MUSC 651 Music Journalism

College of Performing Arts School of Music

1 credit 15.0 hours
500 level graduate course

Practical, hands-on study of writing about music, musicians, and the music industry for consumer, trade and academic periodicals; books, videos, DVDs and other multimedia projects. Students learn library and Internet research techniques, how to acquire and foster industry contacts, interview methodology, how to best utilize archival resources, the writing marketplace and the business of writing, formulation of a marketable idea, magazine writing and editing, the periodical and book submission process, professional guidelines and insights for composing video/ DVD narration and voice-overs.

Open to majors in the School of Music only. Restricted to graduate students.
This course is not repeatable for credit.