2010-2011 University Catalog archived
Journalism and Mass Communications (JOUR)
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Professors Luecke, de Maria, Locy, Richardson, Wasserman
Associate Professors Abah, Artwick, Cumming
Assistant Professor Somani
The preprofessional sequences—journalism and business journalism—are appropriate for students who plan a career in a newsroom. Students considering one of these sequences and planning a study abroad term are strongly urged to consult a department faculty member during the first year.
The mass communications sequence is appropriate for students seeking a general liberal arts major.
No more than three credits toward the degree, regardless of course designation or major sequence, may be earned through internships or other experiential courses.
Students considering advertising or public relations as a career should take JOUR 225 and JOUR 232, as well as courses in advertising, economics, and marketing.
Honors: An Honors Program in journalism is offered for qualified students; see the catalog statement on Requirements for Honors in the Major , the Journalism Department website, journalism.wlu.edu, and the department head for details.
Cable Channel 18—A fully equipped television studio and control room used as a laboratory for television courses. News and public affairs programming is presented to the community through the Lexington cable television system. Cable 18 is operated entirely by students under the direction of journalism faculty members.
Major
Minor
JOUR 101 - Introduction to Mass Communications
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall, Winter
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.
JOUR 180 - FS: First-year Seminar
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Each first-year seminar topic is approved by the Dean of The College and the Committee on Courses and Degrees. Applicability to FDRs and other requirements varies.
Prerequisite: First-year standingTopics for Fall 2010:
JOUR 180: FS: Covering Great Trials in History: The Impact of the Press and the Public on Justice (3). First-year seminar. From the Boston Massacre in 1770 and the Scopes “Monkey” Trial to Charles Manson and O.J. Simpson, Americans have long been fascinated by the high-profile trial. Often in dramatic fashion, trials reveal our deepest secrets by exposing the weaknesses, violent tendencies, and obsessions of people we thought were worthy of our respect or our fear. Through famous cases, this seminar examines the complexities of the conflict between two cornerstones of American democracy: the freedom of the press and the right to a fair trial. The course is taught by Reynolds Professor of Legal Reporting Toni Locy, who has covered federal courts, the Justice Department, and the U.S. Supreme Court for several national news organizations. (SS5) Locy
JOUR 180B: FS: The Press and the Civil Rights Movement (3). First-year seminar. This seminar examines the news media’s role in the Civil Rights Movement of the South in the 1950s and ‘60s. Documentary recordings, individual research in primary documents, and readings in the journalism of the period and in works of history (especially the Pulitzer-Prize winning 2006 book The Race Beat) will provide the basis for class discussions. Students will produce short papers on the readings, an oral history project on veteran journalist who covered the movement, a research paper and a magazine-style article. Eligible: Limited to 15 first-year students. Cumming.
JOUR 190 - Beyond Google and Wikipedia: Finding and Evaluating Information Sources in the Digital Age
Credits: 1
Planned Offering: Fall, Winter
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.
JOUR 201 - Introduction to Reporting
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall, Winter
Prerequisite: JOUR 101. Prerequisite or corequisite: POL 100, 101, 105 or 203.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 preparing assignments for print, electronic and online media, stressing accuracy, clarity and the appropriate use of the different media.Staff.
JOUR 202 - Introduction to Digital Journalism
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall, Winter
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.
JOUR 210 - Sports Journalism
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. A seminar surveying, analyzing, and critiquing local, regional, national and international converged sports reporting and writing by working sports journalist. In addition, students read and analyze several longer pieces by working journalists, and write extensively.de Maria.
JOUR 212 - The Journalist in Fiction and Film
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring 2011 and alternate years
Since the time of Sophocles, at least, citizens have been tempted to “kill the messenger.” Those bearing news are often at odds with the citizens to whom they bring the news. This class explores the tension between citizens and modern-day messengers by reading and viewing fictional depictions of journalists. Students examine the role of popular culture in forming myths, stereotypes and false expectations of journalists - and other groups - to understand better the role of journalists in a free society.Luecke.
JOUR 214 - The Vietnam War and the Journalists Who Covered It: 1961-1975
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring
Appropriate for non-majors. A critical in-depth study of reporting and reporters during the Vietnam Conflict from the death of the first American military adviser to South Vietnam’s last hours. Students meet at least one journalist who covered the conflict and are exposed to numerous examples of journalists’ work. Student write essays and an inclusive final project or research essay.de Maria.
