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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA Digital multimedia projects in mass communication will be developed from among advertising, journalism, public relations, radio, and television areas. The purpose of this course is for each student to create a multimedia project. In the process, students will use their individual writing, reporting, photography, and audio/video skills to develop a concept, produce separate elements and, finally, assemble and complete their project. The resultant computer application, whether on CD-ROM or on the World Wide Web, will include text, graphics, photos, sound, and moving video-resulting in a new experience for the student as well as the end-user (consumer). Offered in fall. Prerequisites: COM 155, COM 230, COM 255
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Three Credits LA This course will build on the training and knowledge from earlier courses in the sequence. Instructional material will cover technical details of the multimedia production process including sound, image and file formats, multimedia composition, and building interactivity with code. The experience will allow students to apply and test all the skills developed earlier in this sequence. Basic skills in multimedia production will be honed to produce interactive content for the Web or fixed media. Additionally, students will experience and manage the media production process including planning, pre-production, testing, and reporting. Part of this process will be the experience of working in a production group. Offered in spring. Prerequisites: COM 155, COM 230, COM 255, COM 355
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Three Credits LA This course exposes students to techniques in video game production. Students will produce text-based adventures and two-dimensional games, including dynamic and turn-based games. They will advance to development of 3D games using Macromedia Director and other available game engines. The course will cover level editing as an extension of 3D modeling and animation. Students will integrate 3D content from various 3D production tools into game design software. Offered in fall. Prerequisites: COM 155 or ART 231 (for non-Communication majors), COM 230, COM 255, COM 355, ART/COM 430
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Three Credits LA Will address critical issues in sports media and examine various types of sports media. Students will discuss the differences between sport and mediated sport and the symbiotic relationship between sport and media. Reviews different areas of the sports communication industry, the functions of the different media personnel, and the societal effects and impact of sports media and ethics on the industry. Offered in spring. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
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Three Credits LA Principles and practices now in vogue in the field of public relations. The theory, history, and utilization of public relations, especially in 19th- and 20th-century America, are explored. Students learn the complexities involved in public relations, enhancing their ability to function in practical roles associated with the field. Offered in fall and spring. Prerequisite: COM 270 or permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA This course examines the nature of public opinion, how it is formed, maintained, and/or changed. Various methods of measuring public opinion are studied, as are the validity and accuracy of samples used in the process. The historical development of public opinion and its influence in the process of decision making in American society are investigated. Case histories are explored and the circumstances related to each are reviewed. Students will have an opportunity to create an instrument, implement it, and analyze the data collected. Offered in fall and spring. Prerequisites: COM 200, COM 270 or permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA Dual listed as HIST 381 An interdisciplinary examination of the relationship between history and its representation on film-how filmmakers use, modify, and even interpret historical periods, figures, and events for their purposes. The course will, at the same time, examine how filmic modifications are dictated by the demands of the medium and by the historical and cultural contexts under which the films are made. The course may focus on a particular historical period, event, culture, or theme. Fulfills Cinema Studies Minor requirement. Offered as and when necessary. Prerequisites: HIST 101, junior standing and one history or one communication course
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA Dual listed as WMST 385 An examination of gender differences reflected in film. The course will focus on how women are depicted in Hollywood films, the "gaze," the patriarchal structure of the film industry, the psychological position of the female spectator, and cultural differences between Hollywood films and foreign films. Readings will draw from feminist, psychoanalytic, semiotic, and sociological perspectives. Fulfills Cinema Studies Minor requirement. Offered in fall or spring. Prerequisite: Junior standing
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits Fundamentals of audio recording, editing, mixing, and processing are addressed in a broad range of applications, including radio, film/TV, music production, and audio for the Internet. Also includes theoretical concepts about the nature of sound and psychoacoustics. Offered in fall and as necessary. Prerequisite: Junior standing
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA This course is an upper-level seminar in emerging communication technologies. Students will engage in self-driven investigations of emergent technologies and their attendant social consequences. The resulting presentations, debates, and discussions will center on the increasing significance of communication technologies in modern life and concerns about dependence on and access to these technologies. Offered in fall. Prerequisite: Junior standing
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