43 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.
COM 0202 Professional Communication 3 COM 0263 Writing for the Media 3 Core Requirement 3 Core Requirement 3 Core Requirement 3 Core Requirement 3 Core Requirement 3 Core Requirement 3 TOTAL CREDITS 15 TOTAL CREDITS 15 Second Year/First Semester Second Year/Second Semester Course Code Credits Course Code Credits
Elective (ENG 0200+)
This course introduces students to the art and science of public speaking. It explores both the theory and practical applications of oral communication. It also aims to develop and refine speaking skills in a variety of settings, while reviewing organization and research methods and cultivating critical thinking. Students research, write, and present several speeches during the semester. Offered every year.
Students are taught general concepts of publication design and specific skills for designing and producing newsletters, literary magazines, and other publications. The course will provide students with a complete overview of print publication production from start to finish. They will be taught various software applications for page layout and graphic design functions utilized in the workplace. Course Fee: $75. Offered every other year.
Students will develop, shoot, edit, and exhibit documentary-based films on a variety of subjects. The course will culminate with a class-generated film. In addition, each student will work on his or her own documentary films throughout the semester. Enrollment requires permission from the instructor.
This course will be an overview of mass communication theories emphasizing their development and application in practicum and research. The course will also cover mass communication theory from its inception as a field of study, to major trends, followed by current applications of previous paradigms, and finally into the development of new media and how it applies to storytelling in all aspects of media. 554
Media criticism considers the nature and forms of media, their effects on audiences and society, and literacy appropriate to their understanding and use.
This course introduces students to the world of journalism: the culture, commerce, ethics, history, working conditions, rights, responsibilities, standard practices, and effects of evolving technology. Students learn about the nature of a journalism career and gather information that will serve as a foundation for their future journalism skills.
This course identifies the principles of journalism and how to ethically and effectively share stories and information with your community
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This course serves as an introduction to the field of intercultural communication. Students will develop an understanding of the intercultural communication process, learn to appreciate diverse ways of communicating in different cultures, and increase their understanding of cultural issues – both at home and abroad – that influence communication effectiveness.
An introduction to the theory and practice of public relations. This course examines the tasks, responsibilities and objectives of public relations professionals. It outlines practical solutions to communication challenges through needs assessment techniques and effective planning strategy. Offered every other year.
This course explores multimedia and emerging new media technologies in the filed of public relations. Marketing works on selling the product, while Public Relations (PR) works on selling the company to establish credibility, desire, and trust. Today, PR professionals maintain company visibility, public awareness, and continuously enhance the company's brand and image through the use of advanced media. This course will explore the newest communication practices, including blogs, wikis, and social media (e.g., Facebook and Twitter) to deconstruct the communication and business impact of these techniques. It will focus on a practical approach to constructing your own brand, and how that relates to constructing and maintaining the identity of a larger organization. 555
This course will address the role the media has played in creating images and understanding of "Blackness" in the United States, particularly where it converges with popular ideologies about gender.
This course will explore communication about environmental issues within the many forms of communication. Topics to covered include environmental information and education campaigns, social marketing, environmental journalism, media coverage of environmental issues, public relations about environmental issues, green marketing, the environment in popular culture, risk communication and public participation in environmental decision making.
A core strength of any successful communications professional is a solid understanding of what is newsworthy, coupled with strong writing skills. This course is designed to help you develop professional writing skills expected of PR practitioners and covers the strategy and style of many forms of public relations writing, including press releases, media correspondence, media advisories, fact sheets and talking points. Good writing takes practice, hard work, discipline, focus and persistence. You will learn to organize and plan their writing both with and without deadline pressure. Successful students will be able to continue in their PR career or pursue a job in public relations with the assurance that they have professional exposure to a breadth of writing that will serve them well in their professional lives.
Professional Business Comm is designed to introduce students to skills and practices that will help them communicate and develop communication strategies for themselves in a business setting and/or with business clients/stakeholders. Students will learn how to communicate in oral and written form. We will explore standard practices on how to communicate effectively across all media business sectors. Assignments will include but not limited to business letters, memos, reports, proposals, emails, social media writing and collaborative projects.
Creative Writing 3 English or Creative Writing 3 Core Requirement 3 COM 200 Level COM Elective 3 Core Requirement 3 Core Requirement 3 Core Requirement 3 Core Requirement 3 TOTAL CREDITS 15 TOTAL CREDITS 15 Third Year/First Semester Third Year/Second Semester Course Code Credits Course Code Credits COM 200 Level Track Requirement 3 COM 200 Level Track Requirement 3 Gen Ed 3 Gen Ed 3 COM 200 Level COM Elective 3 COM 300 Level COM Elective 3 Core Requirement 3 COM 0495 Internship 3 Elective 3 Elective 3 TOTAL CREDITS 15 TOTAL CREDITS 15 Fourth Year/First Semester Fourth Year/Second Semester Course Code Credits Course Code Credits COM 300 Level COM Elective 3 COM 0480 Senior Capstone 3 COM 200 Level COM Elective 3 Elective 3 Elective 3 Elective 3 Elective 3 Elective 3 Elective 3 Elective 3 TOTAL CREDITS 15 TOTAL CREDITS 15 263
This course introduces Communication majors to the types of research and information gathering skills essential for journalists, public relations practitioners, and other professionals. It will include a review of sources available in the library, computer resources, and municipal, state and federal government documents. In addition to becoming skilled seekers in the digital/paper chase, students will gain an overview of the “right to access” issues, including the Freedom of Information Act and the ethics of privacy. In short, students will learn strategies for gathering information and critically analyzing it. 556
This course will examine the intersection of sports, society, and the media, by exploring historical and current issues in sports that shape our ideas, perspectives, and assumptions about the U.S. It will consider such issues as amateurism, labor, performance enhancing drugs, race, gender, sexuality, body image, nationalism, and the role of sports within global society.
