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ILAS 290 - Topics in Interdisciplinary Studies
Use of concepts, methods, and objectives of two or more disciplines to explore selected problems and issues. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours when topic varies.
Credits: 3
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ILAS 300 - Discipline-Based Clinical Experiences for the Illinois Standard High School License
Discipline-based clinical experiences for students admitted to educator licensure programs in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Activities take place on and off campus and in a variety of school/classroom settings. Each semester hour of course credit requires 30 hours of clinical experiences. May be repeated to a maximum of 3 semester hours. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of student’s licensure program and of College of Liberal Arts and Sciences coordinator of educator licensure.
Credits: 1-3
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ILAS 301 - Second Clinical Experience
Discipline-based clinical experiences for prospective secondary school teachers. Focuses on practical application of relevant educational theories. Includes a minimum of 30 clock hours of supervised and formally evaluated participation in the placement school settings, and seminars on current educational issues. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of discipline department.
Credits: 1
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ILAS 341 - Thematic Studies in Comparative Literature
Study in two or more national literatures of a significant, common theme: for example, the Absurd, Justice, Utopia-Dystopia, Faust, King Arthur, or the use of mythology or a mythic character.
Credits: 3
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ILAS 342 - Genre Studies in Comparative Literature
Study in two or more national literatures of epic, drama, novel, short fiction, pastoral, or romance.
Credits: 3
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ILAS 343 - Period Studies in Comparative Literature
Study in two or more national literatures of a distinct historical-literary period: for example, the Renaissance, the baroque, the Enlightenment, romanticism, realism-naturalism, or modernism.
Credits: 3
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ILAS 390 - Internship
Work as an intern in an off-campus agency in activities related to one of the majors in the college. Reading and paper preparation under the supervision of a faculty member in the college. May be repeated once. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of major department and college; junior or senior standing.
Credits: 3
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ILAS 399 - Topics in Liberal Arts and Sciences
Varied honors topics in the Liberal Arts and Sciences that are interdisciplinary in nature or can be fruitfully approached from multiple disciplinary perspectives. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours as the topic varies.
Credits: 3
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ILAS 401 - Third Clinical Experience
A. Secondary
B. Middle School
Discipline-based early clinical experiences for prospective middle/junior and senior high school teachers. Observations, evaluation, and practicum on methods and problems in teaching in the discipline. Includes a minimum of 40 clock hours of supervised and formally evaluated experiences in the particular setting likely for the student teaching experience. ILAS 401B may be used in partial fulfillment of middle grades endorsement requirements. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of discipline department.
Credits: 1-2
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ILAS 405 - International Relations Colloquium
This course will permit advanced international relations students to discuss, with guest specialists from academia, government, and business, subjects which are not ordinarily part of a structured international relations curriculum. Among the subjects which may be covered are aspects of international scientific cooperation, international efforts to deal with environmental concerns, international planning for the peaceful uses of atomic energy, international financial and monetary questions, and the multinational corporation.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of the international relations coordinator.
Credits: 3
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ILAS 410 - Latin American Studies: Brazil: New World in the Tropics
Interdisciplinary study of Brazil and its major problems in the 20th century. Emphasis on habitat, culture, economic development, and political systems.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: One year of Portuguese and consent of director.
Credits: 3
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ILAS 411 - Latin American Studies: 20th Century Hispanic America
Interdisciplinary study of the 20th century Hispanic America and its most vexing problems. Emphasis on habitat, culture, economic development, and political systems.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: One year of Spanish and consent of director.
Credits: 3
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ILAS 420 - Institute for Interdisciplinary Instruction of Gifted Children
A. General Introduction
B. Elementary School
C. Middle School
D. High School
Design of interdisciplinary instruction for gifted children. Topics include the characteristics, identification, and evaluation of gifted children, the rationale for gifted education, program prototypes, and an introduction to differentiated curriculum.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of college.
Credits: 3
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ILAS 421 - Introduction to the Gifted Education Network
Training in use of technology with the gifted and talented, designing and developing materials for use as either stand alone or with an Internet connection to the World Wide Web. New skills put into practice by developing teaching units. Open only to teachers who have received level 1 and 2 gifted institute training.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Permit only.
Credits: 3
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ILAS 440 - Independent Study
Independent research on a topic approved by faculty members in two or more departments within the college. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Junior or senior standing and consent of college.
