JOUR 101 Media and Society
(3). Introductory course open to all KU students. The course emphasizes the use of critcal and
creative thinking as tools to better consider the reliability of information recieved through
newspapers, magazines, radio and television, online media, trade publications, advertising, and
business communications. The class also surveys media ethics, economics, technology, and the function
and impact of media on a free society. The course is designed for pre-journalism students, students
considering journalism as a major, and students from other disciplines who take it as an elective.
For students who enter college in Fall 2000 and thereafter, this is a prerequisite for all other
journalism cources except for JOUR 600. Not open to seniors. Must be completed with a grade of 2.0 or
better. May be retaken once.