COMM

1-3 or THEA 152R or Acting One

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

An introduction to the analysis and practice of effective voice and articulation. Applications across various communication contexts, such as public communication, media, and social communication.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

DANC/THEA Acting One 152R

Subject

COMM

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Information Literacy and Research

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

A study of selected topics designed for non-majors, or for elective credit within a major. These courses will appear in the course schedule, and will be more fully described in a booklet distributed to all academic advisors.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

1

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

A study of selected topics designed for non-majors, or for elective credit within a major. These courses will appear in the course schedule, and will be more fully described in a booklet distributed to all academic advisors.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

1

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

-6 COMM 260 Understanding Media 3

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

ledge

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Open only to students in the Honors College. This class will focus on both contextual and close text analysis of masterworks as they have influenced film art and industry. Students in this course are expected to develop basic research, communication, viewing and critical thinking skills as they apply their knowledge to the analysis of the film experience.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

An introduction to principles, methods, and materials used in designing stage and film productions.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

-6 COMM 301 Critical Methodologies 3

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Old Dominion University Undergraduate Catalog 2025-2026 138

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

This class focuses on both contextual and close text analysis of masterworks as they have influenced film art and industry. Students in this course are expected to develop basic research, communication, viewing and critical thinking skills as they apply their knowledge to the analysis of the film experience.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

This course will introduce the beginning student to making movies. Students will learn the basics of working with cameras, lights, sound recording, video editing and post production. This is a hands-on production course and the required prerequisite to most higher-level production courses. Students who complete COMM 271 cannot enroll in COMM 269 and have that course count toward their major.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Digital literacy refers to the unequal understanding people have about how digital technologies work, how that work is regulated, and how digital technologies are used - by us and by others - as effective and strategic communication and information tools. This course offers students a pathway to become digitally literate by teaching them how the work they perform on digital platforms impacts their interpersonal, communal, and social interactions as consumers, citizens, and content producers.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Advertising influences consumer beliefs and decision-making. This course introduces students to fundamental concepts in advertising and consumer culture while developing skills and knowledge in information and digital literacy. Topics covered include consumerism and resistance, representation in advertising, audience segmentation, and digital advertising. As they learn to critically evaluate and analyze advertising and its audiences, students will practice message evaluation and research skills. Students will also consider legal and ethical use of information in advertising.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

r COMM 295 Topics in Communication 1-3

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

r COMM 304 Advanced Public Speaking 3

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

1

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

9 COMM 440 Documentary Filmmaking Study Abroad 3 Other study abroad/study away offerings offered within the

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

COMM writing intensive (W) course (see the major areas for 3 appropriate selection) BA Additional Core Course

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

3 COMM writing intensive (W) course (see the major areas for 3 appropriate selection) BS Additional Core Requirements Six hours of approved 300/400-level social science courses 6 Total Credit Hours 21

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

COMM 422

Subject

COMM

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

An analysis and expression of professional speeches, delivered in public, business and special occasion contexts. Attention is given to audience analysis, library research, development of arguments/evidence as content, creation and use of professional visual aids, expression of appropriate verbal and nonverbal speech cues, speaker credibility, and extemporaneous delivery skills.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 101R

This course is an examination of both the theory and practice of communication in the professional setting. Content includes communication theory, work-life communication, as well as the roles of interpersonal, organizational, and mediated communication as related to the workplace.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

Junior standing or permission of instructor

This course provides students with an historic overview of films from a variety of European countries. Students gain the vocabulary necessary to analyze individual films and for the comparative analysis of films from different cultural and historical contexts. The course will focus on issues such as national and individual identity, film as aesthetic form, gender and sexuality, and popular culture.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

Junior standing or permission of instructor

Complete the prescribed Foundations courses from one of the 6 following specialization areas: Strategic Communication:

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Companies and organizations from just about every sector have a person or in some cases entire offices tasked with media relations. This course will take an in-depth look at the evolving landscape of multimedia communications, including seismic changes in the media in general, the rise of bloggers, influencers, and other shared media models, and the increasing role that content generation plays in traditional media relations. The course will include hands-on instruction and projects in content generation, media pitching and contact lists, media interviews, press conferences, as well as non-traditional earned media practices. Pre- or corequisite: COMM 303 or permission of the instructor

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 260 or permission of the instructor

This course emphasizes a multi-disciplinary and multi-media approach to problem solving. Students will prepare a strategic communication campaign on behalf of a real client. It will include the production of research, strategy and media material for use by the client. These materials, in turn, may be used in student portfolios as examples of professional capabilities. Pre- or corequisite: COMM 303 or permission of the instructor

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 260 or permission of the instructor

This course provides students skills needed to enter the workforce with a robust set of domain-specific skills, which includes practicing those skills in a realistic, hands-on setting, so they feel more ready to win and succeed in jobs in the competitive, modern marketplace. This course will provide relevant skills training to strategic communication students, while fortifying these students for professional success. Pre- or corequisite: COMM 303 839 COMM - Communications

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

junior standing

An introduction to the theories, processes and effects of communication in nonverbal codes. Topics include kinesics, proxemics and paralanguage. Critical analysis and contemporary research emphasized. instructor

