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Spring 2018
Apr 19,2024 |
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| SCIN 435 - WRITING ABOUT SCIENCE FOR PUBLIC MEDIA |
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The course is a practicum in which students will use a variety of means to communicate contemporary issues in science and technology to an informed citizenry. These will include short oral expositions, new briefs, weekly bulletins, short articles, and book reviews. Students will become familiar with the opportunities for writing about science, the obstacles which shape that writing, and the techniques commonly accepted among science writers and journalists as being effective in writing about science.
This course is the capstone course for the Integrated Science Studies major. It fulfills Category 7 of the Writing and Journalism concentrations of the Communications Arts major. It may fulfill electives in other TAS majors -- check with your program. It is a Writing Intensive course.
0.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Hybrid, Lecture, Online Course Interdisciplinary Studies Department Course Attributes: WRITING INTENSIVE Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Undergraduate Must be enrolled in one of the following Classifications: Senior Junior Prerequisites: FOR SCIN 435 General Requirements: ( Course or Test: CRWT 102 Minimum Grade of D May not be taken concurrently. and Course Attribute: GSCX May not be taken concurrently. ) and ( Course or Test: COMM 304 Minimum Grade of D May not be taken concurrently. ) or ( Course or Test: COMM 307 Minimum Grade of D May not be taken concurrently. ) or ( Course or Test: COMM 311 Minimum Grade of D May not be taken concurrently. ) or ( Course or Test: COMM 320 Minimum Grade of D May not be taken concurrently. ) or ( Course or Test: COMM 324 Minimum Grade of D May not be taken concurrently. ) or ( Course Attribute: TSCP May not be taken concurrently. ) |
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