Current instructor

Sijia Yang

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Classes with Sijia Yang

JOURN 682

Senior Honors Thesis

3 credits

JOURN 682 is a senior honors thesis course involving mentored individual research and study for journalism majors completing their honors requirements.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Michael WagnerLindsay Palmer+15 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sample
JOURN 697

Internship

1–3 credits

JOURN 697 is an advanced directed study course where students arrange projects based on internship experience with faculty supervision.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Michael WagnerLindsay Palmer+19 more

No recorded grade history

JOURN 699

Directed Study

1–6 credits

JOURN 699 is a directed study course allowing students to arrange advanced projects with faculty.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Michael WagnerLindsay Palmer+20 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2025 · limited sample
JOURN 880

Topics in Mass Communication

3 credits

JOURN 880 is a graduate-level course offering an in-depth investigation of specific topics in mass communication.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2020: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=5 letter grades); Fall 2023: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades).

Sijia Yang

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sample
JOURN 990

Thesis

1–9 credits

JOURN 990 is an advanced thesis course providing mentored reading and research for students with dissertator status.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Michael WagnerLindsay Palmer+16 more

No recorded grade history

JOURN 999

Independent Research Problems

2–4 credits

JOURN 999 is an advanced mentored reading and research course for dissertators.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades).

Michael WagnerLindsay Palmer+16 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sample
JOURN/LIS 677

Concepts and Tools for Data Analysis and Visualization

3 credits

JOURN/LIS 677 introduces concepts and tools for data analysis and visualization through instruction and a final project.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2021: 3.73 GPA, 86.4% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Fall 2022: 3.75 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.86 GPA, 96.9% A/AB (n=32 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Gaofei LiSijia Yang+2 more

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Spring 2026

Recorded teaching history

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TermCourseTitle
Fall 2026JOURN 681Senior Honors Thesis
Fall 2026JOURN 682Senior Honors Thesis
Fall 2026JOURN 691Senior Thesis
Fall 2026JOURN 692Senior Thesis
Fall 2026JOURN 697Internship
Fall 2026JOURN 699Directed Study
Fall 2026JOURN 880Topics in Mass Communication
Fall 2026JOURN 990Thesis
Fall 2026JOURN 999Independent Research Problems
Fall 2026JOURN/LIS 677Concepts and Tools for Data Analysis and Visualization

Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.

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