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

Junior standing and COMM 200S, or permission of the

6 COMM 335W Rhetorical Criticism 3

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

The course covers the systematic process of organizational assessment from basic communication channels (verbal, printed, and electronic modes of communication), to interpersonal and group communication, to the management of events and staff. This course examines the importance of leadership roles within organizations in planning any event as well as the communication dynamics between management and those being supervised.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 200S or permission of the instructor

This class introduces the concepts and techniques of sound design and sound effects for the stage and camera. Students learn design of sound elements in both a live and recorded environment as well as learn the current equipment and software in digital sound reproduction.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

Junior standing or permission of the instructor

An introduction to the study of communication in task groups. Course reviews foundational literature and emphasizes communication competencies relevant to optimizing group outcomes including group observation, participation, assessment, and leadership. instructor

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

Junior standing and COMM 200S or permission of the

This course builds upon the principles taught in Screenwriting 1 (or equivalent) using the short script as a basis for the exploration. Utilizing concepts of characterization, plot, dialogue and narrative style, students should complete the course with several production-ready short scripts. ,

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 346 or THEA 346

An overview of the rhetorical and social scientific theories and research about persuasion and applications in speeches and campaigns.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 200S or permission of the instructor

This screenwriting course explores the ways teleplays, stage plays, and screenplays can be crafted using a variety of primary source materials. Through multiple screenings, writing exercises, and deep reading, it examines what constitutes an adaptable piece of prose and how that material can be transformed. Primary weight is given to the movement from novel to film.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 346 or THEA 346

or COMM 445 Communication Analysis and Criticism Total Credit Hours 15 Cinema & TV Production Major David Mallin, Program Director Carolina Conte, Chief Departmental Advisor of Cinema & TV Production Choose nine courses (27 credit hours): three courses (9 credit hours) from Foundations and six courses (18 credit hours) from Applied Theories. Note that all Foundations courses can apply towards degree completion. The

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

In this course, students learn how to transform casual expressions of opinion about celebrities and media into polished reviews and articles worthy of publication in newspapers, magazines, and online platforms. Students will examine models of good entertainment journalism, past and present, in print, on the Web and in podcasts. In particular, students will consider critical reviews, profiles of artists and entertainers, interviews, and trend stories. Pre- or corequisite: COMM 260

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

junior standing

This course examines the basic ways in which the mass media intersect with the currents of contemporary culture. Both historical and critical approaches to the study of mass communication and popular culture trace the full implications of their mutual determination and interdependence.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 260

This is a production course introducing students to the world of light and shadow, mood and composition by surveying lighting design, its technologies for stage and camera, and such principles as basic electrical theory and stage/studio/location design aesthetics. permission of instructor

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 225/THEA 225 and COMM 271/THEA 271 or

This course serves as an introduction to the art of video post-production. Students 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. The course covers principles of post-production of narrative, documentary, and experimental films. Through demonstrations and hands-on experience, students learn editing techniques with an in-depth examination of tools and approaches in a non-linear editing system.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 271 or THEA 271 or DANC 271

This course provides students with an overview of a range of media industries, exploring their histories and structures and their impact on contemporary media production. Students will track ongoing industry developments, applying course concepts and learning how media is made and how that process is restricted by a range of social, cultural, political, an economic forces.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 260

This course is designed to introduce students to the major theories and perspectives that inform the ways media audiences are made meaningful to the creation, distribution, promotion, regulation, and evaluation of media and popular culture.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 260

This course is an introduction to narrative screenwriting focusing on the traditional feature film. Students will study screenwriting principles through text reading, film viewing, script analysis and substantial writing assignments. Focus is on story structure, character development, action, dialogue, and proper screenplay format. with a grade of C or better

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

ENGL 110C with a grade of C or better and ENGL 211C

This course examines the process of building characters for the camera, and the ways in which the conventions of the stage are adapted for the film or video audience.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

THEA 152R

Old Dominion University Undergraduate Catalog 2025-2026 134

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

This is a project oriented, studio class that will focus on the art of animated storytelling from the traditional perspective of stop motion animation combined with digital post production. Students will engage in individual research, writing, storyboarding, editing, and sound creation to produce original short animations. Crosslisted with THEA 353.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 271, DANC 271, or THEA 271

Alias

THEA 353

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Focuses on critical analysis of theory and research organizations as functional communication systems at the individual, dyadic, small group, and organizational levels. Topics include information processing, problem solving, impression management, compliance gaining, and network analysis.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 200S or permission of instructor

This is a project-oriented studio class that will focus on the art of animated storytelling through the use of computer-based 3D animation.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 271 or THEA 271 or DANC 271

This is a project-oriented studio class that will focus on the art of animated storytelling from the perspective of computer-based 3D animation, building on the skills developed in 3D Animation 1. Students will engage in d individual research, writing, storyboarding, editing, and sound creation to produce original short animations.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 356 or THEA 356

This course will introduce students to color workflow in the digital cinema environment. The focus will be on working with color beginning with the camera, through color correction to delivery, mixing software-specific techniques with a deepening understanding of the underlying theories of color theory and practice. Students will learn and apply industry standard best practices in the field of visual post-production. This is a hands-on workshop style post-production course.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 271 or DANC 271 or THEA 271

