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Shue Yan University Prospectus 2023-24

reporting environments, students will become more familiar with the unique way of reporting in
Mainland China. Therefore, the goal of this course is to provide a basic overview of China’s
media system. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to understand the roles of
the major media; analyse China's unique way of reporting by understanding the Chinese media
environment; and reflect their understanding through term papers.

JOUR 260 Computer Graphic Design and Publishing
1 Term; 3 Credits
The aims of the course are to provide an introduction to the potential of computer
applications to journalism students in producing professional publications, with respect to
ethical issues in the production process; provide students with the basic knowledge on issues
that shape design, the design elements, and how these elements combine; enable students to
participate in real-life production projects; and introduce technical skills in the application of
computer graphic design, desktop publishing and online publishing softwares. Upon
completion of the course, students will be able to describe the broad issues in graphic design,
editing and web publishing; demonstrate basic production techniques to prepare computer
design work in both offline and online publications; and analyse contemporary design work
from different perspectives.

JOUR 263 Professional Putonghua in Journalism and Communication
1 Term; 2 Credits
Through theory study and series of simulation practice, this course offers students to
improve language abilities and expression techniques for news reporting, by mastering the
skills of using normative Mandarin idioms, buzzwords, acronyms etc. to achieve higher
efficiency and effectiveness for news broadcasting, press release, interview or any other
occasions.

JOUR 300 News Editing
1 Term; 3 Credits
The aim of the course is to provide an introduction to news editing. Good editing is highly
necessary for a good report. Upon completion of the course, students will obtain a very high
level of news sense in order to pick, choose and reject the news according to time and space
available. Students also know how to improve and polish their stories by correcting the errors
and properly trimming them to offer the readers the best stories in their newspapers or on the
net. Students learn the theory of editorial skills, the formation of suitable headlines from news
reporting drafts; integrate graphics, images, figures and tables into news stories; practise
editing news reporting and writing in a regular manner through students’ news practicum,
including SY Media Lab, Our Voice, Shuo Online, JC Radio; and reflect on practical editorial
tasks to understand the fundamentals of journalistic ethics.

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