May be repeated for a total of 6 credits with permission of concentration advisor. This section will cover writing in non-journalism areas of the communication industry. Successful completion of Comm. 250 is a must. Weekly writing assignments and long-range projects.
Class meets twice a week in the writing lab.
This course will focus on feature writing, and as such, will work to perfect newsgathering and writing skills, and will address questions of style, content, ethics, and accuracy. Readings will be drawn from anthologies and current writing of established journalists. In this lecture course, we will investigate the ways in which people try to influence the attitudes and behavior of others. The topics covered should be of special interest to people who are concerned with public relations, labor-management problems, advertising directed toward social issues, and social action programs. There will be one final, a group project, and two individual projects.