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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Part-time employment experience in print journalism. Students will work with a mentor at a newspaper or magazine and learn writing, reporting, interviewing, time management, and research skills. Daily log of activities must be kept. Final paper and computer graphics presentation required upon completion. Offered Fall, Spring and Summer. Prerequisites: COMM 3365 or 3375, a 3.0 GPA in the major, and senior standing (or permission of faculty advisor).
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3.00 Credits
Three internships are required of all Mass Communication/Journalism majors. See separate course descriptions below. Internship Guidelines that state both workplace and academic expectations must be signed by the supervising professor, the supervising employer mentor, and the student. Written progress reports, a paper using journals from the profession, a portfolio, and a PowerPoint presentation to the department's faculty and students summarizing what was learned and accomplished are required. Offered Fall, Spring and Summer.
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Part-time employment experience in broadcast journalism. Students will work with a mentor at a television or radio station and learn writing, reporting, camera operation, and research skills, as well as become familiar with editing, voice-overs, and other aspects of audio/ video production. Daily log of activities must be kept. Final paper and computer graphics presentation required upon completion. Offered Fall, Spring and Summer. Prerequisite: COMM 3365 (or 3375) and 3368, a 3.0 GPA in the major, and senior standing (or permission of faculty advisor).
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3.00 Credits
Part-time employment experience in public relations or advertising. Students will work with a mentor in a PR or advertising capacity and learn writing, interviewing, time management, and research skills. Daily log of activities must be kept. Final paper and computer graphics presentation required upon completion. Offered Fall, Spring and Summer. Prerequisite: COMM 2370, a 3.0 GPA in the major and senior standing (or permission of faculty advisor). May be repeated for credit up to 3 hours.
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Part-time employment experience in online journalism. Students will work with a mentor at a newspaper or magazine and learn production skills related to online newspapers and magazines. Daily log of activities must be kept. Final paper and computer graphics presentation required upon completion. Offered Fall, Spring and Summer. Prerequisite: COMM 3365 or 3375, a 3.0 GPA in the major and senior standing (or permission of faculty advisor).
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3.00 Credits
This is a course for junior and senior Mass Communication/Public Relations majors which deals with contemporary issues in public relations theory and practice. The subject matter of the course will vary depending on issues that are prominent in the public relations fi eld, but may include political campaigns, public opinion research and public relations as a management function. Offered Spring only. Prerequisite: COMM 2370.
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Discussion of legal concepts in mass communication and journalism, including libel, obscenity, privacy, copyright, and telecommunications issues. Students will give in-class presentations on legal controversies and important court cases in the mass communication fi eld. Offered Spring only. Prerequisites: COMM 2320 and 2360.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of controversial issues regarding the mass media's effect on society, including violent and sexual content, government regulation, racial and ethnic stereotyping, media bias and the impact of new technologies. Offered Summer only. Prerequisite: COMM 2320.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to help writers distance themselves from the creative process and function as editors of their own work and work of others. The focus will be on meaning, accuracy, logic, language, sense, organization, style, and form appropriate to audience and medium. This class relies heavily on the AP Stylebook and the layout and design of items such as brochures, flyers, newsletters and other promotional items. Offered Spring only. Prerequisite: COMM 2360.
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