This course will develop design principles and craft techniques to create a wide variety of costume crafts. The course will focus on individual research, design elements and technical challenges. Projects will encourage students to explore textile modification, various applications for clothing design, costume crafts and art materials. Cross-listed with THEA 355. Old Dominion University Undergraduate Catalog 2025-2026 840

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

Junior standing or permission of the instructor

Alias

THEA 355

This course is designed to provide students with an in-depth knowledge of the theory of film editing and concepts in film editing such as pacing, rhythm, juxtaposition, and color. The course will encourage students to investigate and understand the effectiveness of various editing techniques deployed by film editors.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 270A/THEA 270A or COMM 271/THEA 271

This class focuses on media literacy and on the role of media in society. Students learn and practice elements of news writing, including writing leads, organizing stories, reporting techniques, and interviewing. Story assignments come from handouts, press releases, press conferences, speeches, and public meetings. Some assignments are completed under simulated deadline pressure in the computer lab. This course is identical to the course previously named Reporting and News Writing I and satisfies that requirement.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 308W or permission of instructor

Available for pass/fail grading only. Student participation for credit based on the academic relevance of the work experience, criteria, and evaluative procedures as formally determined by the department prior to the semester in which the work experience takes place. May be repeated for credit. be provided by the Monarch Internship and Co-Op Office in the semester prior to enrollment

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

1

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

Approval by department is required; Additional support may

A structured work experience with or without remuneration, in an appropriately related disciplinary field. An ePortfolio, 150 hours of site work, plus satisfactory evaluations by supervisor and cooperating faculty member are required. Available for pass/fail grading only. Available to Communication, Theatre, and Dance majors and minors only. Cross-listed with DANC 368 and THEA 368. registration

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

6

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

Approval of departmental internship director prior to

Alias

DANC 368

or COMM 469 Communication Education Practicum

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

CPD/SCLM 303T Maritime Leadership, Technology, and

Subject

COMM

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

This course explores the basic process of producing television from script to presentation.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 271 or THEA 271 or permission of the instructor

This course offers the student an opportunity to explore the world of documentary filmmaking. Students will perform research to develop evidence in support of a thesis, then utilize the camera to capture a narrative story based on the thesis. Through this process, the student is better able to understand documentary filmmaking. Students will develop and deliver short documentary films by the end of the semester. higher 841 COMM - Communications

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

THEA 271 or COMM 271 or DANC 271 with grade of C or

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

This course is designed as a practical guide for directors to elicit strong performances from the actors who tell their stories. The class will establish vocabulary and practice techniques that are equally applicable to work in film or theatre. Ideally, the course will encourage students to think beyond genre as they create work that is both dramatically and humanly compelling.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 271 or THEA 271 or DANC 271 or THEA 152R

Introduces students to cinematography. The course explores camera technique, blocking actors, lighting, and cinematography fundamentals. The concepts of the course are applied to fiction and nonfiction cinema. This is a production class. higher

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

THEA 271 or COMM 271 or DANC 271 with grade of C or

This course builds on the fundamentals learned in Post-Production I, exploring advanced post-production techniques in picture editing, color correction and grading, sound editing and mixing, VFX editing, title and graphics editing, chroma key and compositing. The focus will be on mixing software-specific techniques with deepening understanding of the underlying theories of editing, color theory and principles of sound post-production. The students will learn and apply industry standard best practices in the field of audiovisual post-production. This is a hands-on workshop style post- production course.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 342 or THEA 342

This course is designed to provide students with an introduction to the reporting, writing, and production aspects of a television news program. Students will learn how to create 15- and 30-minute news broadcasts by developing story ideas and news gathering. Students will also learn the intricacies of shooting and editing video along with the production process involved in recording a live news broadcast. Each student will spend time both in front of and behind the television studio cameras. The goal of this course is to produce weekly news programs worthy of broadcast on local television. Students will assume the roles of reporter, writer, producer, floor director, photojournalist, videographer, technician, and more. Pre- or corequisite: COMM 382 or ENGL 382

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 271 or THEA 271 or DANC 271

This course is designed to develop within students a heightened and multifaceted awareness and appreciation for aesthetics of a particular type - motion picture aesthetics. Aesthetic considerations impact us intellectually, emotionally, psychologically, and viscerally. Professionals most definitely employ a language to filmmaking. One must learn the language of motion picture production and aesthetic design in order to convey concepts to their audiences.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 270A or THEA 270A

This course will explore the best concepts in recording, editing and mixing audio for film and post-production. Students will be using Pro Tools hands- on to sync and mix audio to picture. Topics will include location audio, sound design, ADR, mixing, and more.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 271 or THEA 271 or DANC 271

ass COMM 396 Topics in Communication 1-3

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

1

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

3 COMM 495 Topics in Communication 1-3 3 COMM 496 Topics in Communication 1-3 1-3 COMM 497 Tutorial Work in Special Topics in 1-3 3 Communication 3 Degree Program Guide 3 The Degree Program Guide is a suggested curriculum to complete this 3 degree program in four years. It is just one of several plans that will work 3 and is presented only as broad guidance to students. Each student is strongly encouraged to develop a customized plan in consultation with their academic advisor. Additional information can also be found in Degree Works. 3 Course Title Credit Hours 3 Freshman