Credits: 1-3
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ILAS 444 - Comparative Urbanization
Cross-cultural and interdisciplinary analysis of urbanization focusing on selected developing areas and the United States. Topics include cross-cultural definitions of urbanism, functions and services of secondary cities, and cross-cultural comparison of problems associated with urban growth and rural developments.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Junior or senior standing.
Credits: 3
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ILAS 494X - Writing Center Practicum
Crosslisted as ENGL 494. Theoretical and practical instruction in tutoring, required for all undergraduate writing consultants in the University Writing Center. Includes research on cross-curricular writing tasks in a supervised on-the-job situation. S/U grading. May be repeated to a maximum of 3 semester hours with consent of department.
Credits: 1-3
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INTL 101 - Study Abroad Programs
Course work undertaken as part of an approved university study abroad program. Discipline-based course used to reflect credit given, with departmental approval, for course work for which there is no NIU equivalent course available. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 semester hours.
Credits: 1-9
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INTL 201 - Study Abroad Programs
Course work undertaken as part of an approved university study abroad program. Discipline-based course used to reflect credit given, with departmental approval, for course work for which there is no NIU equivalent course available. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 semester hours.
Credits: 1-9
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INTL 301 - Study Abroad Programs
Course work undertaken as part of an approved university study abroad program. Discipline-based course used to reflect credit given, with departmental approval, for course work for which there is no NIU equivalent course available. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 semester hours.
Credits: 1-9
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INTL 401 - Study Abroad Programs
Course work undertaken as part of an approved university study abroad program. Discipline-based course used to reflect credit given, with departmental approval, for course work for which there is no NIU equivalent course available. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 semester hours.
Credits: 1-9
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ISYE 100 - Fundamentals of Manufacturing Systems
Basic elements of the entire manufacturing process including product conception, basic manufacturing operations, production processes, computer integration and automation, robotics, materials, planning and control of production systems, human factors, quality control, product support, and environmental aspects. Case studies of modern manufacturing systems emphasizing the latest technology, productivity, design for manufacture, concurrent engineering, and quality. Demonstration of machining processes and a computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM) line.
Credits: 3
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ISYE 210 - Integrated Systems for Industry
Integration of people, materials, information, equipment, and energy. Introduction to industrial engineering systems for control of quality, production, ergonomics, cost, and work simplification.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MATH 110 or above.
Credits: 3
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ISYE 220 - Engineering Economy
Introduction to different methods of evaluation of net worth of engineering and business ventures. Topics include time value of money, comparison of alternatives, depreciation and income tax considerations, economic analysis of public sector projects, and break-even and sensitivity analysis.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MATH 210 or MATH 211 or MATH 229.
Credits: 3
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ISYE 250 - Introduction to Lean Systems Engineering
Introduction to various lean concepts and lean tools at the basic level. Topics include lean principles, kaizen, wastes identification, flow charting, capacity analysis, productivity analysis, value stream mapping, workplace organization and standardization, visual control/management, plant layout, and line balance.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MATH 110 or consent of department.
Credits: 2
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ISYE 310 - Work Measurement and Work Design
Techniques for improving and designing better methods; procedures for measuring work and developing time standards in production and service activities. Study of work center design and methods for improving human work.
Prerequisites & Notes
CRQ: ISYE 335 or STAT 350 or UBUS 223.
Credits: 3
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ISYE 335 - Probability and Statistics for Engineers
Sampling and descriptive statistics; random variables; discrete and continuous probability distributions and its applications to engineering problems; fitting data to distributions; confidence intervals; hypothesis testing using both nonparametric and parametric methods; and simple regression. Emphasis is given to engineering applications.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MATH 230.
Credits: 3
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ISYE 350 - Principles of Manufacturing Processes
Introduction to basic manufacturing processes such as casting, powder metallurgy, bulk deformation, sheet metal forming, metal cutting, and joining. Integration of manufacturing processes and the effect of design and materials on manufacturing processes.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: CHEM 210, MATH 229, and PHYS 253.
Credits: 3
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ISYE 370 - Operations Research: Deterministic Models
Introduction to deterministic optimization models and techniques. Basic linear algebra concepts and linear programming. Other optimization techniques.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MATH 232.
