Nixa High School Course Description Book 2024-2025 (3) - Flipbook - Page 40
DC ADVANCED JOURNALISM – 5015
(Repeatable)
1 Year = 1 Credit
PR DC
A
Grade Level: 10-12
Optional College Est. Fee: $210
Students build upon skills learned in Journalism, and they may apply for leadership roles.
Students will work together as a team in order to create the Eagle Yearbook, Wingspan
magazine or the NixaJournalism.net website. In addition to journalism requirements,
students will plan publications, edit copy before submitting, and proof layouts before
they go to press. Required weekly reflections help students accomplish goals. Students
are required to sell and create ads for the publications, attend and report on after-school
events, and complete press-quality work by deadlines. Students will spend most of their
time working independently and as a team to produce the newspapers and yearbook.
Dual credit will go toward JRN 270 at Missouri State University. This course is NOT
NCAA Approved.
Prerequisites: Intro to Journalism, with application and teacher approval
Dual Credit Requirements: A junior or senior level student, with teacher recommendation
ADVANCED BROADCAST JOURNALISM – 5017
(Repeatable)
1 Year = 1 Credit
PR
A
Grade Level: 10-12
This class is a media and broadcasting class designed to help students excel in various
forms of media, including writing, videography, broadcasting, or public speaking. Students
will work together as a team in order to create the video news program called EagleAir
TV and the NixaJournalism.net website. This course will have two focuses. The first is to
refine the skills necessary to run a news broadcast and will cover topics such as
interviewing, videography, photography, and familiarity with U.S. and world news. The
second is to use editing software to create creative videos with a variety of topics,
including a PSA and short film. Students will organize stories and visualizations associated
with those stories for presentation to the student body via TV broadcast. This course is
NOT NCAA Approved.
Prerequisites:Intro to Journalism, with application and teacher approval
PR
DC
AP
VC
A
Prerequisite
Dual Credit
Advanced Placement
Virtual Course
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