USC/USC-Course-Catalog huggingface dataset:
COMM 429: The Internet, Economy and Society 
Examines the effects of the Internet on communication industries, the economy, economic policy, and on social, political and cultural practices.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior
Class type: Lecture
Days: Monday
Time: 2:00-4:50pm
Instructor: Jonathan Aronson,Manuel Castells
COMM 434: Italian Media: Popes, Politicians, and Popular Culture 
Provides an overview of 2,000 years of Italian-style communications, from Julius Caesar to Machiavelli, Mussolini and the Mafia.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Georgia Stahl
COMM 440: Music as Communication 
Examines music's unique characteristics as a communicative form and the cultural, economic, political and social influences in music interpretation and production.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 12:30-1:50pm
Instructor: Perry Johnson
COMM 441: Podcasting: Origin Stories 
A foundational understanding of the historic, cultural and theoretical underpinning of the podcast medium with an emphasis on critical listening.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 2:00-3:40pm
Instructor: Henry Jenkins
COMM 443: Communicating Better Health: What Works and Why 
How communication -- interpersonal, mass media, information technologies -- shapes health behavior. Topics: doctor-patient consults; marketing campaigns; health in entertainment, news; internet; social media; mobile devices.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 2:00-3:20pm
Instructor: Nazli Offringa
COMM 444: Critical Theories of Sport 
Focuses on critical theories that examine social and political roles of sport in society and how these roles play out in media and broadcast platforms.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 12:30-1:50pm
Instructor: Daniel Durbin
COMM 450: Visual Culture and Communication 
Examines issues of visual images in communication related to history, modernity, cityscapes, news media, advertising, evidence, science, digital technology, and globalization.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior
Class type: Lecture
Days: Mon, Wed
Time: 12:00-1:50pm
Instructor: Hye Jin Lee
COMM 451: Visual Communication and Social Change 
Analysis of photography's evolution; new strategies for the photographic image, photo documentary work and global social issues; analysis of images on blogs and Websites.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 11:00-12:20pm
Instructor: Robert Mejia
COMM 456: Entertainment, Marketing and Culture 
Explores blurring of entertainment, marketing and culture in advanced information economies; intersections of culture and media and their social ramifications.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration closed to the following class level(s): Freshmen, Sophomore
Class type: Lecture
Days: Mon, Wed
Time: 12:00-1:50pm
Instructor: Karen North
COMM 467: Gender and the News Media 
Gender and news media evolving images of women and men in print and electronic media. Impact of gender in content and style of news, television and cinema. Open to non-majors.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Georgia Stahl
COMM 476: Crisis and Culture: The Anthropocene 
Critically examines four key dimensions of the Anthropocene -- climate change, mass extinction, reproductive justice and pandemics -- from a cultural studies approach.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior
Class type: Lecture
Days: Mon, Wed
Time: 3:30-4:50pm
Instructor: Cristina Visperas
COMM 487: Communication and Global Organizations 
The role of communication in global organizations; information, networks, and communication technologies for global organizing; computer-based collaborative work and virtual organizations.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 11:00-12:20pm
Instructor: Patricia Riley
COMM 489: Campaign Communication 
Problems in political communication: creating an informed electorate, use of mass media, factors in voter persuasion. Guest experts in political analysis, opinion polling, communication evaluation.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior
Class type: Lecture
Days: Mon, Wed
Time: 10:00-11:50am
Instructor: Michael Wissot
COMM 490: Directed Research 
Individual research and readings. Not available for graduatecredit. Available to juniors and seniors only.
Units: (1.0-8.0 units, max 12)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
COMM 494x: Research Practicum 
Students gain research experience in the design, implementation, analysis, and reporting of communication research. Students serve as research assistants to faculty members. Not available for graduate credit.