Credits: 3
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ISYE 371 - Operations Research: Probabilistic Models
Introduction to elementary probabilistic models of operations research. Reliability of simple systems, applications of Markov chains, probabilistic decision models, applications of the Poisson process, elementary models for queueing systems.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 335 or STAT 350.
Credits: 3
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ISYE 401 - Internship
A work experience for the student lacking professional industrial and systems engineering experience. The learning experience is organized and supervised cooperatively by the department and selected organizations. A wage-earning position for a minimum of six 40-hour work weeks, or 240 hours, must be obtained with the guidance and approval of the department’s faculty coordinator. The student and faculty coordinator must prepare a statement of educational objectives that will become part of the student’s record. A report that describes the learning experience is also required to be placed in the student’s record.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Junior standing and consent of major adviser and supervising instructor.
Credits: 1-3
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ISYE 410 - Human Factors Engineering
Introduction to the principles of human-machine systems, human error, auditory systems, and visual systems. Analysis of psychomotor skills, speech communications, and control-display relationships.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: PHYS 253 and ISYE 335 or STAT 350 or UBUS 223.
Credits: 3
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ISYE 420 - Introduction to Energy Management Systems
Introduction to analytic and strategic issues related to energy systems management through systems thinking and modeling, including energy management in commercial building and industrial plants. Exposure to practical analytical skills of energy economics and planning approaches that take into account the cost of environment impacts. Interrelationship between energy, economics and the environment, as well as other important issues in energy policy.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of the department.
Credits: 3
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ISYE 421 - Introduction to Green Engineering
Crosslisted as ENVS 421X. Basic principles of green engineering, impact of engineering activities on the global environment and ways to minimize the impact through better selection of materials, design of products and processes, distribution and reuse of products, and management of life cycles, etc. Life cycle analysis concepts and their applications to product and process life cycles. Environmental ethics and environmental auditing, including ISO environmental standards.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of the department.
Credits: 3
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ISYE 430 - Quality Control
Importance of quality; statistical concepts relevant to process control; control charts for variables and attributes; process capability analysis; acceptance sampling plans for variables and attributes.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 335 or STAT 350 or UBUS 223.
Credits: 3
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ISYE 431 - Reliability Engineering
Reliability analysis for the design, implementation, and operation of engineering systems, processes, and products. Fault trees, lifetime distributions, life testing, availability, and maintainability.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 335 or STAT 350.
Credits: 3
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ISYE 435 - Experimental Design for Engineering
Statistical techniques for designing and analyzing relationships among variables in engineering processes. Engineering applications of analysis of variance (ANOVA), factorial design, and fractional factorial design.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 335.
Credits: 3
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ISYE 436 - Applied Regression Analysis for Engineering
Statistical techniques for modeling, designing, and investigating relationships among variables in engineering processes. Engineering applications of linear regression with one predictor variable, multiple linear regression, and forecasting and time series analysis.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 335.
Credits: 3
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ISYE 439 - Six Sigma Performance Excellence and Modern Problem Solving
The Six Sigma formula for success is a mixture of hard skills, soft skills, tools, mentoring, DMAIC, and the Black Belt organization. Introduction to these areas and foundation on how to implement them. Focus on robust foundational problem solving techniques that enhance the functional role of individuals to quickly solve complex problems. Cost, quality, and throughput improvement will be addressed.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 335 or STAT 350 or UBUS 223.
Credits: 3
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ISYE 440 - Production Planning and Control
Analysis, design, and management of production systems. Topics include productivity measurement, forecasting techniques, project planning, line balancing, inventory systems, aggregate planning, master scheduling, operations scheduling, and modern approaches to production management such as just-in-time production.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 335 or UBUS 223 or STAT 350. CRQ: ISYE 370 or OMIS 327.
