Writing for mass media is a course that provides students with an overview of the various mass media fields. The class is provided through the Gaylord College of Mass Communication which is a facility located on The University of Oklahoma's Norman campus. The university grants students who complete the course three hours of credit. Many students take this course to fulfill requirements for one of Oklahoma's numerous communication degrees. To get into the course students are required to pass a language skills test, or LST. When student go to sign up for the course they will find that the class is divide into a lecture and a lab portion. These portions are taught by separate instructors.
The lecture portion provides students with an arena to be spoken to by the head professor Dr. Steyn. This is also a time where students will take their daily quizzes. These quizzes will be over many topics such as a chapter from one of the class texts or the syllabus. For attendance purposes there is assigned seating in this portion of the course.
The lab portion is used to instill the knowledge taught in lecture further. Since the lecture portion of the class is large and has various time constraints the lab portion will be used for students to ask question. Lab instructors will help student with assignments and with understanding of what was taught in the lecture portion. Some of the assignments done in this lab portion include creating a blog.
