JRNL 201
3 credits
Foundations of Journalism Practice
Prerequisite(s): One of the following: CMNS 125, CMNS 175, or ENGL 105.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Students learn about the fundamentals of news writing and reporting as demanded by newsrooms across different forms of media. The training requires practicing foundational journalism skills. Students explore a variety of skills such as interviewing, fact gathering, image selection and caption writing, headline and lead writing, news analysis, and routine newsroom operations.
Note: This course is offered as CMNS 201 and JRNL 201. Students may take only one of these for credit.
Note: Students with credit for CMNS 300/JRNL 300 cannot take this course for further credit.
JRNL 301
3 credits
Multimedia Journalism
Prerequisite(s): CMNS 201/JRNL 201 or CMNS 300/JRNL 300 (discontinued), and one of CMNS 126, VA 119, VA 160, VA 180, FILM 260, or GD 281.
Note: Students who have taken MACS 235 or ENGL 215, or have experience in journalistic writing, can request instructor approval.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Students will apply foundational skills of researching, interviewing, and writing to the three most common digital reporting formats – photography, videography and sound. The course emphasizes adapting the tools and capabilities of digital technologies to produce examples of professionally crafted journalistic storytelling.
Note: This course is offered as CMNS 301 and JRNL 301. Students may take only one of these for credit.
JRNL 365
3 credits
Documentary Video Storytelling
Prerequisite(s): 15 credits of university-level arts courses. It is also recommended that students have FILM 110 or FILM 120 and one of the following: VA 160, VA 165/ENGL 165, VA 170, or VA 272. Alternatively, students should have some other experience of working with film or video production.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
This course offers students knowledge of key concepts and practical skills in documentary storytelling for digital video. Students will develop a short documentary video (of approximately ten minutes in length) from the proposal/treatment stage through pre-production, production, and post-production. Students will be introduced to the work of Canadian filmmakers, who have long been considered leaders in the documentary genre.
Note: This course is offered as VA 365, FILM 365, and JRNL 365. Students may take only one of these for credit.
JRNL 373
4 credits
Creative Writing: Advanced Creative Non-Fiction
Prerequisite(s): Two 200-level English courses (ENGL 215 recommended), or any two of the following: 200-level English course (ENGL 215 recommended), CMNS 251, or CMNS 300/JRNL 300.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
In this advanced writing-intensive course, students study and write creative non-fiction. This interdisciplinary, often first-person, style of reportage can be usefully applied in books, journal articles, scripts, and online media.
Note: This course is offered as ENGL 373 and JRNL 373. Students may take only one of these for credit.
