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J-School Course Schedule for Fall 2009.
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CCN Course # Sec. Course Title & Details Instructor Units Fee Lim* Time Location
Non-Graduate / General Courses
48003 J24 1 Opinion Writing Susan Rasky 1 12 12-1 M 127 North Gate
48006 J24 3 World War II Through the Documentary Lens Bill Drummond 1 12:30-2 F 104 North Gate
Required Courses
48039 J200 2 Reporting the News - Gorney/Platoni See details 6 17 9-11 WTH Other (see details)
48036 J200 1 Reporting the News - Chavez/Chakarova See details 6 17 9-11 am M, 7-9pm Th Other (see details)
48054 J211 1 Reporting the news-lab--Chavez/Chakarova See details 3 Y 12 9-6 T Other (see details)
48042 J200 3 Reporting the News - Drummond/Snow/Griffin See details 6 17 7:00-9:00 TW, 7:00-8:30 Th Other (see details)
48060 J211 3 Reporting the news-lab--Drummond/Snow/Griffin See details 3 Y 17 8:30-5 Th 108/Lower NG
48057 J211 2 Reporting the news-lab--Gorney Cynthia Gorney 3 Y 17 9-6 M 108/Lower NG
48078 J215 1 Multimedia Boot camp-sec.1 See details 3 Y 17 8/24-8/28 M-F 9am-9pm 106/Upper NG
48081 J215 2 Multimedia Boot camp-sec.2 See details 3 Y 17 8-31-9/4, M-F, 9am-9pm 106/Upper NG
48084 J215 3 Multimedia Boot camp-sec.3 See details 3 Y 17 9/7-9/11, M-F, 9am-9pm 106/Upper NG
48101 J219 5 Picture and Sound See details 1 11:30-1 M See Course Description
48123 J255 1 Law and Ethics Tom Goldstein 3 40 9:30-12:30 W 142/Library NG
48189 J298 3 Key Issues with Faculty and Campus Experts See details 2 12-2 F 3108 Etcheverry
48183 J297 1 Internship Credit Robert Gunnison 2 TBD TBD
See chart J294 0 Master's Project Seminar See details 1 By appt. By appt.
J215 0 Intro to Multimedia: Skills Follow-up See details 99 25 As Assigned By appt.
Background Courses
48186 J298 1 Blogging China Qiang Xiao 2 12 10-11:30 F 127 North Gate
48234 J219 6 Tackling the Long Form Story--Reading Section Only Cynthia Gorney 1 5 9-12 T B-1 North Gate
48200 J298 8 Journalism in a time of disruptive change Alan Mutter 2 12 2-4 M 127 North Gate
48143 J290 1 Thesis Editing Workshop Jennifer Kahn 2 TBD TBD
48228 J601 1 Master's Study Robert Gunnison 99 TBD TBD
Advanced Reporting Courses
48051 J210 1 News Photography Ken Light 3 Y 15 3-5 M 104 North Gate
48072 J213 1 Visual Storytelling: Advanced Documentary Projects-Blurb Book Photo Project See details 3 Y 12 12-2 M 104 North Gate
48102 J226 1 Following the Food Chain Michael Pollan 3 12 3-6 M B-1 North Gate
48105 J226 2 Narrative Science Journalism Michael Pollan 3 12 3-6 T B-1 North Gate
48111 J230 1 Covering the Biotech Revolution (or Genes for Generalists) See details 3 12 2-5 Th 104 North Gate
48114 J234 1 International Reporting: Africa, Women & Agriculture-The Global Food Crisis See details 4 12 9:30-11:00 TTh 142/Library NG
48120 J243 1 Tackling the Long Form Story Cynthia Gorney 3 10 9-12 T B-1 North Gate
48122 J243 2 Renegades, Underdogs, Madmen: The Magazine Profile Jennifer Kahn 3 12 2-5 T 104 North Gate
48129 J275 1 Radio News Reporting Ben Manilla 4 Y 12 10-1 TH B-1 North Gate
48132 J282 1 Introduction to TV News See details 4 Y 4-6 W, 9:30-11:30 F 101 North Gate
48138 J285 1 Longform Television See details 4 Y 10-1 T 101 North Gate
48135 J284 1 Documentary Production Jon Else 4 Y 10 2-6 T 101 North Gate
48188 J298 2 Africa Reporting Workshop See details 3 1-3 Th 142/Library NG
48126 J260 1 Investigative Reporting for Print/TV See details 3 15 11-1 F B-1 North Gate
48231 J254 1 Opinion Writing: The Reported Column Susan Rasky 3 12 2-5 W B-1 North Gate
48087 J216 1 Advanced Multimedia See details 3 Y 12 5-8 Th class & 2-5 W Lab Other (see details)
48069 J212 1 Advanced Radio/Watchdog Reporting Holly Kernan 3 12 1-4 F 209 Greenhouse
48141 J288 1 Digital TV: The Japanese in America Todd Carrel 3 12 11-1 MW B-1 North Gate
48116 J234 2 International Reporting: Mexico Tyche Hendricks 4 12 2-5 W B-1 North Gate
Skills Courses
48096 J219 3 MINI: Advanced Flash (6 weeks) See details 1 24 2-5 W 106/Upper NG
48093 J219 2 MINI: Web Development: HTML/CSS/PHP (6 weeks) See details 1 12 2-5 W 106/Upper NG
48090 J219 1 MINI: Advanced Video for the Web (7 weeks) See details 1 12 10-1 T 108/Lower NG
48099 J219 4 Videography Jon Else 1 7-9 M 142/Library NG
48237 J219 7 MINI:Pro Tools (6 Weeks) Shane Sharkey 1 12 10-12 M 209 Greenhouse
  • Schedule is subject to change.
  • Classes will be added/changed prior to the beginning of the semester.
  • Classes listed with "var" in the units column can have a variable number of units. See instructor for details.
  • Registration in class does NOT guarantee enrollment.
  • * Enrollment limit. Attend first class to verify placement.