JOUR 2000 Introduction to Journalism
Senior Journalism minors only - required Journalism course. To be taken in Freshman, Sophomore, or Junior year. Organized like a professional newsroom, this course will give students interested in journalism a taste of its various facets, including topic-generation, reporting, interviewing, and editing, for print, broadcast, and online media. It will cover basic newswriting, beat reporting, investigative journalism, feature writing, and writing for the web, and provide an introduction to media law and ethics and the business and history of journalism. Students will produce a feature-length final project and will also work in teams to formulate, report, and write investigative stories. Student should expect to meet deadlines and high standards of grammar, style, punctuation, and factual accuracy.
Course overview
- Department
- Journalism
- School
- MCAS
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Offered
- Every Fall, Every Spring
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 4.28 / 5 · Very Good
- Instructor rating
- 4.40 / 5 · Very Good
- Terms evaluated
- 10
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2026 | Jon Marcus | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 1–3 hrs/week | 17 of 20 |
| Spring 2026 | Kevin Convey | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 1–3 hrs/week | 18 of 19 |
| Fall 2025 | Jon Marcus | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 1–3 hrs/week | 17 of 21 |
| Fall 2025 | Scott Helman | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4–6 hrs/week | 16 of 20 |
| Spring 2025 | Jon Marcus | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 1–3 hrs/week | 14 of 18 |
| Spring 2025 | Kevin Convey | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4–6 hrs/week | 14 of 14 |
| Fall 2024 | Angela Ards | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 1–3 hrs/week | 11 of 12 |
| Fall 2024 | Kevin Convey | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4–6 hrs/week | 12 of 12 |
| Spring 2024 | Jon Marcus | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 1–3 hrs/week | 20 of 22 |
| Spring 2024 | Kevin Convey | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4–6 hrs/week | 18 of 18 |
| Fall 2023 | Christine Caswell | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 of 13 |
| Fall 2023 | Jon Marcus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 of 19 |
| Spring 2023 | Jon Marcus | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 1–3 hrs/week | 17 of 20 |
| Spring 2023 | Kevin Convey | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | — | 20 of 20 |
| Fall 2022 | Angela Ards | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4–6 hrs/week | 14 of 18 |
| Fall 2022 | Jon Marcus | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 1–3 hrs/week | 16 of 19 |
| Spring 2022 | Jennifer Berkshire | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 1–3 hrs/week | 10 of 16 |
| Spring 2022 | Jon Marcus | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 1–3 hrs/week | 21 of 30 |
| Fall 2021 | Kevin Convey | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 1–3 hrs/week | 14 of 14 |
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Sections
- Section 01
- Section 02
- Section 01
- Section 02