| ADV3008:
Principles of Advertising | 3 | Prerequisite: MMC 1004 and MMC 3105
Description: Theory, principles and functions of advertising; its role in economic, social and marketing structure. Copy and design in newspapers, magazines, radio and television are studied. Projects involving preparation of a simple campaign and its ads.
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| ADV3101:
Advertising Creative Strategy | 3 | Prerequisites: ADV 3008 and MMC 1004 and MMC 3105
Description: Preparation and production of advertising copy for all media.
Course Fees: $10
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| ADV3200C:
Advertising Design | 3 | Prerequisite: ADV 3008 and MMC 1004 and MMC 3105 and ADV 3101 and ADV 3300 and ADV 3203
Description: The problems of designing graphic material to sell products and services. The preparation of roughs and comps and their presentation. The effective use of illustration, typography, and photography. Open to Literature, Communications, and Marketing majors.
Course Fees: $15
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| ADV3203:
Advertising Media Graphics | 3 | Prerequisite: MMC 1004 and MMC 3105
Description: This course is for people with little or no experience with current photo editing and design software. Students will become acquainted with the basic functions of these programs. Use of type, color, basic design elements and word/page processing will be covered. Students will gain an understanding of available desktop publishing applications and how to successfully utilize these applications for advertising purposes.
Course Fees: $15
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| ADV3300:
Media Planning | 3 | Prerequisite: ADV 3008 and MMC 1004 and MMC 3105 and MMC 4420 or ADV 3500
Description: This course will teach students to critically and strategically plan, select and evaluate media for advertising purposes. The principles of media planning and buying will be emphasized. Students will study audience measurement, media research, audience segmentation and marketing strategies.
Course Fees: $10
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| ADV3500:
Advertising Research Methods | 3 | Prerequisite: ADV 3008 and MMC 1004 and MMC 3105 and MMC 3614
Description: This case-based course involves the acquisition, evaluation, and analysis of information for advertising and marketing decisions. Primary and secondary research projects are designed, executed, analyzed and presented by students. Emphasis is given to six primary areas: understanding the scientific method for answering brand- and marketing communications-based questions;
developing explicit and measurable research objectives; developing adequate research plans to solve those objectives; selecting and implementing appropriate methodologies to answer the questions proposed by the objectives, analyzing data; and preparing the reports that communicate the results of the research.
Course Fees: $10
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| ADV4800:
Advertising Campaigns | 3 | Prerequisite: ADV 3008 and ADV 3101 and MMC 1004 and MMC 4420 or ADV 3500 and MMC 3105
Description: This course is designed to give students an opportunity to plan and execute a full-scale advertising campaign. The students will develop and analyze a specialized advertising plan designed to reach designated target audiences for a specific client. The plan will incorporate all elements necessary to implement an effective campaign.
Course Fees: $15
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| ADV4930:
Special Topics in Advertising | 3 | Prerequisites: MMC 3105, ADV 3008
This course will explore important issues pertaining to the theory, research, and practice of advertising in a seminar format. Issues will vary from semester to semester. The course may be repeated up to a total of 6 credits.
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| COM3003:
Principles of Communication Studies | 3 | Prerequisites: SPC 2608 or SPC 4064
Description: This course will examine the historical and theoretical traditions in the discipline of communication studies. Topics covered in this course will include interpersonal, language, nonverbal, group, intercultural, organizational, mass, and public communication. Students will read and discuss research as well as participate in individual and group learning activities that examine theories of human communication.
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| COM3042:
Interpersonal Communication | 3 | Prerequisite: SPC 2608 or SPC 4064
Description: This course will introduce theories regarding the role of dyadic interaction in both personal and professional contexts. Topics include relational development, perception, self-concept, listening, language, nonverbal communication, culture, emotions, and conflict.
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| COM3120:
Organizational Communication | 3 | Prerequisite: SPC 2608 or SPC 4064
Description: Students will survey theory and research relevant to the study of organizational communication. They will also examine how communication processes shape and reshape the activities of organizing within and between organizations.
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| COM3346:
Interviewing: Theories and Methods | 3 | Prerequisite: SPC 2608 or SPC 4064
Description: This course will examine the research and methods of interviewing, including employment interviewing, journalistic interviewing, and focus group and oral history interviewing. Students will explore the theories of interviewing from both an employer's and an employee's perspective, as well as that of a broadcaster, a news reporter, and an academic. In addition, students will learn theories of the role of the interviewee. This course emphasizes researching and applying interviewing theory.
