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USC Catalogue 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED CATALOGUE]

Courses of Instruction

The terms indicated are expected but are not guaranteed. For the courses offered during any given term, consult the Schedule of Classes.
 

Information Technology Program

All ITP courses are open to non-engineering majors. The “x” designation indicates that engineering students require prior departmental approval to count 100-level and above ITP courses for major credit.
  

  • ITP 344 Advanced Topics in Mobile App Development

    Units: 3
    Advanced topics in mobile app development such as using REST services, security, cloud integration, NFC (near field communication), wireless networking for mobile apps, monetizing apps, and the latest frameworks to create advanced apps.
    Prerequisite: ITP 342 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ACAD 344
  

  • ITP 345 Advanced App Development for Phones and Tablets

    Units: 4
    Develop sophisticated phone and tablet applications for Android-based hardware platforms using advanced functionality including background threading, broadcast receivers, sensors, and low-level interaction events.
    Prerequisite: ITP 341 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • ITP 348 Introduction to Physical Computing

    Units: 3
    Design of electronic devices that interact with the physical world; electronic interfaces; development of software algorithms; micro-controller implementation.
    Prerequisite: ITP 109  or ITP 115  or ITP 165 
    Recommended Preparation: Students must have completed a course in object-oriented programming
    Registration Restriction: Not open to Electrical Engineering majors
    Duplicates Credit in former ITP 148
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • ITP 350 Technologies and Practices for Analytics

    Units: 4
    Overview of the process of data analysis. Reporting, visualization and prediction. Practical applications of analytics through case studies.
    Prerequisite: ITP 250x  and ITP 251  
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ACAD 351
  

  • ITP 357 Enterprise Network Design

    Units: 3
    Network technologies. Strategies for managing thousands of systems. Routers and managed switches. Integrated operating systems (IOS). Windows and Linux networking. Subnets.
    Prerequisite: ITP 125 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • ITP 360 3D Compositing and Visual Effects

    Units: 3
    Advanced techniques for 3D animation and visual effects development including 3D pre-visualization, match moving, dynamics, multi-pass rendering, and digital compositing.
    Prerequisite: ITP 215 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • ITP 365 Managing Data in C++

    Units: 3
    Overview of basic data structures and algorithms including linked lists, stacks, queues, binary trees, and hash tables.
    Prerequisite: ITP 109  or ITP 115  or ITP 165 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ACAD 365
  

  • ITP 368 Programming Graphical User Interfaces

    Units: 3
    Programming applications with dynamic graphical user interfaces. Topics include events, controls, resources, data bindings, styles, and user experience.
    Prerequisite: CSCI 104  or ITP 365 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as CSCI 368
  

  • ITP 370 Information Security Management

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Management techniques for security projects. Security team management. Laws and regulations for information security. Disaster recovery. Security Audits.
    Prerequisite: ITP 125 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • ITP 375 Digital Forensics

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Forensic science techniques. Digital evidence preservation and presentation. Processes and methodologies for digital analysis.
    Prerequisite: ITP 125  
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • ITP 380 Video Game Programming

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Underlying concepts and principles required for programming video games (topics include vectors, transformations, 3-D math, geometric primitives, matrices).
    Prerequisite: CSCI 104  or ITP 365 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as CSCI-380
  

  • ITP 382 Mobile Game Programming

    Units: 3
    Concepts and techniques required to develop games for smartphones and tablets. Topics include sprites, collision detection, mobile input, artificial intelligence, and augmented reality games.
    Prerequisite: CSCI 104  or ITP 365 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ACAD 382
  

  • ITP 383 Database Systems: Concepts, Design and Implementation

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    (Enroll in ISE 382 )
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • ITP 387 Cloud Architecture and Applications

    Units: 4
    Survey of “Infrastructure as a Service” and online application development. Concepts include online storage, computation, virtualization, messaging, and monetization.
    Prerequisite: CSCI 104  or ITP 365  
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ACAD 387
  

  • ITP 388 Developing Connected Devices

    Units: 3
    Introduction to the design and development of production-ready connected devices, from PCB design to control algorithms; micro-controller logic; real world interfaces and connectivity.
    Prerequisite: ITP 348 
    Registration Restriction: Not open to Electrical Engineering majors
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • ITP 391a Video Game Project Management

