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Course Number Name
CJN-101 Introduction to Communication...

Prerequisites

CJN Majors Only

Course Credits

4.00

Description

An introduction to the discipline addressing social science, humanities and practical art approaches to the study of communication. Students investigate the broad themes and foundational concepts which unify the discipline in order to understand the diverse fields, functions and purposes of communication. Normally offered every semester.

Term Offered

Offered Both Fall and Spring

CJN-103 Presentations Skills...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

The development, delivery of oral presentations. Students develop skills in oral and physical delivery, organization, persuasion, critical thinking and use of support media.

Term Offered

Offered Both Fall and Spring

CJN-112 Journalism I...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

An introductory news writing course designed to teach both the writing style used by journalists and basic techniques used for gathering and presenting information for general publication. The course emphasizes fundamental writing and reporting skills such as interviews, finding sources, and choosing essential facts. Students will also be introduced to feature news writing and be assigned to develop and write basic stories drawn from real-life situations.

Term Offered

Offered Both Fall and Spring

CJN-114 Great Works of Journalism...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

An examination of important contributions to the literature of journalism through an analysis of major writers and news coverage of significant events from a journalistic perspective.

Term Offered

Occasional

Course Types

Humanities & History

CJN-177 Professional Communication...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

An introduction to the processes of professional communication, with emphasis on oral presentations, report writing, effective listening, and interpersonal communication in the business environment. Required of all students in the Sawyer Business School.

Term Offered

Offered Both Fall and Spring

CJN-210 Communication Research Statistics...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

The course develops an understanding of how statistics are used in the presentation of information and arguments in Communication and Journalism. Emphasizing a conceptual approach to learning statistics, the course focuses on data collection and summarization, correlation, regression, sampling, estimation, and tests of significance. Students perform basic statistical calculations using SPSS software.

Term Offered

Offered Both Fall and Spring

Course Types

Quantitative Reasoning

CJN-212 Journalism II...

Prerequisites

CJN 112

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Modern reporting techniques are examined and applied to writing of full-length news and feature news stories, with an emphasis on investigative journalism. The course includes an introduction to and an analysis of alternative or "new journalism", combined with the survery of journalistic styles and standards as they evolved in the American and International Press over the last century.

Term Offered

Offered Both Fall and Spring

CJN-213 Feature Writing...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

An exploration of narrative journalism. Students will learn narrative style while writing longer, in-depth articles.

Term Offered

CJN-214 Professional Writing...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Provides students with the opportunity to develop their writing style for a professional audience. Memo writing, report writing, letter writing and other common writing situations for business professionals are considered.

Term Offered

Occasional

CJN-215 Interpersonal Communication...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Analysis of communication behavior in individual and group environments. Topics include conflict, leadership, common communication difficulties, communication roles and reflective thinking.

Term Offered

Occasional

CJN-216 Intercultural Communication...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

An examination of the communication variations and cultural viewpoints and their impact on cross-cultural communication. A special emphasis is placed on rituals and message patterns in non-Western cultures. Cultural Diversity B

Term Offered

Offered Both Fall and Spring

Course Types

Cultural Diversity Opt B

CJN-217 Gay and Lesbian Studies...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Examines the portrayal of homosexuality in political, social and cultural discourse. Analyzes the role of media and symbolic construction in the shaping of public values, opinions and social movements. Cultural Diversity A

Term Offered

Occasional

Course Types

Cultural Diversity Opt A

CJN-235 Argument & Advocacy...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Modern applications of argument in political, social and legal situations. Emphasis on development of arguments, analysis, use of evidence and delivery of oral and written assignments. Normally offered every semester.

Term Offered

Occasional

CJN-239 Media Law...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Explores the legal rights, responsibilities, and constraints on the media, and media professionals. Special focus on defamation, copyright, obscenity, broadcast regulation and media-related tort law.

Term Offered

Offered Both Fall and Spring

CJN-245 Forensics...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

1.00- 8.00

Description

Intensive research on topics in debate and active participation in the University forensics program. ECR

Term Offered

Occasional

Course Types

Expanded Classroom Requirement

CJN-247 Design Lab...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Computer applications for Advertising and communication design. Using various graphical editing and design programs, students learn the theory and practice of design for layout, logos, and graphic elements in communication.

Term Offered

Offered Both Fall and Spring

CJN-253 Broadcast Journalism...