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| COM3440:
Small Group Communication | 3 | Prerequisites: SPC 2608 or SPC 4064
Description: This course will introduce theories regarding the interaction of individuals in groups. Assignments and activities will increase understanding of communication in groups encountered in both personal and professional contexts. Topics include systems theory, decision-making, problem-solving, leadership, power and status, parliamentary procedure, and group development.
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| COM4022:
Theory and Research Methods in Health Communication | 3 | Prerequisite: COM 3042 or by Permission of Instructor
This course will focus on theory and research methods in interpersonal, small group, and organizational communication in health contexts. Students will become familiar with theory relating to health communication; examine various research methods used in health communication research; and will demonstrate proficiency with theory by analyzing various health communication studies.
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| COM4301:
Communication Theory and Research Methods | 3 | Prerequisite: SPC 2608 or SPC 4064
Description: Students will survey major theoretical approaches to and research methods in communication studies. Methods examined and used include content analysis, naturalistic inquiry, narrative analysis, interaction analysis, and triangulation approaches. Students will focus on conceptualizing, designing, interpreting, and reporting research. Differences between quantitative and qualitative research methods and the conceptual and practical knowledge of the communication research process form important areas of the course experience.
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| COM4411:
Communication and Popular Culture | 3 | Prerequisite: MMC 3614 or Permission of Instructor
This course studies media, whether TV, advertising, film sports, music, fiction, or some other means by which a culture is formed. Students could investigate popular icons, rituals, myth, archetypes, formulae, or heroes/heroines as elements in collective experience that reflect and contribute to the formation of a culture's beliefs, mores, customs, attitudes, or laws. How pop culture is constructed, deconstructed, and maintained and how gender, ethnicity, or class are factors in cult reception as media, through its various elements, create apparent needs in a mass society. The class will apply theories, such as semiotics, genre theory, and ideology to internet media events as means for communicating and forming/reforming culture. A guiding quest is: What do particular popular cultural artifacts communicate and how do they function in the life of culture? Another is: What is gained, damaged, or lost as media participate in virtually every aspect of a culture?
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| COM4430:
International Communication | 3 | Prerequisite: SPC 2608, SPC 4064, MMC 3614 or permission of instructor
Description: This course examines the influence and roles of international communication in our increasingly globalized world. The course treats history, theories, and selected current issues and problems of international communication. It will explore issues in organizations, national sovereignty, international news media, global conflict and cooperation, human rights, diffusion of communication technologies, global medial culture, and international media regulation. Therefore, the course will be informed by interdisciplinary theoretical frameworks and methodological approaches. Students will take part in a simulation of the United Nations in which they act as delegates of various nations and/or UN officials seeking multilateral solutions to complex and often vexing international communication problems.
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| COM4905:
Independent Study in Communication Studies | v. 1-3 | Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor and Department Chair
Course subjects in communication studies will vary with each offering. This course may be repeated once for a maximum of six credits.
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| COM4930:
Special Topics in Communication Studies | 3 | Prerequisites: COM 3003 or permission of instructor
This course will feature subjects of importance in communication studies which involve research, readings, student presentations, and discussion in a seminar format. Featured subjects could be race and communication, gender and sexuality in communication, terrorism and communication, or such other subjects that invite scholarly communication inquire and serious focused discussion.
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| JOU3101:
Advanced Reporting | 3 | Prerequisite: JOU 3204 and MMC 3105
Description: Reporting techniques, interviewing and the basic process of print news production are covered. In addition, the course introduces students to various reporting coverage specialties, including courts, business, government, science and law enforcement. Students will be involved in completing both in-class and out-of-class assignments.
Course Fees: $10
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| JOU3109:
Multimedia Reporting | 3 | Prerequisite: MMC 3105 and MMC 1004
Description: Reporting techniques, interviewing and the basic elements of multimedia news production are covered. In addition, the course introduces students to various reporting specialties, including courts, business, government, health, science, and sports. Students will be involved in completing both in-class and out-of-class assignments.
Course Fees: $10
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| JOU3204:
Principles of Journalism | 3 | This course offers a historical investigation of American journalism. The course examines American journalistic development and history as a product of the social, cultural, historical, and political environment.