    Units: 4
    Project management basics for the video game industry, focusing on external development. Examine the role of the producer, managing development and coordinating with various stakeholders.
    Prerequisite: ITP 230x  or ITP 280 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • ITP 391b Video Game Project Management

    Units: 2
    Project management for the video game industry, focusing on internal development. Creating ROIs, P&Ls, managing internal creative personnel, and coordinating with internal and external stakeholders.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • ITP 393 Video Game Design Documents

    Units: 2
    Creation of design documents, from treatment to Game Design Document (GDD). Structuring documents for ease of use by team members who will create the game.
    Prerequisite: ITP 230x  or ITP 280 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • ITP 404 Modern Technologies of Web Development

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Provide students with the necessary skills to build web applications using modern techniques, frameworks, libraries, and tools that are used among developers within the industry.
    Prerequisite: ITP 301L  or ITP 303  or ACAD 275 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ACAD 404
  

  • ITP 405 Professional Applications and Frameworks in Web Development

    Units: 3
    Provide students with the necessary skills to build structured, maintainable, scalable, and testable web applications using frameworks, tools, and techniques common in the industry.
    Prerequisite: ITP 300  or ITP 303 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ACAD 405
  

  • ITP 407 Multimedia for Designers and Entrepreneurs III

    Units: 4
    (Enroll in ACAD 407 )
  

  • ITP 410 Social Media for Scientists and Engineers

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    (Enroll in ENGR 410 )
  

  • ITP 411 Multimedia and Video Production

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Visual communication and storytelling are essential skills, especially in the digital age. Overview of techniques and software to create, edit, and deliver compelling images and video.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • ITP 415 3-D Design and Prototyping

    Units: 2
    Explore the range of 3-D printing and prototyping technologies, and their application in modern industrial, design, and creative fields.
    Prerequisite: ITP 215L 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • ITP 421x Advanced Programming for Enterprise Information Systems

    Units: 3
    Object Oriented Programming for Enterprise information systems. Working with classes, objects, database tables, SQL. Designing reports and Graphical user interfaces. Leveraging service oriented architecture.
    Prerequisite: ITP 320 ;
    Recommended Preparation: object oriented programming.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • ITP 422L Configuring Enterprise Resource Planning Systems

    Units: 3
    Business process integration is the core advantage of using ERP systems. Analyze, configure, and test business processes for a company from the ground up.
    Prerequisite: ITP 320  or ISE 583 .
    Duplicates Credit in former ITP 322.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ISE-422
  

  • ITP 425 Web Application Security

    Units: 4
    Web application security techniques. eCommerce vulnerabilities. Online fraud. Solutions to spam and identity theft.
    Prerequisite: ITP 301  or ITP 325  or ACAD 275  
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ACAD 425
  

  • ITP 435 Professional C++

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Applications of advanced concepts in C++ including lambda expressions, template metaprogramming, secure coding, parallel programming techniques, and the boost library.
    Prerequisite: CSCI 104  or ITP 365 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as CSCI 435
  

  • ITP 439 Compiler Development

    Units: 3
    Practical applications of techniques used to develop a programming language compiler.
    Prerequisite: ITP 435 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as CSCI 439
  

  • ITP 442 Mobile App Project

    Units: 4
    Capstone course for Mobile App Development minor. Work in project teams to develop new mobile app from start to finish. Meet with client, create app design, develop, test, and demonstrate app to client.
    Prerequisite: ITP 341  or ITP 342 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ACAD 442
  

  • ITP 445 Macintosh, OSX, and iOS Forensics

    Units: 3
    Digital forensics. Digital evidence. Apple. Mac. Macintosh. OSX. iOS. iPhone. iPad.
    Prerequisite: ITP 375 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • ITP 446 Cyber Breach Investigations

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Cyber breaches. Data theft. Enterprise data analysis. Network forensic analysis. Server forensics.
    Prerequisite: ITP 375 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • ITP 447 Mobile Device Security and Forensics