Credits: 3
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ISYE 442 - Engineering Project Management
Integrated approach to the management of engineering and high-technology projects that addresses the entire life cycle of the project including project initiation, organization, planning, implementation, control, and termination. Focus on human resources and the use of quantitative methods for project evaluation, scheduling, resource allocation, cost control, contract selection, risk management, and project quality management.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MATH 230; and STAT 208 or STAT 350 or ISYE 335; or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ISYE 450 - Lean Manufacturing Systems
Introduction to modern issues in lean manufacturing systems and practice of lean tools. Topics include overview of lean manufacturing systems, value stream analysis, quick changeover, point of use storage, quality at source, teams, total productive maintenance, pull/just-in-time/kanban, and cellular manufacturing.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 250 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ISYE 451 - Expert Systems in Engineering
Basic concepts and techniques of expert systems as well as the applications of expert systems in engineering. Topics include expert systems building tools and languages, a review of expert systems in engineering, and building expert systems for engineering problems.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: CSCI 240 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ISYE 452 - Industrial Robotics
Fundamentals of robotics and robotic applications. Topics include manipulator kinematics and dynamics, performance characteristics of robots, robot programming, robotic work cell design, and application of robots in industry.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MEE 211.
Credits: 3
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ISYE 453 - Integrated Product and Process Design
Introduction to modern issues and practice of integrating various aspects in product design and process development. Topics include concurrent engineering, product design and development strategies, product life cycle design, integrated information support for product design and development, computer-aided process planning, design for manufacturing, and cost analysis of product design and development.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 350 and MEE 270.
Credits: 3
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ISYE 455 - Manufacturing Metrology
Study of concepts, theories, and techniques of automated inspection. Topics include dimensional measurement, in-process measurement and control, coordinate measuring machines, automated visual inspection, quality control, and process capability analysis.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 335 or STAT 350.
Credits: 3
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ISYE 460 - Facilities Planning and Design
Principles and practice of the planning of facility layout and material handling equipment for manufacturing and service systems. Topics include analytical approaches in site location, facility layout, material handling, and storage systems. Discussion of systematic procedures and computer-aided techniques.
Prerequisites & Notes
CRQ: ISYE 350 and ISYE 370.
Credits: 3
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ISYE 461 - Warehousing and Distribution Systems
Introduction to warehousing and distribution center operations and their roles in supply chains, modern material handling equipment, and algorithms involved in the design and operation of warehouses and distribution centers.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 370 or consent of the department.
Credits: 3
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ISYE 466 - Analysis and Design of Supply Chain Systems
Analysis of material and information flows in complex production-distribution networks. Knowledge and the tools necessary to develop, implement, and sustain strategies for designing supply chains. Focus on the use of analytical modeling techniques to understand and manage supply chains. Topics include planning demand and supply, inventory management, transportation, network design and facilities decisions, and coordination in a supply chain.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 440 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ISYE 470 - Introduction to Data Analytics for Engineers
A broad introduction to the key analytical tools and techniques to effectively extract and interpret complex patterns found in large amounts of data. Reinforce statistic modeling skills, and develop core skills to make informed decisions. Major topics include: data manipulation and transformation, data visualization, sampling methods, classification methods, linear regression analysis.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 335 or STAT 350; and CSCI 240; or consent of the department.
Credits: 3
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ISYE 472 - Queueing Methods for Services and Manufacturing
Behavior of queueing systems, focusing on mathematical models, and diagnosis and correction of problems. Arrival process, service policies, waiting line disciplines, bottlenecks, and networks. Reducing delay through control and design.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 371.
Credits: 3
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ISYE 474 - Scheduling and Logistics
Special topics on applied operations research with focus on theory of scheduling and logistics. Major topics include: single and multiple-stage scheduling problems, vehicle routing and scheduling problems, bin packing problems, concepts of supply chain, heuristics, modern tools to solve this type of problems, and solution implementation issues.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 440 and CSCI 240, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ISYE 475 - Decision Analysis for Engineering
Elementary quantitative decision making when random factors are present. Decision trees, assessment of choices using expected utility, influence diagrams, and the value of information.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 335 or STAT 350 or UBUS 223.
Credits: 3
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ISYE 477 - Heuristic Optimization
Introduction to heuristic methods to solve integer or combinatorial problems, characteristics and limitation of each method, theory and applications.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 370 or consent of the department.
Credits: 3
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ISYE 480 - Simulation Modeling and Analysis
Design and analysis of industrial systems using computer simulation models. Choice of input distributions, generation of random variates, design and construction of simulation models and experiments, and interpretation of generated output.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 335 or STAT 350 or UBUS 223; and CSCI 240 and ISYE 371; or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ISYE 482 - Engineering Information Systems
Basic concepts, design, development, and the use of engineering information systems. Topics include architecture and components of engineering information systems, problem analysis, modeling, design, development, and validation of application systems. Theoretical and practical issues related to manipulation of engineering information and design of queries. Examples of engineering information systems.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: CSCI 240 or OMIS 351.
