Peggy Kuhr, Vice President for Integrated Communications
Dennis Swibold, Professor
Associate Professors
Lee Banville, Associate Professor
Ray Fanning, Associate Professor
Keith Graham, Associate Professor
Henriette Lowisch, Associate Professor
Jeremy Lurgio, Associate Professor
Nadia White, Associate Professor
Assistant Professors
Larry Abramson, Dean
Jule Banville, Assistant Professor
Jason Begay, Assistant Professor
Joe Eaton, Assistant Professor
Ron Reason, Pollner Professor
Adjunct Faculty
Courtney Cowgill, Adjunct Professor
Gwen Florio, Adjunct Professor
John Twiggs, Adjunct Professor
Course Descriptions
Journalism
JRNL 100H - Media History and Literacy
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate.
Offered autumn. A survey of the history, development and role of the media in society, including newspapers, magazines, radio, television, books, movies, recordings and the World Wide Web. The course examines ethical, political, financial and other issues related to mass media. Also included is an introduction to media literacy and critical thinking about the media and their messages.
Course Attributes:
Historical & Cultural Course
American and European
JRNL 102Y - News Literacy
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate.
Offered spring. The course will teach students to become discriminating news consumers, helping them recognize the difference between news and propaganda, news and opinion, bias and fairness, assertion and verification, and evidence and inference in news reports. It will cover the foundation of news dissemination from its earliest manifestations through the accelerating news revolution of the present.
Course Attributes:
American and European
JRNL 105X - Global Current Events
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate.
Offered autumn and spring. Survey of global news intended to make students familiar with the context and vocabulary necessary to understand the news, what makes it, and the implications that stem from it.
Course Attributes:
Indigenous and Global
JRNL 140A - Intro Radio/Audio Storytelling
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate.
Offered intermittently. Introduction to the fundamentals of audio storytelling. Students will learn creative skills through experimentation with the use of sounds, interviews and voice description.
Course Attributes:
Expressive Arts Course
JRNL 170 - Elements of News Writing
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate.
Offered Fall and Spring. Prereq. or Co-req., grade of C- or better in WRIT 101. Foundational course in the elements of news writing, with a focus on the style and conventions of writing for print, online and broadcast media.
JRNL 201 - Diversity in Media
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate.
Offered autumn. Examination of how the news media portray different ethnic groups and other diverse populations and how the media's portrayals of diverse groups affect journalists' personal views and professional practices. Students will learn how to portray more accurately and fairly individuals, groups and points of view outside society's mainstream.
JRNL 257 - Beginning Visual Journalism
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate.
Offered autumn and spring. This course provides an introduction to photo and video journalism using digital cameras. Students will learn the basics of editing still images with Photoshop and video with Final Cut Pro. Students will learn how to take compelling, content-driven photographs using light, composition and depth of field. Students will also learn about capturing quality video, audio and natural sound used to build video sequences. The overall emphasis is on visual storytelling.
Course Attributes:
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
JRNL 260 - Sports Journalism
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate.
Offered intermittently. Prereq., JOUR 270. Study and practice of sports journalism in print and broadcast, including its history and its finest examples.
JRNL 270 - Reporting
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate.
Offered autumn and spring. Fundamentals of interviewing, reporting, writing and audio editing of news stories for print, online and broadcast media.
Course Attributes:
Internships/Practicums
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
Writing Course-Approved
JRNL 295 - Special Topics
Credits: 1 TO 9. Level: Undergraduate.
(R-9) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.
Course Attributes:
Internships/Practicums
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
JRNL 300 - First Amendmnt and Jrnalism La
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate.
Offered spring. Prereq., JOUR 270 and admission to professional program, or consent of instr. Overview of issues related to journalism and the law. Exploration of libel, privacy, prior restraints, access and other First Amendment questions along with ethical problems peculiar to media news gathering.
Course Attributes:
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
JRNL 307 - Literature of Journalism
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate.
Offered intermittently. Study of literary journalism focusing on fiction and nonfiction by American journalists.
Course Attributes:
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
JRNL 328 - Int Photojournalism
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate.
Offered autumn. Prereq., Must be admitted to Journalism Professional Program. Students create single photo assignments for newspapers, magazines and online publications. Students also create narrative picture stories and photo essays, one of which is produced in Final Cut Pro, and learn the basics of portable flash units.
Course Attributes:
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
JRNL 330 - News Editing
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate.
Offered autumn. Prereq., Must be admitted to Journalism Professional Program. Fundamentals of editing and headline writing for print and online media.