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Mobile device security. Mobile device forensics. Android. Blackberry. Windows phone. Symbian.
    Prerequisite: ITP 375 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • ITP 448 Cyber Litigation Support

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Civil Litigation. Digital and Electronic Evidence. Electronic Discovery. eDiscovery. Electronically Stored Information.
    Prerequisite: ITP 375  
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • ITP 449 Data Mining: Descriptive and Predictive

    Units: 4
    Examine and compare practical methods in data mining - data preparation, classification, clustering. Knowledge discovery process is to find patterns and regularities from large datasets.
    Prerequisite: ITP 350 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ACAD 449
  

  • ITP 450 Advanced 3D Texturing, Compositing, and Image Processing

    Units: 3
    Modern digital compositing, texturing, and image making techniques as they have evolved from legacy and analog media into state of the art digital formats.
    Prerequisite: ITP 360 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • ITP 454x Enterprise Resource Planning, Design, and Implementation

    Units: 3
    Process and requirements to implement an Enterprise Resource Planning System (ERP). Set up server, implement ERP system, then transfer and configure database for case company.
    Prerequisite: ITP 320 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • ITP 457 Network Security

    Units: 4
    Network policy and mechanism, firewalls, malicious code; intrusion detection, prevention, response; cryptographic protocols for privacy; risks of misuse, cost of prevention, and societal issues.
    Prerequisite: ITP 357 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • ITP 460 Web Application Project

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Skills to plan, analyze, build, and launch professional Web sites with actual clients. Includes project management, documentation, technology assessment, security, UI, Q/A, and various methodologies.
    Recommended Preparation: one 300-level Web minor course
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ACAD 460
  

  • ITP 466 Building the High Tech Startup

    Units: 4
    Teach students the basic technologies and processes involved in building web and mobile startups. Students will be introduced to the different aspects of building a web startup including online business models, Product management, Agile development processes, technology platforms and operations, customer development and online marketing.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • ITP 468 Connected Devices Project

    Units: 4
    Capstone course for the Minor in Making and Connected Devices. Team-based interacting with real-world clients, designing a hardware system, developing firmware, and manufacturing a product.
    Prerequisite: ITP 348  and ITP 228  
    Registration Restriction: Not open to Electrical Engineering majors
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • ITP 470 Information Technology Practicum

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Independent technology project related to specific topics under the direction of a faculty member.
    Recommended Preparation: appropriate 300-level course work to topic of study
    Registration Restriction: Not open to graduate students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • ITP 475 Advanced Digital Forensics

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Advanced forensic techniques. Live image analysis. Network level forensic investigation. Server forensic techniques. Deposition and trial.
    Prerequisite: ITP 375 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • ITP 476 Technologies for Interactive Marketing

    Units: 4
    Technologies, concepts and strategies in the emerging online advertising ecosystem. Strategies and tactics to drive traffic to a website and measure efficacy. Students will work with a real client and budget to craft and execute an online marketing plan.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ACAD 476
  

  • ITP 477 Software Based Engineering Design of Roadways

    Units: 3
    Orient students to the InRoads software and familiarize them with its capabilities to support engineering design of roadways. 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • ITP 479 Cyber Law and Privacy

    Units: 3
    Cyber legal issues, search and seizure, 4th amendment and digital evidence, private searches, case law relating to search and seizure.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • ITP 480 Information Technology Internship

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
    Max Units: 08
    Practical experience in applying information technology skills in real-world settings. Supervised internship at companies and start-ups. Balancing academic rigor with corporate challenges and deadlines.
    Recommended Preparation: knowledge of chosen function area
    Registration Restriction: Not open to graduate students
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • ITP 482 Engineering Database Applications

    Units: 3
    Planning and implementation of engineering information systems that interface with a large database. Emphasis is placed on web-based data entry and retrieval.
    Prerequisite: (CE 108  or EE 155L  or ITP 115  or ITP 165  or ITP 168  or ISE 150  or CSCI 102L  or CSCI 103L ) and (DSO 435  or ISE 382 )
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ISE 482
  

