JOUR 399V - Special Topics
UAM Pictorial History
3-4 p.m., R (plus three hours/week outside class), Wells 106
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Your responsibility includes everything here and in the General Class Policies. Read both, then sign the contract and return by the third class meeting if you intend to stay in the class. If you have questions, consult the syllabus then consult me. Ignorance will not save you points.

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SUPPLIES

PREREQUISITES

  • Keyboard proficiency
  • Working knowledge of the Internet and e-mail.

DESCRIPTION

   Offers hands-on practical experience in the production of the yearbook. Includes writing, design and photojournalism.

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REQUIREMENTS

In general, students participating in the special topics course:

  1. Attend a weekly meeting with the adviser. These meetings will take place Thursdays at 3 p.m. in Wells 106. You will receive your assignments at the meeting.
  2. Provide examples and critiques of yearbook spreads — This requires a critique of the examples in terms of writing proficiency, design and photo choice (and use). Provide an alternative design for each example under consideration, justifying the use in terms of news values.
  3. Adhere to deadlines.

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OPPORTUNITIES

   For the midterm, you will:

  • demonstrate your ability to produce a two-page spread with copy, pictures and cutlines.
  • demonstrate your ability to manipulate photographs

   For the final, you will provide a three-page documented assessment of what you have learned from your work with the yearbook about design principles, staff management and the need for deadlines and editing. What problems did you encounter? What did you do to overcome those problems?

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GRADING

   Completing the requirements assures that you pass the class. For a grade higher than the passing D, the following components will be considered.

  • Timeliness — did you meet your deadlines?
  • Reliability — did you complete the assignments by deadline? Did you do what you said you'd do? Did you meet me when you said you would?
  • Quality of Design — how much reworking was needed? Did your eye for design improve over the semester?
  • Overall improvement — did you barely learn your skill or learn it well enough to use it in the work place? Did you perform your tasks well, or did they have to be redone by someone else?
  • Perceptiveness of comments in final.
  • Attitude — did you do your work cheerfully? Did you take constructive criticism or argue over every point?

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FORMAT

   Work will be submitted online. You should always save your document as an InDesign document (.indd).

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İRonald W. Sitton 2009
Revised 010909 — http://www.uamont.edu/FacultyWeb/sitton/crz/styb.html