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

1

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

This course is designed to introduce students to the study of communication in cultural contexts, the purpose of which is to prepare one to live and work within an increasingly multicultural world. This is accomplished by defining and critically analyzing concepts of culture. Throughout the semester, the course will investigate theories of culture and communication that address the development of cultural identity, intercultural communication competence, the role of verbal and nonverbal communication across cultures, the cultural composition of the U.S., and ethical communication and challenge in a globalized era. This is a writing intensive course. ENGL 221C or ENGL 231C, or permission of instructor

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 200S and a grade of C or better in ENGL 211C or

An overview of general and contextual theories of communication. Focus is on the nature of communication theory, the role of theory in communication inquiry, and the relationships among theory, research, and practice.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 200S or permission of the instructor

An overview of effective oral, written and visual means to communicate data and to communicate about data to a variety of audiences.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 101R

Subject

COMM

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Subject

COMM

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

This course provides an overview of contemporary scholarship on phenomena within the scope of interpersonal health communication. Students will become familiar with fundamental communication processes that are involved in the interprofessional management of physical and mental health. Additionally, students will develop an awareness of how communication among friends, family members, professionals, and others influences people's well-being, and how, in turn, health and illness shape communication and relationship dynamics.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 200S

Research (3 Credit Hours) A survey of classic and contemporary theories and research of communication in personal and social relationships across the lifespan. Emphasizes communication as a means to facilitate conditions for development of positive relational outcomes. This is a writing intensive course. ENGL 231C with a grade of C or better

Subject

COMM

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 200S and ENGL 211C or ENGL 221C or

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Subject

COMM

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

This course investigates the history, types, characteristics, functions, and applications of love in everyday life, emphasizing the communication of altruistic/compassionate/agape love in four interrelated contexts: self, spirit, others, and creation. Theory, research, and applications of love will be explored within the spiritual, scientific, and dialogic (the conversation between science and spirit) perspectives.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

Junior standing

Subject

COMM

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Subject

COMM

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

This course concentrates on the development and delivery of industry standard one-hour long TV scripts and the associated script 'bible.' Students will study sample scripts from broadcast TV programs and develop their own spec scripts. Cross-listed with THEA 430.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 346 or THEA 346

Alias

THEA 430

This capstone course requires students to exhibit knowledge from disciplinary curricula. Students will review an informed snapshot of current topics, methods and research within the communication discipline. Students will demonstrate communication competency through the development of a relevant final project (with required research). COMM 260, COMM 301 or COMM 302, and completion of the writing intensive course in the major Old Dominion University Undergraduate Catalog 2025-2026 842

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

Senior in good academic standing, COMM 200S,

This course offers ways for artists––and people invested in the arts–– to contribute to the development, production, and distribution of radio programs, criticism, podcasts, and documentary films that engage audiences with topics in creative and appealing ways. Students will be exposed to how critics have both opened––and foreclosed––paths for artists to achieve 'success.' Students will develop projects that are grounded in humanities scholarship and that demonstrate how approaches to artistic creation can be thoughtful, balanced, and analytical, and may be (mis)interpreted by critics in mainstream press. Ultimately, this course investigates how creativity intersects with digital platforms to explore how both writing and discourse about the arts benefit from digital circulations.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 308W

This course focuses on the act and application of writing journalistic content across a variety of media. Students will create content and integrate multiple modalities of writing to form cohesive reports. Students will work on deadline to produce meaningful and informative news stories for their portfolios.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 308W or COMM 363 or permission of instructor

In today's digital landscape, storytelling is a powerful tool for effective communication. This course explores the intersection of strategic communication and podcasting, equipping students with the skills to craft compelling narratives that engage audiences across various platforms. Through a combination of theoretical insights, practical exercises, and hands-on podcasting projects, students will learn how to develop, produce, and distribute podcasts strategically to achieve communication objectives.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 308W or permission of instructor

This course explores the history, theory, industry, and practice of advertising as a communication discipline. This course explores the origins of advertising and its evolution into its contemporary, technologically-driven form while introducing students to skills and concepts necessary for work in the field.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 308W or permission of instructor

This is an experiential style course in the art and business of documentary production in the hands-on, professional environment of WHRO, which operates Hampton Roads’ PBS affiliate TV station as well as two public radio stations. Students will be guided through the production of content for WHRO by an ODU faculty member and the WHRO staff. Cross-listed with THEA 439.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 271 or THEA 271 or DANC 271

Alias

THEA 439

Other study abroad/study away offerings offered within the

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

This course explores the geographic dimensions of media, considering how issues of space and place intersect with the production and consumption of different forms of media. Employing semester-long cases that explore a range of mediated spaces from theme parks to television productions, students in the course will consider how spatiality shapes the cultural, economic, and creative dynamics of that production/experience. 843 COMM - Communications