JOUR 216 - The Press and The Civil Rights Movement
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring
Prerequisite: Journalism 101 or permission of the instructor. Appropriate for history majors or African-American studies students. This research seminar examines the press’s role in the Civil Rights Movement of the South in the 1950s and ‘60s. It includes a 10-day tour of key sites of the movement and archives related to its history (Greensboro, Atlanta, Birmingham and Nashville), oral-history interviews with press veterans, readings, discussions, and proposals for a research paper and a magazine article.Cumming
JOUR 218 - Online Speech: Refuges, Harbors and Perils
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring 2012 and alternate years
Prerequisite: JOUR 101 or sophomore standing.An examination of how the marketplace of ideas created on the World Wide Web impacts, impedes, and affects our communication and discernment abilities through looking at the laws that empower, encourage, and inhibit these abilities on the Web. The online experience includes clashes of interests, conflicts between content producers and content users, issues of privacy and defamation, and amplified roles and effects of anonymous speech in the society. Students examine how courts and lawmakers have dealt with these conflicts, the kinds of public policies engendered, and the effects on the First Amendment. Specific cases include controversies involving Google, YouTube, MySpace, Craigslist, etc. and legislative instruments such as the DMCA and the CDA. This seminar focuses on online speech as it affects defamation, privacy, anonymity, pornography, social networking, and citizen journalism. While technical knowledge is not required to take the class, students must be willing to actively participate in class projects.Abah.
JOUR 221 - Communication in Global Perspectives
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring 2011 and alternate years
Prerequisite: At least sophomore standing.Analyses of communication between cultures and nations, the notion of cultural and civil citizenship, consideration of cultural imperatives in international studies, and critical examination of the impact of information technologies in world politics. This course is designed to foster an appreciation of the role of information in different societies, to give students an understanding of the different philosophies of the role of media in civil governance, and to enable students to gain a thorough understanding of the multidisciplinary nature of global communications.Abah.
JOUR 225 - Crisis Communications
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisite: At least sophomore 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.
JOUR 231 - Communication Theory
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisite: At least sophomore standing.A critical overview of leading theoretical traditions in communication studies. Examination of the concepts of general and thematic theories in use, describing the similarities and differences among the concepts and applying them in practical situations. Some attention is paid to epistemological foundations, the structure of communication theory as a field, and examining the relationship between communication theory and sociocultural practice.Artwick.
JOUR 232 - Research Methods in Mass Communication
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisite: At least sophomore standing.This course introduces students to the systematic study of communication, including quantitative and qualitative research methodologies in both theory-building and applied contexts. Students examine the research process, conceptualization, design, measurement, and analysis. Modes of inquiry studied include survey research, content analysis, experimental research, focus groups, depth interviewing, ethnography, and historical research. The class also engages students in a research project that may serve a local nonprofit agency.Artwick.
JOUR 240 - Poverty in the Media
Credits: 3
Not open to students with credit for JOUR 241. No Prerequisites; 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 CapabilityWasserman.
JOUR 241 - Media and Poverty: The Poor in Journalism and Film
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring
Not open to students with credit for JOUR 240. This course offers 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.Wasserman.
JOUR 242 - Media Ownership and Control
FDR: SS5
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
This course explores the relationship between what the media do and how they are owned and run. It examines the influence of market pressures and state regulation, and asks how commercial objectives affect the media’s ability to meet their traditional responsibilities within a democratic society, as a forum for discourse, an organ of accountability and a means by which popular culture is sustained. Although the chief focus is on news media, the course also looks at the entertainment industries and the Internet as increasingly integrated parts of a consolidated media system and as interpreters of social and political realities.Wasserman.
JOUR 253 - Reporting for Print Media
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall, Winter
Prerequisite: JOUR 202.Simulated daily newsroom laboratory stressing news judgment, information gathering, and journalistic writing under deadline pressure. Using the community as the laboratory, students develop competence in the principles and techniques of print-media and Internet communications in a democratic society. All work is produced in the computerized laboratory newsroom. (Meets concurrently with JOUR 263.)Staff.
JOUR 263 - Reporting for Electronic Media
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall, Winter
Prerequisite: JOUR 202.Continuing development of news judgment, information gathering, and news presentation for the electronic media. Students develop competence in the principles and techniques of beat reporting for radio, television and the Internet. (Meets concurrently with JOUR 253.)Staff.
