JRNL 3305 — Special Topics
4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureusually offered: fall, springtypical days: WBostonTraditionalrepeatable for credit
Offers specialized topics in journalism for the twenty-first century. Topic matter changes each semester. May be repeated up to eight times.
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | 2 | 18 | 80 | 23% | 31.0 |
| Spring 2024 | 4 | 16 | 24 | 67% | 2.0 |
| Fall 2024 | 1 | 28 | 40 | 70% | 12.0 |
| Spring 2025 | 4 | 49 | 61 | 80% | 3.0 |
| Summer A 2025 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 67% | 5.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 92% | 1.0 |
| Spring 2026 | 2 | 18 | 32 | 56% | 7.0 |
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 19% · T 32% · W 53% · Th 19% · F 17%
Common patterns: W (45% of sections), TF (17% of sections), MR (9% of sections), T (9% of sections), MW (7% of sections), TR (7% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Jonathan Kaufman (67% of students) · reviews
- jill Abramson (19% of students) · reviews
- Jeffrey Howe (14% of students) · reviews
Spring
- Jonathan Kaufman (27% of students) · reviews
- Carlene Hempel (17% of students) · reviews
- Michael Beaudet (16% of students) · reviews
- Chad Graff (14% of students) · reviews
Summer A
- Donald Rockhead (100% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
Official catalog (JRNL course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All JRNL courses · Plan it at numap.app