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

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)

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

Prerequisites

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

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

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

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)

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

Prerequisites

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

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.

Prerequisites

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

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

Prerequisites

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

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

Supervised work experience in a professional media organization appropriate for the discipline.

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)

Current issues or problems in journalism and media studies.

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