JOUR4942 · University and Capstone
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
Senior Journalism minors only; required Journalism capstone course. Limited to 15 students. Permission of the Journalism Department required. This required course for senior Journalism minors is a blend of seminar and workshop. In it, students work at the craft of journalism by covering stories and also step back to analyze the work of professional journalists. Over the semester, each student chooses a particular subject area on which to concentrate and assembles a body of work that could be submitted to a prospective employer or graduate school. This portfolio might include examples of his or her own journalism, as well as critical assessments of stories, publications, and the news industry. Admission by permission of program.
Course experience
Averages use the original five-point historical evaluation scale.
Organization
4.7 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.7 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.6 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.8 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~5.5
hours per week
Estimated from the original workload response buckets. Individual sections may differ.
Instructor options
Ratings below reflect only recovered evaluations connected to this course.
Visiting Fellow, Institute for the Liberal Arts
4.6 / 5
4.4 / 5
Part Time Faculty, Interdisciplinary
4.6 / 5
4.5 / 5
Part Time Faculty, Interdisciplinary
4.8 / 5
4.5 / 5
Professor, English Department
4.8 / 5
4.6 / 5
Distinguished Senior Lecturer, MCAS College Faculty
4.9 / 5
4.7 / 5
Across time
Section-level results available in the recovered archive.
Spring 2025
1 sectionFall 2024
1 sectionSpring 2024
1 sectionFall 2023
1 sectionSpring 2023
1 sectionFall 2022
1 sectionSpring 2022
1 sectionFall 2021
1 sectionSpring 2021
1 sectionFall 2020
1 sectionSpring 2020
1 section