JOUR2231 · University and Capstone
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
Note to Journalism minors: This course satisfies the requirement for an elective with a "craft" orientation." The best feature writing invites readers into the moments, ideas, causes, and personalities that animate our world. Through dogged reporting and crisp, lyrical prose, feature writers bring to life stories that move us, inspire us, and entertain us from arts and culture to science, business, sports, and more. In this course, students will learn how to identify engaging topics and how to research and report them (including online); how to conduct compelling, in-depth interviews; how to write reviews and critiques; and how to pitch and sell their pieces. Each student will receive personalized edits on their work from the instructor, just as in a professional newsroom. The skills covered in this course will serve journalism minors and non-minors alike.
Course experience
Averages use the original five-point historical evaluation scale.
Organization
4.9 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.7 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.8 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
5.0 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~4.5
hours per week
Estimated from the original workload response buckets. Individual sections may differ.
Instructor options
Ratings below reflect only recovered evaluations connected to this course.
Across time
Section-level results available in the recovered archive.
Spring 2025
1 sectionFall 2024
1 sectionSpring 2024
1 sectionFall 2023
1 sectionFall 2022
1 sectionSpring 2022
1 sectionFall 2021
2 sectionsSpring 2021
2 sectionsFall 2020
2 sectionsSpring 2020
2 sections