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 260 and Junior standing

A topical study of the major works of Spanish and Latin American film from Buneul to the present. The course will explore many issues, including those related to gender, race, symbolism, and class struggle. instructor

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 270A or THEA 270A or permission of the

The first half of the 20th century was the most creative and destructive period in German and European history. Its rich cultural achievements included Viennese psychoanalytical theory of the turn of the century, Art Nouveau, German Expressionism, and the avant garde aesthetics of the Weimar Republic. Conversely, World War I and II exposed the cultural agony and human depravity of modern civilization. This course will trace these various aspects and developments in a variety of exemplary genres. Readings and discussions in German. (Cross-listed with WCS 445/WCS 545 and GER 445/GER 545)

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 270A or permission of the instructor

Alias

WCS 445

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

This course seeks to provide students with fundamental principles and practical techniques of directing the narrative fiction film: script development and analysis, production planning, shot composition and framing, and working with actors and crew.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 383 or THEA 383 with a grade of C or higher

This course focuses on legal and policy issues related to modern media systems and technologies, with an emphasis on legal considerations of electronic media. Topics include First Amendment issues concerning news, programming, and advertising; station licensing; and challenges to traditional legal thought brought about by new technologies. This is a writing intensive course. ENGL 221C or ENGL 231C, or permission of the instructor

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 260 and a grade of C or better in ENGL 211C or

An examination of the rise of broadcast technology and world flow of information and entertainment. Theory and policy issues of systems of broadcast ownership, access, regulation, programming, transborder, broadcasting and cultural imperialism and dominance of Western programming will be addressed.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 260 or permission of the instructor

This course is for students who are interested in the field of voice over for commercials, narration, industrials, animation, Internet, and gaming. Students will practice voicing copy using acting techniques, vocal techniques, building characters, and analyzing copy. Students will learn to select, edit and prepare copy for a future demo and learn to perform cold voice over auditions. This is a performance-oriented course that is a workout session each day. Crosslisted with THEA 453.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

Junior standing or permission of instructor

Alias

THEA 453

Strategic communications is best learned by doing, including researching what has worked and what hasn't worked in strategies and tactics conducted by other professionals. This course will introduce students to a series of case studies organized thematically, grounding the knowledge gained in COMM 303 and allowing students to apply that knowledge to contemporary industries and cases of their own choosing.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 303 or permission of the instructor

A critical examination of the news industry as practiced in the printed press, network and cable television, magazines, the Internet, and alternative press. Class examines the political economy of journalism, the sociology of journalistic practice, international news flows, ideological/political control o news, and mythological narrative forms within news.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 260 or permission of instructor

Focuses on theories, research and applications of the social influence function of communication in a variety of organizational contexts. Examines traditional and nontraditional social influence theories and research as applied to organizational change.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 333 or COMM 355 or permission of the instructor

The foundation of any successful strategic communications, from marketing to public relations to advertising, is research. This course introduces students to secondary and primary research methods in an applied way, having students actually design and conduct full research studies for a client in the community. Students will discuss and conduct various forms of market research (situation, stakeholder, and competitor), explaining how it is integral to strategic thinking and responsible growth in order to directly prepare them for work in the field.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 303 or permission of the instructor

Social marketing, the process through which communications professionals attempt to introduce, reinforce, or augment social change through theories and practices of marketing, is a growing field with implications ranging from social entrepreneurship to international relations to community resiliency. This course will introduce the theories of social marketing, applying them through collaborations with a local organization or cause. Students will focus on a practical approach to constructing a brand through communication strategy and media tactics, and how those relate to constructing and maintaining the identity of a larger organization while also promoting social benefit.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 303

A survey of sport media and communications. This course will expose students to the rapidly evolving sport media landscape, analyzing the communication processes involved in both strategic communication and journalism, through the mediums used to convey messages. The internal and external audiences involved in sport communication will be examined, both through an analysis of journalism’s impact on sport and an exploration of the strategic communication planning process.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 398W or permission of instructor

Designed to familiarize students with the fundamentals of beat reporting and its practice in the multimedia environment of 'converged' newsrooms. The course emphatically focuses on writing but also provides instruction on how the tools and techniques of multimedia platforms are used to enhance storytelling. Emphasis is also placed on accessing information through web- based resources and government documents. This is a writing intensive course.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

ENGL 211C or ENGL 231C and COMM 363

Course includes discussion and practice of writing a variety of newspaper and magazine feature stories. Students will write and critique stories on people, places, businesses, trends, and issues. Assistance is given in the marketing of manuscripts.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 363

Special Topics in Communication Courses and Communication

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

or COMM 479W American Film History or Select five from the following for a total of 15 credits: 15

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Old Dominion University Undergraduate Catalog 2025-2026 144

Subject

COMM

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

The role of television in the cultural, psychological, and economic life of America. The structure and design of television programs; and the history and function of television in reinforcing or altering public perceptions of ideas, events, and people. Major critical approaches are employed in examining television's social impact and global reach.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

