ENG 496 - Research Methodologies for Senior Seminar in Journalism

Prerequisite, ENG 308, for students in the English BA with journalism area of study or journalism minor. Prerequisite, ENG 215, for students in the visual journalism minor. Students will learn methods for undertaking original research to develop a thesis topic and launch a senior project suitable for publication. Topics may include statistical analysis, public records searches, database searches, geographic information system mapping, hypothesis-and story-based inquiry and advanced news-gathering and digital reporting techniques. Pass/No Pass. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits