, politics, environment, religion, or education. Through reporting and writing, students learn about key institutions, terms, and sources related to the particular field. They learn how to identify newsworthy stories and write clear, compelling, fair, and accurate news stories for mass audiences. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Appropriate for non-majors.
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JOUR 399 - Contemporary Problems in Law and Journalism
(LAW 242)
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: JOUR 301 and instructor consent. Enrollment limited. A seminar devoted to the study of issues on the frontier of developments in law and journalism. Issues to be addressed include limits on the dignitary torts of privacy and emotional distress; limitations on public availability of governmental information; the impact of new technology on communications law; proposals for reform of libel law; and the role of reporters, editors and legal counsel in the news process. Abah, Murchison.
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JOUR 401 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 1
Prerequisites: JOUR 201 and permission of the department faculty. Directed study individually arranged and supervised in any area of the mass media. Staff.
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JOUR 402 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 2
Prerequisites: JOUR 201 and permission of the department faculty. Directed study individually arranged and supervised in any area of the mass media. Staff.
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JOUR 403 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: JOUR 201 and permission of the department faculty. Directed study individually arranged and supervised in any area of the mass media. Staff.
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JOUR 421 - Directed Individual Research
Credits: 1
Prerequisites: JOUR 201 and permission of the department faculty. Research or creative projects, individually arranged and supervised, in any phase of mass media and related operations. Staff.
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JOUR 422 - Directed Individual Research
Credits: 2
Prerequisites: JOUR 201 and permission of the department faculty. Research or creative projects, individually arranged and supervised, in any phase of mass media and related operations. Staff.
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JOUR 423 - Directed Individual Research
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: JOUR 201 and permission of the department faculty. Research or creative projects, individually arranged and supervised, in any phase of mass media and related operations. Staff.
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JOUR 451 - News Internship
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 1
Prerequisites: JOUR 201 and permission of the department. Limited to declared Journalism or Strategic Communication majors. Professional service, arranged and supervised individually, with newspapers, radio and television stations, online news sites, or other news media or business institutions, as appropriate. Students proposing to undertake an internship must meet and coordinate their plans with the department’s internship supervisor by November 15 of the year in which they plan to serve the internship. May be carried out during the summer. Staff.
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JOUR 452 - News Internship
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 2
Prerequisites: JOUR 202 and permission of the department. Limited to declared Journalism or Strategic Communication majors. Professional service, arranged and supervised individually, with newspapers, radio and television stations, online news sites, or other news media or business institutions, as appropriate. Students proposing to undertake an internship must meet and coordinate their plans with the department’s internship supervisor by November 15 of the year in which they plan to serve the internship. May be carried out during the summer. Staff.
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JOUR 453 - News Internship
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: JOUR 202 and permission of the department. Limited to declared Journalism or Strategic Communication majors. Professional service, arranged and supervised individually, with newspapers, radio and television stations, online news sites, or other news media or business institutions, as appropriate. Students proposing to undertake an internship must meet and coordinate their plans with the department’s internship supervisor by November 15 of the year in which they plan to serve the internship. May be carried out during the summer. Staff.
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JOUR 461 - Communications Internship
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 1
Prerequisites: JOUR 201 and permission of the department. Limited to declared Journalism or Strategic Communication majors. Professional service, arranged and supervised individually, in public relations, advertising, corporate communications, or other mass media-related businesses, as appropriate. Students proposing to undertake an internship must meet and coordinate their plans with the department’s internship supervisor by March 1 of the year in which they plan to serve the internship. May be carried out during the summer. Staff.
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JOUR 462 - Communications Internship
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 2
Prerequisites: JOUR 201 and permission of the department. Limited to declared Strategic Communication majors. Professional service, arranged and supervised individually, in public relations, advertising, corporate communications, or other mass media-related businesses, as appropriate. Students proposing to undertake an internship must meet and coordinate their plans with the department’s internship supervisor by March 1 of the year in which they plan to serve the internship. May be carried out during the summer. Staff.
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JOUR 463 - Communications Internship
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: JOUR 201 and permission of the department. Limited to declared Strategic Communication majors. Professional service, arranged and supervised individually, in public relations, advertising, corporate communications, or other mass media-related businesses, as appropriate. Students proposing to undertake an internship must meet and coordinate their plans with the department’s internship supervisor by March 1 of the year in which they plan to serve the internship. May be carried out during the summer. Staff.
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JOUR 493 - Honors Thesis
Credits: 3-3
Prerequisite: Senior standing, honors candidacy and consent of the department faculty. Students interested in honors work are expected to receive departmental approval no later than the middle of the spring term in the junior year. Staff.
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LATN 101 - Elementary Latin
Credits: 3
An introduction to Latin language and Roman culture. Students will learn about the structure of language, and will focus on the acquisition of Latin vocabulary and grammar. Benefiel.
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LATN 102 - Elementary Latin
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: LATN 101. A continuation of the materials and methods in LATN 101 with emphasis on syntax. Staff.
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LATN 200 - Practicum: Latin in the Schools
Experiential Learning (EXP): YES
Credits: 1
Graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory. Prerequisite: LATN 201 and instructor consent. A service-learning course in which W&L students design a curriculum and teach beginning Latin in the local elementary school. Benefiel.
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LATN 201 - Intermediate Latin
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: LATN 102 or equivalent. Reading selections from some or all of the following: Cato, Nepos, Cicero, Caesar, Sallust, and Varro. Emphasis on style and syntax, along with the political and social background of the later Republican period. Staff.
