AGJR 105: Introduction to Agricultural Communications

AGJR 105
Introduction to Agricultural Communications

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Weeks	Topics	Dates	Major Projects
1	History of Communications	9/2, 9/7
2	History of Mass Communications & Journalism	9/9, 9/14
3	History of Agricultural Communications	9/16
4	Trends in agriculture	9/23-28	Exam #1, October 21 (2004 Exam Key)
5	The Country Weekly	9/30-10/12
6	Agriculture's view	10/14
7	Audiences for Agricultural Communications	10/19-21	Agricultural Publication Article review
8	Public Relations in Agriculture	10/26	Exam #2 October 28 (2004 Exam Key)
9	Agricultural Marketing Communications	11/02
10	News, Broadcast, Electonic Communications	11/04-09
11	Résumés & Cover letters	11/11
12	Jobs and Professional Organizations in Agricultural Communications & Journalism	11/16-18
13	Research in Agricultural Communications	11/23	Résumé & Cover letter
		11/30	Exam #3 (2004 Exam Key)
14	Agricultural coverage by the media	12/2
15	Communicating agriculture to the general public	12/7
	Final Exam, 12-15-04, 8-10 a.m.
Note. Major projects are due at the start of class for the weeks listed above. **Students must use NEO accounts only for this course.