Credits: 3
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ISYE 490 - Systems Engineering Management
Introduction to the fundamental principles of systems engineering and their applications to the development and management of complex systems. Address modern systems engineering and management principles through systems definition, requirements analysis, and design and implementation of systems. Examine the processes of systems engineering from the perspective of system life cycle. Presentation of modeling tools and their use with respect to system optimization and architecture evaluation.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MATH 230; and either ISYE 335 or STAT 208 or STAT 350; or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ISYE 492 - Industrial and Systems Engineering Senior Design Project Proposal
Discussion on global effects of engineering solution including social, environmental, political, economical, and ethical concerns. Emphasis on writing business case or proposal for solving industrial and systems engineering problems. Discussions on teamwork skills, engineering ethics, design cycle, project management, and professional development.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Senior standing or consent of the department.
Credits: 1
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ISYE 493 - Engineering Management Design Project
Basic approaches to designing and managing complex engineering systems. Focus on synthesis and application of engineering management concepts and techniques to complex problems, project proposal development, reporting of results, and ethical considerations. Individual or group design projects requiring problem definition and analysis, synthesis specification, and presentation of a designed solution. Students work under faculty supervision on problems posed by industry, business, service, government, not-for-profit organizations, or on emerging research issues.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 492 and at least four of the technical courses required for the engineering management emphasis.
Credits: 3
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ISYE 494 - Health Systems Design Project
Basic approaches to designing health systems. Focus on application of industrial and systems engineering techniques to complex problems, project proposal development, reporting of results, and ethical considerations. Individual or group design projects requiring problem definition and analysis, synthesis specification, and presentation of a designed solution. Students work under faculty supervision on problems posed by the health sector, service or governmental organizations, or on emerging research issues.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 430, ISYE 440, ISYE 450, ISYE 480, ISYE 492, and at least three of the technical courses required for the health systems engineering emphasis, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ISYE 495 - Senior Design Project
Basic approaches to designing industrial engineering systems. Focus on application of industrial engineering techniques to complex problems, project proposal development, reporting of results, and ethical considerations. Individual or group design projects requiring problem definition and analysis, synthesis specification, and presentation of a designed solution. Students work under faculty supervision on problems posed by the industrial sector, service or governmental organizations, or on emerging research issues.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 310 and ISYE 430 and ISYE 440 and ISYE 460 and ISYE 480 and ISYE 492; or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ISYE 496 - Manufacturing Systems Design Project
Basic approaches to designing manufacturing systems. Focus on application of industrial engineering techniques to complex problems, project proposal development, reporting of results, and ethical considerations. Individual or group design projects requiring problem definition and analysis, synthesis specification, and presentation of a designed solution. Students work under faculty supervision on problems posed by the industrial sector, service, or governmental organizations, or on emerging research issues.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 453 and ISYE 492 and three of the following: ISYE 310, ISYE 430, ISYE 440, ISYE 460, ISYE 480.
Credits: 3
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ISYE 497 - Independent Study
Independent study and work to explore recent advances and innovative approaches to industrial engineering design, practice, and research. Written report required. May be repeated to a maximum of 3 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 1-3
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ISYE 498 - Contemporary Topics in Industrial Engineering
May be repeated to a maximum of 9 semester hours, with no more than 3 semester hours in the same topic area.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 1-3
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IVPA 400 - Art Link
Interdisciplinary arts course that introduces students to socially engaged arts practices in community-based settings or civic organizations. Student collaborative teams will design and implement arts projects in consultation with community partners.
Credits: 3
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JOUR 200A - Basic News Writing
Principles and practices of gathering, evaluating, and presenting information for mass audiences, with attention to print and electronic media. Covers a variety of news formats equally. Not available for credit to students with credit in JOUR 200B.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ENGL 203 or ENGL 204.
Credits: 3
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JOUR 200B - Basic News Writing
Principles and practices of gathering, evaluating, and presenting information for mass audiences, with attention to print and electronic media. Covers a variety of news formats stressing radio/TV news. Not available for credit to students with credit in JOUR 200A.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ENGL 203 or ENGL 204.
