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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
4 hours; 4 credits A course focusing on the language and tools of motion graphics. Emphasis is on the construction of image, typography, and accelerated sequences, as well as historical and theoretical topics. Students will learn to integrate sound and image as they develop and storyboard their projects. Prerequisite: COM 251 or CIN 120
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4.00 Credits
4 hours; 4 credits The history of advertising and public relations in the United States. This course explores theories regarding their implications in relation to media institutions, politics, public opinion, society, and culture. Prerequisite: COM 205
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4.00 Credits
4 hours; 4 credits An examination of theoretical and practical approaches to visual culture. This course focuses on the role of subject, voice, and audience in determining appropriate visual and verbal forms. Through the use of various digital techniques, students will produce graphic and conceptual design projects where layers of meaning are created through the combination of images and text. Prerequisite: COM 251
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4.00 Credits
4 hours; 4 credits An advanced creative, practical, and theoretical study of digital imaging as it is used in visual communication. Students will enhance their understanding of design and visual practice through thematic digital imaging assignments. Technical topics include advanced features of hardware and software and digital camera use. Theoretical concerns focus on the evolution of digital imagery, digital photography, and representation. Prerequisites: COM 250 and COM 251
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4.00 Credits
4 hours; 4 credits An exploration of Web design, new media, digital culture, and cyberspace. This course is concerned with the technical skills of Web design and development, and the theoretical implications of Web-based design. Students will create projects employing Web design software. Along with production, COM 370 focuses on the psychological, cultural, social, economic, and political relationships associated with Internet culture. Prerequisites: COM 203 and COM 251
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4.00 Credits
(also SOC 371) 4 hours; 4 credits An examination of the role of the mass media as cultural institutions that shape the images and self-images of marginalized groups. The course engages with definitions based on, but not limited to, age, disability, ethnicity, gender, race, and sexuality. (P&D) Prerequisites: COM 150 or a 100-level and 200-level SOC or ANT course
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4.00 Credits
(Also SOC 374) 4 hours; 4 credits Sociological analysis of the mass media: their comparative histories and organizations, and their political and social effects. Attention will be given to their persuasive role in propaganda and public opinion, as well as to their function in providing information and entertainment for the common culture. Prerequisites: COM 150 and a 200-level SOC or ANT course
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4.00 Credits
4 hours; 4 credits A course focusing on digital animation for the Internet. This course will cover the technical aspects of digital animation, as well as historical and theoretical topics. Students will create animations as stand-alone pieces and as components in Web pages. Prerequisite: COM 370
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
(also CIN 390) 3-4 credits An internship work and learning experience with a media organization or in positions engaging in communications practices. This may include work in the production, distribution, or exhibition of media material, as well as in public relations and advertising. Students are required to keep a work journal, and write an analytical paper of their work experience. This course may be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: COM 200 or COM 203 or COM 205 or COM 220 or COM 230 or COM 232 or CIN 210 or CIN 220, and the permission of faculty advisor.
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4.00 Credits
(also BUS 410) 4 hours; 4 credits A course dealing with the skills and concepts necessary for the competent management of a media production department. Topics include production planning and control, cost analysis procedures, contract and copyright law in relation to the media, and organization theory. Prerequisite: COM 150, and COM 261 or COM 270 or CIN 111
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