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| JOU3302:
Writing Editorials, Columns and Critical Reviews | 3 | Prerequisite: JOU 3204 and MMC 3105 and JOU 3101
Description: This course introduces students to the practice of persuasive or opinion writing through the writing of editorials, columns and critical reviews.
Course Fees: $10
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| JOU3308:
Magazine Feature Writing | 3 | Prerequisite: MMC 3105 and JOU 3109 and MMC 1004
Description: his course introduces students to techniques used in writing feature stories for magazines. Students will be involved in selecting, researching and writing their own stories, which they will attempt to sell to appropriate magazine markets.
Course Fees: $10
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| JOU3342:
Multimedia Storytelling | 3 | Prerequisite: MMC 4500 and JOU 3109 and MMC 3105 and MMC 1004
Description: This course will provide continuing instruction in reporting techniques learned in JOU 3109. Students will engage in the reporting process and publish their work across the print, broadcast/cable, and Internet outlets of the Department of Communication.
Course Fees: $30
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| JOU3925:
Applied Journalism (Print) | 3 | Prerequisite: JOU 3204 and MMC 3105 and JOU 3101
Description: his course provides students with a supervised experience in news writing and editing utilizing either the campus newspaper or another local newspaper or magazine. Students will receive hands-on experience in writing feature and news as well as some specialized stories.
Repeatability: Applied Journalism may be repeated up to six credits, but not for major credit.
Course Fees: $10
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| JOU4117:
Seminar in Reporting Techniques | 3 | Prerequisite: JOU 3204 and MMC 3105 and JOU 3101
Description: Students enrolled in this course will explore advanced, topical news reporting and writing techniques. Topics may include precision journalism, diversity journalism, research techniques, interviewing techniques, and various reporting, specialties, such as sports, the arts, public affairs, or the environment.
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| JOU4202:
Advanced Newspaper Editing | 3 | Prerequisite: JOU 3204 and MMC 3105 and JOU 3101
Description: This course emphasizes news selection and judgment, creativity in editing and presentation, and design for the World Wide Web. Students will complete print and online publications using student reporting assignments.
Course Fees: $10
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| JOU4223:
News Editing and Design | 3 | Prerequisite: MMC 3105 and JOU 3109 and MMC 1004
Description: This course emphasizes news selection, copy editing, and design for print-and web-based news publications. Students will be involved in completing both in-class and out-of-class assignments.
Course Fees: $10
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| JOU4228:
Advanced News Design | 3 | Prerequisite: MMC 3105 and JOU 3109 and JOU 4223 and MMC 1004
Description: Advanced News Design is a continuation of News Editing and Design. This course emphasizes advanced design techniques for print- and Web-based news publications. Students will be involved in completing both in-class and out-of-class assignments.
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| JOU4348:
Advanced Multimedia Storytelling | 3 | Prerequisite: MMC 3105 and MMC 4500 and JOU 3109 and JOU 3342
Description: This course will provide continuing instruction in reporting techniques learned in JOU 3109 and JOU 3342 . Students will engage in the reporting of more complex topics through long-form magazine style storytelling and publish their work across the print, broadcast/cable, and Internet outlets of the Department of Communication. This course may be repeated one time for 3 additional credits.
Course Fees: $30
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| JOU4412:
Advanced Newspaper Design | 3 | Prerequisites: MMC 3614, MMC 3105, JOU 3204, JOU 3101 and JOU 4202. Advanced Newspaper Design is a continuation of Advanced Newspaper Editing (JOU 4201). This course emphasizes news selection and judgment, creativity in editing and presentation, and design for the World Wide Web. Students will complete print and online publications using student reporting assignments. (A material fee of $10 will be assessed.)
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| JOU4930:
Special Topics in Journalism | 3 | Prerequisites: MMC 3105, JOU 3204
This course will explore important issues pertaining to the theory, research, and practice of journalism in a seminar format. Issues will vary from semester to semester. The course may be repeated up to a total of 6 credits.
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| MMC1004:
Media Literacy | 3 | This course is designed to acquaint the student with the nature of mass media systems and their impact on society. The course seeks to generate an understanding of production methods, economic influences and behavioral effects of media.
