Introduces principles of computational thinking through the manipulation, transformation and creation of data artifacts used in research. Students will be exposed to a high-level overview of algorithms, functions, data structures, recursion and object-oriented computer programming through a series of assignments that emphasize the use of computation as a means of scholarship.
Advanced critical analysis of rhetorical texts in terms of how they shape issues and appeals for judgment, create identities for speakers and their audiences, and construct perceptions of time, space, and the human condition. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Introduces the critical perspectives most often employed in qualitative media analysis: semiology, structuralism, Marxism, psychoanalytical criticism, sociological criticism. Texts from contemporary print and broadcast media. Same as MDST 4311.
Survey of classical and contemporary readings in rhetoric. Required for doctoral students in communication; optional for master's students. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Designed to give students the experience of researching, writing, shooting and editing their own documentaries. Same as JRNL 4344. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of JRNL 5001 and JRNL 5011 and JRNL 5514 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to graduate students only.
Examine media and moving image aesthetics, tactic and strategies by creating work involving movement and expanded notions of choreography. Within this course students compose images and sounds, structuring them temporally as they explore narrative and non-narrative forms. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Introduces principles and practices from user-centered design disciplines and examines how those principles and practices intersect with contemporary issues in information science. Theory, research and exemplary practices from interaction, graphic, product, communication and experience design are introduced through readings, problems and case histories. Project provide direct experience with common design tools and processes.
Examines the way communicators' discourse expressions (language, talk, interactional devices, semiotic practices, written texts) reflect and construct interpersonal exchanges, societal activities, and institutional scenes, as well as how discourse expression varies across different speech communities. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Explores cross platform documentary media practices and contemporary debates in documentary through a study of documentary history, genre, ethics and changing forms. It develops skills in critically analyzing documentary media. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Involves writing news and features about actual events for publication under deadline pressure. Lab to be arranged. Same as JRNL 4502. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of JOUR 5511 and JOUR 5552 or JRNL 5552 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to College of Media, Communication, and Information (CMCI) graduate students only.
Shows how to dig beneath the surface of issues and events. Focuses on research, interviewing, and writing. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of JRNL 5001 and JRNL 5011 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to graduate students only.
Teaches advanced principles and techniques involved in the preparation of news for broadcasting. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of JRNL 5001 and JRNL 5011 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to graduate students only.
Instructs students in data-driven investigative reporting. Includes hands-on, in-depth instruction in gathering data from census reports, commercial databases, global information networks, and other sources, and utilizing spreadsheets to analyze the information in ways that can help deepen and strengthen journalistic stories on a wide variety of subjects. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Discusses principles and practice in copy editing and writing headlines for local and wire stories. Practice in page makeup, picture editing, and electronic editing. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of JRNL 5001 and JRNL 5011 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to graduate students only.
Builds upon digital production skills through the creation of multimedia project. Applies media theory to evaluate digital media content and explore how digital forms influence the news industry, politics, culture, and society. Same as JRNL 4562. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of JRNL 5001 and JRNL 5011 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to graduate students only.
Explores and workshops documentary media projects and ideas from a variety of disciplines. This course is team-taught with affiliated faculty working in design groups within the documentary lab in one or more areas, such as Art and Art History, Anthropology or Geography. A total of 12 hours are required for IDMP MFA candidates. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Concentrates on several of the subjective areas of journalism. Emphasizes editorial and column writing, editorial pages and blogging. Same as JRNL 4602. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of JRNL 5001 and JRNL 5011 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to graduate students only.
Focuses on relationship between ideological elements (e.g., norms, values, and beliefs) and symbolic practices (e.g., metaphor, ritual, and storytelling) of organizational culture. Analyzes topics from viewpoints of academic theory and managerial practice. Reviews interpretive methods of researching workplace culture and symbolism. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Survey of historical and contemporary readings in organizational communication. Treats theory, research, and application from a variety of perspectives. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Students participate in Newsteam Boulder a program broadcast live over the Boulder cable television system. Same as JRNL 4624. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of JRNL 5001 and JRNL 5011 and JRNL 5514 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to graduate students only.
Covers interpretation, preparation, and/or reporting in programs for broadcast media. Prepares radio or television documentaries and informational/entertainment programs. Instructor consent required. Same as JRNL 4634. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of JRNL 5001 and JRNL 5011 and JRNL 5514 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to graduate students only.
