Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

JMS 203 — Photo Journalism II

JMS department course · Nigerian universities

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

• identify news photography involving basic camera and darkroom techniques
• analyse photo journalists’ sensitivity to people, events and circumstances
• have an in-depth knowledge of photo editing
• examine the significance of photo editing; and
• discuss the methods of photo editing, caption/cutline and guidelines on caption. 167

Course contents

History of photography. Definition and types of photography. Photojournalism and categories of photojournalism. Functions of photographs to the mass media. Features of photojournalism. Nature and principles of photo editing. Methods and techniques of photo editing. Captioning and guidelines on caption and photo bleeding.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study JMS 203.

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