Journalism 201: Introduction to Mass Communication

Please note: Course Web site information is updated intermittently for some courses. Sample syllabi are posted only at the beginning of the semester and do not include recent schedule changes. Please refer to faculty announcements in class for updates to all schedules and assignments.

General description: This combined lecture/discussion course introduces students to the interlinked entertainment, strategic communication, and journalism aspects of our mass media, and to the broad theoretical, historical, and critical perspectives that mass communication scholars use to understand and analyze these media processes. This course also fulfills the campus Communications-B requirement for refining your communication skills through written assignments, peer review, and revision. Finally, some of you are considering careers in the media. This course should help you make informed decisions about your professional life and will serve as the prerequisite to entering the School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Journalism 201 is taught by different faculty members in different semesters. Link to access the J201 course Web site for Professor Greg Downey.