JOUR 266 - Cross-Cultural Documentary Filmmaking
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring
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 student to develop their writing, storytelling, shooting and editing skills.Somani.
JOUR 270 - Digital Media and Society
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring
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.
JOUR 280 - Legal Reporting
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall and Winter
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing and permission of the instructor. 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.
JOUR 295 - Topics in Journalism and Mass Communications
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Offered when departmental resources permit.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.Study of a selected topic in journalism or mass communications. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different. Appropriate for non-majors.
JOUR 296 - Topics in News Media History
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.This course uses a variety of research methods to explore a particular era or focus in the history of the American press. Past topics, likely to be offered again on a rotating basis, have been on civil rights coverage in the South since 1945 and on early American newspapers as represented by the 18th- and 19th-century newspapers in W&L’s Farrar Collection. Open to non-majors.Cumming.
JOUR 297 - Topics in Public Science
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Not offered in 2010-2011
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. Open to nonmajors.Co-taught interdisciplinary study of selected issues in science or social science and how those issues are presented to the public by the news media. This course gives a basic presentation of research and other information about particular topics. The emphasis is on how a journalist would find this information, evaluate the quality of various sources, and create a meaningful written presentation that contributes to public understanding. Student work involves extensive writing.Richardson, Staff from a science discipline.
JOUR 301 - Law and Communications
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall, Winter
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.
JOUR 318 - The Literature of Journalism
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisite: Junior standing. Appropriate for nonmajors.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.de Maria.
JOUR 319 - Mass Media and Society
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Not offered in 2010-2011
Prerequisite: Junior standing. Appropriate for nonmajors.A review of the current research into and theories of how people use the mass media, emphasizing the impact of the mass media on public knowledge, attitudes, and discourse. Emphasis is placed on the relationship of mass media to other cultural institutions.Richardson.
JOUR 320 - Covering Crime and Justice: A Practicum
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring
This course exposes students to how the news media cover the three branches of government as they act separately and in concert in dealing with crime and justice. Through the creation of a Washington and Lee “courts bureau” in Washington, students spend five days covering “real” cases in “real” time in the D.C. District Court, arguably one of the nation’s most important federal trial courts, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, which is widely considered second in importance only to the U.S. Supreme Court. Students learn how courts are structured, how they work, and how the press covers the Judiciary as it interacts with the other two branches of government in the administration of justice.Locy.
JOUR 338 - The Documentary
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisite: Junior standing. Appropriate for nonmajors.A critical study of the documentary in film and television, with analysis of prominent directors and genres.de Maria.
JOUR 344 - Ethics of Journalism
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisite: 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.Wasserman.
JOUR 345 - Media Ethics
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisites: JOUR 201 and junior standing.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.Wasserman.
JOUR 351 - Editing for Print and Online Media
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisites: JOUR 253, or permission of the instructor, and junior standing.The principles and techniques of editing copy and producing publications for the print media and the World Wide Web, with emphasis on clarity of thought, legal and moral responsibilities, and effective communication. Extensive laboratory work. Attention is given to the latest computer-based production and editing applications, as students participate in producing prototype newspaper pages, the Rockbridge Report cablecast and website.Staff.
JOUR 353 - Opinion Writing
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter 2011 and alternate years
Prerequisite: At least sophomore standing. Appropriate for majors and nonmajors.Opinion writing is growing in popularity and importance, though much of it is derivative and shrill. This course develops students’ ability to write opinion based on fact and reasoned argument across a range of genres, including editorial writing, column writing, criticism, and blogging. Currency in public affairs is emphasized along with building skills in persuasion, formulating coherent positions, developing voice and encouraging civil dialogue. The course is highly interactive and participatory. Hall.
JOUR 356 - In-depth Reporting
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring
Prerequisite: JOUR 253 or 263, and junior or senior standing.The principles and techniques of developing and creating enterprising, heavily researched journalistic work for the mass media. Students produce in-depth work for newspapers, magazines, radio, television and the World Wide Web. Extensive group work is required.Richardson.
JOUR 357 - Magazine Feature Writing
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Not offered in 2010-2011
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. Appropriate for nonmajors.The principles and techniques of developing and polishing long-form journalistic articles for print media. Extensive writing and reporting are required.Cumming.
