May 06, 2024  
2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


Courses offered only online or both online and on-ground are indicated with (**)asterisks.

 

Journalism

  
  • JOUR 3120 - Reporting

    (3) Writing and reporting news and feature stories using both traditional and new media techniques with an emphasis on developing sources and advanced skills. PREREQUISITE: JRSM 2121 .
  
  • JOUR 3130 - Feature Writing/Reporting **

    (3) Advanced practice in writing, reporting and publishing feature stories for print and online, along with freelance techniques and advanced writing techniques with emphasis on leads, story endings, descriptive writing, and effective use of anecdotes. PREREQUISITE: JRSM 2121 JOUR 3526  or PBRL 3421 .
  
  • JOUR 3526 - Multimedia Storytelling

    (3) Understanding the photograph and video as narrative through photojournalism techniques; learning to see, interpret and capture images that communicate information and have meaning and storytelling power; editing of digital images and video with software for use in broadcast, web and print; legal and ethical issues in photography. One lecture hour, four laboratory hours per week. PREREQUISITE: JRSM 3900 .
  
  • JOUR 4124 - Data Writing/Reporting

    (3) Advanced use of computer technology and investigative techniques to access, analyze and develop database information in combination with traditional news reporting. PREREQUISITE: JOUR 3120  and JOUR 3526 .
  
  • JOUR 4140 - Publication Design

    (3) ART 4140   Advanced skills and techniques for design of printed media, including magazine and newspaper design; emphasis on story and page design, graphics, headlines and other display typography; approaches to print design presentation on digital platforms. PREREQUISITE: JRSM 3900 .
  
  • JOUR 4150 - Sports Writing/Reporting

    (3) Development of advanced writing, reporting and professional skills specific to sports media; emphasis on practice of game reporting, feature stories, column and opinion writing and multimedia. PREREQUISITE: PREREQUISITE: JOUR 3120  , JOUR 3526 .
  
  • JOUR 4155 - Multimedia Sports Reporting

    (3) Furthers student’s reporting, writing, shooting and other professional skills specific to sports media from breaking news to features and in-depth stories across a range of digital platforms. PREREQUISITE: JOUR 4150 .
  
  • JOUR 4160 - Food Writing/Reporting

    (3) Addresses specialized niche of food writing by producing stories, both long and short form, and developing new media content for a class food blog. PREREQUISITE: JOUR 3120  , JOUR 3526 .
  
  • JOUR 4170 - Business Writing/Reporting

    (3) Introduction to business writing and reporting and to the opportunities and issues in this growing field. Focuses on covering companies, the people who work for them, and the consumers of their goods and services along with issues of the economy, finance and the stock market. PREREQUISITE: JOUR 3120  , JOUR 3526 .
  
  • JOUR 4180 - Public Issues Writing/Reporting

    (3) Emphasis placed on deadline writing and critiquing of political and public policy news. Encourages familiarity with the methods and insights of political and social science and develops confidence to use those methods and insights in reporting. Encourages use of social media to cover and explain campaigns and policy. PREREQUISITE: JOUR 3120 JOUR 3526 .
  
  • JOUR 4190 - Opinion Writing/Reporting

    (3) Principles and practices for well-researched and well-written editorials, columns, op-ed submissions, broadcast commentaries and long form analysis perspective pieces; thorough examination of the purpose and impact of opinion journalism on readers, political leaders, policy makers and society at large. PREREQUISITE: JOUR 3120 , JOUR 3526 .
  
  • JOUR 4500 - Web Publish I: html/CSS

    (3) Introduction of web design software of Dreamweaver; development of website projects; incorporation of target audience analysis and web usability; presentation of website projects from servers. PREREQUISITE: JRSM 3900 .
  
  • JOUR 4526 - Advanced Photojournalism

    (3) Advanced skills and photojournalism techniques for still photography and video; emphasis on action, sports, fashion, food, and portraits. PREREQUISITE: JOUR 3526 .
  
  • JOUR 4550 - Web Publish II: html/CSS

    (3) Creation and development of website projects; systematic training in writing html codes; focused learning of cascading style sheet (CSS); final production of a multimedia project. PREREQUISITE: JOUR 4500 .
  
  • JOUR 4560 - Interactive Media

    (3) ART 4560   Creation and development of interactive news stories for web using ActionScript; integrating writing and reporting, designing and presenting audio, video, slideshows elements in production of a multimedia story. PREREQUISITE: JOUR 4500 .
  
  • JOUR 4629 - TV News Writing/Reporting

    (3) Gathering, writing and presentation of news for television. Students will shoot, write, edit, and voice packages for use in both the reporting and producing classes. PREREQUISITE: JOUR 3120  and JOUR 3526 .
  
  • JOUR 4639 - TV News Producing

    (3) Producing, writing, editing and using electronic equipment to assemble a television newscast; emphasis on performing the various tasks in a working newsroom. PREREQUISITE: JOUR 4629 . Permission of Department required for registration.
  
  • JOUR 4800-4809 - Special Topics in Journalism

    (3) Intensive study of a single critical issue or current topic. Repeatable May be repeated for a maximum of 6 hours credit.
  
  • JOUR 4830 - Directed Indiv Study **

    (1-3) Independent study and research, or practicum, or project under supervision. Repeatable May be repeated for a maximum of 3 hours credit. PREREQUISITE: permission of instructor.
  
  • JOUR 4900 - Creative Media Lab

    (3) Advanced Visual Media Planning, development, design and execution of a multimedia project for print and digital display application, including data visualization, illustration, branding, video and photography. PREREQUISITE: JRSM 3900  and student must have earned 75 credit hours.
  
  • JOUR 4920 - Information Design

    (3) ART 4920   Visual presentation of quantitative and spatial information. Examines the planning, design, and preparation of statistical graphs, charts, timelines, diagrams, and maps. PREREQUISITE: JRSM 3900 .
  
  • JOUR 4998 - Multimedia News Lab

    (3) Write, produce content for a personal beat-driven blog that will house multimedia stories on important, complex topics in the city of Memphis; course will mirror collaborative opportunities underway in industry and provide students with the strongest multimedia material possible for portfolios. PREREQUISITE: Pick two of the following: JOUR 3130 JOUR 4124 JOUR 4160 JOUR 4170 JOUR 4180 JOUR 4190 JOUR 4629 .

     


TN eCampus

  
  • JOUR 3400 - Survey of Public Relations**

    (3)
  
  • JOUR 3409 - Public Relations Case Studies**

    (3)
  
  • JOUR 3421 - Public Relations Writing**

    (3)
  
  • JOUR 4250 - Mass Media Law**

    (3)
  
  • JOUR 4410 - Public Relations Research**

    (3)
  
  • JOUR 4712 - Media and Cultures**

    (3) Designed for the professional communicator who needs to understand different cultures, both foreign and domestic; intercultural communication, comparison of cultural values and behaviors, the nature of news in different cultures, the international flow of news, growth and impact of global journalism, television, advertising, and public relations.