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Courses Avaiable3200 Journalism, 1 credit This course will provide students the opportunity to learn the art of journalistic writing. The class will study the basic features of journalism, including its history, advertising, the media, and basic yearbook and/or newspaper production. 3205 Advance journalism-yearbook production I, 1 credit Students will become aware of publishing techniques to the extent that they will produce the school yearbook. Specialized writing, advertising, graphics, design, and layout, and editing are taught in this course. Out-of-class time is required. 3210 Advanced journalism-yearbook production II, 1 credit This course studies and applies the elements and processes necessary to produce the student yearbook. It develops skills in news judgment, fact gathering, photograph, headline and caption writing, graphic design and layout, proofing and editing. The course also includes digital photograph, desktop publishing and database management. It requires some out-of-class time. 3215 Advanced Journalism-Yearbook Production III, 1 credit This course includes activities designed for students whose levels of achievement in magazine journalism allow them to pursue work individually or in small groups, with the teacher serving as advisor and resource person. It deals with the study of the characteristic of magazine and student yearbook pages, style sheets, and copy reading/proofreading. Skills from production II are also enhanced. The course pursues the study of basic management concepts, time management, and organizational planning. It requires out-of-class time. 3220 Advance Journalism-Newspaper Production I, 1 credit Students will become familiar with newspaper production techniques and journalistic writing techniques to the extent that the students will write and publish a school newspaper on a monthly basis. Out-of-class time required. 3225 Advanced Journalism-Newspaper Production II, 1 credit This course continues teaching the techniques of feature, editorial, investigative, and interpretative news writing. It offers additional practice in determining news coverage and editorial policy and in the selecting, cropping, and scaling of photographs. The course also includes the practical application of newspaper production and management skills (graphics design, digital photography and desktop publishing). It requires out-of-class time. 3230 Advance Journalism-Newspaper Production III, 1 credit This course includes activities individually designed for students whose levels of achievement in newspaper journalism allow them to pursue work individually or in small groups, with the teacher serving as advisor and resource person. It deals with the study of the characteristic of newspaper pages, style sheets, and copy reading/proofreading symbols. It requires some out-of-class time. 3235 Photojournalism, 1 credit Students will learn photojournalistic principles, darkroom techniques, and historic development of photo photojournalistic to the extent that they will become aware of which subjects will provide the best journalistic coverage, will be able to capture that subject in film, and reproduce it in the form of a print. Digital photography will be studied. Expenses per term, exclusive if the purchase if the 100+ SLR camera, will be approximately $150.00. 8300 Desktop Publishing Students will create, design, layout edit, and produce camera-ready publications. Students work independently using personal computers to complete word processing documents, templates and graphic design pages. |