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LATN 202 - Introduction to Latin Poetry
FDR: FL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: LATN 201 or equivalent. Introduction to the language, meter, and style of Latin verse with readings from Horace, Ovid, Virgil, and Propertius. Benefiel.
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LATN 301 - Advanced Latin Readings
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: LATN 202 or equivalent. Selections from among Cicero, Sallust, Livy, Seneca, and Quintilian. Crotty.
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LATN 310 - Letters of Cicero and Pliny
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: LATN 202 or instructor consent. This course examines different styles and purposes of letter writing in the Roman world, focusing on the historically revealing letters of Cicero and Pliny, but also including samples from the Epistles of Horace and Seneca, as well as a few “fictional” letters by Ovid. Benefiel.
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LATN 320 - Literature in the Age of Nero
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: LATN 202 or instructor consent. This course provides an opportunity for advanced Latin students to understand a very complicated period by examining representative literature of the age. Readings include the Thyestes of Seneca, as well as selections from his Moral Epistles, selections from Lucan’s de Bello Civili , Petronius’ Satyricon and Tacitus’ Histories. Images of art and architecture of the period are shown, and lectures cover such topics necessary for understanding the literature as slavery, public entertainment, and patronage. Carlisle.
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LATN 321 - Lyric Poetry: Horace and Catullus
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: LATN 202 or instructor consent. Lyric Poetry: Horace and Catullus Carlisle.
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LATN 323 - History: Tacitus
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: LATN 202 or instructor consent. History: Tacitus Benefiel.
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LATN 324 - Roman Historiography: Livy
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: LATN 202 or instructor consent. Readings from the Augustan historian Livy’s History of Rome. Carlisle.
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LATN 325 - Virgil’s Aeneid
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: LATN 202 or instructor consent. Virgil’s Aeneid Carlisle.
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LATN 326 - The Poetry of Ovid
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: LATN 202 or instructor consent. Readings from the masterpieces of Ovid’s poetry, including one or more of the following: The Metamorphoses (a grand mythological epic), The Fasti (festivals and the Roman calendar), The Heroides (fictional letters written by mythological heroines, Ars Amatoria and Amores (love poetry) and Tristia and Epistulae ex Ponto (his poetry from exile). Topic varies by term but course may be taken only once. Benefiel or Carlisle.
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LATN 328 - Roman Elegy
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
This course explores the diverse genre of Roman elegy through a close reading of extensive portions of the poetry of Propertius, Tibullus, Ovid, and other writers. Themes to be discussed include different ideas about love, women in elegiac poetry, and the relationship between the poet/lover and his wider social and political environment. The course also addresses the place of elegy in Greek and Roman poetic traditions. Dance.
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LATN 331 - Early Roman Comedy and Literature
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: LATN 202 or instructor consent. This course explores the literature of early Rome, most importantly Roman comedy. Crotty.
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LATN 332 - Latin Prose Composition
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: One 300-level LATN course or instructor consent. A consideration of several masters of prose style, including Cicero, Caesar, Sallust, Livy, Tacitus and Pliny, as well as extensive exercises in Latin prose composition. Carlisle.
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LATN 350 - Latin Epigraphy
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: LATN 202 or instructor consent. Study of the monuments of the Roman Empire and the importance of text in Roman culture. From religious offerings to building dedications, from wax tablets to statue bases listing an individual’s career, inscriptions were a central part of Roman culture from the time of the emperor Augustus through the fourth century. Laws, catacombs, dedications to the emperor, and other topics provide a view into Roman culture and civilization. Benefiel.
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LATN 395 - Topics in Advanced Latin Literature
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: LATN 202 or instructor consent. Selected subject areas in Latin literature. The topic selected varies from year to year. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
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LATN 401 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 1
May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
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LATN 402 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 2
May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
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LATN 403 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 3
May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
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LATN 421 - Directed Individual Research
Credits: 1
May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
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LATN 422 - Directed Individual Research
Credits: 2
May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
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Latin American and Caribbean Studies |
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LACS 101 - Introduction to Latin American and Caribbean Studies
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
A multidisciplinary, introductory course designed to familiarize students with the pertinent issues that determine or affect the concept of identity in Latin American and Caribbean societies through a study of their geography, history, politics, economics, literature, and culture. The purpose of the course is to provide a framework or overview to enhance understanding in the students’ future courses in particular disciplines and specific areas of Latin American and Caribbean study. Staff.
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LACS 180 - FS: First-Year Seminar
Credits: 3
First-year seminar. Prerequisite: First-year standing. .
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LACS 195 - Special Topics in Latin American and Caribbean Studies
FDR: FDR designation varies with topic, as approved in advance.
Credits: 3
A topical seminar that focuses on an interdisciplinary examination of a singular theme relevant to the overall understanding of Latin America and the Caribbean region, such as Hispanic Feminisms, the Indigenous Americas, or Shifting Borders, among others. As an introductory seminar, topics are selected with the purpose in mind to present the student with a broad, regional view within the scope of a restricted focus or medium. Staff.
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LACS 256 - Trans-American Identity: Images from the Americas
(LIT 256) FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Completion of FW requirement. Counts toward the literature distribution requirement for the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program. A multi-genre survey of representative literary works from the Americas, defined as those regions that encompass Latin American and Caribbean cultures. In particular the course uses an interdisciplinary approach to show how exemplary artists from the region have crafted images to interpret and represent their American reality. Selected narrative, film, and poetic works by Spanish-American (Neruda, Garcia Marquez, Rulfo, and Carpentier), Francophone (Danticat), Lusophone (Amado), and Anglophone authors (Walcott, Brathwaite, and Naipaul), among others. Staff.
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