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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
A survey of contemporary media with a focus on developing media literacy, and understanding media industries and the consequences of media messages on individuals, society, and culture. (Every semester)
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to writing news in a professional environment and to the forms journalism takes in a converged, digital age. Special emphasis is given to introduce the student to what is news and how it is found, fact gathering, story structure, and collecting information from primary and secondary sources. Lab Required. (Every semester)
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3.00 Credits
A workshop approach to developing a basic understanding of the hardware and software tools used in creating and producing digital audio, video, and interactive media messages. Lab Required. (Every year)
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to writing for the screen, this course focuses on the conventions and craft of narrative storytelling. Students work individually and as part of a creative team to tell stories for the screen in terms of action and characters. Short individual writing exercises receive peer analysis and review in a workshop setting. Students will analyze produced films and their scripts, and will provide a final screenplay of their own which adheres to the conventions of narrative storytelling and dramatic structure. Lab Required. (Every other year)
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3.00 Credits
This course will introduce students to the fundamentals of film language and provide conceptual tools needed to create and/or critically analyze narrative films. Topics will include: the examination of narrative film form; exploration of how films are classified by genre; the examination of how film techniques such as mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing, narrative, performance, and sound contribute to film form. The course will explore how these structural elements function to express complex meanings. (Every year)
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3.00 Credits
This course offers a conceptual overview of the forms, strategies, structures and conven- tions of nonfiction film and video. The course focuses on social and political documentaries, personal essay films, digital stories, news documentaries, and narrative nonfiction techniques. (Every year)
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the way that contemporary issues are shaped and manipulated by the media through framing and agenda setting. The course uses basic theoretical principles from both mass media and journalism studies to provide students with the ability to think critically and speak persuasively about the issues currently in the news. (Every other year)
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3.00 Credits
This course will emphasize news gathering techniques used in print, broadcast, and online journalism. The course will require students to apply their understanding of the key elements of civic journalism including: public listening techniques, advocacy vs. objectivity, framing, citizen involvement, problem solving, and coordination of media efforts. Lab activities complement classroom activities. (Every semester)
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Practical experience in working in student radio or video or journalism. May be repeated for up to 3 credit hours. Graded on S/U basis. Does not count towards major or minor in Journalism or Media Studies. (Every semester)
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3.00 Credits
This course examines media texts as cultural artifacts from a variety of critical and theoretical perspectives. We will focus on film, television, and New Media in our examination of the meanings, pleasures, and practices of one of the most widespread sign systems of our time. The approaches/methods will include: semiotics, auteur theory, genre theory, feminist theories, cultural studies, postmodernism, and cybercriticism. (Every year)
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