Course Attributes:
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
JRNL 331 - Intermediate Web Reporting
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate.
Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., Must be admitted to Journalism Professional Program. Students learn to produce reporting for different websites and digital news sources, with a special emphasis on using digital technologies to broaden sources for stories. Course will also explore the societal, business and ethical effects these emerging technologies are having.
JRNL 340 - Intermediate Audio
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate.
Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., admission to Professional Program. Use of audio in news, interview and feature programs. Students will write, gather audio and produce segments and programs using digital audio equipment.
Course Attributes:
Internships/Practicums
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
Writing Course-Upper-Division
JRNL 350 - Intermediate Video Photography
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate.
Offered autumn. Prereq., admission to Professional Program. Digital video photography, storytelling and non-linear editing. Students will be introduced to high-definition video cameras and advanced editing techniques and build on photojournalism skills introduced in R-TV 251.
Course Attributes:
Internships/Practicums
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
JRNL 351 - Intermediate Video Directing
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate.
Offered spring. Prereq., R-TV 350. Students will learn the fundamentals of production and directing of studio-based programming. Students will work with those enrolled in Intermediate Video Reporting & Producing to create content. Newscasts produced in these courses are not intended for air.
Course Attributes:
Internships/Practicums
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
JRNL 352 - Int Video Reporting and Produc
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate.
Offered spring. Prereq., R-TV 350. Creation of video news stories and programs including story idea generation, research and interviewing techniques, sound selection, script writing, television anchoring and producing, video photography and editing. Works with Intermediate Video Directing class to create news programs.
Course Attributes:
Internships/Practicums
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
Writing Course-Upper-Division
JRNL 362 - Feature Writing
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate.
Offered spring. Prereq., Must be admitted to Journalism Professional Program. Classroom instruction and practical experience in applying feature-writing techniques to the coverage of news, entertainment and sports for print and electronic media.
Course Attributes:
Internships/Practicums
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
Writing Course-Upper-Division
JRNL 370 - Public Affairs Reporting
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate.
Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., Must be admitted to Journalism Professional Program. Study and practice of reporting public issues with emphases on news sources, interpretive writing and the coverage of local, state and federal governments.
Course Attributes:
Internships/Practicums
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
Writing Course-Upper-Division
JRNL 396 - Adv Journ Problems
Credits: 1 TO 6. Level: Undergraduate.
(R-6) Offered every term. Prereq., consent of instr. Independent study.
Course Attributes:
Service Learning/Volunteer
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
JRNL 400 - Ethics & Trends in News Media
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate.
Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., senior standing in journalism or radio-television. Practical ethics case studies from print, online and broadcast media, as well as an examination of the trends that are shaping the evolving news media.
Course Attributes:
Research & Creative Schlrshp
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
JRNL 410 - Native News Honors Project
Credits: 1 TO 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate.
(R-6) Offered spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Researching, photographing and designing stories about Montana's Native American community. Photojournalism students travel with reporters to Montana's seven Indian reservations to document in- depth stories on a single topic.
Course Attributes:
Research & Creative Schlrshp
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
JRNL 411 - Reporting Native News
Credits: 1 TO 6. Level: Undergraduate.
(R-6) Offered spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Researching, reporting and editing stories about Montana's Native American community. Reporters travel to Montana's seven Indian reservations to investigate in depth a single story topic. Editors coach reporters and edit their stories. The stories appear in a publication distributed throughout the state and nation.
Course Attributes:
Research & Creative Schlrshp
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
JRNL 412 - Montana Journalism Review
Credits: 1 TO 6. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate.
(R-6) Offered spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Students assist writing, editing, design and overall production and distribution of the Montana Journalism Review, a publication of the School of Journalism.
Course Attributes:
Research & Creative Schlrshp
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
JRNL 414 - Investigations
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate.
Offered spring. Prereq., JOUR 331 for print students, R-TV 361 for broadcast students. Introduction to methods and ethics of investigative reporting, emphasizing computer-assisted research and analysis of public records and databases.
Course Attributes:
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
JRNL 427 - Adv Photo & Multimed Storytell
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate.
Offered spring. Prereq., JOUR 328 and admission into Professional Program. Students discuss, research, photograph, design, write and produce several documentary-style stories and essays using still photography, video, audio, text and graphics.
Course Attributes:
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
JRNL 428 - Freelance Photography
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate.
Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., JOUR 328 and admission into Professional Program. A workshop-style class that centers on the technical aspects of digital still and video camera lighting for freelance photography. Includes instruction in basic business practices for freelance work. Students produce weekly assignments including editorial and adventure portraiture, food illustrations, magazine fashion projects and travel stories. Business and marketing practices will include copyright, branding, usage, pricing, licensing and negotiation. Students must provide a professional still digital SLR with lenses and a portable strobe.
Course Attributes:
Internships/Practicums
JRNL 429 - Documentary Photojournalism
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate.
Offered autumn. Prereq., JOUR 417 or consent of instr. Production of an in-depth documentary project involving a social issue with intent to educate, inform and implement change. Students write, shoot and design final project in book form or produce a multimedia project using stills, video, audio and text.
Course Attributes:
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
JRNL 430 - Print & Web Editing & Design
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate.
Offered spring. Prereq., JOUR 380 or consent of instr. Introduction to basic design principles, typography, color theory and usage, headline and caption writing. Discussion of the newest research on how readers use print and online publications. Students will design newsletter, brochure, newspaper, magazine and websites, plus other publications.
JRNL 431 - Online Journalism
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate.
Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., JOUR 250 or consent of instr. Course introduces students to the basics of website design and organization, explores how the Internet can be used to generate sources for stories and directs students in using multimedia reporting techniques for a web-based news site.
Course Attributes:
Internships/Practicums
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
JRNL 440 - Advanced Audio
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate.
Offered spring. Prereq., R-TV 360 or consent of instr. Students will create long-form, in-depth audio programs such as radio documentaries and radio deliberation programming on a variety of topics. Students will report, interview, host, and write the programs for a variety of outlets such as radio stations, webcasting and online.
Course Attributes:
Internships/Practicums
JRNL 470 - Covering Elections
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate.
Offered autumn of even-numbered years. Prereq., JOUR 331 or consent of instr. Students will produce coverage of Montana elections for newspapers, broadcast stations and the web.
Course Attributes:
Internships/Practicums
JRNL 471 - Covering the Legislature
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate.
Offered spring of odd-numbered years. Prereq., JOUR 331 or consent of instr. Students will produce coverage of Montana’s biennial legislative sessions for newspapers, broadcast stations and the web.
Course Attributes:
Montana Field Experience
JRNL 472 - Opinion Writing
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate.
Offered intermittently. Prereq., JOUR 331 or consent of instr. Practice in writing editorials, columns, op-eds, and opinion blogs. Examines the evolving role of journalism in moderating and stimulating public discourse.
Course Attributes:
Internships/Practicums
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
Writing Course-Upper-Division
JRNL 473 - International Reporting
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate.
Offered intermittently. Prereq., JOUR 270 or consent of instr. Prepares students to report internationally and to develop global sources for local stories. History and practice of foreign correspondence.
Course Attributes:
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
JRNL 474 - Magazine Freelance Writing
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate.
Offered autumn. Prereq., JOUR 315 or consent of instr. The techniques of reporting, writing and selling articles to regional and national magazines.
Course Attributes:
Internships/Practicums
JRNL 480 - Advanced Video Reporting
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate.
Offered autumn. Prereq., R-TV 361. Teams will create three to five minute television weekly news updates available online and broadcast on commercial stations in Montana. Students will fill all positions needed to produce the updates including reporters, producers and anchors, in tandem with students in R-TV 450, 650.
Course Attributes:
Internships/Practicums
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
JRNL 481 - Adv Video Photo and Directing
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate.
Offered autumn. Prereq., R-TV 351 or consent of instr. Teams will create three to five minute weekly news updates to be broadcast online and on commercial stations in Montana. Students will fill all positions needed to produce the updates including photographers, editors and directors.
Course Attributes:
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
JRNL 482 - Advanced Video Storytelling
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate.
Prereq., JRNL 350 or consent of instr. Teams will generate story ideas about Montana issues, businesses and people. Students will research, write, photograph, interview, edit and create long-form video programs. The programs generated in this course are intended for air on Montana PBS
Course Attributes:
Research & Creative Schlrshp
JRNL 485 - Griz TV
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate.
Offered spring. Prereq., R-TV 450 or 460. Techniques and strategies for directing, reporting, and producing a 30 minute live newscast. Students in R-TV 485 will produce a weekly online newscast.
Course Attributes:
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
JRNL 488 - Student Documentary Unit
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate.
Offered spring. Prereq., JRNL 351 or 352 or consent of isntr. In-depth examination of a topic of importance in Montana. Students will produce a one-hour television documentary to air on MontanaPBS and other outlets. Students will research, report, write, photograph, edit and promote the film. Co-convenes with JRNL 688.
