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Courses
The online catalog includes the most recent changes to courses and degree requirements that have been approved by the Faculty Senate, including changes that are not yet effective. Courses showing two entries of the same number indicate that the course information is changing. The most recently approved version is shown first, followed by the older version, in gray, with its last-effective term preceding the course title. Courses shown in gray with only one entry of the course number are being discontinued. Course offerings by term can be accessed by clicking on the term links when viewing a specific campus catalog.
Journalism And Media Production (COMJOUR)
333 [M] Reporting Across Platforms 3 Course Prerequisite: COM 210 with a C or better; COM 300 with a C or better; admitted to a major or minor in the College of Communication. Instruction in reporting, writing and editing news stories suitable for publication and on-air presentation.
350 News and Society 3 Course Prerequisite: COM 101; COM 102; COM 105; COM 138; admitted to a major in the College of Communication; sophomore standing. Fundamentals of historic, contemporary, and emerging models of news production; social contexts and effects, alternative sources, and critiques of news.
360 Writing for Television 3 (2-3) Course Prerequisite: Admitted to a major in the College of Communication. Theory and practice of writing scripts: analysis of dramatic, comedic, commercial, documentary scripts; writing scripts for each genre.
466 Documentary Video 3 (2-3) Course Prerequisite: Admitted to a major or minor in the College of Communication. Video editing for news reporting; feature-length editing for news and public affairs topics; documentaries; visual storytelling.
481 Media Entrepreneurship 3 Course Prerequisite: Admitted to a major or minor in the College of Communication; junior standing. Lessons from local and network television guests about their businesses, reaching customers, and entrepreneurial ideas within the evolving media landscape; final project focusing on an entrepreneurial idea. Typically offered Spring.
495 Broadcasting Professional Internship V 2-12 May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 12 credits. Course Prerequisite: COM 300 with a C or better; admitted to a major in the College of Communication. S, F grading.
499 Special Problems V 1-4 May be repeated for credit. Course Prerequisite: By department permission. Independent study conducted under the jurisdiction of an approving faculty member; may include independent research studies in technical or specialized problems; selection and analysis of specified readings; development of a creative project; or field experiences. S, F grading.