This class revolves around the camera phone as a contemporary cultural ideal and the deeply invested interrelationship many people have with it. Picture taking is a key element addressed. However, also addressed are the ethical residuals of such embedded technology. Course Fee: $75.
An introduction to reporting and writing literary journalism and to the works of its best-known practitioners (including Tom Wolfe, Joan Didion, Gay Talese, John Hersey, and John McPhee). Students will receive intensive instruction on nonfiction story structure, narration, scene-setting, dialogue, and characterization and on advanced interviewing and reporting techniques.
This course examines the nature and definition of news, and introduces students to the fundamentals of gathering and writing news stories and features, interviewing, covering a beat, and meeting deadlines. In addition, the course explores the ethical and legal boundaries of journalism and the responsibilities of journalists through readings and discussions about media law and ethics. During the course of the semester, students will submit their work to The Rambler, the College’s student newspaper. Offered every other year.
This course introduces students to the skills, techniques, and styles for reporting and writing feature-length, non-fiction articles for magazines. Offered as needed. *This course is cross listed with WRT-0255.
Elective (ENG 0200+)
A study of broadcast production in general and television production in particular. The student will learn what it takes to be a producer—writing, booking, and helping to create a show. Prerequisite: none. 557
This course provides students with essential knowledge of theoretical and methodological research principles, techniques, and applications required and found in New Media. Students will also be introduced to the elements of diffusion research and how it applies to New Media. Students will have hands-on experience utilizing digital tools for both quantitative and qualitative research. Here, several approaches will be explored, from the digitization of traditional methods (e.g., from ethnography to surveying). We will also explore online network mapping and analysis, used as valuable tools in real-world situations. Offered every Spring.
This introductory course examines the development and impact of mass media in the United States. Offered every other year.
An examination of the ethical challenges that confront communication professionals, whether in print, broadcast or Internet journalism, public relations or advertising. Students learn to discern a wide variety of ethical issues concerning communication behavior, apply systematic ethical analysis to various communication situations and explain their analyses clearly.
This course explores various approaches to ethical decision-making and applies that process to diverse aspects of every day contemporary life. Students learn to discern a wide variety of ethical issues concerning communication behavior, apply systematic ethical analysis to various communication situations and explain their analyses clearly.
This course is designed to introduce students to contemporary concepts about the meanings and functions of communication in organizations. In addition, this class will consider the theories that are the foundation of communication. The focus of the course is strategic communication - how to analyze an organizational situation, select appropriate strategies from among various options, and carry out those strategies effectively. To understand how to solve communication problems, it is essential that students have a firm grasp of the theories that are the backbone of communication behavior.
This course will follow the basis of journalism and introduce students to the fundamentals of news judgment, reporting and writing with a purpose of gaining a deeper understanding of the art of multimedia storytelling. By using a combination of text, still photos, video, audio, graphics, mobile apps, social media and other emerging digital storytelling tools, students will build on the storytelling medium with research and analysis of current and evolving industry trends while producing multi-dimensional stories for a digital environment.
Analysis of audience data for traditional and new media. Learn basic fundamental's of digital metrics for television advertising, content marketing, broadcast, and other digital platforms. For media practitioners in this new environment, a familiarity with audience data, metrics and dimensions is essential. This course is an introduction to the methods for collecting, analyzing and utilizing audience data for traditional and new media. 558
This course is an exploration of how new media plays a pivotal role in community and social justice, and positive change. We will take a critical, theoretical, and practical approach to the examination of new media as a tool for challenging inequality and working toward goals of meaningful change. Pre-req: WRT 110
It's easy to be a sports fan, but far more challenging is chronicling the world of sports using the media tools which consumers count on. This class is designed to teach all aspects of media interaction with sports from legacy media reporter to web-based blogger, from broadcaster, podcaster, to communication specialist, from social media poster to in house talent. We will explore sports media as a career, utilizing journalism skills like interviewing, reporting, blogging, working with coaches and athletic directors, staging, and covering press conferences, statistics, etc. We also focus on issues related to sports coverage, including race and gender, hero worship and the ethics of what sports journalists do and why they do it.
This course examines the evolution of laws and regulations that apply to the mass media. Students will be required to grasp the major concepts of law in several areas, including privacy, libel, commercial speech, and broadcast/cable/Internet regulation.
Intercultural communication examines discourse between individuals who have different backgrounds, beliefs, goals and behaviors. Students will develop the skills to understand the nature of various cultures through study, research, and personal experience. The goal is to understand the communications process and apply the elements of this model to interaction with other cultures.
This is a course in argument and persuasion. It asks the student to consider and develop critical thinking and writing skills and then apply the newly learned skills to well-constructed, well-organized essays that argue points and explain a particular point of view.
This course is designed to introduce students to contemporary concepts about the meanings and functions of communications in organizations. The focus of the course is strategic communication – how to analyze an organizational situation, select appropriate strategies from among various options, and carry out those strategies effectively.
The Senior Project in Communication combines a particular academic interest of the student and adds a practical component to it, as a bridge to a post-college career in communications. It will involve research into a particular area of interest, production of a magazine prototype, film, public relations campaign, extended piece of journalism or nonfiction in any variety of media (print, audio, video.) Students in the Senior Project course will meet as a group and individually throughout the semester to work on their projects. Offered spring semester. 559
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Practical application of the theory. Requires approval of the instructor and the student’s advisor. Offered fall and spring semesters.
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