Prerequisites

Take CJN-112;

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Introduces students to newswriting, production and performance techniques for radio and television. Students write, produce, and perform new packages as part of the course.

Term Offered

Offered Both Fall and Spring

CJN-255 Introduction to Media...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

An introduction to the role of media in contemporary society, focusing on media's influence on cultural, political, and ideological processes. An examination of the historical contexts within which newspapers, radio, television and new media technologies developed and how audiences interact with and influence the use of media.

Term Offered

Offered Both Fall and Spring

Course Types

Social Science

CJN-257 Advertising...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Theoretical and practical applications of communication are considered in terms of advertising strategies and campaigns for media.

Term Offered

Offered Both Fall and Spring

CJN-259 Sports Public Relations...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

The application of Public Relations strategies and techniques in college and professional sports.

Term Offered

Occasional

CJN-265 Small Group & Team Communication...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Analysis of the concepts and theories of communication in small groups and teams. Improvement of problem-solving, decision-making, analysis and evaluation skills in the team environment. The study and practice of merging trends in team dialogue, team learning, team development and leadership.

Term Offered

Occasional

CJN-275 Advanced Public Speaking...

Prerequisites

CJN 103 or CJN 177

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Intensive training in public speaking techniques employing a variety of speaking situations.

Term Offered

Occasional

CJN-277 Public Relations...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

The basic principle techniques and processes of public relations are examined. Issues, trends, opportunities, and problems faced by the practitioner and impacting the organization are analyzed.

Term Offered

Offered Both Fall and Spring

CJN-285 Media and Pop Culture I...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Examines the influence of media upon contemporary society. Television, radio, film and print formats are discussed in terms of their persuasive impact on American mass culture. Focus is on the period 1950-1970.

Term Offered

Offered Fall Term

Course Types

Social Science

CJN-287 Media Criticism...

Prerequisites

CJN-255

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Critical examination of various mass media including film, television, radio, music, newspapers and magazines. Theories of media criticism discussed and applied to specific media or media products.

Term Offered

Offered Spring Term

Course Types

Social Science

CJN-288 Film Language: From Silents to Citizen Kane...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Film history from 1895 - 1940. An introduction to the language and technology of cinema as developed by pioneering filmmakers, and a basic discussion of aesthetics and critcism of film. Key films from the silent era through Orson Welles' Citizen Kane.

Term Offered

Offered Both Fall and Spring

CJN-290 Women in Struggle on Film...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Problems of women at work and at war, in love, marriage and pregnancy, as seen in Hollywood films, both old and new, and in documentaries. The roles of women are examined historically, psychologically, sociologically, and cinematically. Normally offered yearly.

Term Offered

Offered Fall Term

Course Types

Humanities & History

CJN-291 Film Studies: the Modern Era...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Film history from 1940 until 1970. Includes an emphasis on film aesthetics, criticism, and history from World War II through the end of the Hollywood studio system; from film noir to Italian Neo-Realism to the French New Wave.

Term Offered

Offered Spring Term

Course Types

Humanities & History

CJN-293 Hong Kong Cinema...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Conducted in a seminar format, we examine the film texts of Wong Kar-wai, Andrew Lau/Alan Mak by focusing on issues such a colonization/decolonization, transnational political economy and global Hollywood, the Greater Chinese Dynasty, diaspora, and postmodern aesthetics.

Term Offered

Occasional

Course Types

Cultural Diversity Opt B

CJN-297 New Media New Markets...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Explores current trends in advertising and public relations. Examines new media choices in cable, direct response and the internet and their impact on thses professions. Includes an analysis of new markets in Generation:X, Generation:Y, the international and ethnic communities.

Term Offered

Offered Both Fall and Spring

CJN-301 Documentary Film and the Image of Conflict in the Middle East...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

This course will focus on some of the divisions and conflicts within Isreali society. Students will analyze and compare mainstream media discourse to alternative representations in documentary film. Analysis will also cover media representation of the Isreali-Palestinian conflict.

Term Offered

Occasional

Course Types

Cultural Diversity Opt B

CJN-313 Advanced Reporting...

Prerequisites

Take CJN-112 and CJN-212;

Course Credits

4.00

Description

The principles and techniques of advanced news and investigative reporting are studied and applied. Students develop, organize, and write detailed news and news-feature stories based on original research. Each student is assigned a real-life news "beat" or news project to work on throughout the semester.

Term Offered

Occasional

CJN-317 Copy Editing...

Prerequisites

CJN 112 or CJN 113

Course Credits

4.00

Description

A study of the fundamentals of copy editing, newspaper typography, and makeup.

Term Offered

Offered Spring Term

CJN-325 World Cinema...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

This course examines films from cultures around the globe, including masterpieces of cinema from European, Asian, South American, and African nations. (Films are often subtitled.)

Term Offered

Occasional

Course Types

Humanities & History

CJN-335 Persuasion...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Analysis of persuasive techniques particularly those used by communicators in their attempt to gain public acceptance.

Term Offered

Occasional

CJN-343 Advanced Feature Writing...

Prerequisites

Take CJN-112 and CJN-212;

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Emphasizes in-depth development of articles in the style of narrative journalism for magazines and other publications. Normally offered yearly.

Term Offered

Occasional

CJN-347 Media Planning...

Prerequisites

CJN 257

Course Credits

4.00

Description

The planning and purchasing of advertising space and time. The course examines media costs, budgets, and media strategy for different audiences and markets. Normally offered yearly.

Term Offered

Offered Both Fall and Spring

CJN-353 Broadcast Journalism II...

Prerequisites

Take CJN-253 and CJN-355;

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Advanced work in newswriting, production, and performance techniques for television. Students report, write, and produce news packages, with emphasis on increasing the depth, breadth and frequency of reporting. Work will also include gathering, organizing, and evaluation the newsworthiness of information, evaluating the credibility of sources, writing the story, and producing broadcast quality work. Cannot be taken concurrently with CJN 483.

Term Offered

Alternates Fall & Spring

CJN-354 Digital Cinema...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Students study cinematography techniques and theory, putting them into practical application in various projects using video cameras, lighting and composition to create images and scenes. Students produce work in multiple environments including stage and on-location shoots.

Term Offered

Occasional

CJN-355 Media Production...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Practical exposure to methods of production and production equipment of the media. Students are introduced to basic theoretical concepts, such as three-point lighting and white balancing, and apply those to their productions. Students create a variety of non-fiction videos in teams and/or by themselves.

Term Offered

Offered Both Fall and Spring

Course Types

Expanded Classroom Requirement

CJN-356 TV Studio Production...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

This course provides students with a hands-on introduction to the process of planning, preparing, producing, and evaluating studio productions. Students are exposed to the elements and terminology of a multi-camera studio with live switching, audio mixing and studio lighting. Students produce interviews, PSA's, and a live variety/talk show.

Term Offered

Occasional

CJN-357 Post Production...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

An exploration into the activities that wrap up the creation of films and television programs. Students create and add motion-graphics and visual effects to edited programs, generating output for videotape, the web, and DVD platforms.

Term Offered

Occasional

CJN-358 Family Communication...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

This course will look at different family structures using communication concepts and theories as a focus to glance at family life. Communication issues will include the creation of meaning and identity through storytelling, rules and roles, conflict, power, intimacy, and then glance at challenges to the family unit. Students will need to understand their own family issues so that they can glance across the street to neighbors's differing viewpoints, so that we can broaden to begin to understand families from different cultures. We will accomplish this by examining both fictional and real families portrayed in television, movies, documentaries, as well as in fiction and non-fiction writing. Final projects will be a paper and presentation about a specific family communication concept applied to a specific family unit.

Term Offered

Occasional

CJN-359 Advertising Copy...

Prerequisites

CJN 257

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Continuation of Advertising, with special emphasis on practical advertising and advertising campaigns. Normally offered every semester.

Term Offered

Offered Both Fall and Spring

CJN-361 Television News Producing...

Prerequisites

CJN 253 and CJN 355

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Students produce news segments, series, and/or specials leading to broadcast quality products. Emphasis will be on the pacing, timing, and flow of newscasts, as well as pre-production, teases (script and on-camera) and the issues of an audience and professional ethics. Cannot be taken concurrently with CJN 483

Term Offered

Alternates Fall & Spring

CJN-365 American Cinema...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Trends in Hollywood and American independent cinema from 1970 onwards, including maverick directors, Hollywood blockbusters, and, when possible, class visits by New England-based filmmakers.

Term Offered

Occasional

CJN-366 Great Film Directors...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

An in-depth look at the films of one great film director, either American or foreign, demonstrating how the filmmaker develops his/her themes over the course of a career. As there is a different director each time, this course can be taken for credit more than once. (But will only count once towards the Major)

Term Offered

Occasional

Course Types

Humanities & History

CJN-375 Organizational Communication...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Historical development of the theory of organizations, examination of information flow, network analysis, communication overload and underload, corporate culture, superior-subordinate communications, organizational effectiveness and change processes. Normally offered yearly.

Term Offered

Course Types

Social Science

CJN-377 Public Relations II: Strategic Research and Writing for PR...

Prerequisites

CJN-277;

Course Credits

4.00

Description

An applied course that focuses on Public Relations research methods, the development of persuasive messages, and the selection, development and editing of appropriate materials used to communication with an organization's stakeholders.

Term Offered

Offered Both Fall and Spring

CJN-378 Event Planning and Promotion...

Prerequisites

CJN 277

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Examines how conferences are built, promoted, managed, and assesses, with particular emphasis on nonprofit conventions, trade shows, amd volunteer organizations. Specific Isuues analyzed include facilities planning and contracts, legal issues, volunteer management, budgeting, marketing, and planner/staff communication

Term Offered

Offered Both Fall and Spring

CJN-381 Business of Media...

Prerequisites

CJN-255

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Explores how media in the 21st century are managed. Students learn contemporary trends in media regulation, ownership structures, programming strategies, audience measurement, and global business tactics. Students apply these concepts by running a media firm simulation. Normally offered yearly

Term Offered

Occasional

CJN-383 Online Advertising...

Prerequisites

CJN-257;

Course Credits

4.00

Description

All forms of online advertising are explored, including paid search, with a focus on building a brand online.

Term Offered

Occasional

CJN-385 Globalization of Media and Telecommunications...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Explores the development of global media and telecommunication corporations and technologies and the influence these transnational organizations and technologies bear on regional and nation-state communication policy, global and local culture, and the world economy. Cultural Diversity B ECR

Term Offered

Offered Spring Term

Course Types

Cultural Diversity Opt B,Expanded Classroom Requirement

CJN-387 Media Relations...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Examines the relationships among the public and private sector organizations and the media. The course focuses on issues management, the role of public relations and the perspective of media professionals in the discussion of public issues. Normally offered alternate years.

Term Offered

CJN-389 Social Media...

Prerequisites

CJN-257;

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Social media sites such as Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter are examined from a cultural and critical perspective. The use of social media for community formation, social presence, identity building and social activism are considered. The roles of advertising, public relations and branding are examined.

Term Offered

Occasional

CJN-390 Screenwriting...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Students learn the basic principles of writing a short film for the screen by closely examining professional scripts and one-act films, and then creating, step-by-step, their own one-act screenplay so that it could be ready for production.

Term Offered

Offered Spring Term

CJN-398 Special Topics: Photojournalism In Toscania...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

3.00

Description

This course will be an in-depth analysis of the field of Photojournalism. Emphasis will be placed on development of photo essays and the visual impact of photography on the print media. Following the pattern created in my photography classes at the Dakar campus students will also create personal and group portfolios and will exhibit the work to the greater university community in Boston. Additionally each student will be required to produce a research paper and photo essay as a Power Point presentation on a subject approved by the instructor that will allow the student to examine in depth an aspect of historic or contemporary life in Italy The history of photography and photojournalism will be discussed in order to give students a perspective on the field and to understand their own role in the journalistic process. The basic technical aspects of camera work and photo composition will be taught as well as the new advanced techniques used by photojournalists working with digital photography equipment and computers. Image capture, manipulation, captioning, electronic transmission and line quality printing for exhibit will be presented. The region of Tuscania and the facilities at the Lorenzo dc Medici campus make for an ideal location for the class, Field trips to Rome to explore and photograph the city and the Old Forum and to Florence where a visit to the Museo Nazionale Alinari Della Fotografia is planned, along with local excursions to archaeological sites near Tarquinia where permission has already been granted to visit and photograph and the nationally protected nature reserves nearby, as welt as the town of Toscania itself will provide fertile visual opportunities for the aspiring photojournalism students. As always Study Abroad Photojournalism classes serve as a vehicle for spreading good will in the host country, creating greater inter-cultural understanding, and offering students the opportunity to begin developing a mature world view.

Term Offered

Summer

CJN-400 Media Effects & Audiences...

Prerequisites

Prerequisite: CJN-255

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Explores the theoretical and practical research on major issues in the media from a social scientific perspective. Examines the effects that sexual and violent media content, stereotyping, political messages, communication technologies, advertising and marketing have on audiences. Students acquire quantitative method skills such as survey, experiment and content analysis. Normally offered yearly.