Junior standing and COMM 260

In the past two decades, reality television has become television's most replicated genre, documenting real people in 'real' situations across broadcast, cable, and streaming outlets. This class investigates the historical, cultural, and industrial logics that govern the rise of reality TV, exploring how the genre intersects with issues of race, gender, sexuality, and class, and asking students to apply their understanding of the genre to detailed analysis of its ongoing efforts to capture the complexities of everyday life.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 260

This course introduces students to the ways in which different media forms are used for advertising and marketing purposes. Emphasis is on electronic media, though other approaches, such as direct marketing techniques and the increasing use of new media technologies for marketing, are also examined. instructor

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

Junior standing and COMM 260 or permission of the

Old Dominion University Undergraduate Catalog 2025-2026 130

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Students will continue the work performed in COMM 380 with more advanced proposals, research, and production work.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 380 or THEA 380

Students will explore storytelling for cinema through screenplay analysis, scene study, character development, narrative structure, and story development. This upper-level, hands-on course applies a range of screenwriting principles to writing exercises, critique, and construction of the first half of a feature-length screenplay.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 346 or THEA 346 with a grade of C or better

This is an intensive capstone course in film production. Students experience pre-production, production, and post-production phases while creating a product to be entered in regional and national competitions. Old Dominion University Undergraduate Catalog 2025-2026 844

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 383 or THEA 383

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

This course is designed to examine the conventions and meanings of various film and television genres within their broader aesthetic, socio-historical, cultural, and political contexts. Each time the class is offered it will focus in depth on a different genre, such as the gangster, the Western, the musical, the comedy, science fiction, among others. Class may be repeated for credit as long as the genres are different.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 270A or THEA 270A or COMM 260

This course offers students an opportunity to collaborate on a faculty led project beyond the scope of typical classroom projects. Students will execute an assigned duty for the duration of the semester.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

permission of the instructor

This course is designed to provide students with advanced instruction in reporting, writing, and production for a television news program. Students will take on important roles in 15- and 30-minute news broadcasts and refine their skills in shooting and editing video. The goal of this course is to produce weekly news programs worthy of broadcast on local television. Students will receive significant experience in front of the camera as news, sports, and entertainment anchors/reporters as well as leadership positions in the television studio during the live broadcasts.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 387, THEA 387 or ENGL 387

3 Studies 3 COMM 491 Communication and Activism 3 DANC 361 Hip Hop Dance & Culture 1

Subject

COMM

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

3 COMM 491 Communication and Activism 3 COMM 495 Topics in Communication 3 COMM Elective 3 Complete COMM elective 3 Total Credit Hours 86-104 Students may take Foundations courses to apply toward Applied Theories courses if they choose to take more than 15 three Foundations courses.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

1

Credits (max)

1

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

only for Strategic Communication and

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

This course will delve into activism and social change from a local and global perspective in order to enhance students' perspectives of social change as it manifests via popular media and community action. 845 COUN - Counseling

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

Instructor permission required

This course builds on the fundamentals learned in Cinematography 1, exploring advanced camera and lighting techniques primarily used in narrative cinema. Advanced cameras, grip, electric, and lighting equipment will be covered, exposing students to gear and practices beyond the scope of a standard student production. This is a production class.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 385 or THEA 385

This intensive course will bring students onto the set of a Feature Film Production, working crew positions as the film is shot. Cross-listed with THEA 493. following: COMM 380/ THEA 380, COMM 383/THEA 383, COMM 385/ THEA 385, COMM 386/THEA 386, COMM 389/THEA 389, COMM 483/ THEA 483, COMM 486/THEA 486, COMM 492/THEA 492 with a grade of

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

6

Credits (max)

6

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 271/THEA 271/DANC 271 and two of the

Alias

THEA 493

This course is designed to help students enhance their personal and professional development through innovation guided by faculty members and professionals, while at the same time, meeting a critical need for Old Dominion University. Through a partnership with ODU's Office of Strategic Communication and Marketing, a select group of upper-level public relations, marketing or related discipline students will work, individually and in teams, as a "bureau" for the University's central marketing and communications office.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 303 or equivalent

3 COMM 496 Topics in Communication 1-3 3 COMM 497 Tutorial Work in Special Topics in 1-3 1-3 Communication

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

1

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

3 COMM 497 Tutorial Work in Special Topics in 1-3 3 Communication

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

1

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

1-3 Communication 3 Degree Program Guide 3 The Degree Program Guide is a suggested curriculum to complete this 3 degree program in four years. It is just one of several plans that will work 3 and is presented only as broad guidance to students. Each student is strongly 3 encouraged to develop a customized plan in consultation with their academic advisor. Additional information can also be found in Degree Works. 3 Course Title Credit Hours 3 Freshman 3 Fall

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

1

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Subject

COMM

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-undergraduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

This course is designed to introduce students to the study of communication in cultural contexts, the purpose of which is to prepare students to live and work within an increasingly multicultural world. This is accomplished by first defining and critically analyzing concepts of culture. Throughout the semester, the course will investigate theories of culture and communication that address the development of cultural identity, intercultural communication competence, the role of verbal and nonverbal communication across cultures, the cultural composition of the U.S., and finally ethical communication and challenges in a globalized era.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

An overview of general and contextual theories of communication. Focus is on the nature of communication theory, the role of theory in communication inquiry, and the relationships among theory, research, and practice.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Subject

COMM

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Perspectives on nonviolent communication and peace are covered from the micro level (e.g., individual beliefs and worldviews) to interpersonal relationships (e.g., conflict management), groups (e.g., tribes, gangs), organizational systems (e.g., businesses, governments), and macro or global level (e.g., political relationships between nations).

