42 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 1111Mass Communication in America : This course is designed to give students a look at3.0
the entire spectrum of the mass communications industry and its supporting elements. Prerequisite: None. Previously HCA 111.
COMM 1116Persuasive Communication : This course covers various theories of persuasion and3.0
examines different ways to effectively deliver one’s messages to achieve the communicator’s goal, that is to influence people’s emotions, minds, attitudes, and behaviors. It focuses on building the effective message strategies to accomplish various influence tasks, such as securing one’s credibility, demonstrating the severity of a problem, advocating change, and mobilizing commitment. Prerequisite: None. Previously HCA 116.
COMM 1124Fundamentals of Radio Production I : This course emphasizes learning the3.0
production process as it applies to radio production in a studio environment. Prerequisites: HEN 113 or ENGL 1113 with a minimum grade of “C”. Previously HCA 124.
COMM 1127Online Communication and Social Media (I – Designation) : This course critically3.0
examines various dimensions of online social media’s development, implications, and impacts. It examines how online social media both contribute to individuals’ effective communications and hinder open, deliberate exchanges of crucial information in society. This course aims to equip students with crucial tools to reconsider their uses of online social media for transformative purposes. Pre-Requisite: None 152
COMM 1134Fundamentals of TV Production : Students will gain knowledge about and3.0
understanding of the production process as it applies to television production in a studio environment. Prerequisite: HEN 113 or ENGL 1113 with a minimum grade of “C”. Previously HCA 134.
COMM 2212Communication Law and Ethics (I - Designation) (Information-Literacy Intensive Course)3.0
This course focuses both on laws related to mass communication and on the ethical and moral responsibilities of communication systems and of professional communicators.
COMM 2216Fundamentals of Public Relations : This course is a survey of the public relations3.0
industry, emphasizing communication with employees, consumers, and stockholders as well as relations with the media. Prerequisite: HCA 111 or COMM 1111. Previously HCA 216.
COMM 222Broadcast News Reporting (W - Designation) (Writing Intensive Course) : This3.0
course introduces students to and allows students to practice the common characteristics of good broadcast news writing style and delivery. Prerequisite: HEN 113 or ENGL 1113 with a minimum grade of “C”. Previously HCA 222.
COMM 2224Drama Writing for Film & TV : This course explores the important role of a script3.0
writer as a chief, creative visionary in various contents of mass communication media, such as radio, television, film, and other online media like YouTube. This course explores the key elements of story structure, plot, scene development, character, theme, genre and dialogue. Previously HCA 224.
COMM 2227Fundamentals of Radio Production II : This course features post-production editing3.0
with professional quality results and operations in a radio station environment. Prerequisite: HCA 124 or COMM 1124 with a minimum grade of “C”. Previously HCA 227.
COMM 3301Radio Workshop I : Experience in news-gathering, reporting and producing radio news1.0
and information. Students may re-enroll for additional credit until graduation. Prerequisite: HCA 124 or COMM 1124 with a minimum grade of “C”. Previously HCA 301.
COMM 3311Black Press : This course studies the vital role that Black newspapers play as they both3.0
serve to preserve the accomplishments of the black community and as a corrective to documents for future generations. Prerequisite: HEN 112 or ENGL 1112with a minimum grade of “C”. Previously HCA 311.
COMM 3324Small Format Video Production : This course focuses on field production skills and3.0
creative problem-solving techniques in remote ENG/EFP productions. It also includes editing to facilitate postproduction. Prerequisite: HCA 134 or COMM 1134with a minimum grade of “C”. Previously HCA 324.
COMM 3340Technical Writing I (W - Designation) (Writing Intensive Course) : This course3.0
allows for the creation of a variety of workplace documents that help a specific audience accomplish a task, solve a problem or understand a subject. Prerequisite: HEN 113 or ENGL 1113 with a minimum grade of “C”. Previously HCA 340.
COMM 3399Honors Hip Hop & African American Lives in the Media: The Honor's course is designated to
1) promote a critical understanding of Hip Hop in the media through an examination of its historical, social, political, and aesthetic roots and 2) examine how it has lost its initial purpose over time in its communicative characteristics as African American youth's subaltern social statements. Based on critical, historical, and structural approaches to the cultural phenomena of Hip Hop, this course will explore the inter-relationship between everyday experiences of African American youth and broader cultural, economic, political, and social configurations in the U.S. Pre-Requisite: HCA111 or COMM 1111 or HEN113 or ENGL 1113. Previously HCA 399.
HCA 111 or COMM 1111 and HCA 222 or COMM 2222. Previously HCA 413.
COMM 4415Communication Theory : This course is a survey of specific theories of3.0
communication and their applications in print, broadcast, film and everyday life. Prerequisites: HCA 111 with a minimum grade of “C”. Previously HCA 415.
COMM 4423Issues and Topics in Advertising Publications : This course offers an in-depth look3.0
at the overlapping of advertising and public relations activities as they apply to the support of the marketing efforts of organizations around the world. Prerequisite: HCA216 or COMM 2216 - Fundamentals of Public Relations. Previously HCA 423.
COMM 4424Writing & Producing the Documentary : This course focuses on the techniques script3.0
writing, filming, editing and marketing documentary films techniques. Prerequisite: HCA 134 or COMM 1134 with a minimum grade of “C”. Previously HCA 424.
COMM 4425Advanced TV Production : This advanced course covers elaborate productions3.0
involving multiple moving subjects and cameras. Prerequisites: HCA 134 or COMM 1134 with a minimum grade of “C”. Previously HCA 425. COMM 4434 Multi-Track Audio Recording (3.0 credits): This course is a continuation of COMM 1124, focusing on the advanced skills required for music recording in a sound studio environment. Prerequisite: HCA124 or COMM 1124 with a minimum grade of “C”. Previously HCA 434.
COMM 4440Technical Writing II (W - Designation) (Writing Intensive Course) : This course is3.0
a continuation of Technical Writing I, focusing on designing lengthier documents, creating websites and making oral presentations. Prerequisite: HCA 340 or COMM 3340 with a minimum grade of “C”. Previously HCA 440. 155
COMM 4450Issues in the News (I - Designation) (Information-Literacy Intensive Course) : This3.0
course allows students to gain experience in newsgathering and news writing. Students will gain the background for understanding current events and share that information by broadcasting on Cheyney University radio. HCA 450.
