LITERARY ASPECTS OF JOURNALISM
Critical reading of the best reporting and writing.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Junior standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Explore and critique literary journalism. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Prepare a presentation on a subgenre of literary journalism. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Explore the trajectory of narrative nonfiction as a category of writing. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Critique literary journalism with more sophisticated analysis techniques. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explore and critique literary journalism. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Prepare a presentation on a subgenre of literary journalism. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Explore the trajectory of narrative nonfiction as a category of writing. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Critique literary journalism with more sophisticated analysis techniques. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027