Nov 22, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2024-25
JOUR 4870 - News and Information Capstone
The capstone course for News and Information track students, is a multimedia project-based experience. Students synthesize information gathering skills, critical thinking, writing and production skills, and research and theory knowledge as they produce a variety of multimedia stories and other content.
Requisites: 3 Courses from (JOUR 3140 or 3310 or 3330 or 3500 or 4300 or 4410J or 4790 or 4920 or 4921) and Sr only
Credit Hours: 3
OHIO BRICKS: Bridge: Learning and Doing, Capstone: Capstone or Culminating Experience
General Education Code (students who entered prior to Fall 2021-22): 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to apply tools and technologies appropriate for the professional projects on which they are working.
- Students will be able to critically evaluate their own work and that of others for accuracy and fairness, clarity, appropriate style and grammatical correctness.
- Students will be able to explain professional ethical principles and work ethically in pursuit of truth, fairness and diversity.
- Students will be able to describe the importance of diversity and inclusion of peoples and cultures through the content they produce.
- Students will be able to demonstrate critical, creative, and independent thinking.
- Students will be able to apply the principles and laws of freedom of speech and the press.
- Students will be apply concepts and theories in the use and presentation of images and information.
- Students will be able to write correctly and clearly in forms and styles appropriate for multimedia projects, and the audiences they serve.
- Students will be able to reflect on their journalistic work and meaningfully incorporate the results of their reflection into their understanding of the profession.
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