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MDA207 Facts and Fakes: Navigating the News

This course is designed to help students apply critical thinking skills to news. Students learn principles of journalism and how to analyze print and visual stories. The course addresses news values, objectivity, bias, and sourcing. Students identify characteristics of mis/disinformation. Analyzing current events helps students navigate news in their personal, professional and civic lives.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

CMP101

Electives

  • LA - Liberal Arts Elective
  • MTBS - Mass Transfer Behav Science
  • OPEN - Open Elective