Special Topics II

3 credits · Graduate

The School of Journalism may, from time to time, approve the conduct of a special topics course in journalism to enable study of journalism or journalism practice not covered in other courses. Such a course will normally be offered for a limited period, and will allow the school to respond to changes in industry practice or provide instruction related to recent developments or issues related to journalism theory or practice. A special topics course may also become the basis for a course to be offered on an ongoing basis. The content of the course should not overlap significantly with that of a regular course that is offered in the program. Such a course will normally run for one full term, with a full schedule of classes. Assessment will be by means of works of journalism, tests, research papers and other normally accepted means. An instructor wishing to teach a special topics course must submit a full course proposal, which will include topics to be covered, readings, methods of assessment and a complete class schedule, to the director of the school of journalism, no later than six months before the proposed commencement of the course. The proposal is then reviewed and approved or not, or approved after modification. The course will normally appear in the timetable as “special topics II.” An instructor is normally a faculty member of the School of Journalism, but may also be a Dalhousie faculty member with appropriate expertise or an instructor holding at least a masters degree.