92 courses with the subject COM, 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.
This course explores the elements of basic human communication - what does it mean to communicate? What makes communication good or bad? What is the nature of verbal and non-verbal messages? What does it mean to communicate in a group? How does culture affect communication?.
Explores the importance of communication in organizational settings. Includes assessment of appropriate modes of communication, including written, spoken, and electronic.
Provides an overview of the history, economic structure, regulation, and impact of the mass media in the United States.
This course is designed to acquaint students with various forms of basic newswriting and interview techniques. Students will learn how to write leads and short articles under deadline pressure. Although writing is the main emphasis of this class, students also will learn newsroom organization, ethics and press law.
This course presents students with an overview of the PR industry, fundamental practices, and its key players, including journalists, PR practitioners, and different types of publics. It introduces students to both theory and practice of PR through the use of real-life materials and situations.
Media are not only the channels through which we learn about current events—they are also, often, event makers themselves. This course will explore the collaborative relationships between media and current events, while exploring the topics of contemporary interest from the last 4-6 months.
Surveys historical and contemporary attempts to understand the process of human communication, using examples from the literature of interpersonal, group, organizational, and mass communication.
This course examines the ways that youth cultures have significantly influenced and been shaped by legacy and contemporary media, including film, music, television, the Internet, gaming, and social media. Students will explore the role of youth in participatory culture and subcultures, the development of youth and teen markets as important sites of culture, and the commodification of youth activities and objects.
The powerful combination of internet and video technologies has led to a kind of revolution in how humans express and share their experiences. This course provides a grounding in how this communication revolution involves new forms of meaning making resources that tap into the combination of text, image, and sound, and their circulation in contemporary life. Each week involves the study of a major approach to theorizing and interpreting media and its messages. By developing a final longer piece of their own, students generate more overt awareness of how persuasion, interpretation, and analysis function in mediated and multimodal messages.
The major challenges faced by journalists as they source and write their stories and how those challenges manifest themselves in coverage will be explored. Topics include how misrepresentation deepens marginalization of social groups, “both sides-ism,” collaborations with public relations professionals on content, the blurred boundary between news and advertising, and how to handle “alternative facts” and conspiracy theories in a supposedly post-truth society. Through readings, critical thinking exercises, and written assignments, we will examine the media’s dominant notion of “objectivity” and the role it plays in perpetuating bias. Students will study how newsroom decisions—what to cover, how to frame a story, and how to correctly source and shape social and political narratives about diverse communities.
This course provides a detailed investigation of the nature, application, analysis and write up of qualitative research in communication and the social sciences, including such topics as ethnography, in-depth interviews, focus groups, participant observation, and narrative analysis.
This course introduces students to quantitative methods used in the study of communication. The course will help student develop techniques to understand research problems in communication settings. Students will consider applications, including survey research, content analysis, usability testing, and experimental design, and will discuss procedures for developing, operationalizing, and testing questions within communication environments.
This course is designed to acquaint students with a more thorough understanding of the dynamics of interpersonal communication. This will be done through both a review of scholarly writing on the subject, as well as direct observations and analysis. By the end of this course, students should have a much deeper appreciation of the complexities of interpersonal communication, their own capacities as a communicator, as well as increased interpersonal communication skills.
A workshop course in improving public speaking skills. Provides experience in speeches of explanation, persuasion, and argument.
Provides an overview and survey of the changes taking place in the technologies of information production, distribution, storage, and display, including the interaction of these changes with legal, social, cultural, and communications systems.
This course focuses on the central role that identity plays in popular culture, exploring how media reflect diverse identities and how, in turn, we use media to construct our own identities.
Students learn research-based best practices for strategic social media communication by brands and organizations across a range of platforms. Working in teams, students develop social media campaigns with content calendars, potential influencers and evaluation plans utilizing analytic tools. Students earn a professional social media certification credential.
Successful PR management includes contributing to an organization's bottom line through effective reputation management. In this course, students will gain knowledge of the PR strategies and tactics needed to promote, maintain and manage organizational reputation. Focus areas will include organizational reputation development and assessment, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) for community building, issues and crisis management, as well as media coaching from a PR standpoint.
Students are invited to examine how ideas about diversity and diverse peoples in America and other places are created and experienced through media. The class will center around questions such as who creates and controls major images and ideas of diversity, and who consumes those ideas and why? How are social and ethnic groups recognized and how does that recognition change historically through various media? How do micro- and macro- politics of diversity play out in media and how do producers and consumers of media affect mainstream and non-mainstream ideas of diversity?.
