Jul 02, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
[Archived Catalog]
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JOUR 4150 - Environmental and Science Journalism
Provides students with practical and conceptual skills of environmental and science journalism, based on an interdisciplinary approach and experiential learning through field trips and workshops. It also practices the ability to translate complex issues into everyday language without oversimplifying.
Requisites: C or better in (JOUR 2310 or 2311 or 2150)
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- To become familiar with the basics of environmental and science journalism and the techniques used to translate complicated matter into everyday language.
- To gain understanding of conceptual/ theoretical issues of environmental and science issues, including ethical and philosophical approaches to these areas.
- To learn how to research, report, and write about the environment and the sciences for a number of different topics and publications/platforms.
- To raise awareness for the socio-political role and ethical responsibility of the environmental and science journalist.
- To stimulate intuition and reasoning with an emphasis on “an informed concern for truth, accuracy, fairness, diversity, and respect” as outlined by the AEJMC Accrediting Council.
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