Winter 1994-95 Course Descriptions ● School of Education and Social Policy ● Medill School of Journalism ● College of Arts and Sciences ● School of Speech ● McCormick School of Engineering & Applied Science ● 0937 Naval Science [email protected] Course Descriptions, Evanston Campus Registration Northwestern University Last Updated: September 1994 Winter 1994-95 Course Descriptions School of Education and Social Policy ● 0210 Learning Sciences ● 0225 Human Development and Social Policy ● 0230 Counseling Psychology ● 0235 Master Of Science in Education [email protected] Course Descriptions, Evanston Campus Registration Northwestern University Last Updated: September 1994 Winter 1994-95 Course Descriptions Medill School of Journalism John Reque Editorial B01 BASIC WRITING Time: Tues 9-10:30 p.m. Three-hour evening lab once a week. Office Address: Fisk 108B Phone: 491-2063 Expected enrollment: 45 COURSE DESCRIPTION: Sharpens non-fiction writing skills in description, narration and exposition; requires journalistic standards of accuracy; gives a solid grounding in grammar and Associated Press style, introduces newswriting and copyediting; surveys newspaper, magazine and broadcast as areas of journalism; gives an overview of the school and the profession and prepares for the more specialized courses to come. PREREQUISITES: TEACHING METHOD: Once-a-week lectures (guest lecturers in weeks 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9) combined with once-a-week labs. EVALUATION: Lecture grade (20%) based on a final exam, three grammar/style quizzes and six short paragraph assignments. Lab grade (80%) based on lab assignments. READING LIST: -The Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual -When Words Collide by Lauren Kessler and Duncan McDonald Richard Schwarzlose Editorial C02-0 HISTORY OF MASS COMMUNICATIONS Time: Mondays,Wednesdays 1-3 Office Address: Fisk 204B Phone: 491-2066 Expected enrollment: 30 per section COURSE DESCRIPTION: A survey of the history of print and broadcast journalism -- its institutions, practices, principles and philosophy -- primarily in the United States. The course also emphasizes contemporary media issues and their historical development. MAIN OBJECTIVES: First, to provide an understanding of journalism's history in the United States; second, to encourage students to discuss some of the issues confronting journalism today; and third, to conduct research and make judgments about a journalism topic of the student's choosing. PREREQUISITES: Sophomore standing. P/N not allowed. EVALUATION: The students final grade is based on a midterm, a final exam, and a research project. READING LIST: -G.J. Baldasty, The Commercialization of News in the Nineteenth Century -J.L. Baughman, The Republic of Mass Culture -Handouts in class Mary Ann Weston Editorial C02-0 HISTORY OF MASS COMMUNICATIONS Time: Mondays,Wednesdays 3-5pm Office Address: Fisk 204C Phone: 491-4635 Expected enrollment: 30 per section COURSE DESCRIPTION: A survey of the history of print and broadcast journalism -- its institutions, practices, principles and philosophy -- primarily in the United States. The course also emphasizes contemporary media issues and their historical development. MAIN OBJECTIVES: First, to provide an understanding of journalism's history in the United States; second, to encourage students to discuss some of the issues confronting journalism today; and third, to conduct research and make judgments about a journalism topic of the student's choosing. PREREQUISITES: Sophomore standing. P/N not allowed. EVALUATION: The students final grade is based on a midterm, a final exam, and a research project. READING LIST: -G.J. Baldasty, The Commercialization of News in the Nineteenth Century -J.L. Baughman, The Republic of Mass Culture -Handouts in class Mardy Dunsky Editorial C21-1 COPY EDITING Time: M & F afternoons w/3-hr. 12-2:30 W lab Expected enrollment: 60 COURSE DESCRIPTION: Focus on quality writing through editing and compelling presentation of ideas. Language Skills: spelling, grammar, punctuation, style and usage. Copy editing and writing: editing a variety of news and feature stories, headlines, captions and refers. News judgment: the changing nature of news judgment; comparing your decisions with Chicago metros. Visual Communication: layout and design, use of color, photo editing and information graphics; increasing your "visual literacy." PREREQUISITES: B01 Basic Writing, C20 Newswriting. EVALUATION: Factors in determining grades: Language skills, ability to "catch" major errors in a story, line editing skills, headline writing skills, news judgment skills, layout and photo editing skills, and lecture/workshop quizzes. Final two labs are key. REQUIRED STUFF: -B. Ryan and M. O'Donnell, "The Editor's Toolbox." -B. Ryan, "The Editor's Exercise