  • ITP 484 Multiplayer Game Programming

    Units: 3
    Techniques for developing networked multiplayer games. Topics include Internet protocols, network topology, data streams, object sharing, client prediction, latency, and back-end databases.
    Prerequisite: ITP 380 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • ITP 485 Programming Game Engines

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Techniques for building the core components of a game engine; 2-D/3-D graphics, collision detection, artificial intelligence algorithms, shading, programming input devices.
    Prerequisite: ITP 380 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as CSCI-487
  

  • ITP 486 Securing and Auditing Enterprise Resource Planning Systems

    Units: 3
    Management and technical issues related to the security of ERP systems. Students will audit ERP systems and apply appropriate security controls.
    Prerequisite: ITP 320 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ISE-486
  

  • ITP 487 Data Warehouses

    Units: 3
    Role of data warehouses in analytics. Modeling and building data warehouses. Extraction, transformation and loading data into cubes. 
    Prerequisite: ITP 250 x  or ITP 320 x.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ISE-487
  

  • ITP 488 Managing Supply Chains with Advanced Planning & Optimization

    Units: 3
    Drivers and obstacles to the process of coordinating the flow of material/information along the logistics chain. Optimize the supply network, from raw materials to sales. Not available for major credit in engineering except toward undergraduate and graduate programs offered by the Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering.
    Prerequisite: ITP 320 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • ITP 489 In-Memory Database Systems for Real Time Analytics

    Units: 3
    Examines the design, architecture, and capabilities of in-memory databases and their application to real-time analytics.
    Prerequisite: ITP 250   or ITP 320  .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • ITP 491 Level Design and Development for Video Games

    Units: 4
    Theories and practices of defining, prototyping, testing, and refining a video game level, development of game level documents, and the tools for managing the development process.
    Prerequisite: ITP 230   or ITP 280  
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • ITP 496 The Startup Launchpad Lab

    Units: 2
    A real world, hands-on learning experience on what it’s like to actually start a high-tech company. Students will work in teams to design, prototype and implement version 1.0 of a high tech web or mobile startup.
    Prerequisite: BAEP 452 and  ITP 466  and ITP 476 
    Corequisite: BAEP 496 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • ITP 499 Special Topics

    Units: 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, 5.5, 6, 6.5, 7, 7.5, 8
    Max Units: max 8
    Recent developments in computers and data processing.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter


Journalism
  

  • JOUR 190 Introduction to Journalism

    Units: 2
    Survey of all media and outlets including print, broadcasting, public relations and online journalism, plus analysis of what it means to be a professional journalist.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • JOUR 200w The Power and Responsibility of the Press

    Units: 4
    Explores the role of journalism and social media in society - its influence on government, technology, business, national security, sports, science and entertainment.
    Satisfies Global Perspective in Category G: Citizenship in a Diverse World
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • JOUR 201 Culture of Journalism: Past, Present and Future

    Units: 4
    Understanding key moments, debates and ideas that have shaped journalism in the United States from the Revolutionary War period through today. Examination of the social, cultural, political and technological aspects of journalism and its impact on the profession and public service.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • JOUR 205 Journalism Practicum

    Units: 1, 2
    Max Units: 04
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Field experience in journalism, public relations, or related field.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • JOUR 207 Reporting and Writing I

    Units: 4
    Provides students with foundational skills to report, write and produce journalism content across multiple platforms, including broadcast, digital and text.
    Concurrent Enrollment: JOUR 321 
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Journalism majors
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • JOUR 208 Media Law and Ethics

    Units: 2
    Introduction to the basics of the U.S. legal system and contemporary case law and ethics; impact of the Web on the practice of journalism; understanding essential legal frameworks and the rights and responsibilities of journalists.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • JOUR 210x Basics of News Production for Non-Majors

    Units: 2
    Max Units: 6.0
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Introduction to television, radio, and/or digital news production. Examination of issues in journalism.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • JOUR 307 Reporting and Writing II

    Units: 4
    Report, write, produce and distribute in-depth stories produced off beats on multiple platforms for diverse audiences; enhance understanding of news judgment; develop and maintain sources; engage communities through field reporting and emerging digital tools.
    Prerequisite: JOUR 207  and JOUR 321 
    Concurrent Enrollment: JOUR 320 
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Journalism majors
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • JOUR 310 Investigative Reporting

