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3.00 Credits
In order to prepare students for careers in secondary education, this course addresses critical components of written English. Students will practice various modes of writing as a means to: strengthen their understanding and experience of writing as a process; improve their consideration of audience and purpose; provide evaluative feedback on drafts; and strengthen skills in grammar, mechanics, and usage. By studying research on writing, analyzing one's own writing and that of others, and tutoring students in the Writing Center, students in this course will improve their own writing and help others to improve theirs. Offered spring. 3 credits
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the fundamentals of social media as a means of engaging online communities. Students will learn the range of social media tools and best practices. Students will learn how to use social media for both journalism and marketing communication purposes. The course will survey a range of formats, which include news stories, blogs, podcasts, video, eBooks, e-newsletters, whitepapers, and other forms of content. Students will identify leaders with a social conscience who are actively and successfully using digital and social media to mobilize their community of followers to advance thought and action for the common good. 3 credits.
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3.00 Credits
Students will advance their knowledge of how to use social media within overall journalism and marketing communication frameworks. Students will develop a social media approach that enhances community engagement. Students will develop a social media plan to achieve desired results. Prerequisite: COM 231. 3 credits
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Students perform advanced work in photography for a campus publication. May be repeated for a credit. Prerequisite: COM 247 or 248. Offered fall and spring. Credit to be arranged
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3.00 Credits
Coursework reviews basic concepts of still photography: camera usage, exposure and use of software for digital enhancement. Students are exposed to the factors relating to making a precise visual statement. Weekly photo assignments will require the use of a digital camera with aperture, shutter speed and ISO manual settings. Students may use their own cameras if they meet those requirements. A limited number of digital cameras are available to be signed out for class assignments. Students will be required to purchase a Digital Memory Card and Card Reader. 3 credits
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3.00 Credits
Students will develop an understanding of the fundamentals of digital photography as a means of expressing a unique and artistic view of the world around them. Students work collectively as staff photographers of the College newspaper ( Loquitur) and Web site and will produce an extensive portfolio of published photographs from weekly class and Loquitur assignsments. Weekly photo assignments will require the use of a digital camera with aperture, shutter speed and ISO manual settings. Students may use his/her camera if it meets those requirements. A limited number of digital cameras are available to be signed out for class assignments. Students will be required to purchase a Digital Memory Card and Card Reader. Offered each semester. 3 credits.
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2.00 Credits
This course prepares the student to work as a journalist in today's media, including print, web, blogs, magazines, and public relations. Skills practiced include various ways to find information, interviewing, writing and capturing multimedia. Course stresses the criteria for judging the importance of news, ethics and professional conduct, and effective writing. Students write for the College newspaper and website. Students will report and write weekly for the entire academic year. This is a one-year course, and students must complete the full year to receive grade and credit. Course must be taken in conjunction with COM 251. Offered fall and spring. 2 credits each semester
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2.00 Credits
Students learn editing and production principles and skills such as copy editing, use of AP Stylebook, rewriting, headline writing, effective visual communication, and caption writing. Ethical and legal considerations important for work in journalism and related fields like magazine editing, book publishing, public relations, and advertising are stressed. Students edit stories for publication in the College newspaper and Web site and work in production of Loquitur. This is a one-year course, and students must complete the full year to receive grade and credit. This course must be taken in conjunction with COM 250. Offered fall. 4 credits
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3.00 Credits
This course will provide an introduction to three major software programs of publication design-- Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator. Students will learn principles of good publication design, and produce a portfolio of newspaper pages that demonstrate competence in newspaper design. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. Offered spring. 3 credits
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3.00 Credits
A comprehensive review of sports communication, including but not limited to writing for sports communication and broadcasting for sports communication, and the role it plays in professional sports and intercollegiate athletics. This course will go behind the scenes to examine sports communication through current events, analyzing the media, reading assigned articles/chapters and writing. We will discuss the impact of technology and social media on the sports communication world. In addition, there will be an opportunity to observe a sports communication operation at a Division I athletic event. 3 credits.
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