SC&I Courses

Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Explain key concepts related to misinformation, disinformation, and broader information manipulation.
2. Describe the relationship between source expertise and trustworthiness of content, especially as it relates to the production of scientific knowledge.
3. Apply responsible information behaviors in relation to evaluation, curation, and sharing, including strategies to curb the spread of mis- and dis-information in work and in daily life.
4. Critically analyze and chart the complex dynamics and flow of mis- and dis-information across networked media and information systems
5. Recognize and discuss a diverse range of scholarly perspectives on causes and consequences of misinformationand disinformation in democratic society.

Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Develop the ability to assess and articulate the relevance of data for a particular organizational or societal problem.
• Identify frameworks for understanding the impact of data on society and that of society on data.
• Explain the background of quantification and data-fication, including its social and political purposes.
• Analyze and critique the ethical, legal, and social implications of data collection, data processing, and algorithm development.
• Design practical applications of data science in communication, information, and media contexts in ways that are sensitive to social, structural and political economic concerns.
• Communicate data science outputs to relevant audiences with attention to their contexts.
   

Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Identify and analyze the characteristics of various forms of media writing.
• Write clearly, accurately, with energy and voice, for specific audiences.
• Purposefully blend text, graphical content, multimedia, and interactive elements.
• Develop content for various media platforms.
• Gather, evaluate, and disseminate data-based research.
• Critically evaluate and edit mediated content and design.

Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Reason through ethics-related conflicts, using moral philosophy, moral decision-making models or journalistic principles as guides.
• Help students understand the basic principles of libel, reporter's privilege and shield laws.
• Teach ethical practices in journalism and provide a sense of journalists' role in society.
• Examine the role of good corporate owners; the challenges of practicing ethical journalism in an environment filled with hindrances; the responsibilities journalists have to sources, audiences, and employers; the role of diversity; and how philosophers have approached ethical problems.
• Review basic journalism law, such as libel and privacy.
• Examine real-life situations in which journalists and public-relations practitioners have faced ethics-related decisions.

Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Demonstrate the fundamentals of audio and video storytelling.
• Create and critique media projects.
• Apply quantitative concepts relevant to media production.
• Conduct research, including gathering information through interviews and evaluating information.
• Write clear, accurate, and engaging content for multimedia stories.
• Apply ethical principles in journalism and media that focus on truth, accuracy, fairness, and inclusivity.

Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Produce a multimedia project by creating, editing, and exporting content optimized for multiple formats.
• Discuss the media management workflow from acquisition to distribution.
• Select appropriate project settings based on an analysis of available formats.
• Interpret multimedia interface elements by identifying buttons, menu items, and shortcut icons and explaining their functions.
• Customize the workspace interface to support specific editing needs in a multimedia environment.
• Organize project assets using bins and folders within the project window.
• Explain the purpose of proxy files and their relationship to the final export process.

Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Develop and practice basic journalistic news writing and reporting techniques, including writing in journalistic style.
• Comprehend accepted fact-gathering practices and implement observation techniques.
• Understand and practice ethical news writing and reporting behavior.

Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Write, produce and report on news stories for broadcast media.
• Describe and analyze how they approached their story from formulation to submission.

Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Develop beginning editing and aggregation skills for digital and print media.
• Develop introductory design skills for various types of print media.
• Critically evaluate the design, use, and placement of print and online copy, headlines and the design of news pages and websites.

Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Assess and critique media management and strategic decisions from a perspective that is well-informed by knowledge of the distinctive characteristics of media markets.
• Analyze the managerial and strategic challenges and opportunities presented by technological and economic changes affecting different media sectors.
• Formulate and justify strategic responses to changing technological and economic conditions in the media marketplace.