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  • 4.00 Credits

    4 Credits Prerequisite: COM2010, COM3011 This is a highly practical course in which the student's technical skills in radio and audio post- production are further enhanced. Special emphasis will be placed upon feature- and program-length projects incorporating a wide variety of audio sources, including off-site interviews, background music, natural sound and special audio effects.
  • 4.00 Credits

    4 Credits Prerequisite: COM1015 This is a highly practical course in which the student's technical skills in studio-based television production are further enhanced. All aspects of the production process are covered, from script preparation to the directing and producing of live-on-tape studio productions. Special emphasis is placed upon the leadership skills required from those in the key position of director. Hands-on experience is emphasized through student participation in a variety of exercises and productions.
  • 4.00 Credits

    4 Credits Prerequisite: COM2001 This course intends to help students become better vocal communicators whether they plan to be professional broadcast announcers/reporters or not. Class work and exercises will focus on voice production, projection, intonation, pronunciation, delivery and other aspects of on-mic performance. Students will learn about the craft of announcing through performance, readings and discussion. There will be quizzes, graded performances and recorded and written assignments. Creativity, performance and reliability are all factors in grading.
  • 4.00 Credits

    4 Credits Prerequisite: ENG106 or equivalent This course emphasizes the basics of journalistic writing to help produce interesting, accurate, fair, and observant writers. The discipline taught here will improve their writing skills and make them more discerning media consumers as well as more aware of global newsworthy events. Class sessions involve lectures, discussions, analyses of articles from daily, weekly, and online newspapers, drills in writing and editing, and exercises exploring journalistic ethics. A newsroom atmosphere enhances the practical nature of the course. Students may be encouraged to submit class-assigned articles to the campus newspaper, The Quill.
  • 4.00 Credits

    4 Credits Prerequisite: COM1011 or Permission In this course the student learns basic aesthetic design principles and how they are applied in various media. Light and color; area; volume; time and motion; and sound are among the aesthetic topics explored. Course material will emphasize how such principles can be practically applied to produce more effective productions.
  • 4.00 Credits

    4 Credits These courses focus on selected topics in communication and are designed to provide students with an opportunity for in-depth study of some topic having current professional or public interest that is not thoroughly addressed within the context of regular College offerings. Topics may differ each time a course is offered. Students should consult the course offering schedule and their academic advisor each semester.
  • 4.00 Credits

    4 Credits The public's right to know versus the individual's right to privacy; a reporter's privilege to protect sources versus an accused person?ight to due process; libel, copyright infringement, censorship-these are all areas of legal and ethical controversy that surround contemporary mass media. In this course these and other pertinent topics will be examined through a case study approach. Federal and state law as well as the basic principles of responsible ethical analysis will be studied and applied.
  • 4.00 Credits

    4 Credits Prerequisite: COM1015, COM2008 This course focuses entirely on remote video production, emphasizing videography and post-production videotape editing techniques. Students will learn the skills needed for effective electronic news gathering and documentary production, with a special emphasis on the videographers' and editors' roles in creating accurate presentations of real-life occurrences.
  • 4.00 Credits

    4 Credits Prerequisite: COM301 This is a laboratory course using news-gathering equipment in the production of audio news programs. The major emphasis is on local news-gathering and writing, rewriting and editing from news wire services, and audio field and studio production. Student responsibilities include the production of daily newscasts on WNTI with a summary of major events each evening.
  • 4.00 Credits

    4 Credits Prerequisite: ENG106 or equivalent This course introduces students to the possibilities of marketing their nonfiction writing and to the editorial needs of publications. Topics of discussion include editorial requirements for writing for magazines, trade and professional journals, book publishers, and online outlets. While helping students hone their writing skills, the course covers approach techniques for marketing their article ideas and issues of publication law and ethics
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