JRNL 2350 — The History of Journalism: How the News Became the News
4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureNUpath ICNUpath SINUpath WIusually offered: fall, springtypical days: M/W/ThBostonTraditional
Traces the development of American journalism from its European and English beginnings. Topics include the colonial press, the great personal journalists of the nineteenth century, and the impact of major technological changes in mass communications media in the twentieth century.
Prerequisites
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 58% | 8.0 |
| Spring 2024 | 1 | 15 | 19 | 79% | 4.0 |
| Fall 2024 | 1 | 15 | 19 | 79% | 4.0 |
| Spring 2025 | 1 | 15 | 19 | 79% | 4.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 58% | 8.0 |
| Spring 2026 | 1 | 14 | 19 | 74% | 5.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 100% · T 0% · W 100% · Th 100% · F 0%
Common patterns: MWR (100% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Marcus Howard (100% of students) · reviews
Spring
- Marcus Howard (100% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
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