Undergraduate 2019-2020

JMS 404 Practicum

Incorporate advanced discipline-specific skills working for UNC student-run media.
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Prerequisites

(JMC 342: with minimum grade of C or JMC 350: with minimum grade of C or JMS 342: with minimum grade of C or JMS 351: with minimum grade of C)

Major/Minor Restriction

Include Journalism Major(s)

Repeatable Status

Course is repeatable with a maximum of 3 credit hours

JMS 410 Advanced News

Advanced reporting and writing for print, broadcast and online news. Emphasis on beat coverage, in-depth feature stories and opinion writing.
3

Prerequisites

(JMC 340: with minimum grade of C or JMS 310: withminimum grade of C) and (JMC 342: with minimum grade of C or JMS 342: with minimum grade of C)

Major/Minor Restriction

Include Journalism Major(s)

Course Fee

Course Fee Required

JMS 422 Directed Study

Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.)
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Major/Minor Restriction

Include Journalism Major(s)

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

Course is repeatable with a maximum of 10 credit hours

JMS 450 News Production

Employ skills learned in previous JMS courses to produce a weekly online news magazine combining print, video, audio, photographs, interactive graphics, and social media.
4

Prerequisites

(JMC 350: with minimum grade of C or JMS 350: with minimum grade of C) and (JMC 410: with minimum grade of C or JMC 443: with minimum grade of C or JMS 410: with minimum grade of C)

Major/Minor Restriction

Include Journalism Major(s)

Course Fee

Course Fee Required

JMS 460 Media Management

Examine policies, procedures, and responsibilities within media industries today.
3

Prerequisites

(JMC 100: with minimum grade of C or JMS 100: with minimum grade of C)

Major/Minor Restriction

Include Journalism Major(s)

JMS 481 Strategic Communications Campaigns

Examination and application of social scientific research, creative concept development, media planning and campaign execution. Emphasis on tools used to manage communication for organizations and companies.
3

Prerequisites

JMS 380: with minimum grade of C and (JMC 385: with minimum grade of C or JMS 385: with minimum grade of C)

Major/Minor Restriction

Include Journalism Major(s)

JMS 485 Media Ethics

Explores ethical theory and ethical decision-making tools as they relate to dilemmas in the media professions.
3

Prerequisites

(JMC 100: with minimum grade of C or JMS 100: with minimum grade of C)

Major/Minor Restriction

Include Journalism (and) Media Studies Major(s)/Minor(s)

JMS 490 Television Criticism

Critically evaluate television's performance as an informative, persuasive entertaining, socializing, and culture-transmitting medium.
3

JMS 492 Internship

Supervised work experience in a professional media organization appropriatefor the discipline.
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Prerequisites

(JMC 342: with minimum grade of C or JMC 350: with minimum grade of C or JMS 342: with minimum grade of C or JMS 351: with minimum grade of C)

Major/Minor Restriction

Include Journalism Major(s)

Repeatable Status

Course is repeatable with a maximum of 3 credit hours

JMS 495 Special Topics

Current issues or problems in journalism and media studies.
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Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

ST - Repeatable under different subtitles with no limits on the number of times it can be repeated

Course Fee

Course Fee Required

JMS 497 Media Law

Current and perennial ethical and legal issues in journalism and media studies that affect journalists, media management and the public.
3

Class Restriction

Include Senior