SYLLABUS
College Writing 15.1x, English for Journalists
Maggie Sokolik, Ph.D., Course Coordinator
- This course was created by ten different designer-educators from throughout southeastern Europe. It is a self-access course, meaning you can take your time to finish it. There will be many different instructors from across the world involved in the course. This is a unique and exciting international collaboration in journalism.
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Course Description
College Writing 15.1x is part of the course English for Journalists. The prerequisites include:
1. You must know English well enough to take a course taught entirely in English.
2. You must have a basic knowledge of journalism, either as a student, a working journalist, or possibly an interest in pursuing journalism as a career.
In this part, you will focus on different topics in journalism. The course materials will be offered via readings, videos, and various types of homework assignments and quizzes. You will participate in online discussions as well as peer review of your writing.
If you decide to keep a blog regarding this course, please add your blog address to the discussion area here.
RECOMMENDED TEXTS
Textbooks are not required.
| A note about piracy of materials: The course and its material are offered for free, and we encourage you to take advantage of all the resources. However, we do not support the theft of copyrighted material. Offering pirated material in the course will result in such offers being deleted. Continued violations of this rule could result in being banned from the course. Don't pirate! Writers and publishers are workers, too, and deserve to be paid for their work. |
GRADING POLICY
This course requires that you score 50% or higher as an average of all assignments that are marked as homework.
If you pay for a verified certificate and pass the course, you will receive a certificate of completion. Your certificate will be delivered online through edx.org.
More information about policies is found at the student FAQ: edx.org/student-faq
COURSE OUTLINE
Unit 1 – The Job of the Journalist
Unit 2 – Ethics in Journalism
Unit 3 – Inclusive Journalism
Unit 4 – Local vs. Global Journalism
Unit 5 - Citizen Journalism