This course will explore the history and current dynamics of language-based cultural diversity in the USA. Through an examination of communication patterns of men and women, language diversity of African Americans, and the cultural production of various immigrant groups, we will explore the predominance of a rich array of languages and cultures pertaining to most periods of American history. The Yiddish language-based immigrant culture of American Jews will be treated as a case study, dwelling on the rich Yiddish literature created, as well as language-based cultural institutions, such as the press, theater, radio, klezmer music, and film.
This course will introduce students to theories and concepts in the study of popular culture related to fans, fandoms, and audiences. Through readings, discussions, videos, etc. this course will examine issues around fans and fandoms, taste and consumption, fan production, and diversity in fandoms.
This course is designed for students interested in advancing their knowledge of news reporting and writing. Students will learn how to cover meetings, speeches, public affairs, such as courts, and to write for digital media. In addition, students will learn how to write human-interest stories, called features.
Merging traditional media with a more contemporary “one-person band” approach to reporting, you will act as reporter, videographer, and storyteller, recognizing that journalism today is practiced largely outside the newsroom. Students will immerse themselves in a community of their choosing to find stories that have not received attention – individuals with fascinating backstories, undiscovered histories, and unexplored issues facing residents. Students will be equipped to perform all the functions involved in the construction of coherent, incisive multimedia journalistic narratives.
This course will familiarize students with the creation of audio news and editorial content that is used not only in traditional radio broadcasting, but also in web-delivered programming such as podcasts and streamed audio. Students will learn the unique characteristics of audio journalism, practice “writing for the ear” and will record and edit digital audio.
This course is designed to acquaint students with the necessary skills to prepare written materials for the media. It will cover traditional print media, magazines and online media, such as websites and blogs. The importance of accuracy, consistency, and credibility in handling written copy will be emphasized. Skills to write captivating headlines, captions and other accompaniments to visuals will be a large focus of this class.
Covers the writing of business letters, resumes, memos, proposals, and reports.
In this course, students develop professional-level writing and pitching skills expected of public relations practitioners. The objectives include an understanding of PR writing styles and genres as a persuasive influence and learn how to write internal and external PR materials for both print and digital media.
Scientific research is the first essential element in the process of Public Relations. This course predominantly focuses on quantitative research methods most widely used to evaluate an organization's public relations efforts and scientifically measure public opinion. Students get hands-on experience of designing surveys, analyzing media content, and learning about focus groups.
In this course, students develop skills to understand advanced concepts, strategies, and tactics for public relations management. Using current and historical cases, students learn to apply core theoretical ideas and practices to manage public relations efforts.
To explore the interrelationships between professional and college sports and the mass media. Students will look at how news media coverage has changes sports, the conventions found in sports journalism, promotion and marketing of sports teams and leagues, and how sponsorship of sporting events changes the nature of these events.
To gain a deeper appreciation for and understanding of the meaning- making power of sports journalism. We will explore the history of sports journalism, review and critique examples of historically significant sports writing and write game stories and columns based on actual coverage of local and on-campus sporting events.
Develops skills in communicating with a technical focus. The course emphasizes technical genres such as proposals, reports, and instructions, as well as associated shorter documents, graphics and presentations optimized for print and online environments. Offers extensive application of the writing process, including creating drafts, receiving feedback, applying feedback in revising.
Mastery of investigative reporting tactics and strategies enables student to explore and write about issues of great importance to the community.
This seminar-style course explores theories and practical aspects of environmental and health campaigns and community-based social marketing campaigns. This course has a strong applied component.
This reading and writing intensive course will explore communication about environmental issues. Topics can include advocacy campaigns, social marketing, environmental journalism, media coverage of environmental issues, green marketing, the environment in popular culture, risk communication, and public participation.
Using the framework of mass media and behavioral change theories, we will look at the environmental movement through the lends of “eco celebrities” and mainstream environmental films and will discuss how Hollywood shapes our perceptions of the environment and whether this has helped or hurt the environmental movement.
This course examines the conventions of the various genres of scientific writing and how to distinguish them. Students will develop skills by writing a research article summary, a review of research on a topic, and a grant letter or paragraph on a scientific topic written in lay terms. This is a writing-intensive course.
