To apply and expand upon skills learned in Media Writing and Reporting I as well as other Mass Communication courses. Upon successful completion of the hybrid class you should be able: 

• To use an online educational environment (D2L/Brightspace) to accent learning in a classroom environment); 
• To use basic grammar, spelling and punctuation skills for producing content in a mass communication environment; 
• To know and to apply Associated Press style to ensure consistency; 
• To write a functional one-page memo that flows well and addresses the topic to the target audience; 
• To discuss and to apply relevant digital and media management issues in a rapidly evolving media environment; 
• To discuss and to apply management theories; 
• To assess the leadership and decision-making skills of media managers; 
• To generate solutions to problems in a rapidly evolving media environment; and 
• To work successfully under deadline pressure. 

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

• Aug. 22-25 Hotter ’N Hell 100
• Jan. 18 | Classes begin
• Jan. 20  | Martin Luther King’s Birthday observed (no class)
• Jan. 22 | Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs; the one-page memo (review: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs by Saul McLeod https:// www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.html)
• Jan. 24 | “What is management?” one-page memo due
• Jan. 27 | Motivation: BF Skinner (read: Skinner - operant conditioning. Simply Psychology and watch “B.F. Skinner’s Theories: Overview” before class)
• Jan. 29 | Functions of management; take personality test (https://www.truity.com/) and print results
• Jan. 31 | Discussion: Myers Brigg Types; “What motivates me?” one-page memo due
• Feb. 2 | Groundhog Day; Super Bowl LIX
• Feb. 3 | Scientific Theory by Frederick Taylor
• Feb. 5 | Administrative Theory by Henri Fayol
• Feb. 7 | Bureaucratic Theory by Max Weber
• Feb. 10 | Human Relations Theory by Elton Mayo
• Feb. 12 | Systems Theory by Ludwig Von Bertalanffy
• Feb. 14 | X&Y Theory by Douglas McGregor; Valentine’s Day
• Feb. 17 | Groupthink; Washington’s Birthday; President’s Day
• Feb. 19 | Let’s go back and look at all of those theories again
• Feb. 21 | ONLINE CLASS: “Here’s how I would respond to each management style” one-page memo
• Feb. 20-22 | Association of Texas Photography Instructors
• Feb. 24 | Guest speaker: Jackie Hoegger, owner, Hoegger Communications, jackie@teamhoegger.com
• Feb. 26 | Dealing with conflict: role playing
• Feb. 28 | ONLINE CLASS: “Responding to a conflict” one-page memo
• Feb. 27-29 | Associated Collegiate Press (San Francisco)
• March 2 | First Amendment quiz — give up a right; Texas Independence Day; Read Across America Day
• March 3 | Super Tuesday
• March 4 | Guest speaker: Wayne Reed, vice president and general manager, KFDX, wayne@kfdx.com
• March 6 | TQM, SWOT— the latest trends and assessment
• March 6-7 | AEJMC Midwinter Conference (University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City)
• March 8 | Daylight Saving Time starts
• March 9 | Leadership
• March 11 | Guest speaker: Deanna Watson, editor, Times Record News, Deanna.Watson@timesrecordnews.com
• March 13 | Leadership; Leadership case study; one-page memo due
• March 16-21 | Spring Break (no classes)
• March 23 | Leadership exercises
• March 25 | Leadership exercises
• March 27 | Leadership exercises: What did we learn?
• March 30 | Review, catch up, your questions; Last Day for “W”; Drops after this date will receive grades of “F.”
• March 31 | Cesar Chavez Day
• April 1 | Guest speaker: Martin Camacho, dean, MSU Texas College of Fine Arts, martin.camacho@msutexas.edu
• April 3 | Diversity in the workplace
• April 6 | Title IX, what you need to know
• April 8 | “My ideal boss.” one-page memo due
• April 9-12 | Holiday Break (no classes); Passover; Good Friday; Easter Sunday
• April 13 | Job interviews
• April 15 | ONLINE CLASS: “I want the job.” one-page memo due; Tax Day
• April 17 | ONLINE CLASS: “I want a raise.” one-page memo due
• April 16-18 | Journalism Education Association / National Scholastic Press Association (Washington, D.C.)
• April 20 | Accepting a job offer, a promotion, a raise
• April 22 | Media ownership (read: The Media Monopoly summary before class)
• April 24 | Media ownership
• April 22-23 | Celebration of Scholarship/UGRCA Forum
• April 27 | Convergence in the mass media
• April 29 | ONLINE CLASS: Convergence one-page memo due
• April 30-May 1 | UIL Academic State Meet
• May 1 | Final paper topic given; media law: open records, open meetings
• May 4 | Media ethics: discuss ethical case
• May 5 | Cinco de Mayo
• May 6 | Motivation; Motivation case study; one-page memo due
• May 8 | Looking to the future of management; course evaluation; Last day of classes
• May 9-14 | Final examinations
• May 10 | Mother’s Day
• May 13 | Final exam due, 3:30-5:30 p.m.
• May 15 | Senior documentary screenings
• May 16 | Commencement

1. 75% One-page memos (10) due at beginning of class submitted in D2L/Brightspace
2. 25% Final paper due no later than 5:30 p.m. May 13

NOTES

• Late work receives a grade of zero. Memos are due submitted in D2L/Brightspace at the beginning of class on the day indicating they are due. Some memos are due on the day we have an online class and do not meet in person. Memos are still due before noon on that day.

• Any item submitted with a name misspelled in a final draft receives a grade of zero.

• I will not discuss grades in any fashion via electronic means. You must discuss grades in person.

• You may not submit material that has been (or will be) submitted for a grade in any other class unless you obtain my explicit written permission.

• Review and follow the Society for Professional Journalists Code of Ethics available online at http://www.spj.org/ ethicscode.asp and the NPPA Code of Ethics available online at https://nppa.org/code-ethics/

   

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