100 200 300 - MSU College of Communication Arts & Sciences

Students in Bonnie Bucqueroux's JRN 108 class blogging during one of the presidential debates.

Undergraduate Courses: 100, 200 and 300 level

JRN 108: Introduction to Mass Media (3)
History, function, economics and audience uses of mass media including newspapers, television, and magazines. News and content decision making. Special legal and ethical issues.

JRN 200: News Writing and Reporting I (4)
Information gathering, development of news judgment, and writing of basic news stories. News style, structure, readability. News sources and interviewing techniques. Prerequisite: Completion of Tier I Writing Requirement and designated score on the School's Proficiency test

JRN 203 Introduction to Information Graphics (3)
General theory and practice in designing information graphics that visualize content by combining text and images such as photos, diagrams, maps, and charts. Prerequisite: STA 110

JRN 218: Sports in Contemporary Media (3)
Introduction of today's media coverage of sports, including college and professional major and Olympic sports. Survey of development of traditional and new media reporting. Legal, and ethical issues, including contracts and copyrights media.

Prerequisite: Completion of Tier I Writing Requirement

JRN 300: News Writing and Reporting II (4)
Advanced reporting skills, including in-depth interviews. Use of survey research, information graphics, and electronic data retrieval. News judgment in public affairs reporting. Prerequisite: JRN 200

JRN 306: Broadcast News I (4)
Gathering, writing, editing, producing, and delivering news stories, features, and documentaries. Broadcast style. Basics of TV news. Prerequisite: JRN 200

JRN 310: Photojournalism I (3)
Press photo theory and content. Camera and dark-room techniques. Ethics. Prerequisite: JRN 200 or 205

JRN 336: Publication Design I (3)
Theory and practice in visual editing, information graphics, page design, typography, and use of color in publications.

Prerequisite: JRN 300 and CAS 203 CAS 205

JRN 338: Communicating with Graphics I (3)
Open to undergraduate students in the Documentary Studies Specialization or in the Journalism major or in the Design Specialization.

Theory, application and production of information graphics using still images and animation for multimedia packages and data presentations.

Prerequisites: JRN 300 and CAS 206

JRN 375: International Journalism and Media (3)
Not open to freshmen. Survey of journalism and communications systems around the world. Press regime theory and effects on press freedom and media independence. Growth of communications technology and changing ecology of international communications. Foreign correspondence reporting. Impact of news flows on communications traffic on development.