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ULM College of Arts and Sciences Spring 2015
Summer I 2005
COMM 2010: Writing for Professional Communicators
Instructor: Mr. Thomas Ritter, M.A. Office: 2-123 Walker
Phone: TA rittertf!"arha"ks.ulm.e#u
Course Prerequisite: $%&' 1((2 "ith a )ra#e of * or
+etter.
Communication Courtes:
Please a##ress me as Mr. Ritter in reco)nition of our
rofessional relationshi. If ou hae a reference as to "hat I call
ou,
lease let me kno" "hen I call the role the first #a of class.
I/ll #o m +est to coml.Moo#le "ill +e use# to communicate "ith the
class ia Warha"k e-mail accounts, an# I refer to hear from ou
ia
e-mail. If ou tell me somethin) at the en# of class or in the
hall or anlace on camus e0cet m office, I am likel to
for)et it +efore I )et it "ritten #o"n. I/m not +ra))in) or
comlainin) it/s ust a fact. o, lease, e-mail me if it is
somethin)
I nee# to remem+er.
Course !escription:
Intro#uction to "ritin) for rofessional communicators, eseciall
"ritin) for me#ia in +oth informational an#
ersuasie stles. We/ll coer +asics of rint an# +roa#cast
ournalistic "ritin), rint an# +roa#cast co"ritin), an# "ritin)for
online me#ia. We/ll learn to use the AP tle+ook, "hich is re4uire#
for success in me#ia "ritin).
Course "#$ecti%es and "utcomes:
tu#ents learn a+out the arious forms of "ritin) for
communication uroses, secificall ho" "ritin) for
+roa#cast, for rint an# for online #iffer, an# ho" ournalistic
"ritin) #iffers from ersuasie "ritin).
tu#ents can ro#uce e0amles of +asic me#ia "ritin) forms, e.)., a
ne"s stor, a ress release, etc.
tu#ents ass the #eartmental +asic "ritin) skills e0am that is a
rere4uisite to continuin) in the maor.
&e't#oo(s )equired:
Associate# Press. 2(12 or ne"er. The Associated Press
Stylebook.
toall, 5ames &len. 2(11. Writing for the Mass Media,
6th$#ition. Alln an# acon.
%OT$: The a+oe te0t+ooks are a+solutel re4uire#. Waitin) for our
refun# is not accete# as an e0cuse for not hain) our
te0t+ook. A little lannin) on our art "ill reent that
ro+lem.
Instructional Met*ods and Acti%ities: *lass meetin)s consist of
lecture an# #iscussion. 'a+s consist of "ritin) an#stle+ook
actiities.
Course Requirements+ ,rading:
Exams/quizzes 30%
Stories 1 & 2 25%
Enterprise Story 25%
Lab/Class Participation 20%
Deptl Basic Writing Exam P/F
Quizzes and exams will consist of multiple choice, matching and
fill in the blank questions. They will cover the
textbooks and current events. All quizzes and exams are
administered on Moodle.
Stories 1 & 2 must be submitted to The Hawkeye in addition
to me for grading for the course. The grading of the story
for this course and the editorial process of The Hawkeye are
completely independent and will not affect each other at all.
In
short, having your story publishedor notwill not affect your
grade for the story. Your paper copy to be submitted to theHawkeye
must have your email address at the top.
The enterprise story will be of a topic of your own choosing. It
is to be written in news style for a specific publication of
your choosing. It must be based on two of the sources of
information discussed in Ch. 4 of the textbook, specifically
observational sources and personal sources. (We will discuss
these definitions in class.) Your story must be well written.
*lass articiation "ill inclu#e not onl class #iscussion, +ut
also a ariet of lecture an# la+ actiities.
The #eartmental +asic "ritin) skills e0am is ass7fail. It is
aaila+le on Moo#le. 8ou hae four attemts to make aassin) )ra#e of
9( or +etter. ;ailure to ass this e0am means ou cannot )et a )ra#e
hi)her than < for the course.
=o"eer, our score on the e0am is %OT calculate# into our final
)ra#e.
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