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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course emphasizes problem-solving experiences as related to visual communication.The mechanics and psychology of two-dimensional and three-dimensional design are explored as a foundation for graphic designs.An additional course fee is required. Prerequisite: COMM 205.
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3.00 Credits
This course prepares students for a leadership career in the telemedia, including radio and television broadcasting, cable, corporate communications, computer applications, and the Internet.Topics include technological change, economics and ownership issues, programming and marketing strategies, organization and management, industry self-governance, government regulation, and ethics.Students undertake a project related to individual professional interests. Prerequisite: COMM 208.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an examination of original texts of the surrealist movement, including the manifestoes of its self-proclaimed leader, André Breton.Surrealist concepts of mechanisms to promote creativity are investigated, such as dreams, automatic writing, the "exquisite corpse," the Freudian slip, and eroticism. Emphasis is on the surrealist influence on films such as Andalusian Dog, Mechanical Ballet, Blood of the Poet, Beauty and the Beas t, Fellini 's Satyricon, Repulsion, Eraserhead, Brazil, Barton Fi nk, and Naked Lunc
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the multi-faceted activities and qualities of sports information directing, also known as sports public relations.Areas covered include image building, determining sports news, understanding various sports and the terminology used in writing sports copy, developing relationships with the media, using statistics in sports writing, understanding the importance of photography, and designing and writing sports media guides.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on communication among individuals from divergent cultures.The processes by which perceptions are created, expressed, and influence interpersonal relationships are examined. Emphasis is on identifying and controlling the roles that culture plays within a wide range of communication contexts.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces the major concepts of communication and gender.Emphasis is on issues of gender in language and nonverbal behavior.Communication and gender in friendships, courtship, marriage, family, education, media, and organizations are considered through the examination of real-life communication situations.
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3.00 Credits
This course integrates ethics and media through theory and practice, the combination of which has become a subject of increasing debate in the profession.Whereas the study of ethics requires deliberation, careful distinctions and extended discussions, the media tends to emphasize quick decisions in the face of daily crises.Similarly, advertising and public relations professionals are expected to be competitive and enterprising, entertainment writers and producers to value skepticism and confident independence in a high-pressure environment.
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1.00 Credits
This course is intended for students seeking technical training in electronic media skills for non-professional applications.Students choose from a variety of skills, including mixing and editing audio, making video movies, and creating audio and video resources for World Wide Web sites on the Internet.The course is open to all students, except those following the Electronic Media track of the Communication major.(This is an activity course with letter grades required for Communication majors and CR/NCR only for others.) Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
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1.00 Credits
This course assists the student working as a manager for a campus media organization to develop leadership skills under the supervision of the medium's faculty advisor.Open only to managers of the campus media as determined by the faculty advisors.This course may be repeated once in the same organization and for a maximum of four credits.(This is an activity course with letter grades required for Communication majors and CR/NCR only for others.) Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a study of semiotics (the science of signs) which focuses on how meaning is communicated by cultural artifacts.After studying its history and principal techniques, students apply semiotics to the interpretation of literature, art, and the mass media of their own and other cultures.Useful to all persons seeking understanding of communication in the modern world, especially writers, artists, dramatists, musicians, philosophers, historians, political scientists, and scholars of language, religion, and media. Prerequisite: Junior or Senior status or permission of the instructor.
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