Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

JMS 206 — Feature Writing

JMS department course · Nigerian universities

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

• conceptualise feature as an analytical follow-up of a news story
• describe the attributes of a feature writer
• demonstrate the principles and techniques of feature writing; and
• efficiently deploy poetic licence

Course contents

The form, style and purpose of feature writing. Attributes of a feature writer. Feature writing components. Analysis and interpretation of issues and events in feature writing. Ethical issues in feature writing. 300 Level

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study JMS 206.

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