In this course, we explore how the phenomenon of celebrity is constructed and who plays key roles in its construction: the celebrity, the entourage (industry representatives), the media, and audiences. Especially crucial is the notion of authenticity, an idea which guides media and fans in their appreciation of celebrity. Once we have established these key parameters, we discuss the role of mediated communication about celebrity among audiences and how celebrity and celebrities represent issues in society around intersections like race, age and gender.
A workshop course in the theory and practice of making effective professional presentations for the technical and business professional. Provides a systems approach to the planning, production, and presentation of visual/aural programs.
Digital Publishing gives students applied and theoretical knowledge of professional digital publishing. Students will learn and apply best practices relating to writing and integrating text and graphics to create audience-specific branded websites and/or blogs. Students will also apply credibility and usability standards to evaluate websites.
Covers production of publications using desktop publishing software, including planning, writing, designing, and budgeting of institutional magazines, newsletters, manuals, and brochures. Requires students to design several pieces (letterheads and flyers).
This course examines the history of communication in depth, drawing on major studies and theories of creating and interpreting world events across the globe and across the span of recorded history. In that examination, technologies of communication are conceived broadly as both material and ideational modes. Students will read signature works by Communication historians and discuss both evidence and argument, as well as how the various transitions in human society affect and are affected by forms of communication. Attention will also be paid to social movements and the role of communication in marshalling social power and influence.
This course provides an overview of the spread of English globally, by examining English as a language of trade, diplomacy, and education, as well as its status as an aesthetic and market force. For a final project, students research how English is utilized for social, economic, and political purposes in a single area of the world.
This course introduces students to the theory and practice of intercultural communication. Drawing from traditions in anthropology and communication, intercultural communication is the study of the effect of differing cultural norms and beliefs upon communication between speakers. Through a wide range of readings, journal writing assignments, and participative and experiential activities, students will develop both their understanding of and skills in inter-cultural communication. A final project and presentation draws together participative experiences and the readings and class discussions.
Introduces the principles and practice of designing documents and measuring their effectiveness with audiences.
This course explores the social and cultural transformations driven by computers and the internet, focusing on how the online self, identities, relationships, and communities are reshaped. Topics include various forms of self-expression online. Students will examine the theoretical foundations of emergent media, analyze mediated communicative practices, and develop analytic skills to assess the suitability of different mediated environments. Through this course, students will gain insights into the evolving landscape of social interactions in the digital age.
Examines theories and methods of qualitative language and communication studies. Topics include story telling, greetings, gossip, self-presentation in talk, language of ritual and religion, men and women's roles in communication, and communicative events and competence. Case student in literature will be analyzed and will form a basis for the students' own ethnographic fieldwork.
The course will explain the significance of strategic international communication in the contemporary globalized and digitized world. To a large extent, nations are brands and the images of those brands are strategically shaped by different agents – private and political interests, as well as state and business actors. The arsenal of tools they are using is huge – media, literature, movies, arts, history lessons, philosophy, religion, etc. Students will explore this process of strategic international image formation through the historical context, theoretical concepts, and the economic and structural aspects of strategic international communication. In each area, students will identify the key developments and large issues at stake rather than merely acquiring information.
This course is designed to give students a comprehensive overview of the field including different theoretical points of view on the process of international negotiations; the role of perceptions in this process; the role of internal politics and cultural variables in the process of international negotiations.
This course will provide the student with the theoretical and practical fundamentals in understanding the complexities of producing Special Events across all major industries. Special Events addresses all elements of the communication process.
Students explore and apply techniques for covering the court system, and explore case law and recent key legal developments that have reshaped how journalists do their jobs.
Students explore the grant writing process, from the development of an idea and researching appropriate contributors, to writing a fully realized grant proposal, complete with budget. Course topics also include surveying the political and social climate before developing an idea, assessing an organization's capabilities to handle a project, and performing through literature reviews.
The nonprofit sector is vital to today’s complex society, uniquely supporting education, social services, advocacy and activism, political engagement, medical services, and much more. Studying this dynamic sector and its organizations through a communication perspective can help us gain deeper insights for more effective nonprofit work. This course introduces students to the strategic ways nonprofits communicate with a broad range of audiences and stakeholders, as well as the ways researchers have examined these practices. Through a combination of scholarly readings, case studies, and interviews, students will study and practice effective nonprofit communication strategies and skills across many nonprofit contexts.
