JOUR402

Journalism Law and Ethics

Prerequisite: JOUR201. Credit only granted for: JOUR402 OR JOUR400 and JOUR300. An examination of the legal rights and ethical problems and constraints of mass media, including libel, privacy, copyright, monopoly and contempt.

Spring 2026

Lucy Dalglish

6 reviews
Average rating: 4.33

Fall 2025

Lucy Dalglish

6 reviews
Average rating: 4.33

Danielle McLean

0 reviews
Average rating: N/A

Spring 2025

Lucy Dalglish

6 reviews
Average rating: 4.33

Past Semesters

Lucy Dalglish

6 reviews
Average rating: 4.33

Megan Fromm

0 reviews
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Megan Fromm

0 reviews
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Micah Ratner

0 reviews
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Megan Fromm

0 reviews
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Christoph Mergerson

0 reviews
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Christoph Mergerson

0 reviews
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Jeffrey Guo

0 reviews
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Micah Ratner

0 reviews
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Sandra Banisky

1 review
Average rating: 5.00

Christoph Mergerson

0 reviews
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Sandra Banisky

1 review
Average rating: 5.00

LaMonte Summers

2 reviews
Average rating: 1.00

Deborah Nelson

0 reviews
Average rating: N/A

Include P/F semesters During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.59 between 574 students*

A-: 19.51%

A: 40.77%

A+: 12.89%

B-: 2.26%

B: 10.63%

B+: 7.67%

C-: 0.52%

C: 1.92%

C+: 0.87%

D-: 0.35%

D: 0.17%

F: 0.87%

W: 1.22%

other: 0.35%

* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.