|
|
Course Criteria
Add courses to your favorites to save, share, and find your best transfer school.
-
3.00 Credits
Examines theories of a free press and evolution of the First Amendment. Considers contemporary notions of mass media freedoms, limits and responsibilities, and relevance of Milton, Mill, Jefferson, and other free press thinkers to current media problems. Also considers media ethics.
-
3.00 Credits
Examines the principles of personal, public, and media ethics. Historical and contemporary approaches to ethical behavior are explored. Current issues serve as a focus for class discussion and assignments.
-
3.00 Credits
Identifies, details, and evaluates various contemporary issues in media law from the perspective of the communicator. Includes free speech principles, First Amendment issues, libel, broadcast regulation, right of privacy, copyright, fair trial/free press.
-
3.00 Credits
Explores theory and practice on the preparation of copy and illustration for newspaper, magazine, advertising, public relations and electronic publication. Incorporates fundamentals of desktop publishing, copyediting, headline writing, typography, layout, design, and use of photos. Prerequisites: MCOM500 and MCOM551.
-
4.00 Credits
Production in the audio medium. Students learn correct studio and remote production procedures, editing, and mixing on media laboratory equipment. Seven projects are produced for student portfolios.
-
3.00 Credits
This course is intended to serve as an introduction to computerized graphic arts production for art, communications, and other majors. While the computer and desktop publishing software have put very powerful design and page layout tools into the hands of a broad range of users, few of these users have had any training in art, text, visual, and layout design. The result of this is often technically sophisticated but naive output. To help users of these technologies produce work that is both competent and imaginative, this course will serve as a survey of available production techniques, as well as a basic introduction to the principles of text, visual, and layout design. media communications
-
3.00 Credits
Explores basic news gathering, writing, reporting, and editing skills relevant in the areas of journalism and mass communication. Examines new policy problems and news selections process. Incorporates principles of copy reading, editing, writing captions and headlines for producing clear, concise, coherent, accurate, and thorough copy. Emphasizes practical experience. Prerequisite: ENGL301 or equivalent.
-
3.00 Credits
In-class exercises and take-home assignments in the writing of screenplay outlines, character descriptions, and scenes and sequences for film and television documentaries and dramas. Prerequisite: MCOM440 or permission of the instructor.
-
3.00 Credits
Advanced script-writing class for students who understand terminology, production fundamentals, and creating visual sequences for film. Prerequisite: MCOM531.
-
3.00 Credits
Lab-based instruction and application of the theories and techniques of nonlinear digital video editing. Students conduct FireWire-based editing with DVCAM and Mini-DV source footage on Final Cut Pro platforms. Prerequisite: MCOM440 or permission of the instructor.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|