Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

MCM 201 — Critical and Reviewing Writing

MCM department course · Nigerian universities

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

• define critical and Review writing as a specialize form of media writing
• explain the different principles of review writing
• list the different works of art for review; and
• explain and appreciate fine and popular arts and apply the basic principles of criticism in reporting and evaluating them

Course contents

Prerequisite; news writing or consent of instructor; theory and practice of reviewing the lively arts for a daily newspaper, students write reviews of plays, movies, television programmes, musical and dance events.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study MCM 201.

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