JOUR 362 - Advanced Electronic Journalism
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall, Winter
Prerequisite: JOUR 253 or 263.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.Somani.
JOUR 365 - The Broadcast News Magazine
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisite: JOUR 201.The principles and techniques involved in developing and creating enterprising longer-form journalistic work for a converged environment, principally television and the World Wide Web. 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.de Maria.
JOUR 371 - Reporting on Business
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisite: JOUR 201 or permission of the instructor.Reporting and writing techniques used by journalists who cover the world of business, focusing especially on companies and their employees and customers. Students develop competence in framing, researching, and writing articles in these areas. A part of the business journalism sequence; also appropriate as an elective for other journalism majors and for business majors.Luecke.
JOUR 372 - Reporting on the Economy
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisites: JOUR 201 and ECON 102, or permission of the instructor.Reporting and writing techniques used by journalists who cover the world of economics and business, focusing especially on the economy and financial markets. Students develop competence in framing, researching, and writing articles in these areas. A part of the business journalism sequence; also appropriate as an elective for other journalism majors and for business and economics majors.Luecke.
JOUR 377 - Media Management
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring 2011 and alternate years
Prerequisite: Junior standing. Appropriate for nonmajors.A seminar examining 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.Luecke.
JOUR 399 - Contemporary Problems in Law and Journalism
(LAW 242)
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisites: JOUR 301 and permission of the instructor. 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.
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. See the department website at journalism.wlu.edu/linkclas.html for details.Staff.
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. See the department website at journalism.wlu.edu/linkclas.html for details.Staff.
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. See the department website at journalism.wlu.edu/linkclas.html for details.Staff.
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. See the department website at journalism.wlu.edu/linkclas.html for details.Staff.
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. See the department website at journalism.wlu.edu/linkclas.html for details.Staff.
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. See the department website at journalism.wlu.edu/linkclas.html for details.Staff.
JOUR 451 - News Internship
Credits: 1
Prerequisites: JOUR 253 or 263 and permission of the department. Limited to declared journalism majors in the journalism or business journalism sequences.Professional service, arranged and supervised individually, with newspapers, radio and television stations, Internet 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. Students undertaking an internship in the summer may receive credit in the following fall term only as an overload. For details about internship requirements, see the department website at journalism.wlu.edu/internships/internships.html.Staff.
JOUR 452 - News Internship
Credits: 2
Prerequisites: JOUR 253 or 263 and permission of the department. Limited to declared journalism majors in the journalism or business journalism sequences.Professional service, arranged and supervised individually, with newspapers, radio and television stations, Internet 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. Students undertaking an internship in the summer may receive credit in the following fall term only as an overload. For details about internship requirements, see the department website at journalism.wlu.edu/internships/internships.html.Staff.
JOUR 453 - News Internship
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: JOUR 253 or 263 and permission of the department. Limited to declared journalism majors in the journalism or business journalism sequences.Professional service, arranged and supervised individually, with newspapers, radio and television stations, Internet 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. Students undertaking an internship in the summer may receive credit in the following fall term only as an overload. For details about internship requirements, see the department website at journalism.wlu.edu/internships/internships.html.Staff.
JOUR 461 - Communications Internship
Credits: 1
Prerequisites: JOUR 201 and permission of the department. Limited to declared journalism majors in the mass communications sequence.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. Students undertaking an internship during the summer may receive credit in the following fall term only as an overload. For details about internship requirements, see the department website at journalism.wlu.edu/internships/internships.html.Staff.
JOUR 462 - Communications Internship
Credits: 2
Prerequisites: JOUR 201 and permission of the department. Limited to declared journalism majors in the mass communications sequence.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. Students undertaking an internship during the summer may receive credit in the following fall term only as an overload. For details about internship requirements, see the department website at journalism.wlu.edu/internships/internships.html.Staff.
JOUR 463 - Communications Internship
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: JOUR 201 and permission of the department. Limited to declared journalism majors in the mass communications sequence.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. Students undertaking an internship during the summer may receive credit in the following fall term only as an overload. For details about internship requirements, see the department website at
journalism.wlu.edu/internships/internships.html
.Staff.
JOUR 493 - Honors Thesis
Credits: 3-3
Planned Offering: Fall-Winter
Prerequisite: Permission 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. See the department website at
journalism.wlu.edu/linkclas.html
for details.Staff.
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