COMM 201Professional Development in Communication and Media Studies1
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- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 1
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- 1
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- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
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- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
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COMM
60 courses with the subject COMM, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
COMM 205Introduction to Communication3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 The study of communication in expediting learning, affecting social interaction and effective change, and an exploration of the components of interpersonal, small group, public and organizational communication.
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
COMM 210Introduction to Mass Communications3
426 credit if requirement is waived.
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
COMM 211Phonetics3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the production and transcription of phonetic symbols used in the International Phonetic 719
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
- Prerequisite
- SPEE 200
COMM 212Voice and Diction3
Choose 6 credits from:
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
- Prerequisite
- SPEE 200
COMM 215Fundamentals of Journalism3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course presents the history and development of American journalism from colonial times to the present while focusing on its relationship to technical, political, social, and technological changes in America. Specific attention will be paid to events resulting in constraints to the media, attitudes of government toward the media, changes influenced by journalists and trends in journalism.
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
COMM 220Film & Video Appreciation3
343 t earn credit it requirement is waived. require a one-hour lab. require two lab sciences, increasing
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
COMM 230News Reporting I3
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
COMM 235Public Relations/Advertising3
Lecture Hours: 3 720
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
COMM 240News Editing3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course will focus on advanced and specialized public life news reporting for the print media. Employing sophisticated methods, including public records searches, computer-assisted reporting, and archival research, students will develop and polish their reporting and gain a greater understanding of how news is constructed in relation to institutions and people in public life. Students will learn the basis for crafting news stories that convey meaning as well as fact, and insight to the readers.
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2023-2024
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
- Prerequisite
- COMM 215
COMM 245Introduction to Audio Production3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An introduction to the planning and production of audio in mass media, including practical studies of the uses of sound and the planning, scripting, rehearsing, and directing process of audio production.
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
COMM 250Presentation Technologies3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A course offering students a detailed understanding of and specialized skills in the proper use of different presentation technologies. Students will be exposed to a wide variety of presentational media and will develop a critical awareness of these new media and their place in society. The overall goal is for students to learn how presentational technologies work, why they have become so instrumental in public communications, and when they are appropriate as a presentational strategy.
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
- Prerequisite
- SPEE 200
COMM 255Introduction to Video Production3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 721
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
COMM 260Interpersonal Communication3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the process of communication, including functions, models, and theories, with an emphasis on self-disclosure, empathic listening, relational communication, and conflict management.
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
- Prerequisite
- COMM 205
COMM 270Lighting for TV and Film3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This class demonstrates advanced lighting techniques for digital video productions. Using a variety of projects and location settings, students will use lights, filters, in-camera special effects, and mood setting techniques to enhance shot composition and camera movement. Topics also include operating lights, setting a scene, use of light meters and light exposure analysis, and use of lighting for special effects.
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
COMM 275Crisis Communication3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course examines the nature of crises in organizations and the role of communication in managing and minimizing such crises. This course will discuss types of crises, risk evaluation, crisis preparation, communication crisis planning, media management and crisis mitigation strategies, and post-crisis response. Students will create a real-world crisis communication plan that will be tested and evaluated.
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
- Prerequisite
- COMM 205 and COMM 210 or with permission of instructor
COMM 285Introduction to Intercultural Communication3
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
COMM 290Nonverbal Communication3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course provides an in-depth study of physical appearance, gesture and movement, facial expressions, eye contact, touch, use of time, and voice to communicate nonverbally in a variety of interpersonal relationships across personal, professional, public, and cultural contexts. 722
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
- Prerequisite
- COMM 205 and COMM 210 or with permission of instructor
COMM 295Digital Editing for Audio and Video Production3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course serves as an introduction to the art of video post-production editing. We explore the theory and practice of various editing styles in order to gain a better understanding of how stories are constructed in the editing room. Through demonstrations and hands-on experience, students learn advanced editing techniques with an in-depth examination of industry software. Strong emphasis is placed on post- production techniques that improve the sound and image quality of the videos.
