JOU 373 // Sec. 1
Credit: 3 Hours / FEBC 132
Fall 1996/ T-Th.
Time: 8:40 - 10: 30
Dr. Rearick's Office: Founders Hall 214
(Within 219: Lit., Lang., & Comm. Dept.)
Office Hours: MWF 8:00-9:00 & T-Th. 11:30-12:30 / 1:30-4:00
or by appointment
Home Phone 392-3738 (but please do not call after 8:00--Lil' Andy hopefully in Bed)
Office Ext. 3508
email: arearick@mvnc.edu
Course Description:
JOU 373, Editing, is designed to expose the student to various roles served by an editor, including copyfitting, headlining, proofreading, using a stylebook, and judging legal/ethical issues. Magazines and newspapers will be the dominant forms used in class work.
Texts:
To understand the importance of moral and Christian ethics in modern journalism.
Class Procedure:
JOU 373 will meet for two sessions a week during which the class's time will be divided between the mechanics and techniques of editing described in The Student's Workbook for The Art of Editing as well as the issues and challenges found in The Art of Editing. The Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual will function as a guideline for the nuts and bolts rules behind editing. Students will be tested regularly on the reading and class discussion. These tests will be the foundation for the midterm and final. Most importantly, there will also be a series of reporting assignments upon which students will practice the art of editing (anonymously) among one another.
Evaluation:
Each student must produce six essay exercises. There will be four tests throughout the semester, a mid-term and a final. Students will maintain an on-going journal. Student attendance and participation will play an important role especially in borderline grades.
Articles 20%
Work book 20%
Tests 20%
Mid-term 20%
Final 20%
The Articles:
Each student will produce six (6) articles on a variety of topics and in a variety of forms. Each article will then be anonymously edited by classmates using the skills taught in class. How each article will be graded will be discussed in more detail at a future date. All articles must be handed in for a student to pass this class. Late work will be docked five points a day (that is per one calendar day after the stated due date).
Work-Book
Bring your workbook with you to every class session. Your workbook is like a class journal in that your progress through the material is recorded as you complete the exercises. It will be checked and its content reviewed during every class session. Failure to bring the book or to do the exercises will count heavily against your workbook grade.
Tests:
There will be four tests given on covered mechanics, the reading and on classroom discussion throughout the semester. Usually these will be made up of 25 questions, sometimes in a true or false, multiple choice or fill-in format. A student will be allowed to make up an test for an excused absence, but it must be make up must within two class days.
Attendance:
You are expected to attend all classes scheduled. If the student accumulates two (2) un-excused absences the final grade will be dropped half a grade. Five (5) un-excused absences will mean that the student will be asked to withdraw from the course.
Readings:
During the semester, readings will be assigned from either The Art of Editing, The Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual, as well as provided newspapers and magazines. The tests and exams will be based on those readings so it a good practice to record what I assign to you on your syllabus.
Class Etiquette:
As a meeting of adults, the class is to be personified by respect for one another and for the instructor. Behavior which is excessively disruptive (private talking, passing notes, chewing gum like a cow, etc.) will not be tolerated. Also no hats will be worn during class sessions--this is not a ball park. "When I was a child I thought as a child but when I became a man (or woman) I put away childish things." Individuals who are not able to abide by these guidelines will be asked to drop the class.
Plagiarism:
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know how to avoid plagiarism. Plagiarism is simply taking credit
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It's an interesting problem that we as Christians are called to "seek the things that are above" yet as journalists we are often forced to examine the least appetizing qualities in human nature. Yet that dichotomy is at the very core of Christian living "to be in the world yet not of it."
A Christian journalists is not one who reads and puts together newsletter which only deal with nice or pleasant news bits. Instead a Christian journalist must approach his or her task with the same kind of dedication to truth and impartial reporting that any high-minded secular journalist might aspire.
The Christian, however, carries also other qualities. Compassion for those whom one is reporting about or on and optimism that whatever is wrong, whatever is evil, whatever degrades the human spirit can be overcome with God's help. Reporting an illness is often the first stage to healing.
Final Grading Scale:
A== 91 -- 100%
B== 83 -- 90%
C== 70-- 82%
D == 60 -- 69%
Class Calendar
Week One
Sept. 5 Introduction
Week Two
Sept. 10
Sept. 12 First Article
Sec. 1
Week Three
Sept. 17
Sept. 19 First Test
Week Four
Sept. 24 Second Article
Sept. 26
Sec. 2
Week Five
Oct. 1
Oct. 3 Second Test
Week Six
Oct. 8 Third Article
Oct. 10
Sec. 3
Week Seven
Oct. 15
Oct. 17 Midterm EXAM
Week Eight
Oct. 22
Oct. 24 Fourth Article Due
Sec. 4
Week Nine
Oct. 29
Oct. 31 Third Test
Week Ten
Nov. 5 Fifth Article Due
Nov. 7
Sec. 5
Week Eleven
Nov. 12
Nov. 14 Fourth Test
Week Twelve
Nov. 19 Sixth Article Due
Nov. 21
Sec. 6
Week Thirtee
Nov. 26
Nov. 27 Thanksgiving Break begins 1:40
Nov. 29 No Classes
Week Fourteen
Dec. 3
Review Dec. 5
Week Fifteen Final Exam Week
TUESDAY December 10, 8:00 AM