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GLOBAL COLLEGE
Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus
NEW YORK CITY CENTER
PERMANENT STUDENT RECORD
Student : Wade Shepard
Advisor: Kathleen Modrowski
Date: January 17, 2007 Semester: Fall 2007
PART A:
OVERVIEW
COURSE # COURSE TITLE CREDITS
GNYC 101 Introduction to French 3.0
GNYC 420 Independent Study: Journalism 4.0
GNYC 424 Independent Study: Travel Writing 5.0
GNYC 130 Website Construction 3.0
GNYC 430 Area Studies : Morocco 3.0
TOTAL CREDITS 18.0
LEARNING PLAN AND COURSE DESCRIPTIONS (The updated learning plan summary.
Specify the distribution of credit category, course title, and number of
credits, followed by a brief description of the learning activity and the
requirements for credit.)
COURSE # COURSE TITLE CREDIT HOURS
GNYC 101 Introduction to French 3.0
Wade studied French in Morocco and in France with private instructors, through
on-line courses and by immersion in French-speaking cultures. In Meknes, Morocco
he had eleven lessons with instructor Abdul. In France he studied with
JessieAnne Gostling. His
work is documented in written exercises, instructor evaluations and essays on
the lessons.
In this course I will investigate the basics of the French language in an
attempt to obtain the ability to travel in French speaking countries. This
course will be sectioned into two parts:
Part A: 11 hours of class instruction with a Moroccan French language
instructor.
Part B: Written exercises through online resources.
GNYC 420 Independent Study: Journalism 4.0
Wade studied journalism as an independent writing project. He wrote a variety of
articles related to his travel experiences and to the history and social and
cultural contexts of the Morocco, France, and Portugal. Wade made the distinction
between travel writing and journalism by giving particular attention to content
of his articles, style and intended audience. His work is documented through his
articles and an introductory essay.
This course will also consist of carrying out a journalism internship with Café Abroad magazine, and all of the duties that this entails: writing articles, restaurant reviews, work on city guides, as well as writing and editing unsolicited articles for various other magazines, such as Glimpse Magazine, and Abroad View. I will also focus on various aspects of preparing articles for publication, such as editing, revising, altering content, and shorting articles to meet the demands of publishers. Throughout all of this I will work closely with my editors and obtain a taste of what it is like to work as a professional journalist.
GNYC 424 Independent Study: travel Writing 5.0
In this course I will explore in depth the practice travel writing and web-based
publishing through the medium of the travel oriented weblog. I will engage this
study through writing, maintaining, as well as promoting the Vagabond Journey
Travel Blog as well as publishing other travel stories and anecdotes on other
websites. The content of this travel blog will consist of place descriptions,
travel tips, inter-personal communications, discussions of travel related
topics, and other events which take place which effects, adds to, or alters my
perception of the regions that I travel through. In the beginning of this
course, I will live and travel around Morocco, and during the second half of the
semester I will travel by bicycle through
Portugal. I will also enrich this investigation by communicating with other
travel bloggers through reading, commenting, and building upon their work in an
attempt to carry out a continual dialogue between travel writers (which will be
documented through comments on my own and other traveler’s blogs). Track backs
(through comments on other blogs) and other SEO techniques will also factor
heavily in this course.
GNYC 130 Website Construction 3.0
In this course I will investigate how to construct a website as well as ways to
promote it through SEO (Search Engine Optimization) strategies. I will construct
multiple websites, with Vagabond Journey.com being the cumulation of learning. I
will promote this site through SEO techniques, and record my progress in terms
of daily visitors and page views. The Search Engine Optimization
strategies will be learned through various online sources, direct instruction
from knowledgeable webmasters (Andy Graham www.hobotraveler.com, Nathan Richards www.ubertramp.com), and the text
SEO for
Dummies. This course will be documented through the quality of the websites
themselves, as well as how my unique visitors and page impressions they receive
throughout the semester (which will prove that what I am doing is working).
Detailed statistics will be kept as to the number of website visitors, locations
of visitors, as well as directory rankings that my sites receive. A log of the SEO strategies that I use, as well as how they perform will supplement my
documentation of this course.
GNYC 430 Area Studies : Morocco 3.0
This course is designed to provide me with an
insight into Moroccan culture and contemporary issues. I will write articles and
essays documenting my learning.
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