COMM 1129, 1130, 2129, 2130 Publications
1 Hour (0-4)
Working experience in publications. Students are required to be on the staff of at least one of the official college publications and to work under supervision a minimum of four hours weekly.

COMM 1307 Introduction to Mass Communications
3 Hours (3-0)
A survey of American mass communication functions with emphasis on development and current trends of print media, broadcasting, advertising, and public relations. Students are encouraged to become critical media consumers as well as to explore career possibilities in mass communications.

COMM 1318 (ALSO ARTS 2356) Photography I
3 Hours (2-4)
An introductory course for beginners in black and white photography. Students learn basic techniques of camera functions, film development, print processing and design fundamentals.

COMM 1319 (ALSO ARTS 2357) Photography II
3 Hours (2-4)
A continuation of Communication 1318 with emphasis on photography applied to publications. Students work with more complex subjects and techniques in order to communicate their ideas through photographic images. Prerequisite: COMM 1318

COMM 1335 Survey of Radio/Television
3 Hours (3-0)
Study of the development, regulation, economics, social impact, and industry practices in broadcasting and cable communication. Includes non-broadcast television, new technologies, and other communication systems.

COMM 2289 Academic Cooperative
2 Hours (2-2)
An instructional program designed to integrate on-campus study with practical hands-on work experience. In conjunction with class seminars, the individual student will set specific goals and objectives in the study of communication.

COMM 2389 Academic Cooperative
3 Hours (3-3)
An instructional program designed to integrate on-campus study with practical hands-on work experience. In conjunction with class seminars, the individual student will set specific goals and objectives in the study of communication.

COMM 2300 Media Literacy and Society
3 Hours (3-0)
This class is designed to criticize and analyze the function, role and responsibility of the mass media in modern society from the consumer perspective. The course includes the ethical problems and issues facing each media format, with the effect of political, economic, and cultural factors on the operation of the media. Students will study the media influence throughout history on the formation of governments and private sector organizations. The course will explore the enrichment as well as negative consequences that media has brought to society.

COMM 2301 Introduction to Technology and Human Communication
3 Hours (3-0)
A survey of emerging interactive communication technologies and their influence on human communication, including interpersonal, group decision-making, and public and private communication contexts.

COMM 2305 News Editing
3 Hours (3-3)
A course in which copy editing, rewriting, proofreading, headline writing, and layout are emphasized. Lab work on newspaper and/or magazine required. Prerequisite: COMM 2309

COMM 2311 News Gathering and Writing
3 Hours (3-3)
A study of fundamental news gathering and writing in which the students learn the evaluation of news, news gathering problems, and techniques, writing leads, organizing stories, and overcoming grammatical and structural problems. Lab work on newspaper staff required.

COMM 2315 News Gathering and Writing II
3 Hours (3-0)
A course in which the student learns to write newspaper and magazine feature and editorial material with emphasis on marketing of articles and research methods for article writing. Students study philosophy of news selection, ethics of communication, and responsibility in reporting. Work on the student newspaper or magazine is required. Prerequisite: COMM 2311 or consent of instructor.

COMM 2316 Interviewing
3 Hours (3-0)
A course designed to enable the student to apply communication concepts in selected interview settings with emphasis on dyadic communication, questioning techniques, interview structure, and persuasion.

COMM 2327 Principles of Advertising
3 Hours (3-0)
An overview of the broad field of advertising. This course acquaints students with the role of advertising in the American economy and society. Students study TV, radio, print advertising functions, and support advertising forms such as direct mail, transit, and outdoor media. Students create ads as part of an advertising campaign project.

COMM 2330 Introduction to Public Relations
3 Hours (3-0)
A course exploring the history and development of public relations and presenting the theory and process of public relations-including the planning, implementation, and evaluation of PR campaigns.

COMM 2332 Radio/Television News
3 Hours (3-0)
Preparation and analysis of news styles for the electronic media.

COMM 2339 Writing for Radio, Television, & Film
3 Hours (3-0)
Introduction to basic script formats, terminology, and writing techniques, including the writing of commercials, public service announcements, promotions, news, documentary, and fictional materials.