JOU 322: Introduction to Digital Photojournalism. This is an introductory course in photojournalism utilizing digital cameras and production in a Macintosh environment. Credit: 3 semester hours.

JOU 333: Radio-Television News and Special Programs. Writing news for electronic dissemination. Students learn how to gather, write, and visualize news for radio or television. Prerequisite: JOU 225. Credit: 3 semester hours.

JOU 361: Journalism II. Students will be taught to gather, analyze, organize and communicate information concisely, accurately, quickly and understandably for newspapers, the electronic media and other informational outlets. Prerequisite: JOU 204. Credit: 3 semester hours.

JOU 362: News Editing. Practice in evaluating the quality and effectiveness of a news story and in editing news copy for correct grammar and Associated Press style. Prerequisites: JOU 361 or consent of instructor. Credit: 3 semester hours.

JOU 363: Magazine and Features Writing. This course provides instruction and practical experience in researching, writing, and marketing feature articles for print or online magazine publication. Prerequisite: JOU 361. Credit: 3 semester hours.

JOU 364: Desktop/Web Publishing. Instruction in using desktop publishing programs to produce newsletters and flyers and using HTML editor programs and FTP clients to publish materials on the Internet. Prerequisites: JOU 361 and ART 307 or consent of instructor. Credit: 3 semester hours.

JOU 365: Advanced Public Affairs Reporting. Intense study of and reporting about public agencies, specifically local, state, and federal governmental agencies. Credit: 3 semester hours.

JOU 366: Seminar in Public Relations. Intense study of the principles and practices of public relations. Prerequisites: JOU 361 and JOU 362 or instructor's permission. Credit: 3 semester hours.

JOU 367: Television and Radio Production. Teaches basic skills for television and radio production, and how to use them as tools of broadcast journalism. Prerequisite: JOU 361 or instructor's consent. Credit: 3 semester hours.

JOU 368: Community Journalism (Print Version). Study of small town and rural newspapers, their unique service function, and the particular economic and community development issues facing their audiences. Prerequisite: JOU 361. Credit: 3 semester hours. Prerequisites: JOU 367 or Instructor's Consent. Credit: 3 semester hours.

JOU 369: Community Journalism (Broadcast Version). Study of local broadcast news media, their unique service functions, and the particular economic and community issues facing their audiences. JOU 370: Public Relations Campaigns. Study of PR case studies leading to practical experience in a real PR campaign for a rural, corporate or non-profit environment. Prerequisite: JOU 366 or instructor's consent. Credit: 3 semester hours.

Prerequisites: JOU 367 or Instructor's Consent. Credit: 3 semester hours.

JOU 370: Public Relations Campaigns. Study of PR case studies leading to practical experience in a real PR campaign for a rural, corporate or non-profit environment. Prerequisite: JOU 366 or instructor's consent. Credit: 3 semester hours.

JOU 371: Public Events Planning. Study of cases leading to the development of a special event for an organization associated with rural, corporate or non-profit environment. Prerequisite: JOU 366 or instructor's consent. Credit: 3 semester hours.

JOU 372: Television & Radio Production II. Advanced course for television and radio broadcasting. This course is designed to provide advanced broadcast journalism students with hands-on training in production, writing and editing for radio and television. Prerequisite: JOU 367. Credit: 3 semester hours.

JOU 373: Broadcast Announcing. This course provides hands-on instruction in writing and reading scripts for television and radio. Students are exposed to different types of broadcast announcing including anchoring for news, music and video, and play-by-play sports announcing. Prerequisite: JOU 367 or SPE 200. Credit: 3 semester hours.

JOU 375: Advertising Seminar. An in-depth exploration of advertising across various media platforms, including print broadcast, outdoor, and online (including social media).

Students will get hands-on practice in the agency/production side of advertising theory, using creative practices to design strategies messages. In addition, historical, social and ethical dimensions of advertising will be explored. Prerequisite: JOU 204 or consent of instructor. Credit: 3 semester hours.

JOU 400: Radio-Television Audiences and Programming. Provides opportunities for the student to become familiar with the techniques of creating programs, program schedules, demographic analyses, and policies and procedures of station operation. Prerequisite: JOU 225. Credit: 3 semester hours.

JOU 401: Special Topics in Print Journalism. In-depth study and practice in specialty fields of journalism. Regularly rotating topics to include Agricultural Journalism, Environmental Reporting, and Covering Culture and the Arts. Prerequisites: JOU 361 or consent of instructor. Credit: 3 semester hours.

JOU 402: Student Media Workshop II. This course provides advanced instruction and experience in the editing, layout, and design of print and web publications through work on the student newspaper, Thorobred News. Students are expected to take leadership roles on the newspaper staff as reporters, editors, photographers, and graphic designers and in training newer staff members in the basics of