Advanced Business Journalism

Catalog description

(cross-leveled with JOURN 7439 ). This class requires students to write business stories every week and to attain a high level of financial literacy in the process. The class will cover topics behind the headlines, showing students how to spot economic trends, the stories behind the economy's main actors, and the keys to spotting a troubled business. By the end of the class, all students will be certified users of the Bloomberg Terminal. To take this course, students must enroll in one of the two attached accounting classes (grad or undergrad). Both are offered online. Graded on A-F basis only. Credit Hour : 1-3 Prerequisites or Corequisites: ACCTCY 2010 or ACCTCY 8310 Prerequisites: C- or better in JOURN 4438