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CHEM 4850 - Methods in Teaching Science
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered in the Fall
This course focuses on content pedagogy at the secondary level. Teacher candidates design and implement standards-based instruction and assessments that are aligned with best practices for teaching and learning in their content area. Special emphasis is placed on employing a variety of instructional practices and classroom management strategies that provide learning opportunities for diverse student populations and enhance multicultural pluralism. A pre-practicum of 25 hours is required.
Prerequisite(s): Stage I Review, 2.75 overall GPA, 3.0 program GPA, and a passing score on the content area MTEL.
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CHEM 4900 - Independent Study in Chemistry
1 to 3 cr.
This independent study facilitates laboratory research under the guidance of the Chemistry staff.
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CHEM 4940 - Internship
3 cr. Day course offered every semester
The Internship gives the student an opportunity to work in an industrial, government, or private research laboratory to gain experience relevant to their major.
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CHEM 4950 - Internship
6 cr. Day course offered every semester
The Internship gives the student an opportunity to work in an industrial, government, or private research laboratory to gain experience relevant to their major.
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CHEM 4975 - Directed Study
1-6 cr.
Directed study allows a student to carry out a non-research project or participate in an activity under the direct supervision of a faculty member. See the catalog description of Program Alternatives in The Curriculum section for more details.
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CHIN 1000 - Mandarin for Beginners I
3 cr. 3 hr. This course may be offered less than once every two years.
This class covers the basic communication skills of the Chinese language, pronunciation, grammar, characters and Romanized Chinese. At the end of the semester, students will be able to communicate in simple Chinese orally and in writing. An elementary set of Chinese characters will be learned. Students will be able to check pronunciation of new words using Romanized Chinese (Pinyin). The course will introduce students to daily life in Modern China as well as select highlights of Chinese culture and history. CTW, GDCN
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CHIN 1100 - Mandarin for Beginners II
3 cr. 3 hr. This course may be offered less than once every two years.
This course is a continuation of Mandarin for Beginners I. Students will increase general comprehension and facility in speaking, listening, reading and writing. Students will be able to read and write up to 300 simplified characters and their corresponding pinyin romanization. The course will treat aspects of Modern Chinese society, as well as highlights of Chinese culture and history. CTW, GDCN
Prerequisite(s): CHIN 1000 or permission of the instructor.
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COMM 1105 - Introduction to Communication and Media Studies
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every semester.
The course surveys the communication field its major theories and history as well as examines, professionally and critically, the current structure of the media industries and their cultural, economic, regulatory, social and technological systems.
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COMM 1120 - Message Design
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every semester.
The course introduces visual communication for the development of visual literacy. Students become involved with a variety of activities in previsualization, planning, designing, making and evaluating visual messages. This course specifically relates to the communications concentrations taught in Phase II, including professional communication, video, photography, theater, film, interactive media and graphic design.
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COMM 2003 - History of Interactive Media and Games
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every other semester.
This course examines the history and historiography of interactive media. Students will explore what “interactivity” has been, is, and might become. This class provides a wide-ranging history of the uses, effects and design of interactive media from their beginnings to the present. Students will study the history of the functions and forms of interactive systems thereby better equipping them as users as well as potential designers of interactive media. This course is required for game design majors. ART
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100
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COMM 2005 - Introduction to Social Media
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every semester.
This course will introduce students to the integrated role of social media in professional environments. Content includes the history, technologies, psychologies, cultural influence, and production processes behind modern social media. The course will use topical discussions regarding life, culture, and society to assess how social media have affected them.
Prerequisite/Concurrent: ENGL 1200
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COMM 2100 - Video Production Fundamentals
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered once a year.
Video Production Fundamentals is a hands-on introduction to motion picture theory and technique. Working with HD video, students will obtain introductory and fundamental skills in cinematography, non-linear editing, directing; as well as script and documentary proposal development. The course requires students to work both collaboratively and individually. Students complete and critique production exercises for technical and aesthetic aspects of form and content. Note: Credit cannot be granted within the major for both this course and COMM 3505 .
Prerequisite(s): COMM 1120 and COMM 1105
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COMM 2200 - Typeface Design
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every third semester.
In this course students design an uppercase sans serif typeface. Students will learn traditional letterform proportions, foundation concepts in typeface design, and the unique aspects of letterform design for optimal screen-reading. The final typeface will be presented in a poster design that explains the background research and design rationale of the typeface. Lectures on the history of typography and experimental typography will augment the course.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 3810 or permission of instructor.
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COMM 2320 - Script Writing
3 cr. 3 hr.
This basic course in script writing for film, television and multi-image productions includes information on the preparation of proposals, treatments, storyboards and scripts. Script formats include documentary, educational, corporate and dramatic film/video writing. (Credit is not given for both ENGL 2320 and COMM 2320.)
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COMM 2400 - History of Photography
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered in the Fall.