    Units: 4
    Reportorial and analytical skills and techniques required for portraying and evaluating contemporary newsworthy events; lectures, discussions.
    Prerequisite: JOUR 307 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • JOUR 311 Multi-Platform Editing

    Units: 4
    Copyediting, headline writing, Search Engine Optimization and other production skills for preparation of content across platforms. Social responsibility and ethical framework also components of this course.
    Prerequisite: JOUR 307  and JOUR 320 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • JOUR 320 Introduction to Coding for Storytelling

    Units: 2
    Introduction to basic web technologies; conceive, design, code and produce an advanced multimedia story package.
    Prerequisite: JOUR 207  and JOUR 321 
    Concurrent Enrollment: JOUR 307 
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Journalism majors
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • JOUR 321 Visual Journalism

    Units: 2
    Video for digital platforms, principles of photography, design for web and mobile platforms. Introduction to principles of digital news design, interactivity and presentation in interactive storytelling.
    Concurrent Enrollment: JOUR 207 
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Journalism majors
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • JOUR 322 Data Journalism

    Units: 2
    Overview of the basic data journalism techniques and tools for statistical analysis; understanding of numbers and basic statistics as they relate to journalism. Proficiency with gathering, analyzing and visualizing data.
    Prerequisite: JOUR 307  and JOUR 320 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • JOUR 323 Creating your Digital Footprint and Brand

    Units: 2
    Build a personal website that features a culmination of your previous undergraduate journalism work; craft a professional digital profile using various social media platforms; understand the economics of the news business; prepare to enter the industry.
    Prerequisite: JOUR 307  and JOUR 320  and JOUR 322 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • JOUR 330 Photojournalism

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Emphasis on fundamental skills necessary for photojournalism including camera techniques, story ideas and digital darkroom.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • JOUR 350 Introduction to Sports Media

    Units: 4
    Highlight norms, routines of content, including print, broadcast, video. Focus on opportunities, constraints posed by roles of reporters, fans, players, publicists, agents, leagues, teams.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • JOUR 371 Censorship and the Law: From the Press to Cyberspace

    Units: 4
    (Enroll in COMM 371 )
  

  • JOUR 372 Engaging Diverse Communities

    Units: 2
    Explores how to engage diverse local communities through participatory journalism and communication strategies. Focuses on using digital tools to increase engagement with communities via field reporting and mobile platforms to produce stories across platforms.
    Prerequisite: JOUR 307  and JOUR 320  
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Journalism majors
    Duplicates Credit in former ASCJ 440 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter, Lab

  

  • JOUR 373 Journalism Ethics Goes to the Movies

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Ethical issues facing journalists in the complex world of legacy media, social media and the Internet as dramatized in the movies and in the newsroom.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • JOUR 375 The Image of the Journalist in Popular Culture

    Units: 4
    The impact of conflicting images of reporters in movies and television on the American public’s perception of newsgatherers in the 20th century. A decade-by-decade evaluation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as COMM-372, SWMS-377
  

  • JOUR 380 Sports, Business and Media in Today’s Society

    Units: 4
    An inside look at the important stories, topical issues, trends and historical developments related to the growing influence of business and media on college and professional sports; identifying the key components and meeting the influencers in class that help shape the business side of sports, while recognizing the role the media plays in providing daily coverage across multiple platforms.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as COMM 382
  

  • JOUR 381 Entertainment, Business and Media in Today’s Society

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    An examination of the symbiotic relationship of the entertainment business and the media; press coverage of the entertainment industry; Hollywood’s relationship with news media.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • JOUR 390 Special Problems

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
    Terms Offered: Irregular
    Supervised, individual studies. No more than one registration permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • JOUR 400 Interpretive Writing

    Units: 4
    Weekly assignments in the shorter forms of newspaper and magazine writing: essays, reviews, editorials, opinion-page articles, profiles; analyses of major 20th century journalists.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • JOUR 401 Multiplatform Editing for Digital Audiences

    Units: 6
    Breaking news and real-time editing for digital audiences across platforms, including homepage, social media and mobile. Introduction to analytics for website and social media.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • JOUR 402 Advanced Television Reporting