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

This course investigates the history, types, characteristics, functions, and applications of love in everyday life, emphasizing the communication of altruistic/compassionate/agape love in four interrelated contexts: self, spirit, others, and creation. Theory, research, and applications of love will be explored within the spiritual, scientific, and dialogic (the conversation between science and spirit) perspectives.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Subject

COMM

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

In today's digital landscape, storytelling is a powerful tool for effective communication. This course explores the intersection of strategic communication and podcasting, equipping students with the skills to craft compelling narratives that engage audiences across various platforms. Through a combination of theoretical insights, practical exercises, and hands-on podcasting projects, students will learn how to develop, produce, and distribute podcasts strategically to achieve communication objectives.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

This course explores the history, theory, industry, and practice of advertising as a communication discipline. This course explores the origins of advertising and its evolution into its contemporary, technologically-driven form while introducing students to skills and concepts necessary for work in the field.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

A topical study of the major works of Spanish and Latin American film from Buneul to the present. The course explores many issues, including those related to gender, race, symbolism, and class struggle.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 270A or THEA 270A or permission of instructor

The first half of the 20th century was the most creative and destructive period in German and European history. Its rich cultural achievements included Viennese psychoanalytical theory of the turn of the century, Art Nouveau, German Expressionism, and the avant garde aesthetics of the Weimar Republic. Conversely, World War I and II exposed the cultural agony and human depravity of modern civilization. This course will trace these various aspects and developments in a variety of exemplary genres. Readings and discussions in German. (Cross-listed with WCS 445/WCS 545 and GER 445/GER 545)

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Alias

WCS 445

A survey of the key methods used in critiquing various forms of human and mediated communication for the purpose of becoming more discerning consumers of public and mass mediated messages. Analysis will include films, television, and radio programs, advertisements, newspapers, public discourses, speeches, and conversations. 461 COMM - Communications

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

This course focuses on legal and policy issues related to modern media systems and technologies, with an emphasis on legal considerations of electronic media. Subjects include First Amendment issues concerning news, programming, and advertising; station licensing; and challenges to traditional legal thought brought about by new technologies.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

An examination of the rise of broadcast technology and world flow of information and entertainment. Theory and policy issues of systems of broadcast ownership, access, regulation, programming, transborder, broadcasting and cultural imperialism and dominance of Western programming will be addressed.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

A critical examination of the news industry as practiced in the printed press, network and cable television, magazines, the Internet, and alternative press. Class examines the political economy of journalism, the sociology of journalistic practice, international news flows, ideological/political control of news, and mythological narrative forms within news.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Focuses on theories, research and applications of the social influence function of communication in a variety of organizational contexts. Examines traditional and nontraditional social influence theories and research as applied to organizational change.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

The foundation of any successful strategic communications, from marketing to public relations to advertising, is research. This course introduces students to secondary and primary research methods in an applied way, having students actually design and conduct full research studies for a client in the community. Students will discuss and conduct various forms of market research (situation, stakeholder, and competitor), explaining how it is integral to strategic thinking and responsible growth in order to directly prepare them for work in the field.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Social marketing, the process through which communications professionals attempt to introduce, reinforce, or augment social change through theories and practices of marketing, is a growing field with implications ranging from social entrepreneurship to international relations to community resiliency. This course will introduce the theories of social marketing, applying them through collaborations with a local organization or cause. Students will focus on a practical approach to constructing a brand through communication strategy and media tactics, and how those relate to constructing and maintaining the identity of a larger organization while also promoting social benefit.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

A survey of sport media and communications. This course will expose students to the rapidly evolving sport media landscape, analyzing the communication processes involved in both strategic communication and journalism, through the mediums used to convey messages. The internal and external audiences involved in sport communication will be examined, both through an analysis of journalism’s impact on sport and an exploration of the strategic communication planning process.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

An examination of world cinema as a technology, a business, an institution, and an art form from inception to the present. Emphasis is on the narrative fiction film, its technological and aesthetic development, economic organization, and socio-cultural context. Representative classic and contemporary works will be screened and analyzed.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

The role of television in the cultural, psychological, and economic life of America. The structure and design of television programs; and the history and function of television in reinforcing or altering public perceptions of ideas, events, and people. Major critical approaches are employed in examining television's social impact and global reach.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

This course introduces students to the ways in which different media forms are used for advertising and marketing purposes. Emphasis is on electronic media, though other approaches, such as direct marketing techniques and the increasing use of new media technologies for marketing, are also examined.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

An examination of American motion pictures as an art form, a business and an institution from inception to the present. Primary attention is accorded to the narrative fiction film, its technological and aesthetic development, economic organization and social impact. This course highlights the many connections between film history and American culture.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Discussion/presentation topics range from production field work to post- production editing. The final third of the semester will be devoted to compiling the rough footage in post production.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