Term Offered

Offered Fall Term

Course Types

Social Science

CJN-403 Issues in Journalism...

Prerequisites

CJN-112

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Each time this course is offered it examines a different in Journalism, such as Social Justice Journalism, Electronic Journalism, Ethics, Political Journalism, and International Journalism. Normally offered yearly.

Term Offered

Offered Spring Term

CJN-405 Communication Theory...

Prerequisites

Senior Standing;CJN majors only

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Senior standing; CJN majors only. An interdisciplinary examination of the development of communication theories from the classical tradition to the modern perspectives of rhetoricians, scientist, psychologist, sociologists, philosophers and others. Normally offered every semester.

Term Offered

Offered Both Fall and Spring

CJN-415 Review Writing...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Analysis and critique of movies, theater, music, art and food. Normally offered every semester.

Term Offered

Offered Fall Term

CJN-421 Media Seminar...

Prerequisites

Take CJN-255;CJN Majors with Senior Standing

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Conducted in an interactive and intensive seminar format, students examine special media topics by leading class discussion and engaging in original research. Possible topics include, but a not limited to: women, gender and communication technologies; media and social movements; topics in cultural studies; media and democracy; media and community; and participatory media culture. Normally offered yearly.

Term Offered

Offered Spring Term

CJN-437 Ad Campaigns...

Prerequisites

CJN 359, CJN 257, CJN 247

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Principles of advertising campaigns. Students design, plan and produce a national advertising campaign for a client as members of a simulated agency team. Normally offered yearly.

Term Offered

Offered Both Fall and Spring

CJN-455 Advanced Media Production...

Prerequisites

CJN 355

Course Credits

4.00

Description

The course focus is on specialized production techniques including advanced lighting, sound recording, cinematography and editing techniques. Students work in teams to create a variety of fiction productions.

Term Offered

Offered Both Fall and Spring

CJN-457 Integrated Marketing Communication...

Prerequisites

Take CJN 277, CJN 257, and CJN 247.

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Examines the integration of advertising, promotion, public relations and marketing communication in the strategic communication process.

Term Offered

Offered Both Fall and Spring

CJN-465 Film and Society...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

The study of the relationship between film and society. The course features filmmakers who emphasize political, historical, racial, gender, and other important social issues. Normally offered yearly. Revised Description A study of how cinema reflects, and reflects on, the values of the society in which it is produced. The course features films and filmmakers who emphasize political and social issues dealing with race, gender, sexuality, and other important concerns.

Term Offered

Occasional

CJN-466 Seminar in Film...

Prerequisites

Take CJN-288 CJN-291 and CJN-355;

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Course merges theoretical and practical film studies approaches. Students revisit concepts learned in previous classes and apply them to advanced film analysis. Analysis incl. (re)creation of important film scenes or concepts, such as Eisenstein's five types of montage. (Capstone course, prereq. 288, 291, 355)

Term Offered

Occasional

CJN-467 Film Genres...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Theories of genre as applied to a specific film genre, with a different genre each semester: i.e., screwball comedy, horror film, science fiction, the western the musical, film noir. This film may be taken for credit more than once.

Term Offered

Occasional

CJN-477 Public Relations II...

Prerequisites

CJN 277, 377 AND Senior Standing.

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Examines case students and typical public relations problems experienced by profil and not-for-profit organizations. The course provides students with an opportunity to demonstrate their mastery of the skills, techniques, and knowledge of public relations by creating a comprehensive campaign for an actual client. Fulfills ECR requirement.

Term Offered

Offered Both Fall and Spring

Course Types

Expanded Classroom Requirement

CJN-479 Environmental Public Relations...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

An examination of the public issues involving the environment. Focuses on public relations strategies for government agencies, corporations and other organizations concerned with the environment. Normally offered yearly.

Term Offered

Offered Spring Term

CJN-480 Documentary Film Production...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Students analyze contemporary documentaries and study documentary history and theory. Working in teams, students also produce, write, direct, crew, and edit documentary shorts.

Term Offered

Occasional

CJN-481 Making the Short Film...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

This advanced class works together as a crew for the creation of a short narrative film shot in HD video. Under the direction of the professor students learn the process of making professional-quality work. Each student will be responsible for various crew positions during pre-production and the shooting of the film.