    Units: 6
    Role of the broadcast journalism reporter; similarities and differences between print and electronic media; application of audio-video equipment; analysis and practical experience.
    Prerequisite: JOUR 307  and JOUR 321 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • JOUR 403 Television News Production

    Units: 6
    Production of live television and live-streamed news programs; preparation of form and content; procedures and practice in planning and producing broadcast and digital news materials.
    Prerequisite: JOUR 307  and JOUR 321 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • JOUR 404 Produce and Host Sports Content in Studio A

    Units: 2
    Interview, present and design sports segments for television/video in Studio A.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • JOUR 405 Non-Fiction Television

    Units: 4
    Presentation and selection in non-fiction television programs including documentaries, electronic magazines and news series; ethical problems, field research, reporting, interviewing, pre-production.
    Prerequisite: JOUR 307  and JOUR 320 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • JOUR 406 Social Media Storytelling for Latino Audiences

    Units: 2
    Create native journalistic content for current social media and emerging platforms with an emphasis on engaging content for Latino audiences and underrepresented communities.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • JOUR 408 Advanced Media Law in the Digital Age

    Units: 2
    Advanced examination of the rights of journalists in the American legal system; understanding the First Amendment and seminal case law to provide a framework for the practice of journalism; recognizing ethical dilemmas confronting members of the media
    Prerequisite: JOUR 208  and JOUR 307  and JOUR 320 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • JOUR 409 Radio Storytelling and Podcasts

    Units: 4
    Techniques for audio journalism, including effective use of sound, art of the interview, writing for the ear and crafting stories to engage listeners.
    Prerequisite: JOUR 307  and JOUR 320 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • JOUR 410 Radio Documentary

    Units: 4
    In-depth reporting for public radio news: writing, editing, advanced vocal delivery. Production of long-form radio features and short documentaries.
    Prerequisite: JOUR 409 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • JOUR 411 Broadcast and Digital Writing for Video and Audio for Non-Majors

    Units: 2
    Develop a broad-based knowledge of broadcast news writing and reporting; recognize, research and develop stories; write and format broadcast stories in all forms and learn to produce finished news packages.
    Registration Restriction: Not open to Journalism majors
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • JOUR 414 Advanced Digital Media Storytelling

    Units: 2
    Production of a well-reported advanced multimedia package, with a blend of text, audio, video, photos, navigation and interactivity; final projects will be published by the Annenberg Media Center.
    Prerequisite: JOUR 307  and JOUR 320  and JOUR 322 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • JOUR 420 Advanced Photojournalism

    Units: 4
    Emphasis on advanced photojournalism techniques for complex photo storytelling; focus on style, content, design, expression and ethics.
    Prerequisite: JOUR 330 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • JOUR 422 Visual Journalism for Non-Majors

    Units: 4
    Emphasis on photographic storytelling in print, video and Web-based media; understanding of visual thinking and imagery techniques.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • JOUR 425 Advanced Radio News Production

    Units: 4
    Production of public radio news: producing real-time newscasts for Annenberg Radio News. Newsgathering, assigning stories, anchoring, interviewing, working with reporters, editing and producing live programming.
    Prerequisite: JOUR 409 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • JOUR 430 Writing the Film Review

    Units: 4
    Techniques of writing the film review; preparation and treatment of form and content; problems, responsibilities and ethics of film reviewing.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • JOUR 431 Feature Writing

    Units: 4
    Techniques of writing newspaper feature stories, including the profile, the light feature, the news feature, the in-depth story; the art of narrative writing.
    Prerequisite: JOUR 307 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • JOUR 432 Sports Commentary

    Units: 4
    Techniques of reporting and writing sports columns and commentary for print, video, radio and Web-based media.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • JOUR 433 Writing About Science

    Units: 4
    Techniques of writing about science, including news, profiles, features and commentary.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • JOUR 435 Writing Magazine Non-Fiction

    Units: 4
    A seminar in “how to” interview, research, write – and place – professional quality articles for a full range of magazines/newspapers including women’s, sports, ethnic, local and national.
    Prerequisite: JOUR 307 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

 

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