Extremist rhetoric and divisive politics seem to go hand-in-hand in today’s public deliberations. The media so often pair the word rhetoric itself with the pejorative adjectives mere, empty, and deceptive, that anything rhetorical becomes vilified. This course draws from the ancient accounts of rhetoric and the contemporary studies on rhetoric to rehabilitate it as a way to inform our efforts towards a more civil public discourse. This course also will host guest speakers from local civic and political organizations who engage in rhetorical practices in the service of civic engagement, which includes the discourse both of people who exercise political power and of citizens who debate over public policies and cultural identity.
This advanced qualitative research methods course will discuss the use of focus groups to collect data for social science inquiry from both an academic and a consumer research perspective. We will take an in-depth look at how to plan, implement, and analyze data collected through a focus group process, including: purposes and uses of focus group interviews, human subjects research considerations, participant recruitment, sampling, question design, facilitation techniques, recording options, transcription, analysis, and reporting of data.
In this course, students will explore the various forms --some obvious, some not-- that censorship takes. Also explored will be what those who hold dissenting views endure as they try to contribute to the national dialogue. Historical and legal perspective on censorship will also be considered.
Some people believe that the mass media rule our lives, making us fat, violent, sexist, etc. Some think that media are irrelevant. Of course these arguments are extreme and simplifications. In this course, we ask: What are the facts regarding media effects research?.
This capstone course focuses on the application of public relations strategies and tactics. Students learn how to analyze, plan, and conduct successful public relations campaigns systematically and scientifically. Students will assess and define campaign objectives and create full-scale PR campaigns for their "real-world clients.".
This course examines the role of journalism and news media in the social construction of our world. Focusing on key topics like framing and agenda setting in media research, we will critically consider how stories are routinely emphasized, excluded, organized, made sense of, and accumulate, plus more. We will discuss such topics in regard to various media (from newspapers to new media), various methods (qualitative and quantitative), and various public issues (including politics, music, sports, and representation of race/gender/sexuality/etc.).
This is an upper-level seminar in various topics in Communication, including but not limited to Rhetoric. Students will undertake an in-depth examination of critical texts or themes in Communication. The course is intended for upper-level majors in Communication and can be repeated for credit with a different topic.
Covers planning and execution of a professional project that integrates the academic and practical knowledge the student has acquired in his or her major.
Requires completion and evaluation of the project begun in COM 491.
This course introduces students to basic research concepts and methodologies used in social science research as they are applied to communication research. Through different readings, students will learn to analyze, understand and evaluate scholarly research in communication studies. Lastly, students will learn to communicate scope, method and result of the existing body of research to the professional community.
This seminar-style course, which includes a significant amount of reading and writing, explores theories and practical aspects of environmental information campaigns and community-based social marketing campaigns. The theories and frameworks presented in this course apply to health issues as well as environmental issues. This course has a strong applied component.
Scientists contribute to the world with new insights and secure credibility for them largely through writing. This course will guide you in understanding the conventions of the various genres of scientific writing. In particular, you will learn to distinguish one genre from another and how the design of each genre contributes to the effective communication of science to professional and lay audiences. Once you understand the conventions of science writing, you will explore them in your own area of scientific interest and develop your own writing skills.
This course introduces students to the principles and practice of document design as well as strategies for collecting, analyzing and presenting data. Students will also learn about usability testing to measure the effectiveness of their documents with the intended audience.
Using accessible modern software programs and a personal computer, desktop publishing facilitates the creation of professional-quality promotional materials by non-designers. Emphasis is on applying copywriting techniques and theoretical design principles of color, typography and composition to create audience-specific business cards, posters, advertisements, and brochures. These are essential skills for those entering into the fields of event planning, public relations, nonprofit communication and social media management.
This course provides students with applied and theoretical knowledge of the current state of digital publishing by examining the technical disruption to, and the current state of, the book and magazine publishing industries. Students then become digital publishers themselves by choosing a niche topic aimed at a target audience and learning how to write and optimize long-form content and integrate images to create and publish a professional, branded and visually appealing blog or website using an accessible and free blogging platform. Students will consider issues of credibility, SEO, promotion, monetization and web usability. The ethical issues of digital publishing, such as influencer/sponsored content and sources for copyright free photo/image use are explored.
Students learn research-based best practices for developing strategic social media programs and campaigns, then assess how influential brands and organizations are or are not using them for platforms, content, authentic engagement, crisis response and influencer marketing. Students will produce a campaign and content calendar for an organization of their choosing and prepare for and earn an industry-recognized, real-life social media certification through this course.
