2007 - 1st Semester Course Offerings
CORE COURSES
Journ 200: Media Ethics
A foray into the realm of the ethical and professional in the field of journalism covering issues and questions relating to dealing with sources; deception, lying, and other under-handed techniques of getting a story; plagiarism; conflict of interest; the bottomline; and corruption, among others. Provides a framework for systematic ethical thinking, tackles credibility issues of journalism, and explores possible solutions.
Section A: Chay Hofilena
Online Part 1: July 9-13
On-campus: July 19,20,21
Online Part 2: July 30 to August 25
Section B: Chay Hofilena
Schedule:
Online Part 1: July 9-13
On-campus: July 23,24,25
Online Part 2: July 30 to August 25
Journ 201: Media Law
The course will examine how law affects media, their development as a political and social institution, and the performance of their democratic functions. Current issues on law and media reform, press ownership and control and advertising, libel and defamation, newsgathering and the right to information, copyright and evolving regulatory issues on new media technologies will be discussed.
Section A: Atty. Jo Aurea M. Imbong/Atty. Pablito Perez
Online Part 1: July 9-13
On-campus: July 19,20,21
Online Part 2: July 30 to August 25
Section B: Atty. Jo Aurea M. Imbong/Atty. Pablito Perez
Online Part 1: July 9-13
On-campus: July 23,24,25
Online Part 2: July 30 to August 25
Journ 202: Advanced Reporting and Writing
News language encompasses different genres of writing -- from creative writing of features to straight reporting of facts and opinions. News style also varies substantially from outlet to outlet. This diversity can create problems when journalists move among outlets – such as print and electronic -- which have different house styles and approaches to presenting the news for their respective market.
This advanced level subject in reporting will re-examine these news conventions, and guide students to develop their reporting techniques and interests relevant to their respective community. Discussions and assignments will draw on students’ experience as a media consumer and practitioner in their respective country.
Section A: Mukund Padmanabhan
Online Part : June 13 to July 13
On-campus: July 16,17,18
Section B: Kim Kierans
Online Part : June 13 to July 13
On-campus: July 16, 17,18
ELECTIVES
Journ 248: Media and Politics
The course will discuss the interplay of media and politics—how journalists affect political processes and how politicians, in turn, influence the news. Discussions will include ownership, advertising, and censorship as pressure points for the media, and will touch on spin and public relations as means by which politicians control news content. The course will also look at how selective media can get in the way of the political reform process and how the dynamic between media and politics affects public discourse and public interest. Case studies will be used as bases for discussions and debates.
Glenda Gloria
June 13-Aug 11
Journ 229.3B: Advanced Computer-Assisted Reporting
This course will examine the tools and techniques by which journalists employ the power of computers to help research news stories, analyze data sets in the process of doing news background research and generally to improve their work as journalists. The course will also survey some of the relevant technological advances that have made these tools available to reporters.
Dr. Randy Reddick
Aug 13-Oct 13
Journ 215: Theories in Journalism
Course Description: To follow
Dr Tilman Baumgaertel
Aug 13-Oct 13
Journ 215: Writing for Broadcast
Course Description: To follow
Kim Kierans
Aug 13-Oct 13
Journ 290: Master's Project
Dr Violet Valdez
Jun 13 - Oct 13
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