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| MMC2701:
(CD) Communicating Across Cultures | 3 | This course will review the issues involved in effective cross-cultural communication, at the levels of both interpersonal communication and communication through the mass media. Students will be encouraged to explore their own cognitive barriers to communicating across cultures and ways to overcome those barriers.
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| MMC3105:
Advanced Writing for the Media | 3 | This course is an advanced, skills-based writing experience designed to prepare students to enter disciple-specific writing courses at the upper division. The course focuses on writing techniques used by communications professionals. Weekly lectures and small, intensive writing labs enable students to develop strong, professionally oriented writing skills. (A material fee of $10 will be assessed.)
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| MMC3200:
Law and Ethics of Communcations | 3 | Prerequisite: MMC 1004 and MMC 3105
Description: Study of mass communications ethics, codes and performance. First Amendment law, libel, privacy and other legal aspects of communications are explored. Case-study questions.
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| MMC3402:
Political Advertising | 3 | In this course students will examine the works of those who produce, cover and consume political advertising. Through the course readings and written assignments, through class discussion, and through viewing political ads produced over the past 50 years, students will recognize the many media strategies that are used to package candidates. (A material fee of $10 will be assessed.)
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| MMC3614:
Media Theories and Effects | 3 | Prerequisite: MMC 1004 and MMC 3105
This course introduces students to mass media theories scholars use to study the effects of media messages. Students will also read and discuss research illustrating the media's impact on individuals, society, and cultures. Topics include the media's relationship to stereotyping, images of sexuality, violence, values, and globalization.
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| MMC3620:
International Study in Communications | v. 1-6 | Students can earn up to six hours of credit through the study of the international issues involved in both interpersonal and mass communication. Prior approval awarded on a case-by-case basis, is necessary. The course may be repeated for credit. The content of the course varies with offering.
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| MMC3942:
Pre Internship in Communication | 1 | Prerequisite: MMC 1004 and MMC 3105 and ADV 3008 or PUR 3000 or MMC 4500
Instructor permission is required for enrollment in this course. In addition, the student must have junior or senior standing in the department and a major GPA of 2.0 or higher.
Description: This course prepares students for internship placement in approved organizations. Students explore the core ethical principles, skills and organizational culture related to their profession. Detailed individual research projects supplement classroom discussion in preparation for field placement of student.
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| MMC4251:
Creating Health Messages for Mass Media | 3 | Prerequisite: Completion of MMC 3105 with a grade of C or higher. This course prepares communication majors to create health-related messages to be disseminated in various media to specific target audiences for specific strategic objectives. Students will: develop a health topic using major medical databases; create a report targeted for a specific audience; gain increased awareness of the opportunities and requirements for health communication careers; and increase their own health literacy levels.
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| MMC4420:
Mass Communications Research | 3 | Prerequisites: MMC 1004 and MMC 3105 and MMC 3614
This course introduces students to mass communications research techniques and topics. Students will explore various social science research methods, including surveys, experiments and field research. Students will be expected to create and implement one or several research projects during the course. (A material fee of $10 will be assessed.)
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| MMC4424:
Honors Research in Mass Communications | 3 | Prerequisites: Admissions to Honors in the Major-Mass Communications, MMC 3105 with "B" or higher. Honors Research in Mass Communications enables students to conduct research in Mass Communications under the direct supervision of qualified faculty. Students develop their ideas, conduct appropriate research, and write an extended research report. GPA of 3.5, enrollment in Honors Program, and enrollment in BS in Mass Communication required. (A material fee of $10 will be assessed.)
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| MMC4500:
History of Mass Communication | 3 | Prerequisite: MMC 1004 and MMC 3105
Description: This course offers a historical investigation of mass communication in the United States. The course examines American media development and history as a product of the social, cultural, historical, and political environment.
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| MMC4630:
Understanding Emerging Media | 3 | Prerequisite: MMC 1004 and MMC 3105 and PUR 3000 or ADV 3008 or MMC 4500
Description: This course is designed to provide students with a basic understanding of various new communication technologies in the United States and how they are incorporated into the interactive marketing communication process. In addition to marketing communication implications, this course provides the critical perspective of new media technologies as well.
Course Fees: $10
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| MMC4905:
Independent Study | v. 1-3 | Prerequisite: Consent of instructor or department chairperson. May be repeated for a maximum of 12 credits under different topics.
