JOUR 199

Fall 2010 All Classes

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Undergraduate Open Seminar

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Credit: 0 TO 3 hours.

A changing array of courses focusing on special topics in journalism.

May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours in separate semesters, if topics vary.

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JOUR 199 class schedule data for fall 2010
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
51296	Lecture-Discussion	11	2:00PM -4:50PM	M	108 Richmond Studio	Kazel, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/23/10-12/08/10 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required Credit: 3 hours Section Info: Topic: Television "Talk Show" Production. Students will produce and host a weekly public affairs television 'talk show' focusing on campus and community issues and broadcast live throughout East Central Illinois on UI-7, The Cable-TV Service of the University of Illinois. The all-student 'team' will learn background research and on-camera interviewing techniques, receive hands-on instruction operating a studio camera, lighting a television set, running a control room video switcher and audio board, and incorporating graphics and multiple playback sources into a broadcast. They will also supervise pre-production/editing and handle publicity. For more information, go to: http://www.illinois.edu/ph/www/kazel. First Year Discovery Program Course. Registration restricted to freshmen. Students should enroll in only one Discovery course. Restriction(s): Restricted to First Time Freshman students.
51294	Lecture-Discussion	12	6:00PM -8:50PM	M	336 Gregory Hall	Liebovich, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/23/10-12/08/10 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: Topic: U.S. Media Influence on Globalism. This course will provide an examination of how U.S. media has influenced global relations and will offer overviews of perceptions of the United States by other countries and perspectives on other nations by Americans. It will trace the development of the Internet and how it has changed the world, but will also look at television, the cinema, newspapers, and magazines. Students will be asked to complete readings before class. Readings discussions will be mixed with instructor lectures. First Year Discovery Program Course. Registration restricted to freshmen. Students should enroll in only one Discovery course. Restriction(s): Restricted to First Time Freshman students.
51295	Lecture-Discussion	7	2:00PM -4:50PM	M	3 Gregory Hall	Johnson, B	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/23/10-12/08/10 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: Topic: Photography as a Tool to Illustrate Diversity and Sustainability. What is sustainability? That word is popping up everywhere from the supermarket to the university. What is diversity? Sometimes it seems that word is only used to express differences in skin color. How can we help explain what it means when an item or project is labeled as 'sustainable'? In what ways might photography be used to help people understand the diversity of diversity? Exploring the concepts of sustainability and diversity photographically and ethnographically will be the focus of this class. We will create personal expressions and illustrations of these concepts using digital photographs and publish the results in a custom photography book. No prior photography experience is required. For more information, go to: http://www.media.illinois.edu/faculty/johnson.html. First Year Discovery Program Course. Registration restricted to freshmen. Students should enroll in only one Discovery course. Restriction(s): Restricted to First Time Freshman students.
55739	Lecture-Discussion	A	2:00PM -4:50PM	W	1120 Foreign Languages Building	Paul, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/23/10-12/08/10 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: Topic: Television/Radio Performance & Anchoring. Students will learn there's much more to being 'on TV or radio' than they think. The course is designed to teach the basics of broadcasting, newswriting, journalism theory, vocal and performance skills?for radio and television, students will write, produce, and perform their own newsbreaks to air on UI-7. Students will learn to analyze and be critical of what they see in local and national broadcast coverage and of the anchors who guide the news programs. They will also be developing some production skills at the Richmond Journalism Teaching Studio and better understand the complexities of news presentation. For more information, go to: www.media.illinois.edu/faculty/paul.htm. First Year Discovery Program Course. Registration restricted to freshmen. Students should enroll in only one Discovery course. Restriction(s): Restricted to First Time Freshman students.
55742	Lecture-Discussion	B	4:00PM -5:20PM	TR	31 Gregory Hall	Meyer, E	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/23/10-12/08/10 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: Topic: Flash Journalism Online. Students interested in pursuing journalism careers will receive hands-on exposure to cutting-edge techniques in non-linear, interactive storytelling using XHTML and Adobe Flash. For more information, go to: http://meyer.media.illinois.edu. First Year Discovery Program Course. Registration restricted to freshmen. Students should enroll in only one Discovery course. Restriction(s): Restricted to First Time Freshman students.
55738	Lecture-Discussion	F	3:30PM -4:50PM	TR	1 Gregory Hall	Follis, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/23/10-12/08/10 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: Topic: Science and the Media. By becoming science communicators themselves, students will explore the interconnections of scientific advances and public understanding. Assignments will be built around recent and historical media portrayals of science. We'll consider the choice of terms, characters and other storytelling methods used to report about scientific discovery and applications. The combination of seminar/workshop will allow students to interview scientists and journalists, discuss work and become science communicators. Class will meet in a computer lab/seminar room. Students should expect reading, writing, on-campus field trips, interviews and creation of online projects. First Year Discovery Program Course. Registration restricted to freshmen. Students should enroll in only one Discovery course. Restriction(s): Restricted to First Time Freshman students.
54131	Lecture-Discussion	H	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	123 Gregory Hall	Helle, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/23/10-12/08/10 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: Topic: You Can't Say That (or Can You?) You will read and discuss First Amendment cases on freedom of speech and press, but the cornerstone of the course is a series of speeches on free speech topics. You will engage in two debates, present a prepared text as a speech, and prepare two speeches on free speech topics of your choosing. Topics can be as varied as the First Amendment rights of rappers to Internet neutrality to protection of reporters? sources. The idea is to create our own diverse marketplace of ideas, but most of all to gain an understanding and appreciation of the freedom of speech being exercised, abused and debated all around us. For more information go to: https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/steveh/www. First Year Discovery Program Course. Registration restricted to freshmen. Students should enroll in only one Discovery course. Restriction(s): Restricted to First Time Freshman students.
55777	Lecture-Discussion	M	2:00PM -4:50PM	W	3 Gregory Hall	McDonald, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/23/10-12/08/10 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: Topic: Sportswriting: How the Internet Has Forced Change. As is the case with all other forms of journalism, the Internet has changed sports coverage forever. Students will experience the variety of possibilities for sports coverage on both the University of Illinois campus and in the Champaign-Urbana community. Class will feature guest speakers, including representatives from print and electronic media, as well as opportunities to observe these individuals as they perform their professions. Writing projects will include game coverage, features, columns and online blogging. First Year Discovery Program Course. Registration restricted to freshmen. Students should enroll in only one Discovery course. Restriction(s): Restricted to First Time Freshman students.
54143	Lecture-Discussion	N	3:00PM -5:50PM	T	3 Gregory Hall	Benson, N	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/23/10-12/08/10 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: Topic: Travel Reporting. Freshmen will spend time exploring Champaign-Urbana with an eye as a travel reporter. Students will examine and evaluate various types of travel writing with the goal of producing a travel story that not only informs, but educates prospective tourists and newly arrived residents about the development and attractions of Champaign-Urbana. Using a journalistic storytelling approach, students will each weave facts and interview quotes into a story about Champaign-Urbana. For more information go to: HTMLCONTROL Forms.HTML:Text.1. First Year Discovery Program Course. Registration restricted to freshmen. Students should enroll in only one Discovery course. Restriction(s): Restricted to First Time Freshman students.