Term Offered

Occasional

CJN-483 Suffolk TV News...

Prerequisites

Take CJN 253 CJN 355 and either CJN 353 or CJN 361 or instructor's consent.

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Students write, direct, crew, edit and serve as talent in producing the CJN Department's weekly news program aired on Boston Cable Access. Cannot be taken concurrently with CJN 361 or CJN 353.

Term Offered

Offered Spring Term

Course Types

Expanded Classroom Requirement

CJN-485 Rhetoric of Protest & Reform...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Examines the persuasive strategies of social reform movements with special emphasis on the civil rights', women's rights, and gay rights movements in the United States. Normally offered yearly. Cultural Diversity A

Term Offered

Occasional

Course Types

Cultural Diversity Opt A,Humanities & History

CJN-490 Temple Street Project...

Prerequisites

CJN-253. CJN-355

Course Credits

4.00- 8.00

Description

Students write, direct, crew, edit and serve as talent in producing the Department's magazine- format television program aired on Boston Cable Access. Normally offered every semester.

Term Offered

CJN-491 Special Topics in Communications...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Current issues in the field of communication. Normally offered every semester.

Term Offered

Offered Both Fall and Spring

CJN-492 Special Topics in Public Relations...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Current issues in Public Relations. Normally offered yearly.

Term Offered

Offered Fall Term

CJN-493 Special Topics in Film...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Specialized courses in film theory, history, criticism and genre. Normally offered yearly.

Term Offered

Occasional

CJN-494 Special Topics in Advertising...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Current issues in the field of advertising. Normally offered every semester.

Term Offered

Occasional

CJN-496 Special Topics in Media Production...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Specialized courses in writing, editing, producing, directing, and other facets of media production. Normally offered yearly.

Term Offered

Occasional

CJN-497 Special Topics in Media...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Specialized courses in media trends, history, theory,and criticism Normally offered yearly.

Term Offered

Occasional

CJN-503 Experiential Learning in Communication...

Prerequisites

16 Hrs of CJN coursework or CJN Advisor consent

Course Credits

1.00-12.00

Description

Internships, practicum, and independent study experiences in Communication are available prior to the start of each semester. Normally offered every semester. ECR

Term Offered

Offered Both Fall and Spring

Course Types

Expanded Classroom Requirement

CJN-505 Journalism Practicum...

Prerequisites

12 hours of CJN coursework and CJN advisor consent

Course Credits

1.00- 4.00

Description

Practicum and Internship projects are available prior to the start of each semester. Prerequisites: Journalism majors with a minimum of 12 credits of coursework or permission of the Department Chairperson. 1-3 terms : 1-12 credits. Normally offered every semester. ECR

Term Offered

Offered Both Fall and Spring

Course Types

Expanded Classroom Requirement

CJN-506 Honors Seminar...

Prerequisites

Senior CJN majors with an overall cumulative grade point average of 3.0, and a major GPA of 3.4

Course Credits

4.00

Description

Senior CJN majors meeting requirements for Departmental Honors are invited to participate in this seminar, which entails research and presentation of an approved research topic. Prerequisites: Senior CJN majors with an overall cumulative GPA of 3.0, and a major GPA of 3.4. 1 term; 4 credits. Normally offered yearly.

Term Offered

Offered Spring Term

CJN-510 Independent Study...

Prerequisites

An indpendent study form must be submitted to the CAS Dean's Office.

Course Credits

1.00-12.00

Description

Internships, practicum, and independent study experiences in Communication are available prior to the start of each semester. Normally offered every semester. ECR

Term Offered

Offered Both Fall and Spring

CJN-H177 Honors Professional Communication...

Prerequisites

3.2GPA

Course Credits

4.00

Description

An honors-level introduction to the processes of professional communication, with emphasis on oral presentations, report writing, effective listening and interpersonal communication in the business environment. This course is required for all students in the Sawyer School of Business.

Term Offered

Offered Both Fall and Spring

CJN-L218 Photojournalism...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

An introduction to the role of photography in the journalistic process. A discussion of photography as communication and a survey of the history of photography.

Term Offered

Offered Both Fall and Spring

Course Types

Humanities & History

CJN-L318 Advanced Photojournalism...

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

An in-depth analysis of the field of Photojournalism. Emphasis is placed on the development of photo essays and the visual impact of photography on the print media. Prerequisite: CJN 218. 1 term - 4 credits.

Term Offered

Offered Spring Term