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Introduction to materials used in landscape construction, their design potential and limitations. Design details and construction methods discussed.

This course offers an in depth exploration of the artistic and journalistic impulse to capture in words and images what the Irish call the 'music of what happens.' Sample pairings include 'Harvest of Shame' shown in conjunction with the John Steinbeck novel, Grapes of Wrath, 'Capturing the Friedmans' with the Susan Orlean essay, Seriously Silly, 'Dead Man Walking' with Norman Mailer's great work of literary nonfiction The Executioner's Song.

This weekend conference takes place on the Boston University campus in April. Top-flight practitioners will present on issues and challenges facing beginning journalists as well as longtime professionals. After the spring semester begins, the conferees from UMass will meet at a mutually agreed upon time twice before the event and once afterwards.

Our subject in this history course is the black freedom struggle across the 19th and 20th centuries, and we will study it through the lens of communications and media. Why? Communications and media play a critical role in political and social change. They help to create community, shape public opinion, expand and constrict public memory, and inform current political discourse. The narratives that survive from our past shape our perception of who we are and how our world works. But there are also narratives that get shoved aside and ignored.

The goal of this class is to take students beyond the simple mechanics of
broadcast storytelling and into the area of craftsmanship and prepare
them for the myriad of situations and stories a general assignment
reporter will face on a daily basis. Students will become accomplished in
all areas of newsroom work and will learn to produce quality broadcast
journalism on deadline.

This class is designed to help you understand the principles of broadcast
presentation, including procedures and methods to use the voice, face and
body as tools for communicating. There will be an emphasis on performing
journalism on television, radio and online media. Through in-class
exercises, drills and homework assignments, students will develop and
practice skills for narration and on camera news delivery, including field
reporting and in-studio anchoring. Upon completion of this class, students

In this class, students will be introduced to basic investigative techniques. Students will learn first-hand how to scan police records, court records, land records and such. We will study some of the great investigative stories of our time and the techniques reporters used during their investigations. This will be a hands-on class where students will learn the basics of computer-assisted reporting, database reporting and mapping the results of your investigations.

American journalism is going through what might be the greatest upheaval in its history. This course examines the causes of this upheaval -- technological, economic, cultural, ideological -- and their current and prospective impact. It also looks at some efforts to set standards for the performance of journalists.

Honors Project Seminar