HUM 295-01 - Special Topic: Digital Journal Publishing: Finding Our Home in the Landscape

4 credits (Fall term 1)

Cross-listed as: SST 295-01. This course involves students in all phases of production for the Fall 2020 issue of Rootstalk: A Prairie Journal of Culture, Science, and the Arts. Students will expand their horizons concerning what constitutes a journal, shaping content in traditional forms (text and images) but also learning methods for preparing digital content pieces including podcasts, video essays, short films, and audio files. A group project will involve students in adding ArcGIS capabilities to the journal’s website. Students who have taken other publishing courses taught by Andelson and Baechtel may also take this course.

Prerequisite: Second-year standing.
Note: Plus-2 option available.
Instructor: Baechtel