Units: (2.0-4.0 units, max 4)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 12:30-1:50pm
Instructor: Ariana Case
COMM 497x: Honors Thesis 
Writing of the honors thesis. Not available for graduate credit.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Communication Arts and Sciences
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
COMM 498: Ethical Issues in Entertainment and Communication 
Examines social and political controversies over conflicting ethical standards for communication in a variety of media: mass-media, communication technology and entertainment.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 12:30-1:50pm
Instructor: Robert Mejia
COMM 525: Humanistic and Social Scientific Approaches to Human Communication I 
Overview of humanistic and social scientific approaches to the study of communication; emphasis on rhetorical/critical and macro social scientific perspectives. Not open to M.A. in Communication Management majors.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration closed to the following major(s): Communication Management
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 9:30-12:20pm
Instructor: Ben Carrington
COMM 550: Quantitative Research Methods in Communication 
Epistemological assumptions, design, and beginning methods of quantitative analysis in communication research.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration closed to the following major(s): Communication Management
Class type: Lecture
Days: Thursday
Time: 9:30-12:20pm
Instructor: Lindsay Young
COMM 553: Global Internet Governance 
Explores cybersecurity, privacy, network neutrality and other critical issues in internet governance through the lenses of international political economy and media theories.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Monday
Time: 5:00-7:50pm
Instructor: Hernan Galperin
COMM 574: Science and Technology Studies for Communication and Media 
Addresses specific topics and issues in sociotechnical models of knowledge, power and society related to communication and media.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Friday
Time: 12:00-2:50pm
Instructor: Christina Dunbar-Hester
COMM 590: Directed Research 
Research leading to the master's degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the school. Graded CR/NC.
Units: (1.0-12.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
COMM 597: Global Media Industries 
Conduct research, design and produce a group-based research report and website to assess disruption within Global Media Industries over the past year or two.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Global Communication
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 6:30-9:20pm
Instructor: Erik Barmack,David Craig
COMM 599: Special Topics 
Units: (2.0-4.0 units, max 8)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 2:00-4:50pm
Instructor: Gerald Goodnight
COMM 602: Seminar in Persuasion 
Classical and contemporary theories of persuasion, attitude formation and change; impact of cognition, affect and emotions; cultural and group influences; message strategies and framing.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 12:30-3:20pm
Instructor: Sheila Murphy
COMM 612: Designing Health Communication Interventions 
Effectively changing health outcomes for target population using games, mobile and online interventions; formative and summative evaluation; virtual environments for fMRI studies.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 3:30-6:20pm
Instructor: Lynn Miller
COMM 620: Studies in Communication Theory 
Current problems in communication theory and research; advanced, specialized interest areas of individual faculty on the frontiers of knowledge.
Units: (4.0 units, max 12)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 4:00-6:50pm
Instructor: Jonathan Aronson
COMM 632: Cultures of Artificial Intelligence 
Drawing on work in history, social theory and STS, explores contemporary examples of and concerns surrounding AI.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 2:00-4:50pm
Instructor: Jennifer Petersen
COMM 636: Interpretive and Cultural Approaches in Organizational Communication 
Interpretive, critical and cultural research in organizational communication; emphasis on narrative approaches to ethnographic studies, critical essays, and quantitative intercultural research in organizational communication.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Thursday
Time: 2:00-4:50pm
Instructor: Patricia Riley
COMM 653: Research, Practice and Social Change 
Examination of theoretical models and best practices of academic research and advocacy relationships; students conduct a community-based research project using a model of community-based participatory research.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Monday
Time: 2:00-4:50pm
Instructor: Francois Bar
COMM 670: Economic Cultures 
Explores and analyzes the interaction between culture and economy by observing different types of economic practices.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 12:30-3:20pm
Instructor: Manuel Castells
COMM 675: Independent Study 
A supervised course tailored to specific student interests. The professor and student develop a syllabus that permits exploration of advanced or specialized topics. Graded CR/NC.