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
COMM 300Magazine and Feature Writing3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course works within journalistic standards to focus on the skills needed to write topical, in-depth, human interest stories. Students learn to gather materials through interviews, research, and observation while cultivating their own writer's "voice" for the creation of comprehensive articles for publication in newspapers, magazines, Internet sites, and other media. Students will examine the discursive implications of magazine and feature writing, newspaper, radio, computer, polling, and advertising technologies. Students will assume a concrete understanding of editorial, sidebars, graphs, charts, and other supporting elements that enrich a story.
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
- Prerequisite
- COMM 215
COMM 310News Reporting II3
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
- Prerequisite
- COMM 230
COMM 311Advanced Public Speaking3
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
- Prerequisite
- SPEE 200
COMM 315Computer Mediated Communication3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A class designed to initiate students to the field of study known as computer-mediated communication (CMC). Computers, their networks, and the content on them have significantly influenced our political, religious, commercial, personal, and professional lives. Students will explore both qualitative and quantitative scholarship that focuses upon the implications of online media in these settings.
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
- Prerequisite
- COMM 205
COMM 320Audio Production I3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An introduction to the planning and production of audio in mass media, including practical studies of the uses of sound and the planning, scripting, rehearsing, and directing process of audio production.
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
COMM 321Group Discussion3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Training and practice in the effective exchange of opinions on selected topics, with emphasis on studying group interactions during the process of discussion and observing the effects of parliamentary procedures on the conduct of groups in discussion.
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
- Prerequisite
- COMM 205
COMM 330Multimedia Journalism3
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
- Prerequisite
- COMM 205
COMM 332Problems in Media Communication3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course will examine contemporary problems of mediated communication, including gatekeeping, propaganda, agenda setting, cultural transmission, regulation and censorship, regulation and censorship, and commercialization. Students will examine the discursive implications of newspaper, radio, television, film, computer, polling, and advertising technologies. Students will assume a rhetorical perspective to evaluate the role of these technologies in shaping public opinion and our perceptions of reality. 724
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
- Prerequisite
- COMM 210
COMM 333History of Horror in Media3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course will serve as an introduction to major films within the horror genre from the 1930s universal monster films to modern slasher films and psychological thrillers. Students will consider how the horror genre has served as a barometer for cultural anxiety and social tension at significant historic moments. Additionally, students will focus on the aesthetic choices and filmmaking techniques that reveal both continuity and growth within the genre. Students will apply theoretical knowledge derived in this class toward a mini-production focused within the horror genre.
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
COMM 335Media, Religion, and Spirituality3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course will examine the intersection between media and religion. The course will focus on two major areas: religion in media, including news coverage of religion and religious content in fictional media; and media in religion, how religious individuals and groups use media in their religious belief and practice. Through examination of this intersection, students will explore broader concepts, such as culture and identity.
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
COMM 340Community Journalism3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course will examine community journalism as a defined niche within mainstream journalism. It is designed to give students greater insight into the tools and skills needed to work at the community level. Course explores different forms of community journalism from small-town newspapers to new ideas of community, including virtual communities. This course will help students use traditional and new media tools to find sources and to report, gather, and disseminate stories of interest to specific audiences. This course will also introduce students to citizen journalism and how to interact with and leverage citizen journalists.
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
- Prerequisite
- COMM 215
COMM 341Health Communication3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course provides an overview of the various areas of study within the health communication field. The class explores multiple communication issues relevant to health, including language, information processing, the social construction of health and illness, doctor-patient communication, and the relationship 725
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
COMM 342Health Communication Campaigns3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course provides a hands-on introduction to the theories and practices of mediated health communication campaigns. Students learn the fundamental aspects of designing, implementing, and evaluating health campaigns, defined as systematic efforts to promote healthy behaviors and prevent disease, and to influence public opinion and policymaking about health and healthcare issues. Essential considerations for designing and implementing effective health campaigns are presented, including health behavior change theories; audience, message, and channel factors; the health and medical portrayals in news and entertainment media; and the role of PR in health communication campaigns.
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
- Prerequisite
- COMM 341 or instructor approval
- Corequisite
- COMM 250
COMM 350Telecommunications Management3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A course exploring management functions in a telecommunications environment. Economic support patterns, programming, promotion, advertising, determination of community needs and facility operations will be covered.
