Undergraduate Prerequisites: COMJO 200; Graduate Prerequisites: COMJO 721. COMJO 502 offers a variety of relevant topics in the field of journalism for undergraduate and graduate students to explore. This course is designed to give students a deeper understanding of a particular topic, allowing them an opportunity to test their skills as a journalist.
FALL 2025 Schedule
| Section |
Instructor |
Location |
Schedule |
Notes |
| A1 |
Baynard |
COM 303 |
R 12:30 pm-3:15 pm |
Topic: Video Magazine Storytelling. In this class students will learn to go past the news releases and press conferences to find context and meaning behind the story and use creative and meaningful ways to tell that story. The students will learn how to find a story and explore it in detail before producing, shooting, and editing a multilayered, well-crafted video story. The class will explore the TV news magazine format through viewing and discussion of various programs and guest speakers who have created or worked on TV magazine programs. The students will create their own online Multimedia News Magazine Program with the stories that they produce as well as create the framework of the online program, Our Times. The prerequisite for COMJO 502 is COMJO 200. |
FALL 2025 Schedule
| Section |
Instructor |
Location |
Schedule |
Notes |
| B1 |
M. McDuffie |
COM 321 |
W 2:30 pm-5:15 pm |
Topic: TV Feature Reporting. The prerequisite for COMJO 502 is COMJO 200.
6 seats reserved for incoming grad students. |
SPRG 2026 Schedule
| Section |
Instructor |
Location |
Schedule |
Notes |
| A1 |
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F 11:15 am-2:00 pm |
TOPIC: Audience Engagement |
SPRG 2026 Schedule
| Section |
Instructor |
Location |
Schedule |
Notes |
| B1 |
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T 6:30 pm-9:15 pm |
TOPIC: Race in Sports Media |
Note that this information may change at any time. Please visit the MyBU Student Portal for the most up-to-date course information.