Units: (1.0-4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
COMM 694: Preliminary Research Paper 
Independent research designed to demonstrate the student's ability to conceptualize, conduct, and present scholarly research. Parallel to COMM 794. Graded CR/NC.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
COMM 790: Research 
Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.
Units: (1.0-12.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
COMM 794a: Doctoral Dissertation 
Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Hector Amaya
COMM 794b: Doctoral Dissertation 
Credit on acceptance of Dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: COMM 794A
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Hector Amaya
COMM 794c: Doctoral Dissertation 
Credit on acceptance of Dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: COMM 794B
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Hector Amaya
COMM 794d: Doctoral Dissertation 
Credit on acceptance of Dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: COMM 794C
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Hector Amaya
COMM 794z: Doctoral Dissertation 
Credit on acceptance of Dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.
Units: (0.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: COMM 794D
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Hector Amaya
DMM 500: Principles and Theories of Digital Media Management 
Explores the digital media environment, its sociohistorical evolution and the impact of digital technologies and media on practices within cultural and business ecosystems.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Digital Media Management
Class type: Lecture
Days: Thursday
Time: 5:00-6:30pm
Instructor: Styles Akira
DMM 505: Digital Audience Research and Analysis 
Explores research methodologies and digital audience analytics, evaluating online audience needs and wants and focusing on data-driven and ethical decision making.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Digital Media Management
Class type: Lecture
Days: Thursday
Time: 5:00-6:30pm
Instructor: Raymond Lutzky
DMM 510: Digital Media Buying, Measurement and Analytics 
Examines digital media advertising sales technologies: digital advertising, media buying, digital asset performance measurement and data collection methodologies used for business planning.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Digital Media Management
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 5:00-6:30pm
Instructor: Slade Smith
DMM 515: Digital Content, Production and Distribution 
Explores the evolution of digital media content, content categories in digital media, innovations in content production techniques and technologies and the digital distribution revolution.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Digital Media Management
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: TBA
Instructor: Jeffrey Thompson
DMM 520: Strategic Digital Media Marketing 
Case studies and examples to ideate, create and evaluate cutting-edge techniques used to implement long-range strategies for ethical digital media management and marketing.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Digital Media Management
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: TBA
Instructor: Misha Kouzeh
DMM 525: Digital Media Leadership 
Examines personal leadership principles and practices applicable to digital media, focused on leading within organizations, building diverse, high-performing teams and delivering digital media initiatives.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Digital Media Management
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: TBA
Instructor: Misha Kouzeh
DMM 540: Developing Effective User Engagement Strategies 
Covers strategies to balance the needs of creating a user experience and content with the ethical imperatives of fostering equity, diversity and inclusion.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Digital Media Management
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 5:00-6:30pm
Instructor: Raymond Lutzky
DMM 545: Digital Platforms: Disruptions and Directions 
Explores how the platform economy is disrupting traditional marketplaces and industries with new, digital technologies and ways for optimizing outcomes from those changes.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Digital Media Management
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 5:00-6:30pm
Instructor: Erik Deutsch
DMM 550: Digital Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship 
Covers management of digital media innovation within digital media organizations and new entrepreneurial ventures, and ways for alleviating challenges to equity and diversity.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Digital Media Management
Class type: Lecture
Days: Thursday
Time: 6:30-8:00pm
Instructor: Ken Sterling
DMM 555: Digital Media Management Capstone 
Students create an innovative idea or initiative that solves a problem or achieves a goal within a digital media organization or business unit.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Digital Media Management
Class type: Lecture
Days: Thursday
Time: 6:30-8:00pm
Instructor: Ken Sterling
DSM 550: Analytics and Research Methodology 
Teaches the use and interpretation of digital analytics as well as the use of research design, methodology, and basic statistics for digital sites and apps.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Digital Social Media
Class type: Lecture
Days: Thursday
Time: 6:00-8:50pm
Instructor: Mahta Emrani,Misha Kouzeh
DSM 560: Digital Media Policy, Law, Practices, and Regulation 
Explores laws, policies, and regulations affecting online sites, mobile apps, games, and social platforms, including intellectual property, contracts, libel/defamation, and financial aspects of digital content.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Digital Social Media
Class type: Lecture
Days: Monday
Time: 6:00-8:50pm
Instructor: Jeffrey Thompson
DSM 596: Final Project Capstone 
Students produce a working site, app or embedded social platform project with digital/multimedia elements. Development includes pitching, conceptualization and launching of the final project.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Digital Social Media
Class type: Lecture
Days: Monday
Time: 6:00-8:50pm
Instructor: Keemia Ferasat
DSM 599: Special Topics 
Special Topics in Digital Social Media.