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
- Prerequisite
- COMM 210
COMM 355Multi Camera Studio Production3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course encompasses the processes, equipment, facilities, and skills employed in television studio and multicamera production. Emphasis is placed on the operation of cameras, switchers and related equipment; the responsibilities of the production crew; and the direction of live-switched, multicamera productions.
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
COMM 357Gender and Communication3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course is an intensive examination of topics and issues that come under the label of communication 726
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
- Prerequisite
- COMM 205
COMM 360Video Production I3
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
COMM 361Podcast Production3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course provides students with podcasting concepts and techniques using an audio studio and location sound production equipment. Areas that are covered include types of podcasts, storytelling, recording, editing, digital delivery techniques, and distribution of podcasts.
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
- Prerequisite
- COMM 245
COMM 365Speechwriting3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A comprehensive look at the history of and current trends in speechwriting in America with an emphasis on persuasion and the strategic employment of language. Students will learn and practice the art of effective speechmaking by studying both effective and inadequate models of oratory. Students will learn how to prepare various types of speeches for a variety of audiences and rhetorical situations, including how to manage new technologies in those situations.
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
- Prerequisite
- SPEE 200 and ENGL 120
COMM 367Television Industries3
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
- Prerequisite
- COMM 210
COMM 370Communication Practicum3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 727
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
COMM 375Organizational Communication3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Organizational Communication provides the student with a background in theory and research about communication within organizations. The course focuses on interpersonal communication within organizations, small group communication within organizations, leadership and management within organizations and communication conflict within organizations.
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
- Prerequisite
- COMM 205 and COMM 210
COMM 380Non Broadcast Systems3
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
COMM 385International Communication3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course surveys the communication systems of the world focusing on major newspaper networks, broadcasting and film consortia, and the Internet. Theories of international communication are used to compare and contrast the communication systems of different nations.
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
- Prerequisite
- COMM 210
COMM 390Cable Communications3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An examination of the cable television industry including technical aspects, franchising, programming, and government regulation. 728
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
- Prerequisite
- COMM 210
COMM 395Communication Theory3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Theoretical paradigms within the communication discipline are surveyed with attention given to the assumptions that undergird theoretical traditions and the types of research questions that can be studied from within different theoretical perspectives. Several traditional theoretical perspectives are presented, including Aristotelian analysis, symbolic interactionism, pragmatism, and technological determinism, along with modern theoretical approaches such as constructivism, discourse theory, and critical cultural approaches.
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
- Prerequisite
- COMM 205 and COMM 210
COMM 400Advanced News Reporting and Writing3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course covers the process of gathering, writing, editing, and presenting the news on radio and television. Subject areas embrace the changing industry, finding the news, broadcast news writing mechanics, broadcast news 681
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
- Prerequisite
- COMM 230
COMM 401Argumentation and Debate3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the process of argumentation, with special attention to the structure of argument, reasoning, and the nature of evidence.
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
- Prerequisite
- SPEE 200
COMM 410Communication Internship3
698
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
- Prerequisite
- Communication and Media Studies Majors
COMM 415(3-3-0) Investigative Journalism: This course will introduce students to the field of
investigative journalism, including ethical concerns, basic interviewing techniques, as well as basic investigative reporting techniques. Course will build on earlier reporting classes as well as delve into advanced computer-assisted public record searches and other database reporting techniques. Students will also learn
- Subject
- COMM
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2013-2014
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
COMM 420Mass Communication Internship II3
Minor Courses or Electives........................................................................................................... 18 Credits Student may select a minor or electives in consultation with an advisor. Students who select minors should see appropriate section of catalog for requirements. Foreign Languages ....................................................................................................................... 6 Credits May be completed to fulfill University College Core Curriculum requirements, thus allowing six hours of free electives. BACHELOR OF ARTS IN SPEECH-THEATRE, 120 CREDITS University College Core Curriculum......................................................................................................... 45 credits Freshman Seminar / University Studies ......................................................................................2 credits UNIV 101 and UNIV 102 are required of all non-transfer freshmen (2) UNIV 110 is required of all transfer students with fewer than 30 transfer credits; course is waived for transfer students with 30 or more transfer credits (2) Critical Thinking ..........................................................................................................................3 credits
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
COMM 425Rhetorical Theory and Criticism3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course focuses on basic rhetorical theory and a variety of rhetorical criticism methodologies. Students will study the importance of rhetoric as the field of study that investigates all forms of public persuasion. Students will learn about rhetoric as one of the oldest public professions and academic fields of study, the evolution of thought regarding rhetoric in society, how to conduct research in the field of communication using a rhetorical approach to communication, and how to apply these basic concepts in their own communication activities.