Pack." -T. Harrower, "The Newspaper Designer's Handbook." -A 1994 almanac. Recommended: The World Almanac and Book of Facts 1993. -The Chicago Tribune's Chicagoland Map (Rand McNally). -The Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual. -A good dictionary. Edward Planer,Stuelpnagel Editorial C60-1 BROADCAST WRITING Time: 1-5pm Mondays or Fridays (One lecture and one 3-hour lab per week) Office Address: Fisk Hall Phone: 491-2060 (Dean) 708-835-1139 (Planer) Expected enrollment: COURSE DESCRIPTION: Writing television news scripts that are accurate, clear, concise and conversational; coordinating scripts with video; and becoming proficient in the use of the Newstar computer system and videotape editing in our state-of-the-art broadcast newsroom. PREREQUISITES: Junior standing. C20-1 Newswriting. EVALUATION: Final, Midterm, lab exercises, homework, quizzes, class participation and attendance. REQUIRED TEXT: AP Broadcast News Handbook STAFF Broadcast Journalism C61-0 BROADCAST REPORTING Time: TH 8-12:00 Office Address: Office Phone: COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is designed to give you hands-on experience in television news reporting. You will develop and sharpen skills in several areas: shooting videotape, gathering information, interviewing techniques, script writing, videotape editing, news judgement, deadline reporting, and on-air presentation. The primary focus will be on packaging stories. You must develop at least one package per week which will be critiqued in class. Your stories will be made available for "Evanston Stories," which airs on Evanston cable access. PREREQUISITE: Broadcast Writing C60-0 TEACHING METHOD: Lecture/Lab. Prof. Patricia Dean Broadcast Journalism C62-1 TELEVISION NEWS EDITING Lecture: T 3-5pm Fisk Lab: W 1-5:30pm Louis Hall Broadcast Newsroom Office Address: Fisk Hall 210 Office Phone: 491-2060 COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course teaches students television news editing: preparing a TV news program. Students will produce television news programs in the Louis McCormick electronic newsroom, using the Associated Press news wire, CNN Newsource video (fed by satellite), and the Dynatech NEWSTAR II newsroom computer system. Course emphasis is on editorial decision-making and how to translate that into a journalistically sound television news program. Excellent writing skills will continue to be emphasized as students learn more complex production techniques. Each lab will end with "live" news programs, taped for critique in lecture. PREREQUISITE: C-60 Broadcast Writing. TEACHING METHOD: Lecture/Lab. TEXTS: 1. AP Broadcast News Handbook, The Associated Press, New York, NY. Charles Whitaker, Abrahamson Editorial C81-0 MAGAZINE EDITING Time: Tuesday,Thursdays 10-12; Mondays, Wednesdays (for (Abrahamson) Office Address: Fisk 304C Phone: 491-3014 Expected enrollment: COURSE DESCRIPTION: We will deal with handling copy and editing (proofreading and fact-checking). We will explore the entire magazine industry: current developments and trends in the industry, strategies for garnering advertising, building circulation. The goal is to develope an eye for the tone and pace of a magazine and its articles and departments. PREREQUISITES: Senior standing. C20-2 Teaching Media. Knowledge of newswriting, copyediting, and style. EVALUATION: Based on a group project, an individual mid-term project, in-class exercises and a final exam. REQUIRED TEXTS: -J. William Click and Russell N. Baird, "Magazine Editing & Production." -Handouts in class -Dictionary -Stylebook -Grammar or writing handbook [email protected] Course Descriptions, Evanston Campus Registration Northwestern University Last Updated: November 17, 1994 Winter 1994-95 Course Course Descriptions College of Arts and Sciences ● 0403 Anthropology ● 0404 African-American Studies ● 0405 Art History ● 0406 Art Theory and Practice ● 0407 Astronomy ● 0409 Biological Sciences ● 0410 Center for the Humanities ● 0411 Chemistry ● 0413-0415 Classics ● 0416 Comparative Literary Studies ● 0417 Economics ● 0418 American Culture Program ● 0419 English ● 0422 Environmental Sciences ● 0423 Geological Sciences ● 0425 German ● 0427 History ● 0429 Religion ● 0430 European Thought and Culture ● 0433 African and Asian Languages ● 0434 Linguistics ● 0435 Mathematics ● 0436 Math Methods in the Social Sciences ● 0439 Philosophy ● 0447 Physics ● 0449 Political Science ● 0451 Psychology ● 0455 French ● 0457 Italian ● 0459 Portuguese ● 0463 Spanish ● 0467 Slavic Languages and Literature ● 0471 Sociology ● 0473 Statistics ● 0480 Women's Studies ● 0482 Integrated Arts Program ● 0495 International Studies [email protected] Course Descriptions, Evanston Campus Registration Northwestern University Last Updated: September 1994 Winter 1994-95 Course Descriptions School of Speech