Units: (1.0-8.0 units, max 8)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 6:00-8:50pm
Instructor: Freddy Nager
JOUR 200w: The Power and Responsibility of the Press 
Explores the role of journalism and social media in society - its influence on government, technology, business, national security, sports, science and entertainment.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 11:00-12:20pm
JOUR 201: Culture of Journalism: Past, Present and Future 
Understanding key moments, debates and ideas that have shaped journalism in the United States from the Revolutionary War period through today. Examination of the social, cultural, political and technological aspects of journalism and its impact on the profession and public service.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture-Lab
Days: Mon, Wed
Time: 12:00-1:40pm
Instructor: Joe Saltzman
JOUR 205: Journalism Practicum 
Field experience in journalism, public relations, or related field.
Units: (1.0-2.0 units, max 4)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
JOUR 206: Reporting and Writing Practicum 
Report, write and distribute in-depth stories for diverse audiences; enhance understanding of news judgment; develop and maintain sources; engage communities through field reporting.
Units: (1.0 units, max 2)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Journalism
Class type: Lecture
Days: Monday
Time: 8:30-12:20pm
JOUR 207: Reporting and Writing I 
Provides students with foundational skills to report, write and produce journalism content across multiple platforms, including broadcast, digital and text.
Units: (3.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Journalism
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 11:30-2:00pm
Instructor: Roberto Suro
JOUR 210x: Basics of News Production for Non-Majors 
Introduction to television, radio, and/or digital news production. Examination of issues in journalism. Graded CR/NC.
Units: (2.0 units, max 6)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration closed to the following major(s): Journalism (Broadcast Journalism), Print Journalism, Public Relations
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Christina Bellantoni
JOUR 300: Journalism and Society 
Examination of media and society by applying concepts on power, ideology, discourse and representation to specific case studies from the field and practice of journalism.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 2:00-5:20pm
Instructor: Ben Carrington
JOUR 307: Reporting and Writing II 
Report, write, produce and distribute in-depth stories produced off beats on multiple platforms for diverse audiences; enhance understanding of news judgment; develop and maintain sources; engage communities through field reporting and emerging digital tools.
