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2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ENG 323 - Journalists as Historians


Prerequisites, ENG 215 , or HIST 296 , and English, or history major, or minor. Students read, discuss, and critique works of historical nonfiction by journalists, and prepare their own magazine-length article on a historical event. This course will expose students to how journalists work then they cross the boundary into history, note the overlaps in technique, and how to tease narratives from myriad details. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits