Editing and Design Syllabus for 2014-2015
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Course

COMM-2305-001 Editing and Design

Prerequisites

Course Description

Copy editing and headline writing according to newspaper style and standards; press law and ethics; laboratory practice in page design, photo editing and typography.

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Hours

(3 sem hrs; 3 lec, 2 lab)

Class Type

On Campus Course

Syllabus Information

Textbooks

• Creative Editing, 6th Edition, by Dorothy Bowles and Diane Borden (required)
\ • The Newspaper Designer’s Handbook, 7th Edition,
\ by Tim Harrower and Julie Elman (required)
\ • Associated Press Stylebook 2012 or later (required)

• Amarillo College Student Media Stylebook (online)

Supplies

Student should supply a USB flash drive to save backups of work on.

Student Performance

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Expected Student Behavior

\ SCHOLASTIC INTEGRITY: Plagiarism is considered serious academic misconduct. All written assignments presented in this class must be original work by the student. Any student caught plagiarizing or cheating will receive a failing grade for the course. Students must abide by high standards of journalistic integrity. Faking quotations, faking facts or reporting things that did not happen will be treated as plagiarism and dealt with in the same manner as other scholastic dishonesty. Scholastic dishonesty shall include, but not be limited to, cheating on a test, plagiarism, and collusion. Cheating on a test shall include: 1. Copying from another student’s test paper. 2. Using test materials not authorized by the person administering the test. 3. Collaborating with or seeking aid from another student during a test without permission from the test administrator. 4. Knowingly using, buying, selling, stealing, or soliciting, in whole or in part, the contents of an unadministered test. 5. The unauthorized transporting or removal, in whole or in part, of the contents of the unadministered test. 6. Substituting for another student, or permitting another student to substitute for one’s self, to take a test. 7. Bribing another person to obtain an unadministered test or information about an unadministered test. Plagiarism shall be defined the unacknowledged submission or incorporation of another person's/organization's work as one’s own written work for purposes of receiving grades in this course and/or publication in a student media outlet, regardless of whether the lifted material represents the original work in its entirety or in part. Collusion shall be defined as the unauthorized collaboration with another person in preparing written work for fulfillment of course requirements. A complete statement regarding scholastic dishonesty can be found in the Student Code of Conduct in the Student Rights and Responsibilities Handbook: http://www.actx.edu/admission/index.php?module=documents&JAS_DocumentManager_op=downloadFile&JAS_File_id=1

Grading Criteria

(Percentages indicate portion of semester grade.)

Style Quizzes 10% (11  quizzes)

Major  Tests 30% (2 tests: Mid-Term [15%] and Final Exam [15%]. Final Exam is not comprehensive.)

Participation 10%

Lab work 30%

                Print design 10%

                Copy editing 10%

                Online editing 10%

Class exercises 20% (10 exercises)

A = 90-100

B = 80-89.9

C = 70-79.9

D = 60-69.9

F = 0=59.9

Attendance

\ Attendance: Regular attendance in class is required if the student is to do well in the course. Roll will be taken each class meeting. The instructor reserves the right to lower the final course grade in light of poor attendance. The rule of thumb is for three points to be deducted from the final grade for each unexcused absence after two such absences. There will be no instructor-initiated student withdrawals from this class. Students are responsible for dropping or withdrawing from this course when necessary. The same policy will cover the laboratory grade. When a student veteran misses a class without prior arrangement, the Registrar’s Office and the Veteran’s Counselor will be notified. No official warnings will be given students when excessive absences jeopardize their successful completion of the course.

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