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| MMC4930:
Special Topics in Mass Communication | 3 | Prerequisites: MMC 3614, MMC 3105 and consent of instructor
This course will explore important issues pertaining to the study of mass communication in a seminar format. Topics and issues will vary from semester to semester. The course may be repeated up to a total of 6 credits.
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| MMC4975:
Internship Senior Project | 3 | Prerequisite: MMC 1004 and MMC 3105 and MMC 3200 and MMC 3614 and MMC 3942
This course is the capstone for the Communication Major. An internship (or senior project) enhances knowledge and skills acquired from coursework through a semester-long period of supervised field experience, extensive research, or both. A minimum of 210 hours of work at the internship site are required in addition to weekly progress reports, midterm and final evaluations from the professional supervising the intern, and a portfolio in which students detail and provide self-assessment of their experiences and relate the internship experience to knowledge of theory and its application gained from the major curriculum. In rare and unique cases, a faculty-supervised research paper will be approved in lieu of internship.
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| PUR3000:
Principles of Public Relations | 3 | Survey of principles, policies and practice of public relations, focusing on planning, publics, techniques and agencies utilizing public relations. Individual or team projects involving actual public relations "clients".
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| PUR3100:
Public Relations Writing | 3 | Prerequisites: PUR 3000 and MMC 3105. Survey and practice in techniques of publicity writing in public relations. Layout of actual publicity campaign and preparation of information kits. Stress on actual uses with cooperating agencies.
(A material fee of $10 will be assessed.)
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| PUR4400:
Crisis Communications | 3 | Prerequisites: PUR 3000 and MMC 3105. Students will analyze the potential for crisis in various types of organizations. Students will examine factors in crisis situations, including development of crisis plans, coordination of internal disciplines, collection and dissemination of information, and restoration of public confidence. Research emphasis is on written and oral presentations.
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| PUR4450:
Public Relations and Event Planning | 3 | Prerequisite: PUR 3000 and PUR 3100 and MMC 3105 and MMC 1004
Description: This course is an introduction to the planning and production of special events with an emphasis on public relations’ principles, strategies and techniques. Students will be introduced to leaders in the field, prepare budgets, learn techniques for executing large- and small-scale projects and prepare an event plan. The course will culminate with a special event at the end of the semester.
Course Fees: $15
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| PUR4800:
Public Relations Campaigns | 3 | Prerequisites: MMC 3105, PUR 3000, PUR 3100, PUR 4801 or Permission of Instructor. This course involves students in the practical analysis and development of specialized communication materials aimed at gaining attention and support from target audiences. Students will analyze and develop campaign plans. As a member of a public relations team, they will select a client from the community, design a complete public relations campaign, and make a presentation to the client, including a plan for implementation. (A material fee of $15 will be assessed.)
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| PUR4801:
Public Relations Cases | 3 | Prerequisites: PUR 3000, MMC 3105
Preparation and analysis of various public relations cases so as to study the decision-making in public relations as well as how various elements enter into the managerial and technical side of public relations. Part of course will use agency or team approach, along with simulation and other role-playing techniques.
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| PUR4930:
Special Topics in Public Relations | 3 | Prerequisites:MMC 3105, PUR 3000
This course will explore important issues pertaining to the theory, research, and practice of public relations in a seminar format. Issues will vary from semester to semester. The course may be repeated up to a total of 6 credits.
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| RTV3000:
Principles of Broadcasting | 3 | This course is a study of the processes, elements, uses and impact of broadcasting, cablecasting and multimedia. The course includes an introduction to broadcasting history, theory, research and new technologies.
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| RTV3101:
Advanced Broadcast Writing | 3 | Prerequisites: MMC 3105, MMC 3614, RTV 3000 and RTV 3220C. This course is designed to provide a thorough understanding of the principles and practice of broadcast writing. Students will learn through practical exercises in various broadcast writing formats. The emphasis is to help the student develop critical skills in evaluating their own work and the work of their peers and to learn how to work as a team to create a script. (A material fee of $10 will be assessed.)
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| RTV3220C:
Television Production/Visual Arts Television | 3 | Prerequisites: MMC 3105. This course introduces students to the practices of television production, including camera and lighting, as well as production planning and execution through the utilization of the crew system. (A material fee of $30 will be assessed.)
