New Courses

By Ashleigh McCune
Several new courses are being offered for the spring semester. These classes are Principles of Advertising, Popular Culture, Advanced Photography, and Special Problems in English as a Second Language.

Principles of Advertising will explore advertising in newspapers, magazines, television, radio, billboards, movies, and online advertisements. Ethics in advertising will be discussed throughout the course. The class will be offered Tuesday and Thursdays from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m.

Popular Culture is back by popular demand. The class will explore fashion, music, television, advertising, sports, and literature. The class will be offered Mondays and Wednesdays from 2:00 to 3:15. The class is documented as an Honor College Course option.

Advanced Photography concentrates on Adobe Photoshop and digital photography. Students should take JOUR 220 as a prerequisite for this class.

Talk to your advisor for further information.

“Special Problems in English as a Second Language” is a special course being offered for international students. The class will be offered on Thursday evenings from 7 to 9:45 p.m., beginning Jan. 12, 2006, and will be taught by Professor Randy Oldaker. There are no textbooks for the course so all materials will be tailor-made by Oldaker.

Those enrolling need only the equivalent of a high school diploma. For further information call Professor Oldaker at 424-8246 or e-mail him at randy.oldaker@mail.wvu.edu.