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
- Prerequisite
- SPEE 200 and COMM 205
COMM 430News and Public Affairs3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the principles, techniques, and forms of journalism, with students gaining experience in preparing, editing, and delivering news and public affairs materials for a variety of media.
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
- Prerequisite
- COMM 215
COMM 440Audio Production II3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 633
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
COMM 445Documentary and Short Film Production3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course covers all aspects of producing a documentary or short film. The class includes discussions of the development and production of a documentary, including the discovery of the story and techniques for presenting that information on screen. We will discuss project research techniques, storyboarding, preparing for and implementing interviewers, identifying footage sources, finding an effective storytelling method, lighting and camera techniques, graphic requirements, music selection and implementation, title design, and editing and distributing the final product.
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
- Prerequisite
- COMM 245 and COMM 255 , or permission of instructor
COMM 450Media Law3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A survey of the laws and important cases governing media, including telecommunications, journalism, social media, and entertainment law. Students will study the legal principles beneath these areas of law as well as the relevant government and institutional jurisdiction. 730
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
- Prerequisite
- COMM 210
COMM 455Producing for Film and Video3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course will provide a comprehensive overview of the world of producing, and will provide students the skills for producing professional projects. The course examines how projects are conceived, developed, packaged, financed, and marketed. We will address key aspects of production practices and protocols for both short and long form projects.
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
- Prerequisite
- COMM 245 and COMM 255
COMM 460Video Production II
3. Theater (Choose four from the following): THEA 221 History of the Theatre I THEA 222 History of the Theatre II THEA 306 Fundamentals of Acting THEA 316 Intro to Costume and Make-up THEA 320 Playwriting THEA 333 Play Directing THEA 334 Theatre Management THEA 402 Advanced Acting THEA 403 Scene Design THEA 411 Children’s Theatre THEA 413 Drama Theory and Criticism I THEA 414 Drama Theory and Criticism II THEA 420 African American Theatre THEA 421 Play Production Minor Courses*, 18 Credits Foreign Language**, 6 Credits Free Electives, 17 Credits *See appropriate catalog section for requirements of specific minor selected. **May be completed to fulfill University College Core Curriculum requirements, thus allowing additional hours of free electives. BACHELOR OF ARTS IN VISUAL ARTS 121 CREDITS (See four-year degree plan in Appendix) ed
- Subject
- COMM
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
COMM 470Intercultural Communication3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 The course provides basic principles and rules for understanding intercultural communication and provides instruction on how to apply the principles when communicating in intercultural situations. The course also provides a wide range of examples and cases of communication practices in different cultures to increase the student's knowledge base about communication diversity in the world.
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
- Prerequisite
- COMM 205 and COMM 210
COMM 480Communication, Technology, and Society3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This reading and discussion course is designed to examine the connections among communication, technological development, and society. Students will explore how persuasive communication has affected our perception and employment of technology in society and how those technologies have, in turn, affected public discourse and interaction. Students will adopt a rhetorical perspective in evaluating and understanding classical primary and secondary readings in technological and scientific discourse.
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
- Prerequisite
- COMM 205 and COMM 210
COMM 490Communication Research3
Communication Elective Requirements: 18 Credits 18 hours of COMM courses not required elsewhere Electives: 28 Credits Foreign Language Sequence: 6 Credits Total Credit Hours: 120 Spanish, B.A.
- Subject
- COMM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credit Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- uncfsu.catalog.acalog.com
- Prerequisite
- COMM 395
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