Every aspect of communication, whether public relations, social media, technical or scientific writing, needs to be copy edited before it is released to the public. Copy editing does not just examine spelling and punctuation, but also takes into account the flow and length of the text. Copy editors are also routinely asked to write compelling headlines and accompanying captions for photographs and graphics. In this class, students will look at the mechanics of proper writing, delve deeply into AP style, and will learn to be critical readers who ask questions about the purpose and content of written communication. Students will learn best practices for copy editing different texts.
This introductory course is designed for students who are new to public relations. It introduces students to the basic theories, strategies, tactics and skills that form the foundation of public relations practice. Students learn about public relations as a professional field, and the importance of ethical public relations as a strategic tool to interact with internal and external audiences. The course covers important strategies such as corporate social responsibility and reputation management, and provides students with basic skills related to public relations research.
This course teaches students the preparation of public relations materials such as news releases, media advisories, press statements, backgrounders, facts sheets, features, opinion pieces and other related communication materials. It covers the preparation of materials for different outlets (e.g. writing for print/websites as opposed to writing for radio and TV). This course also provides a brief introduction to speech writing. This is a workshop-oriented class with a focus on persuasive writing.
This graduate level course will enable students to put into practice the theoretical knowledge, research skills, interpersonal and group skills, writing skills, and creative problem solving abilities developed throughout their public relations studies. This course will help students approach public relations strategically so they will be able to apply public relations techniques and theories to the creation, execution and management of public relations plans and campaigns.
While traditional media outlets may be shrinking their newsrooms and their staff, and there is an increasing PR emphasis on social media strategy and influencer marketing, the value of earned media is still very much present. There are millions of digital news sites, all looking to break the story of the day or tell the best feature. With less full-time journalists and more freelancers, it has become increasingly difficult for brands and companies to get their voice into the media. Those that succeed are ones with good media relations strategies. This course will focus on media relations strategy and how brands can consistently win earned media. In doing so, it highlights strategies for getting the attention of journalists, freelancers and prominent bloggers.
This course provides students with an understanding of the frameworks and practical tools necessary to successfully manage a variety of crisis situations from a communications standpoint. Following the crisis management process (prevention, preparation, response, and revision), students will learn the theories, principles, and best practices associated with crisis communication and management. Using real-world case studies, crisis communication theories and ethics, and role-playing activities, students will develop the ability to think strategically, make recommendations to address crisis-related challenges, and develop proactive crisis communication plans to assist organizations during challenging times.
This course explores content creation for digital media, including websites, social media, newsletters, video and blogs through both theory and execution. Learn topics and concepts that are essential for those in or entering into the fields of marketing, advertising, communications and social media management: content development; audience engagement; brand identity and archetypes; concepts in digital design; visual storytelling through social media and strategic methods in marketing content. Students will also learn how to glean relevant information from data and information and create visually stimulating and engaging infographics and slide decks.
This is an introductory course which introduces students to the fundamentals of journalism, various forms of newswriting and, in this context, explores and applies mass media effects theory. Students will learn to distinguish news and opinion pieces, and will get a basic understanding of the media and journalism industry, the role and impact of advertising and PR, and the implications of media law and ethics. Students will also learn to write clear and accurate stories, including concise leads and informative yet attention-grabbing headlines. In this context, students will be introduced to basic concepts of editing and journalistic style, including AP conventions.
This course examines theoretical and practical elements of international negotiations. Students are taken into the work of diplomats, policymakers, and corporate leaders negotiating agreements and are guided through psychological, sociological, and political dimensions of the talks process. By the end of this course students will be able to analyze negotiations scientifically and professionally.
This course will provide the student with the theoretical and practical fundamentals in understanding the complexities of producing special events across different industries. Students will learn to research, design, plan, coordinate and evaluate special events, including virtual events attended remotely.
Organizational communication is relevant for all types of sectors and institutions be it governmental, healthcare, for-profit or not-for-profit. In this context, project management is a required skill to accomplish team goals. Whether you are the leader of the team or a contributor - effective organizational communication is the number one skill needed by all team members. In this course, we will explore how to properly communicate with leaders, team members, stakeholders and more while exploring best practices for various types of project communication - including daily briefings, email updates, demos, executive summaries and more.