Units: (3.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: JOUR 207 and JOUR 321
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Journalism
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 8:30-11:00am
JOUR 320: Introduction to Coding for Storytelling 
Introduction to basic web technologies; conceive, design, code and produce an advanced multimedia story package.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: JOUR 207 and JOUR 321
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Journalism
Class type: Lecture
Days: Thursday
Time: 3:30-5:20pm
JOUR 321: Visual Journalism 
Video for digital platforms, principles of photography, design for web and mobile platforms. Introduction to principles of digital news design, interactivity and presentation in interactive storytelling.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Journalism
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 3:00-4:40pm
JOUR 322: Introduction to Investigative and Data Journalism 
Reportorial and analytical skills and techniques required for portraying and evaluating contemporary newsworthy events using basic data journalism techniques and tools for statistical analysis.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: JOUR 307 and JOUR 320
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 9:00-10:40am
Instructor: Dana Chinn
JOUR 323: Journalism and the Audience 
Build a personal website that features a culmination of your previous undergraduate journalism work; craft a professional digital profile using various social media platforms; understand the economics of the news business; prepare to enter the industry.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 12:00-1:40pm
Instructor: Laura Davis
JOUR 330: Photojournalism 
Emphasis on fundamental skills necessary for photojournalism including camera techniques, story ideas and digital darkroom.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 1:00-4:20pm
Instructor: Myra Turner
JOUR 340: Rewriting History: Reporting Rome 
Develop reporting skills by studying historical unsolved Italian crimes. Visit crime scenes, examine evidence, interview sources, analyze media reports and write articles for each crime.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Georgia Stahl
JOUR 350: Introduction to Sports Media 
Highlight norms, routines of content, including print, broadcast, video. Focus on opportunities, constraints posed by roles of reporters, fans, players, publicists, agents, leagues, teams.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 6:00-9:20pm
JOUR 372: Engaging Diverse Communities 
Explores how to engage diverse local communities through participatory journalism and communication strategies. Focuses on using digital tools to increase engagement with communities via field reporting and mobile platforms to produce stories across platforms.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: JOUR 307 and JOUR 320
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Journalism
Class type: Lecture-Lab
Days: Thursday
Time: 3:30-5:10pm
JOUR 380: Sports, Business and Media in Today's Society 
An inside look at the important stories, topical issues, trends and historical developments related to the growing influence of business and media on college and professional sports; identifying the key components and meeting the influencers in class that help shape the business side of sports, while recognizing the role the media plays in providing daily coverage across multiple platforms.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 6:30-9:50pm
Instructor: Jeffrey Fellenzer
JOUR 381: Entertainment, Business and Media in Today's Society 
An examination of the symbiotic relationship of the entertainment business and the media; press coverage of the entertainment industry; Hollywood's relationship with news media.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Monday
Time: 5:00-8:20pm
Instructor: Mary Murphy
JOUR 392: Media and Migration in Times of European Crisis 
Investigates the implications of the perceptual process of mass media generated immigration discourse in Europe.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Communication, Journalism, Public Relations
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Georgia Stahl
JOUR 403: Television News and Sports Production 
Production of television news and sports programs while developing video, writing and communication skills and managing content in collaboration with others under deadline pressure.
Units: (6.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: JOUR 307
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Thursday
Time: 9:00-12:20pm
Instructor: Stacy Scholder
JOUR 404: Produce and Host Sports Content in Studio A 
Interview, present and design sports segments for television/video in Studio A.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Monday
Time: 4:00-6:20pm
JOUR 405: Non-Fiction Television 
Presentation and selection in non-fiction television programs including documentaries, electronic magazines and news series; ethical problems, field research, reporting, interviewing, pre-production.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: JOUR 307 and JOUR 320
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 9:00-12:20pm
Instructor: Daniel Birman
JOUR 409: Radio Storytelling and Podcasts 
Techniques for audio journalism, including effective use of sound, art of the interview, writing for the ear and crafting stories to engage listeners.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: JOUR 307
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 9:00-12:20pm
JOUR 412: Podcasting: Origin Stories 
A foundational understanding of the historic, cultural and theoretical underpinning of the podcast medium with an emphasis on critical listening.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 2:00-3:40pm
