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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. Prerequisites, ENG 411  or ENG 453 , 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