HONR 2602C - CE Honors Seminar: Magazine: CE Honors Seminar
Fall 2026 Syllabus, Section 01, CRN 42756,
Credit hours: 1
Course Meeting Times
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Instructor
Mollie Hartup
Email: mahartup@ysu.edu
Course Description
This seminar provides an overview of the production process of a college or university magazine and an opportunity to develop interpersonal and technical skills including project management, interviewing, writing/editing, and content creation. Students will work to create content about and for community partner, the Mahoning County Prosecutors Office, for potential publication in MCPO newsletters. Other stories produced in class will be considered for publication in With Honors, the national award-winning Sokolov Honors College magazine or alternate newsletters produced by honors (with student permission).
This seminar directly supports the following honors pillars:
Global Citizenship
Community Engagement
Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Course Readings
| Group | Title | Author | ISBN |
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| No readings |
The course readings are subject to change in the event of extenuating circumstances, research developments, current events, and/or to ensure better learning.
Assignments/Assessments
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Weekly Schedule
| Day | Date | Proposed Topic | Due/To Prepare for Class |
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| Tue | 8/25 | Course overview Magazine exploration Community partner research |
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| Tue | 9/1 | Guest speakers: Mahoning County Prosecutors Office | Bring laptop to class for technology check |
| Tue | 9/8 | Discuss story ideas and select project area of focus Interview best practices |
Bring story ideas to class |
| Tue | 9/15 | Magazine writing InDesign technology check Arrange MCPO site visit, as needed MCPO return to answer questions for stories |
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| Tue | 9/22 | Introduce magazine story/layout assignment | Bring working draft to class for feedback |
| Tue | 9/29 | Select honors magazine story topics | Bring honors magazine story ideas to class First draft community partner writing due (end of week) |
| Tue | 10/6 | Independent research/writing week | |
| Tue | 10/13 | Revisit magazine story ideas InDesign overview and layout practice |
First draft honors magazine story due |
| Tue | 10/20 | Feedback due from MCPO In-class revision of stories Outline plan for honors magazine story |
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| Tue | 10/27 | Site visit: MCPO | Meet at Fok at 1:45 pm to walk down if able |
| Tue | 11/3 | Peer review of honors magazine story | Bring hard copy draft of honors magazine story for peer review MCPO revision #1 due |
| Tue | 11/10 | Adapting content across various mediums Layout work session |
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| Tue | 11/17 | Final feedback due from MCPO Work on magazine stories/layouts Prepare for presentations |
HC magazine story layout draft due |
| Tue | 11/24 | Revise MCPO stories Logging community engagement Magazine editing |
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| Tue | 12/1 | Presentations | HC magazine story and layout final version due Final MCPO story due |
| Tue | 12/8 |
The course schedule, policies, procedures, and assignments in this course are subject to change in the event of extenuating circumstances, by mutual agreement, and/or to ensure better learning.