Instructor: Henry Jenkins
JOUR 414: Advanced Digital Media Storytelling 
Production of a well-reported advanced multimedia package, with a blend of text, audio, video, photos, navigation and interactivity; final projects will be published by the Annenberg Media Center.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: JOUR 322 and JOUR 372
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 2:30-4:10pm
JOUR 430: Writing the Film Review 
Techniques of writing the film review; preparation and treatment of form and content; problems, responsibilities and ethics of film reviewing.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 6:00-9:20pm
JOUR 431: Feature Writing 
Techniques of writing newspaper feature stories, including the profile, the light feature, the news feature, the in-depth story; the art of narrative writing.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: JOUR 307
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 9:00-12:20pm
Instructor: Myra Turner
JOUR 432: Sports Commentary 
Techniques of reporting and writing sports columns and commentary for print, video, radio and Web-based media.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 6:30-9:50pm
JOUR 435: Writing Magazine Non-Fiction 
A seminar in "how to" interview, research, write -- and place -- professional quality articles for a full range of magazines/newspapers including women's, sports, ethnic, local and national.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: JOUR 307
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Thursday
Time: 2:00-5:20pm
JOUR 441: Sports Reporting 
News and feature coverage of sporting events, including social and economic factors influencing sports in America.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 10:00-11:40am
Instructor: Alan Abrahamson
JOUR 446: Entertainment Reporting 
Techniques of reporting and writing about the entertainment business, economics and finances. Analysis of the skills and background needed for reporters specializing in this area of the news.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 12:00-1:40pm
Instructor: Mary Murphy
JOUR 447: Arts Reporting 
Techniques of reporting and writing about the arts, including television, film, theatre, music, graphic arts, architecture and design.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 10:00-11:40am
JOUR 448: Government and Public Affairs Reporting 
Techniques for covering beats that are the foundation of daily newspaper reporting, including crime, education, immigration and local government.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: JOUR 307
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Thursday
Time: 12:00-3:20pm
Instructor: Christina Bellantoni
JOUR 456: Stories and Sazon of Latinx Food and Culture 
A multimedia lens centers documenting Latinx food stories, including culture and culinary traditions, related social and political issues, identity, generational influences, historical impact and beyond.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 10:00-1:20pm
Instructor: Amara Aguilar,Sarah Portnoy
JOUR 457: Food of Our Families 
Tell stories that explore food culture and culinary traditions, become familiar with cultural areas of Los Angeles and become immersed in global food and culture.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Monday
Time: 2:00-5:20pm
Instructor: Jennifer Floto
JOUR 462: Law of Mass Communication 
Press law; government controls on the news media; legal responsibilities of the journalist.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 9:00-12:20pm
Instructor: Jonathan Kotler
JOUR 467: Gender and the News Media 
Gender and news media evolving images of women and men in print and electronic media. Impact of gender in content and style of news, television and cinema. Open to non-majors.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Georgia Stahl
JOUR 480: Sports and Media Technology 
Examine and analyze the ever-changing technology sector of the sports business and sports media worlds. Identify emerging technologies being developed in the sports industry and how they are being utilized to enhance the fan experience.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Monday
Time: 6:30-9:50pm
Instructor: Jeffrey Fellenzer
JOUR 481: The Athlete, Sports Media and Popular Culture 
Analysis of the images of the athlete and sports media helps us understand how sports dramatically affects such social issues as race, class and gender.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 2:00-5:20pm
Instructor: Jeffrey Fellenzer,Joe Saltzman
JOUR 485: Sports Investigative Reporting 
Produce compelling investigative sports stories culminating in an original and publishable final project.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Monday
Time: 9:00-12:20pm
JOUR 490x: Directed Research 
Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.
Units: (1.0-8.0 units, max 12)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Diane Winston
JOUR 492: Advanced Coding for Storytelling 
Focuses on advanced coding techniques for the creation of dynamic, interactive, multimedia and data-driven news stories on the web.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: JOUR 320
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 11:00-12:50pm
Instructor: Peggy Bustamante
JOUR 494: Python Coding for Data Journalism 
Python coding language to gather, parse and analyze data for investigative news reporting.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 6:00-7:40pm
JOUR 498: Honors Seminar 
Intensive study of a subject of contemporary relevance or of professional importance to journalists and public relations practitioners.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 2:00-3:40pm
Instructor: Laura Davis
JOUR 499: Special Topics 
Selected topics in journalism.
