| Journalism
Courses
Courses with * fulfill General
Education requirements
(A-AP) = Arts - Applied
(A-TH) = Arts - Theoretical/Historical
(A-AR) = Analytical - Abstract
Reasoning
(A-QR) = Analytical - Quantitative
Reasoning
(CP) = Comparative Practices
(D-D) = Diversity - Domestic
(D-I) = Diversity - International
(D-L) = Diversity - Language
(ES) = Earlham Seminar
(IP) = Interpretive Practices
(SI) = Scientific Inquiry
(W) = Wellness
(AY) = Offered in
Alternative Year |
|
*JNLM 235 PHOTOGRAPHY I
(3
credits)
Students learn camera operation, experimenting with the ways
different shutter speeds and apertures change a photograph, and
how to develop film and print their own photographs in a chemical
darkroom, while exploring the aesthetic results of their choices.
Introduces the history of photography and fundamentals of art
criticism. Explores the creative use of photography as a means
of personal expression through a variety of projects. Many opportunities
to address the class about students' own photographs and to participate
in lively group discussions on the work of others. Also listed
as ART 237. (A-AP)
*JNLM 301 JOURNALISM I (3
credits)
An introductory class that focuses on the journalist's role in
society, news reporting and writing, approaches to news coverage,
and the potential impact of journalists' choices on the communities
they serve. To ensure that students understand the inherently
public nature of journalistic work, some stories students write for this
class may be published in the student newspaper. Also listed as ENG 301.
(A-AP)
JNLM 303 JOURNALISM II (3 credits)
An introduction to editing, digital darkroom techniques, publication design and editorial decision-making.
*JNLM 321 CREATIVE WRITING (4 credits)
An introduction to creative writing and the writing workshop process, focusing on the genres of poetry and short fiction but also occasionally exploring other genres (such as playwriting or creative non-fiction). Includes intensive writing and discussion of the craft and process of writing. Prerequisite: An Earlham Seminar, an Interpretive Practices or consent of instructor. Also listed as ENG 321. (A-AP, CP)
*JNLM 335 PHOTOJOURNALISM II (3
credits)
Advances skills gained in Photography I, with an increased emphasis on conceptual issues and aesthetic content, art theory and art criticism, and how one enters "the art world." One segment combines the best of the old and the new as students learn an historic, non-silver process by coating their own paper to make blue and white cyanotypes or Van Dyke browns with enlarged negatives created digitally with a scanner and Photoshop. Also listed as ART 335. Prerequisite: ART 235. (A-AP)
*JNLM 337 PHOTOJOURNALISM WORKSHOP (3
credits)
Intensive three-week exploration of the essence of photojournalism:
the editor's and photographer's minds at work seeking that most
elusive of all journalistic ends — a fine picture that tells those who see
it something about their world. Topics include composition, style,
cropping, news, features, sports, portraits, lighting and electronic photography.
May Term. Also listed as ART 337. Prerequisite: ART 235. (A-AP)
JNLM 340 TOPICS IN JOURNALISM (3 credits)
Topics vary according
to the interests of the faculty.
JNLM 484 FORD/KNIGHT RESEARCH PROJECT (1-4 credits)
Collaborative
research with faculty funded by the Ford/Knight Program.
JNLM 485 INDEPENDENT STUDY (1-3 credits)
Investigation of a specific topic conceived and planned by the student in consultation with a faculty supervisor. Culminates in a comprehensive report. |
