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: The Editor's Desk. Practice in evaluating the quality and effectiveness of a news story, editing news copy for correct grammar and Associated Press style and understanding and implementing best practices regarding media law and journalistic ethics. Prerequisites: JOU 204 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 204 or instructor's permission. Credit: 3 semester hours.

JOU 364: Visual Design. 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 204 or consent of instructor. Credit: 3 semester hours.

JOU 365: Public Affairs Reporting. Intense study of and reporting about public agencies, specifically local, state, and federal governmental agencies. Prerequisite: JOU 204. Credit: 3 semester hours.

JOU 366: Seminar in Public Relations. Intense study of the principles and practices of public relations and of communication law and ethics relevant to public relations practice. Prerequisites: JOU 204 or instructor's permission. Credit: 3 semester hours.

JOU 367: Video Production. An introduction to broadcast journalism and the non-broadcast video production industries. Student use basic news gathering techniques to capture and edit video content into a cohesive story that follows a written script. Focus is on field production and basic video editing to create Public Service Announcements (PSAs), commercials and short form news and feature stories. Prerequisite: JOU 204 or instructor's consent. Credit: Semester hours.