Draft:Proposal Paper

Proposal

Part One: Summary

We are n public relations team formed at Utah State University. We are honors students majoring in Journalism and Communications with an emphasis in PR. As professors, and the department head of the Journalism and Communications department, we are asking for changes to be made for the Mass Media Law class. It is not our intention to remove the current professor, but to add another section and remodel the current teaching methods, specifically in creativity and grading distribution. Adding another section would require the budget request of (insert $$$ request here). Currently, the Mass Media law professor lacks creativity and diversity in teaching methods and is extremely inconsistent in grading and bias. With such a respected PR program at USU, Mass Media Law must be the highest quality of education offered. We hope to add to the reputation of the highly esteemed PR program at USU at the same time giving students the education they yearn for.

Part Two:

We are approaching you because the decision to add an additional section and regulate teaching methods is solely the decision of the Journalism and Communications department. We are asking for an additional Mass Media Law class which will cost ($$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$). It is understood that the funding will also need to be provided to pay an additional professor educated in the subject. With the current budget cuts Journalism department we recognize funds are tight. With this being said, adding an additional section will make students extremely pleased. In turn, once these students graduate they will be more likely to donate money, resources, and time back to USU because of their positive experience.

Part Three:

Currently, students are far from happy with the level of education they are receiving from the Mass Media Law class instructed by (Ms. Bla blab la). Students are frustrated because they are paying for a class which is not being taught at a professional level. We are not asking for the class to become easier by any means because it is understood USU offers challenging and beneficial courses. The current professor’s teaching methods are not up to the mainstream methods being used by other national universities. Reading directly out of a book from class lacks creativity and limits the learning capability of students. With a world full of constant revolutionized technological innovations, the question can than be posed; Why is the professor reading from a book? Utah State’s Journalism department’s reputation is at stake due to the inconsistent grading and bias toward particular students.



Part Four: not complete at this time! (we want to make sure this is not redundant)


Part Five:

As honors students in the highly esteemed Journalism and Communications Public Relations department we have take what we have learned from classes such as Beginning Newswriting, Introduction to Mass Communications, Media Smarts, Introduction to Public Relations, and Writing for Public Relations we as students have taken what we have learned in these courses and are applying it to real life. Our direction comes from current as well as previous professors who have given us the tools essential in proposing a successful campaign. We have set up interviews, decided upon appropriate media outlets, followed the ethics of journalism, and most importantly compiled the information necessary for purposing a campaign that will benefit the Journalism department and its students.

Part Six:

We need to find out how much it would cost to actually add another section as well as add the funds necessary for hiring another professor to teach this section. Considering we are concerned with the current teaching methods, we as a group must decide if additional funds need to be added for speakers, technological expenditures, etc.

Part Seven:

We are asking for your help in creating a Mass Media Law class which is highly academically esteemed. By doing this, we are asking for the current Mass Media Law professor to be evaluated in her teaching methods, and grading distribution by Department Head Mike Sweeney. We are also asking for an additional section to be added due to the vast amount of students in the class. This section can be taught by the same professor, but an entire revamp of teaching methods must be required. It is our proposal that the Journalism Department decide upon appropriate teaching methods for the course and fair grade distribution.

Please call the team leader Amanda Clyde for more information or any additional question.

Amanda Clyde:Team Leader
amanda.clyde@aggiemail.cc.usu.edu
801-864-4382


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