Students develop the skills needed to write an effective grant proposal. Topics include idea development, analyzing a team's capabilities to complete a project, developing a clear plan of attack, locating funding sources, honing research skills, and effectively using graphic elements in proposal design.
The nonprofit sector is vital to today’s complex society, uniquely supporting education, social services, advocacy and activism, political engagement, medical services, and much more. Studying this dynamic sector and its organizations through a communication perspective can help us gain deeper insights for more effective nonprofit work. This course introduces students to the strategic ways nonprofits communicate with a broad range of audiences and stakeholders, as well as the ways researchers have examined these practices. Through a combination of scholarly readings, case studies, interviews, and volunteer work for nonprofit organizations, students will study and practice effective nonprofit communication strategies and skills across many nonprofit contexts.
This qualitative research methods course will discuss the use of focus groups to collect data for social science inquiry from both an academic and a consumer research perspective. We will take an in-depth look at how to plan, implement, and analyze data collected through a focus group process, including: purposes and uses of focus group interviews, human subjects research considerations, participant recruitment, sampling, question design, facilitation techniques, recording options, transcription, analysis, and reporting of data.
The course will explain the significance of strategic international communication in the contemporary globalized and digitized world. Mostly we communicate with the representatives of different nations on the basis of preconceived images of them. Those images are formed by objective forces as well as by active image shapers/manipulators. To a large extent, nations are brands and the images of those brands are strategically shaped by different agents – private and political interests, as well as state and business actors. Students will explore this process of strategic international image formation through the historical context, theoretical concepts, and economic and structural aspects of strategic international communication.
This is an upper-level graduate seminar in various topics in Communication, including but not limited to Public Relations, Journalism, and Non-profit Communication. Students will undertake an in-depth examination of critical texts or themes in Communication. The course is intended for graduate students in the MS Communication program and can be repeated for credit with a different topic. This course is open to all students at the graduate-level.
This course examines theories and models of communication and persuasion. It thereby focuses on theories underlying persuasive communication and issues informing the discipline, drawing readings from the field of communication and related disciplines.
Professional communicators confront conflicting interests throughout their time at work. Their professional aspirations and their duties to their employer inevitably affect their efforts to make ethical decisions. This course is about ethical decisions in professional communication settings, which include: journalism, public relations and advertising, science and health communication, and digital and social media. Through the analysis of case studies and the examination of ethical frameworks this course will explore ethical issues in such topics as: Ethics of social media usage in crisis situations; Ethical behaviors among social media influencers, etc.
Social media platforms are volatile. With online users producing more data, this course illustrates concepts relevant for changing social media platforms such as interactivity, convergence and big data, and explores challenges and opportunities that social media face. The course focuses on the different values that social media holds for media companies and their users. Students will evaluate social media through a social media audit to distinguish between social media logics and user-centered logics. They will also discuss how to integrate user-centric and organization-centric logics to fulfill the needs of social media users. Students will examine different implementations of social media information infrastructure and social media affordances through concepts such as attention economy and platformization.
This course examines theories of media environments and the application of those theories to our experiences living in a densely mediated world. We will examine media as media ecologists, focusing on how human thought and action are shaped through interactions with our media environments. We will define media in the broadest possible definition, including but not limited to communication, technology, literacy, the arts, and education.
Understanding the foundations of the policies, laws and regulations that govern media and communication has become a necessity in the everyday lives of consumers and citizens and crucial knowledge for communication professionals. Issues like ‘Net neutrality’, ‘breaking up big tech’, ‘algorithmic privacy breaches’ and ‘trust in (public) media’ reflect the increasingly complex communications patterns and industries. This course offers an overview of media and communication policy, law and regulation from a critical perspective. We interrogate the regulatory and judicial systems that administer and interpret media policies, and the public policy apparatus those relationships create. Drawing on academic research and case studies, we assess American media law and policy in light of ‘the public interest’.
An intensive hands-on course in researching and writing investigative news stories. Students will select and cover beats and submit a series of in-depth articles on deadline.
In this course, students will explore literature regarding the professional identities of communication professionals. Students will learn how to manage one’s professional identity and reputation across various digital platforms and social media. Students will then draw from this body of research to create a professional identity package, including a digital portfolio, based on the work they have completed in the MS program as well as in their own areas of professional expertise. This professional package will demonstrate their aptitude, performance, and compatibility to succeed in their target career.
Source: Drexel University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
