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CAS 111 - Design and Layout

Fundamentals of design practices and creative thinking for media related projects. Understanding and application of elements and principles of design, form, content and meaning, composition, color theory, typography, and the grid. Includes Adobe applications: Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.

Average Grade - 3.553
Median Grade - 4.0
182 total students

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CAS 207 - Animation in Media Settings

Fundamentals of animation including principles, technology and design techniques for stand-alone and web-based applications in media settings.

Average Grade - 3.930
Median Grade - 4.0
45 total students

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JRN 108 - The World of Media

Introduction to the wide array of the journalism and media industries. Examination of established to emerging media and their content and audiences, content dissemination, policy and management decision-making, theory, history, development and current structure of the media. Role and impact of media on society and vice-versa, careers, law and ethics, media literacy and diversity.

Average Grade - 3.281
Median Grade - 3.5
18 total students

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JRN 200 - Writing and Reporting News

Basic reporting and writing skills. Storytelling with news judgment, information gathering, readability and ethics. News styles and structure in alternative delivery methods. Independent sources and interviewing techniques in a lab setting. Writing news across platforms. AP style.

Average Grade - 2.850
Median Grade - 3.0
35 total students

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JRN 310 - Photojournalism

Beginning photographic storytelling and editing for media. Principles and ethics of non-fiction visual communication, camera operation and software editing.

Average Grade - 3.197
Median Grade - 4.0
38 total students

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JRN 325 - Journalism History

Development of journalism in the United States from colonial to the present; examination of evolving written, aural, visual and multimedia forms and relevant media technology. Journalism's history has impacted and influenced U.S. history in interesting ways.

Average Grade - 3.671
Median Grade - 4.0
41 total students

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JRN 345 - Images and Messages

Visual communication through analytical, historical and critical views. Role and effects of imagery in storytelling, news and documentary presentations. Ethics of visual messages. Impact of technology on visual journalism. Aesthetics of imagery and cultural belief systems associated with the medium of photography.

Average Grade - 3.712
Median Grade - 4.0
40 total students

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JRN 430 - News Media Law and Ethics

Legal and ethical nature of news gathering and dissemination. Moral issues in gathering and reporting news. First amendment principles of press freedom. Libel, invasion of privacy, prior restraint, access to information. Objectivity, sensitivity, covering victims, source relations.

Average Grade - 3.359
Median Grade - 3.5
110 total students

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JRN 472 - Environmental, Science and Health Reporting

Investigative reporting on environment, science and health. Text, video, audio stories published on GreatLakesEcho.org and other venues. Analyzing environment, science and health events and issues for news coverage.

Average Grade - 3.654
Median Grade - 4.0
13 total students

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JRN 492 - Journalism Special Topics

Various issues, skills or themes relating to journalism.

Average Grade - 3.924
Median Grade - 4.0
33 total students

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