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| RTV3228:
Multi Camera Video Production | 3 | Prerequisite: MMC 4500 and RTV 3260 and MMC 1004 and MMC 3105
Description: This course will provide continuing production in production techniques learned in RTV 3260. The course focuses on the direction and production of multiple-camera studio video project including directing, producing, camera operation, audio, and live-to-tape switching.
Course Fees: $30
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| RTV3234:
Multimedia Announcing and Performance | 3 | Prerequisite: MMC 1004 and MMC 3105 and MMC 4500
This is a performance course designed to teach students how to use their voices for radio and television. It includes exercises in announcing, news reading and interviewing. It focuses on how to deliver clear, well-enunciated narrations in a conversational style, emphasizing proper use of pitch, diction and interpretation.
Course Fees: $30
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| RTV3260:
Single Camera Video Production | 3 | Prerequisite: MMC 4500 and MMC 1004 and MMC 3105
Description: This course addresses direction and production of single-camera video projects including producing, camera, audio, lighting, and non-linear editing.
Course Fees: $30
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| RTV3301:
Producing TV News | 3 | Prerequisite: RTV 3000, RTV 3101
Students will learn the skills most in demand by broadcasters, functioning as Producers and Writers behind the scenes in creating Radio and Television news programs for broadcast and cable at both the network and local level. (A material fee of $30 will be assessed.)
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| RTV3324:
Public Affairs Television | 3 | Prerequisites: MMC 1004 and MMC 3105 and MMC 4500
This course will use a performance instruction technique that will enable students to produce a regular public affairs television program. The program will be aired on commercial television. Students may repeat the course once. (A material fee of $30 will be assessed.)
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| RTV3800:
Media Management | 3 | Prerequisite: MMC 1004 and MMC 3105 and MMC 4500
Description: Students will learn the economic activities and management techniques of various aspects of the broadcast industry by studying business structures and practices of radio and television operations in different markets.
Course Fees: $30
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| RTV4221:
Advanced Television Production | 3 | Prerequisite: MMC 4500 and RTV 3260 and RTV 3228 and MMC 1004 and MMC 3105
Description: This course will provide continuing instruction in techniques learned in RTV 3260 and RTV 3228. Students will learn and apply advanced techniques in production and directing television programs and video projects both in studio and on-location.
Course Fees: $30
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| RTV4403:
Media Criticism | 3 | Prerequisite: MMC 1004 and MMC 3105 and MMC 4500
This course is designed to provide the student with an intensive critical study of media, in particular television, film advertising and music video. In this class the student will be building and refining both their critical interpretation skills and their writing proficiency through a series of discussions, critical analysis, screenings and papers.
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| RTV4408:
Non-Fiction Programs: A Critical Analysis | 3 | Prerequisites: RTV 3000, RTV 3101 or permissions of instructor.
This course is designed to provide students with an intensive study of non-fiction programs. In this class students will be building and refining both their critical interpretation skills and their writing proficiency through a series of discussions, critical analysis, screenings and papers.
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| RTV4930:
Special Topics in Electronic Media | 3 | Prerequisites: MMC 1004 and MMC 3105 and MMC 4500
This course will explore important issues pertaining to the theory, research, and practice of electronic media in a seminar format. Issues will vary from semester to semester. The course may be repeated up to a total of 6 credits.
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| SPC2608:
Fundamentals of Speech | 3 | Introductory course emphasizing current theories of communication, audience analysis and persuasion. Preparation and presentation of speeches on topics of current concern. Conferences, evaluations and videotape replay provide personalized assistance. May be taken to satisfy teaching certification requirement in speech. (A material fee of $5 will be assessed.)
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| SPC3540:
Theories of Persuasion | 3 | Prerequisite: SPC 2608 or SPC 4064
Description: he primary goal of this course is to provide students with a solid grounding in theories, principles, and strategies of social influence as they apply to everyday contexts in which influence attempts take place. Students should gain familiarity with findings from empirical investigations on persuasion, social influence, and compliance gaining, and will learn about strategies and techniques of persuasion relation to a wide variety of real-life communication contexts, situations, and settings.
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| SPC4064:
Public Speaking for Professionals | 3 | This course examines speaking as a workplace activity and provides students with experience in public speaking. The lectures will concentrate on communications theory, including but not limited to models of communication, interpersonal communication, group communication, persuasion, decision making and audience analysis and adaptation. The labs will be performance oriented. (A material fee of $5 will be assessed.)
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