This course is designed to extend students' knowledge of the media elements of strategic communications, from graphics to images to video. Students will discuss how to ground creative production in strategy for a client, how to focus on content and storytelling for a specific stakeholder, and how to create an extended, coherent plan using both creative and organizational goals. This is not intended to make students 'creative' but instead to show students how to design, direct, and manage the work that a media production team might do.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

This course is designed to examine the conventions and meanings of various film and television genres within their broader aesthetic, socio-historical, cultural, and political contexts. Each time the class is offered it will focus i depth on a different genre, such as the gangster, the Western, the musical, the comedy, science fiction, among others. Class may be repeated for credit as long as the genres are different.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

This course offers students an opportunity to collaborate on a faculty led project beyond the scope of typical classroom projects. Students will execute an assigned duty for the duration of the semester.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

Permission of the instructor

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

In this course, students gain hands-on experience working in an agency setting. They work directly with clients to create specific materials, and learn new tools and software suitable for each project. We emphasize building students' professional qualifications connected to their interests and the client's needs that bridge the gap between coursework and a career. Students will conduct situation analyses, choose audiences and strategy, and create professional-quality materials for clients. If they take the class for a second semester, students will have more senior roles, where they interface more extensively with the client and become team leaders with bigger projects.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

This course will delve into activism and social change from a local and global perspective in order to enhance students' perspectives of social change as it manifests via popular media and community action.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

The advanced study of selected topics designed to permit small groups of qualified students to work on subjects of mutual interest which, due to their specialized nature, may not be offered regularly. These courses will appear in the course schedule, and will be more fully described in information distributed to all academic advisors.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

1

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

The advanced study of selected topics designed to permit small groups of qualified students to work on subjects of mutual interest which, due to their specialized nature, may not be offered regularly. These courses will appear in the course schedule, and will be more fully described in information distributed to all academic advisors.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

1

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Subject

COMM

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Subject

COMM

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Theory and Application (MA students only)

Subject

COMM

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Total Credit Hours 15

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

This course will examine: (1) the nature-nurture controversy as reflected in current theories about gender as a significant factor in the transformation of physical bodies into social bodies, (2) cultural objects and institutions that shape our gender roles and expectations, and (3) nonverbal language and power and the status of the sexes. Old Dominion University Graduate Catalog 2025-2026 462

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Subject

COMM

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

This course explores the theories, questions, claims and myths that have accompanied the rise of new communication technologies and electronically derived digital information that define the 'Electronic Revolution,' also known as the Information Society.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

The seminar surveys the relationship between communication and religion with an emphasis on theory, research and applications. Topics may include the communication of religious beliefs/values via story, ritual, ceremony, worship, prayer and mediated communications.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

A structured work experience providing both a conceptual understanding and on-the-job training in some aspect of lifespan and digital communication. A journal, a final paper, a log of hours, a portfolio of work, and a satisfactor evaluation by wok supervisor and cooperating faculty member are required.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 601 or COMM 602

This course examines the relationships among race, racial identity, and television. Multiple scholarly traditions are used to examine the interactions among television tests, audiences and institution, and historical and contemporary race relations.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Subject

COMM

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

This course is intended for students in the Master of Arts in Lifespan and Digital Communication program who choose the thesis option. Course topics include: developing a thesis proposal, thesis rules and regulations, the thesis committee, presenting and defending a thesis proposal, and acquiring the essential tools needed to write and successfully defend an MA thesis. COMM 605

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Prerequisite

COMM 601, COMM 602, COMM 603, COMM 604, and

The study of selected topics designed to permit qualified students to work on subjects of mutual interest in a seminar format which, due to their specialized nature, may not be offered regularly.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

1

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

This course is intended for students in the Master of Arts in Lifespan and Digital Communication program who choose the thesis option. During the time a student is working on the MA thesis they must be enrolled in COMM 698, followed by COMM 699. Pre- or corequisite: COMM 689

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

This course is intended for students in the Master of Arts in Lifespan and Digital Communication program who choose the thesis option. During the time a student is working on the MA thesis they must be enrolled in COMM 698 followed by COMM 699.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

This course is designed to provide an overview of contemporary scholarship on phenomena within the scope of interpersonal health communication. Students will become familiar with fundamental communication processes that are involved in managing physical and mental health. Additionally, they will develop an awareness of how communication among friends, family members, professionals, and others influences people's well-being, and how, in turn, health and illness shape communication and relationship dynamics. Topics to be covered include patient identity and self-disclosure, social support, patient-provider communication, end-of-life care, and health education. Consistent with the goals of graduate education, students are expected to engage with the course content, exercise critical thinking skills, develop advanced reading and writing competencies, and develop a sense of practical applications of theory and research.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

1

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Subject

COMM

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

1

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

Subject

COMM

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu

This course is a pass/fail course for master's students in their final semester It may be taken to fulfill the registration requirement necessary for graduation. All master's students are required to be registered for at least on graduate credit hour in the semester of their graduation.

Subject

COMM

Credits (min)

1

Credits (max)

1

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

catalog.odu.edu