program, "KSU Kick down"). Students work as reporters, editors, photographers, videographers, and graphic designer for campus media productions. Prerequisite: JOU 371 or consent of instructor. Credit: 3 semester hours.
JOU 305: Communication Law and Ethics. An overview of legal concepts for media professionals. Concepts include the First Amendment and constitutional rights, freedom of the press, libel, privacy, copyright, broadcast regulation, and obscenity. Ethical principles will be examined through real-world case studies. Prerequisites: JOU 204. Credit: 3 semester hours.
JOU 308: Media Advertising and Sales. An introduction to the fundamentals of measuring, buying, and selling advertising space. This course will also cover techniques for selling commercials in a range of media, including print, broadcast, digital, and outdoor formats. Includes the basics of message design, market analysis, and demographic targeting. Prerequisites: JOU 225 or JOU 366. Credit: 3 semester hours.
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: JOU204. 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 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.