Units: (2.0-4.0 units, max 8)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 5:00-6:40pm
Instructor: Myra Turner
JOUR 512: Advanced Interpretive Writing 
Analysis and writing of editorials, essays, Op-Ed page articles, profiles, and other shorter forms of journalism, combined with study of historic practitioners of those forms.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Journalism, Specialized Journalism, Specialized Journalism (The Arts)
Class type: Lecture
Days: Friday
Time: 10:00-11:40am
Instructor: Alan Mittelstaedt
JOUR 517: Advanced Investigative Reporting 
Advanced reportorial and analytical skills and techniques required for evaluating newsworthy events. Group research and publication of stories on important current topics.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: JOUR 539
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Journalism, Specialized Journalism, Specialized Journalism (The Arts)
Class type: Lecture
Days: Monday
Time: 5:00-8:20pm
Instructor: Mark Schoofs
JOUR 522: Video Documentary Production 
Production of video documentary including research and reporting techniques, writing, interviewing, field work, editing, legal issues, economics, aesthetics, balanced presentation, ethics, diversity and production problems.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Journalism, Specialized Journalism, Specialized Journalism (The Arts)
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 2:00-5:20pm
Instructor: Daniel Birman
JOUR 524: Advanced Video Reporting 
Reporting, production and writing for broadcast and other video platforms; practical experience; role of the video broadcast journalist; similarities and differences between media.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: JOUR 528
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Journalism, Specialized Journalism, Specialized Journalism (The Arts), Specialized Journalism (Arts and Culture)
Class type: Lecture
Days: Monday
Time: 9:00-12:20pm
JOUR 525: This California Life: Storytelling for Radio and Podcasting 
Advanced production techniques for public radio-style reports: writing, sound, editing, narrative voice. Techniques applicable for broadcast features or Web audio documentaries.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Journalism, Specialized Journalism, Specialized Journalism (The Arts)
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 11:00-2:20pm
Instructor: Sandy Tolan
JOUR 527: Advanced Disruption: Innovation with Emerging Technology 
Apply emerging technologies to tell innovative stories based on a production trip during spring break.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 6:00-8:40pm
Instructor: Robert Hernandez
JOUR 542: Foreign Affairs Reporting 
News stories analyzed, researched, and critiqued for validity and background; projects to include editorials, news stories, magazine articles or broadcast reports.
Units: (3.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Journalism, Specialized Journalism, Specialized Journalism (The Arts)
Class type: Lecture
Days: Monday
Time: 5:00-7:30pm
Instructor: Afua Hirsch
JOUR 561: Fundamentals of Data Journalism Reporting 
Execute data-driven projects and add context to news stories with advanced quantitative analysis tools and techniques.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Journalism, Specialized Journalism, Specialized Journalism (The Arts)
Class type: Lecture
Days: Thursday
Time: 6:00-7:40pm
JOUR 569: The Art of (Macro) Food Journalism: A Global View 
Food is a powerful lens for thinking about cities, community, climate, technology, culture - even our relationship to other species. Focus is on the global.
Units: (3.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Journalism, Specialized Journalism, Specialized Journalism (The Arts)
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 9:00-11:30am
JOUR 572: Reporting on Entertainment and Popular Culture 
Reporting about entertainment, popular culture and their impact on American society; survey of past media coverage and current practices.
Units: (3.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Journalism, Specialized Journalism, Specialized Journalism (The Arts)
Class type: Lecture
Days: Thursday
Time: 2:00-4:30pm
Instructor: Mary Murphy
JOUR 574: Sports and Society 
Develop and refine print and multimedia skills to work as a sports journalist. Gain perspective, context and background in how sports intersect with society.
Units: (3.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Journalism, Specialized Journalism, Specialized Journalism (The Arts)
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 2:00-4:30pm
Instructor: Alan Abrahamson
JOUR 579: Journalism Internship 
Field experience in journalism, public relations, or related field.
Units: (1.0-2.0 units, max 2)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Annie Mateen
JOUR 585: Specialized Reporting: Religion 
Reporting and writing on religion; survey of world religion, religion and public life-including politics, gender and science.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Journalism, Specialized Journalism, Specialized Journalism (The Arts)
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 5:30-8:50pm
Instructor: Diane Winston,Alan Mittelstaedt
JOUR 590: Directed Research 
Research leading to the Master's degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.