Course Attributes:
Research & Creative Schlrshp
Co-Convened Course
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
JRNL 491 - Special Topics
Credits: 1 TO 9. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate.
(R-9) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.
Course Attributes:
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
JRNL 494 - Pollner Seminar
Credits: 3 TO 6. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate.
(R-6) Offered autumn. Prereq., consent of instr. or print department chair. Seminar on a topic selected by the T. Anthony Pollner Distinguished Professor. Topics will range from journalism history, ethics, practices and performance to current issues in the news media.
Course Attributes:
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
JRNL 505 - Journ and Society Sem
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate.
Offered autumn. Prereq., graduate standing. Discussion and research about current journalism issues related to environmental science and natural resource journalism. Study of relevant traditional and online research methodology.
Course Attributes:
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
JRNL 551 - Graduate Newscast Prod
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate.
Offered spring. Prereq., R-TV 560 or consent of instr. Intensive instruction and practice in reporting, writing, producing, directing and delivering television newscasts. Work on a special program for Montana PBS in tandem with students in R-TV 351 and 361.
Course Attributes:
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
JRNL 567 - Pres/Broadcast Law
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate.
Offered spring. Prereq., graduate standing. Examination and discussion of state and federal court cases affecting the mass media, with emphasis on First Amendment issues.
Course Attributes:
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
JRNL 570 - Reporting
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate.
Offered autumn. Prereq., graduate standing. Principles of news gathering through records, documents, meetings, observation of events, and interviewing with a focus on coverage of environmental science and natural resources. Producing news and feature accounts for broadcast, print and digital media. Perspectives on reporting standards and practices especially related to natural resource news.
Course Attributes:
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
JRNL 575 - Story Lab
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate.
Offered spring. Prereq., graduate standing. Journalism students are paired with UM researchers for a practicum on telling the stories of scientific research for a general news audience.
Course Attributes:
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
JRNL 580 - News Editing
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate.
Offered autumn. Prereq., JOUR 570 or consent of instr. Fundamentals of copy editing and story editing for the print news media. In addition, students perform deadline editing on actual news stories for publication.
Course Attributes:
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
JRNL 590 - Meth Journ Research
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate.
Prereq., consent of the graduate program director. Directed individual research and study appropriate to the back ground and objectives of the student.
Course Attributes:
Research & Creative Schlrshp
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
JRNL 591 - Special Topics
Credits: 1 TO 8. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate.
(R-8) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.
Course Attributes:
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
JRNL 594 - Seminar
Credits: 1 TO 9. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate.
(R-9) Offered intermittently. A review and discussion of current research. Topics vary.
Course Attributes:
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
JRNL 599 - Professional Project
Credits: 1 TO 6. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate.
(R-6) Offered every term. Planning, research and execution of a major project in print, photographic or broadcast journalism.
Course Attributes:
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
JRNL 620 - Covering NA Issues
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate.
Offered spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Researching, writing, photographing and/or editing in-depth special reports on issues that affect the Indians who reside within Montana's borders. Co-convening course JOUR 420/421.
Course Attributes:
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
JRNL 640 - Montana Journalism Review
Credits: 1 TO 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate.
(R-6). Offered spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Intensive laboratory experience in all phases of magazine publication, including writing, editing, layout, design, production and distribution of Montana Journalism Review, an annual publication of the School of Journalism. Co-convenes with U 440.
Course Attributes:
Research & Creative Schlrshp
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
JRNL 650 - Gr Bcst Newsroom-Editorial
Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate.
(R-6) Prereq., R-TV 550, JOUR 551 or consent of instr. Students direct, photograph and edit a daily Newsbrief report for Montana PBS, and a weekly UMNews program for commercial stations, in tandem with students in R-TV 450, 460 and 650. Co-convenes with JOUR 460.
Course Attributes:
Internships/Practicums
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
JRNL 690 - Research in Journalism
Credits: 1 TO 9. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate.
(R-9) Offered every term. Prereq., consent of the graduate program director. Directed individual research and study appropriate to the back ground and objectives of the student.
Course Attributes:
Research & Creative Schlrshp
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
JRNL 698 - Externship
Credits: 1 TO 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate.
(R-3) Offered every term. Prereq., JOUR 570. Practical experience working for news media and other approved businesses, agencies or organizations focused on natural resource issues, industries or scientific research.
Course Attributes:
Internships/Practicums
Journ/R-TV graduation limit 40
JRNL 699 - Thesis
Credits: 1 TO 6. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate.
(R-6) Offered every term. Research and writing of Master's thesis.