Credits: 3
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JOUR 201 - Issues in Journalism
Introduction to journalism as a professional activity. Topics include the relationship between journalism and democracy, current debates about the role and performance of journalism organizations, the changing organization and structure of journalistic labor, and basic conventions of journalism as a form of information gathering and writing.
Credits: 3
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JOUR 210 - Information Gathering in the Digital Age
Strategies for gathering research information ethically and legally from a variety of sources: libraries, government and private institutions and think tanks, human rights web sites, statistical databases, historical documentary sources, photographic collections, media collections, polls/surveys, and subject specialists. Special attention to Internet databases as journalistic tools for finding and accessing information efficiently. Critical thinking skills will be employed to select, evaluate, synthesize, organize, edit, and present information.
Credits: 3
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JOUR 295 - Reading News Critically
Introduction to a number of critical perspectives on the structural elements of news and of the organizations that produce it. Examination of news narratives in order to identify familiar storylines and examination of how these stories create and maintain cultural and political beliefs. Exploration of patterns in the production and consumption of news, and their relationship to social power arrangements.
Credits: 3
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JOUR 301 - Article Writing
Practice in planning and writing features for newspaper and for other general, class and trade publications. Feature story markets.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: JOUR 200A or JOUR 200B.
Credits: 3
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JOUR 302 - News Reporting
Experiences and practices in news gathering and reporting. Laboratory work based on live campus and community assignments.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: JOUR 200A or JOUR 200B.
Credits: 3
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JOUR 312 - Graphics of Communications
Introduction to typography and page design. Design of logos, columns, newsletters, flyers, magazines, posters, newspaper packages, and ads. Review of the history of various design practices with emphasis on accurate and ethical presentation of graphics and illustrations.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Sophomore standing.
Credits: 3
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JOUR 315 - Press Photography
Basic principles of photojournalism. Introduction to the fundamentals of digital camera operation, photo composition, photo editing in Photoshop, and color printing. Introduction to the ethical visual representation of documentary photographs, as well as to ethical photo editing practices required in professional photography. Students are supplied with professional equipment. No previous experience required.
Credits: 3
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JOUR 335 - Principles of Public Relations
Introduction to the fundamental principles and techniques of public relations, communication theories, and principles of human motivation and persuasion.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Sophomore standing.
Credits: 3
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JOUR 350 - Environment, Health, and the Media
Introduction to techniques for analyzing environmental and health news. Exploration of methods for evaluating various information sources and the scientific validity of environmental and health news, while understanding the social and political impact of environmental and health journalism in perceiving risk and deriving solutions.
Credits: 3
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JOUR 354 - Fundamentals of Broadcast News
Basic principles of reporting, writing, and scripting news for radio and television. Students write and report community news. Laboratory to be arranged.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: JOUR 200A or JOUR 200B; or COMS 355 for COMS majors only.
Credits: 3
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JOUR 356 - Electronic News Gathering and Editing
Study and practice of techniques employed in shooting and editing television news. Students cover assignments in the community and prepare stories for use in nightly TV newscasts. Laboratory to be arranged.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: JOUR 354.
Credits: 4
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JOUR 357 - Advanced Practices in Television News
Advanced study and practice of electronic newsgathering and reporting. Experiences include gathering and editing digital video and audio for news reports, writing broadcast news scripts, interviewing news figures, and anchoring broadcasts. On-camera news performance techniques emphasized. Laboratory to be arranged.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: JOUR 356.
Credits: 3
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JOUR 360 - Public Relations Writing
Theory and preparation of public relations materials such as news releases, features, media kits, interviews, and fact sheets.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: JOUR 200A or JOUR 200B and JOUR 335; or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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JOUR 364 - Television News Producing and Directing
Study and practice of television newscast production and direction in both scripted and unscripted formats, using digital and analog studio equipment and an Electronic News Room computer network. Focus on the special concepts, problems, and skills of airing TV news in an increasingly automated, technological environment. Explores centralization both of newscast production responsibilities and of newscast director and “line” producer roles. Students produce and direct “live” TV newscasts that air on DeKalb community Cable TV System.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: JOUR 357.
Credits: 3
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JOUR 401 - Editorial and Opinion Writing
Principles and practices of developing interpretative articles and series as well as editorials and opinion columns. Experience in carrying out research on current issues, in writing, and in evaluating the work of others. Examination of the opinion function of the mass media.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: JOUR 200A or JOUR 200B.