Units: (1.0-12.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Vince Gonzales
JOUR 593: Arts Criticism and Commentary 
Writing workshops and independent fieldwork; development of critical skills to write socially valuable criticism and commentary about art, entertainment and culture.
Units: (3.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: JOUR 591
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Journalism, Specialized Journalism, Specialized Journalism (The Arts)
Class type: Lecture
Days: Monday
Time: 12:00-2:30pm
Instructor: Oscar Garza
JOUR 594b: Master's Thesis 
Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: JOUR 594a
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Sandy Tolan
JOUR 594z: Master's Thesis 
Credit on acceptance of thesis. Graded IP/CR/NC.
Units: (0.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: JOUR 594b
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Sandy Tolan
JOUR 595: Critical Thinking: The Art and Science of Not Getting Fooled 
Researching and writing about how not to get fooled as a journalist; includes research, writing and discussion. Open only to journalism and specialized journalism majors.
Units: (3.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Journalism, Specialized Journalism, Specialized Journalism (The Arts)
Class type: Lecture
Days: Monday
Time: 2:00-4:30pm
Instructor: Mike Ananny
JOUR 596: Follow the Money: Business and Economics 
Reporting and writing on business, economics and public finance; students produce a series of professional projects for publication.
Units: (3.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Journalism, Specialized Journalism, Specialized Journalism (The Arts)
Class type: Lecture
Days: Thursday
Time: 2:00-4:30pm
Instructor: Gabriel Kahn
JOUR 598: Journalism Capstone Project 
Production of a journalism capstone project with multimedia elements for a master's degree. Projects can be single stand-alone pieces, or series of pieces.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: JOUR 531
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Journalism, Specialized Journalism, Specialized Journalism (The Arts)
Class type: Lecture
Days: Monday
Time: 12:30-3:50pm
Instructor: Alan Mittelstaedt
JOUR 599: Special Topics 
Seminar in selected topics in journalism.
Units: (1.0-8.0 units, max 8)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Thursday
Time: 9:00-12:20pm
Instructor: Marty Kaplan
PR 209: Effective Writing for Strategic Public Relations and Adverti 
Focus on the unique writing requirements of social, online, broadcast, print and other media in public relations/advertising; emphasis on judgment, context and audience understanding.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Thursday
Time: 6:00-9:20pm
PR 250: Strategic Public Relations and Advertising: An Introduction 
Strategies/practices in the growing field of public relations and advertising, including landmark cases, campaign planning; special emphasis on historical roots, current and future practice.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 6:00-9:20pm
PR 340: Introduction to Advertising 
History and development of advertising; basic advertising campaigns showing relationships of marketing, creative, print and electronic media.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 6:00-9:20pm
PR 351a: Multichannel Strategy and Content Creation 
Introduction to media relations, social media and influencer engagement; intensive writing and creating multimedia content for traditional, emerging and social media.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: PR 209 and PR 250
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Public Relations, Public Relations and Advertising
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 2:30-5:50pm
PR 351b: Multichannel Strategy and Content Creation 
Advanced course in writing, digital content and multimedia creation; production of communications collateral for social and owned media channels targeting an array of audiences.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: PR 351A
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Public Relations, Public Relations and Advertising
Class type: Lecture
Days: Thursday
Time: 2:30-5:50pm
PR 352: Public Relations Media and Content for Non-Majors 
Learn advanced public relations writing and editing, basic design skills and sophisticated video planning, shooting, editing and production skills.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: PR 209
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration closed to the following major(s): Public Relations
Class type: Lecture
Days: Thursday
Time: 9:00-12:20pm
PR 391: Made in Italy: The Marketing of an Ideal 
Examines case studies on important Italian companies, ranging from the transportation to the luxury goods industries from both an economical and business point of view.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Communication, Journalism, Public Relations
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Georgia Stahl