After learning about the history and evolution of mass media in JMC 1013, it is time to begin practicing and developing skills necessary to succeed in your chosen profession.
JMC 2033 helps students develop their writing skills. Writing can be a lengthy process that includes many edits and revisions. Becoming an efficient writer takes a lot planning and effort. The main purpose of the class is thus to help students become better with words, and build critical thinking and reading skills. All Gaylord College students are required to take JMC 2033 regardless of the mass media profession they decide to enter.
In addition to improving writing skills, other goals of this course are to prepare students to become conscious media consumers, practice mass media writing styles, understand principles and ethics of the media profession, and identify their students’ interests. Students strive meet these goals in both the lecture and lab sections of this course.
The lecture component of this class provides the information students will need to succeed in the lab. Lectures will outline the concepts, and the lab section provides students with the opportunity to practice them. The lab and lecture combined give students the information and individual attention they need to become better communicators.
JMC 2033 lecturers incorporate diversity into the curriculum because exposure to other cultures makes for a well-rounded student. Success in JMC 2033 makes students more confident writers. These writers are better prepared to become future mass media professionals in the real world.
*Information for this piece comes from JMC 2033-010 syllabus
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