JOUR627

Urban Affairs Reporting

Prerequisite: JOUR501; and permission of JOUR-Philip Merrill College of Journalism. Corequisite: JOUR620; or permission of JOUR-Philip Merrill College of Journalism. Jointly offered with JOUR327. Credit only granted for: JOUR327 or JOUR627. Students are immersed in coverage of issues affecting cities, working on a semester-long multi-platform reporting project based in Baltimore. Students will use Baltimore as a working laboratory to report on urban issues. Course meets in Baltimore.

Spring 2025

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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 3.91 between 30 students*

JOUR627 Grade Distribution+-05101520253035404550556065707580859095% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 6.67%
A: 46.67%
A+: 40%
B-: 3.33%
B+: 3.33%
* "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.