Credits: 3
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JOUR 402 - Advanced Reporting
Off-campus investigative news reporting, including reporting on taxes, the courts, religion, science, and on local stories with an international angle. Use of Internet to research census data and write census-based articles.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: JOUR 302 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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JOUR 407 - Media Convergence
Development, structure, and future of converged media. Examination of how media have changed and the future of media with focus on social, political, and economic effects of convergence. Techniques for reporting, producing, and managing news in multiple platforms.
Credits: 3
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JOUR 410 - News Editing
Advanced practice in editing and headline construction for print media, and in newspaper and newsletter page design.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: JOUR 200A or JOUR 200B.
Credits: 3
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JOUR 415 - Advanced Photojournalism
Advanced techniques of digital photography. This course builds on the skills taught in JOUR 315 (Digital camera operation, photo composition, photo editing in Photoshop, and color printing.) Students are introduced to specialized color photography under different conditions, such as night photography, snow photography, and close-up photography. Students write illustrated papers on well-known photographers. Students are supplied with professional equipment.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: JOUR 315 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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JOUR 416 - Photograph Editing
Digital editing and layout of photographs. Selection of photographs from various electronic news sources and editing them for use as singles, spreads, and essays. History of newspaper and magazine design as well as the ethics of photographic selection, editing, and presentation.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: JOUR 312 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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JOUR 435 - Advanced Public Relations
Crosslisted as COMS 435X. Analysis of public relations problems and procedures through use of case studies and other materials. Positions public relations practice and process within context of integrated marketing communication.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: COMS 370 or COMS 380 or JOUR 335 and junior standing, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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JOUR 436 - Public Relations Problems
Investigation in depth of problems in public relations in a number of specialized areas, based on new developments, primary sources, and cases. Emphasis on individual investigation and oral and written reports with discussion. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours when topics vary.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: JOUR 435.
Credits: 3
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JOUR 449 - Media Management
Management of mass communications organizations, with emphasis on general administration, advertising, promotion, production, research, and planning.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Junior standing.
Credits: 3
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JOUR 454X - Transnational Communication and Media
Crosslisted as COMS 454. Study of the development, structure, functions and control of international communications media systems and activities as they affect world relations.
Credits: 3
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JOUR 459X - History of Broadcasting
Crosslisted as COMS 459. History of radio and television broadcasting in the United States from its inception to the present.
Credits: 3
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JOUR 460 - Specialized Press Writing
Writing for specialized publications: research for articles, writing in the style of specialized publications, and the marketing of articles. Includes study of the specialized press.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: JOUR 200A or JOUR 200B or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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JOUR 461 - Specialized Press Editing
Practical work in managing, planning, editing, and producing specialized publications. Includes reporting, copywriting, and picture editing.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: JOUR 312.
Credits: 3
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JOUR 471 - Teaching Journalism: Supervision of School Publications
Methods and materials for teaching journalism and supervising publications in secondary schools and junior colleges; courses of study; organization; attention to exceptional students; planning for multicultural classes and staffs; and production of publications. Includes 15 clock hours of clinical experience.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Junior standing or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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JOUR 480 - Journalism Law and Regulation
Law and regulation affecting the concept of freedom of the press, access to information, free press-fair trial, libel, privacy, copyright, access to the media, and legal concepts and restrictions related to the press, publishing, electronic media, photojournalism, and public relations. Students may not receive credit in both JOUR 480 and COMS 455.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Junior standing.
Credits: 3
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JOUR 481 - History of Journalism
Development of a free press from its origins in Europe through the emergence of modern journalism. Includes study of early newspapers, periodicals, and broadcast news programs.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Junior standing.
Credits: 3
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JOUR 482 - International News Communications
Survey of the news media and international affairs; foreign correspondence and coverage; international news agencies; and country-by-country historical and societal study of foreign journalism.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Junior standing.
Credits: 3
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JOUR 483 - Mass Media in Modern Society
Concept and role of mass communications; rights, restrictions and responsibilities of the mass media; and interactions of mass communications and society.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Junior standing.
Credits: 3
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JOUR 485A - Topics in Journalism Writing
In-depth study and discussion of current topics of special importance and interest in the field of journalism writing, including the background of the topics and their relationship to other fields. May not be repeated.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Written permission from the faculty member coordinating the work.
Credits: 3
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