USC Schedule of Classes

Explores the role of journalism and social media in society - its influence on government, technology, business, national security, sports, science and entertainment.

Understanding key moments, debates and ideas that have shaped journalism in the United States from the Revolutionary War period through today. Examination of the social, cultural, political and technological aspects of journalism and its impact on the profession and public service.

Field experience in journalism, public relations, or related field.

Report, write and distribute in-depth stories for diverse audiences; enhance understanding of news judgment; develop and maintain sources; engage communities through field reporting.

Provides students with foundational skills to report, write and produce journalism content across multiple platforms, including broadcast, digital and text.

Introduction to television, radio, and/or digital news production. Examination of issues in journalism. Graded CR/NC.

Employing a human-centered design framework, students research and develop novel solutions to experience, collaboration and culture issues that pervade newsrooms worldwide.

Report, write, produce and distribute in-depth stories produced off beats on multiple platforms for diverse audiences; enhance understanding of news judgment; develop and maintain sources; engage communities through field reporting and emerging digital tools.

Introduction to basic web technologies; conceive, design, code and produce an advanced multimedia story package.

Video for digital platforms, principles of photography, design for web and mobile platforms. Introduction to principles of digital news design, interactivity and presentation in interactive storytelling.

Reportorial and analytical skills and techniques required for portraying and evaluating contemporary newsworthy events using basic data journalism techniques and tools for statistical analysis.

Build a personal website that features a culmination of your previous undergraduate journalism work; craft a professional digital profile using various social media platforms; understand the economics of the news business; prepare to enter the industry.

Emphasis on fundamental skills necessary for photojournalism including camera techniques, story ideas and digital darkroom.

Develop reporting skills by studying historical unsolved Italian crimes. Visit crime scenes, examine evidence, interview sources, analyze media reports and write articles for each crime.

Highlight norms, routines of content, including print, broadcast, video. Focus on opportunities, constraints posed by roles of reporters, fans, players, publicists, agents, leagues, teams.

Explores how to engage diverse local communities through participatory journalism and communication strategies. Focuses on using digital tools to increase engagement with communities via field reporting and mobile platforms to produce stories across platforms.

The impact of conflicting images of reporters in movies and television on the American public's perception of newsgatherers in the 20th century. A decade-by-decade evaluation.

An inside look at the important stories, topical issues, trends and historical developments related to the growing influence of business and media on college and professional sports; identifying the key components and meeting the influencers in class that help shape the business side of sports, while recognizing the role the media plays in providing daily coverage across multiple platforms.

An examination of the symbiotic relationship of the entertainment business and the media; press coverage of the entertainment industry; Hollywood's relationship with news media.

Production of television news and sports programs while developing video, writing and communication skills and managing content in collaboration with others under deadline pressure.

Interview, present and design sports segments for television/video in Studio A.

Presentation and selection in non-fiction television programs including documentaries, electronic magazines and news series; ethical problems, field research, reporting, interviewing, pre-production.

Techniques for audio journalism, including effective use of sound, art of the interview, writing for the ear and crafting stories to engage listeners.

Production of a well-reported advanced multimedia package, with a blend of text, audio, video, photos, navigation and interactivity; final projects will be published by the Annenberg Media Center.

Emphasis on photographic storytelling in print, video and Web-based media; understanding of visual thinking and imagery techniques.

Techniques of writing the film review; preparation and treatment of form and content; problems, responsibilities and ethics of film reviewing.

Techniques of writing newspaper feature stories, including the profile, the light feature, the news feature, the in-depth story; the art of narrative writing.

Techniques of reporting and writing sports columns and commentary for print, video, radio and Web-based media.

Techniques of reporting and writing about the entertainment business, economics and finances. Analysis of the skills and background needed for reporters specializing in this area of the news.

Press law; government controls on the news media; legal responsibilities of the journalist.

Practical approach to understanding and writing about economic concepts through current events, case studies and historical examples.

Examine and analyze the ever-changing technology sector of the sports business and sports media worlds. Identify emerging technologies being developed in the sports industry and how they are being utilized to enhance the fan experience.

Analysis of the images of the athlete and sports media helps us understand how sports dramatically affects such social issues as race, class and gender.

Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.

Python coding language to gather, parse and analyze data for investigative news reporting.

Intensive study of a subject of contemporary relevance or of professional importance to journalists and public relations practitioners.

Selected topics in journalism.

Provides students whose first language is not English fundamental skills to report and write journalism content, enhancing ability to succeed in rigorous graduate journalism program.

Focus on reporting and writing for magazine and the web, learning fundamental production skills, and pitching stories in the freelance market

Production of video documentary including research and reporting techniques, writing, interviewing, field work, editing, legal issues, economics, aesthetics, balanced presentation, ethics, diversity and production problems.

Reporting, production and writing for broadcast and other video platforms; practical experience; role of the video broadcast journalist; similarities and differences between media.

Advanced production techniques for public radio-style reports: writing, sound, editing, narrative voice. Techniques applicable for broadcast features or Web audio documentaries.

Apply emerging technologies to tell innovative stories based on a production trip during spring break.

Students write, report, produce, code, promote (through social media), and publish/air cross-platform stories in a converged news environment. Open only to Journalism majors.

Focus on basic investigative reporting; understand its history, how to access records, identify sources, use computer assisted reporting, report in a fair and ethical manner.

News stories analyzed, researched, and critiqued for validity and background; projects to include editorials, news stories, magazine articles or broadcast reports.

Sketch, design and code a website from scratch, using HTML, CSS and jQuery plug-ins to tell a rich multimedia story. Open only to Journalism majors.

Focuses on advanced coding techniques for the creation of dynamic, interactive, multimedia and data-driven news stories on the web.

Execute data-driven projects and add context to news stories with advanced quantitative analysis tools and techniques.

Food is a powerful lens for thinking about cities, community, climate, technology, culture - even our relationship to other species. Focus is on the global.

Reporting about entertainment, popular culture and their impact on American society; survey of past media coverage and current practices.

Develop and refine print and multimedia skills to work as a sports journalist. Gain perspective, context and background in how sports intersect with society.

Advanced multimedia news production; preparation and treatment of form and content; procedures, problems, ethics, and practice in operating a daily, 24-7 news outlet.

Field experience in journalism, public relations, or related field.

Reporting and writing on religion; survey of world religion, religion and public life-including politics, gender and science.

Research leading to the Master's degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.

Writing workshops and independent fieldwork; development of critical skills to write socially valuable criticism and commentary about art, entertainment and culture.

Credit on acceptance of thesis.

Credit on acceptance of thesis.

Credit on acceptance of thesis. Graded IP/CR/NC.

Researching and writing about how not to get fooled as a journalist; includes research, writing and discussion. Open only to journalism and specialized journalism majors.

Reporting and writing on business, economics and public finance; students produce a series of professional projects for publication.

Production of a journalism capstone project with multimedia elements for a masters degree. Projects can be single stand-alone pieces, or series of pieces.