The course presents a survey of the development and impact of photographic art to the present day. L, ART
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COMM 2405 - History of Film I
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every semester.
This course is an examination of the major and influential works, artists, movements, cultures and industries in world cinema from its beginnings to the 1950s, as well as the field’s historiography and modes of inquiry. L, C, ART
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COMM 2415 - History of Film II
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester.
This course is an examination of the major and influential works, artists, movements, cultures and industries in world cinema from the 1950s to the 1980’s, as well as the field’s historiography and modes of inquiry. L, C, ART
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COMM 2420 - History of TV
3 cr. 3 hr. This course may be offered less than once every two years.
The course provides a comprehensive analysis of television broadcasting from its inception to the present. The social and technological aspects of the medium are presented and examined in a lecture and seminar format. Particular emphasis is placed on television’s sociological influence and impact on the communication process. I, ART
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COMM 2430 - History of Graphic Design
3 cr. 3 hr. This course may be offered less than once every two years. Also offered evenings.
This course presents the history of typography and its pertinence to graphic design from the beginning of written history to the present. Emphasis is placed on various movement of avant garde typography of the early 20th century and its influence on present day graphic design. ART
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COMM 2450 - History of Documentary
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every spring semester.
The course undertakes an examination of the history and evolution of non-fiction film with an analytical emphasis on voice, form, and style as the modes by which the possibilities of mediating reality can be explored.
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COMM 2800 - Journalism
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester.
The course studies the press with emphasis on ethics in news, treatment of contemporary issues and structuring the news story. Students write individualized assignments. (Credit is not given for both COMM 2800 and ENGL 2800 .)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100 , ENGL 1200 .
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COMM 3009 - Packaging Design
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every other year.
Creative thinking and design thinking are emphasized developing branding concepts using advanced graphic design, and typography skills in the creation of three-dimensional packaging structures for graphic communications. Students will examine the history and evolution of packaging from peas to CDs to museums and more. Projects are designed from concepts experimenting with materials, folding techniques, production processes, and design software to create solutions that enhance user experience of three-dimensional packaging.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 3880
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COMM 3010 - Introduction to Professional Communication
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered annually.
Introduction to Professional Communication is a portfolio-based course emphasizing the production of written, visual, and electronic media genres such as proposals, multimedia presentations, recommendation reports, info-graphics, blogs and other new media, typically for real world clients.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100
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COMM 3013 - Multi-Camera Television Production
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered annually.
This method of production involves switching between cameras, typically in live situations such as a newscast, talk show or sporting event. The course will cover control room operations including teleprompters, broadcast switchers, instant replay and slow motion capabilities, digital audio boards and lighting control panels. Additionally, studio functions such as floor direction, camera operation, studio lighting, studio sound techniques and studio staging and the basics of directing a multi-camera production are explored. Students will be involved over the course of the semester as talent and crew for several student productions. Class is held off the university campus at a local community broadcast television facility.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 3505 or permission of instructor.
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COMM 3017 - Short Film Story Development
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered annually.
This is an intensive film/video course that examines short film story development in detail. Students will work to gain a solid understanding of the principles of cinematic storytelling and put that knowledge into practice by writing several short screenplays. Specifically, students will study short screenplay plot structure, character development, writing for mise-en-scéne, and dialogue. The course will include writing assignments, film analysis, and in-class workshops.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 3506 and COMM 3520 or COMM 3521 or COMM 3710
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COMM 3025 - Social Media Campaigns
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every fall semester.
Students are part of the social media production team for a local client. We will work with local area businesses to produce their social content, and use our readings to develop actionable plans with engaging material. Students will create portfolio materials as representations of skills with advanced social media production.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 2005
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COMM 3200 - Contemporary Cinema
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered in the Fall.
A look at select trends in world cinema, primarily during the last approximately 30 years, including the best and/or most influential works, artists, movements, technologies, cultures and industries. Particular developments will be considered in social and historical, as well as aesthetic, contexts through a process that engages the relevant modes of inquiry and discursive formations practiced in film theory, history and criticism. Evaluation is based on critical/analytical essays, a weekly journal, and/or a research paper. L, ART
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100 , ENGL 1200
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COMM 3304 - Interactive Media Project Design
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester.
The course provides an introduction to the history, theory and practice of designing communications for interactive/multimedia environments. Special attention is paid to flowcharting, branching, hierarchy structures, screen design, storyboards, scripting and all aspects of user interface design. Students also consider the roles of learning theory and instructional design as they create design documents for course projects.
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COMM 3305 - Web Design
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered in the Spring.
In this course, students design web sites and web-related visual elements while learning the fundamentals of prototyping, user experience, accessibility, screen-based typography, HTML, CSS, and content management systems. Emphasis is placed on web design as an iterative process.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 3810 , COMM 3880 , and COMM 3820
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COMM 3306 - Web Design Basics
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered in the Spring.
Students explore themes related to web design to develop visual, conceptual, and technical skills to create websites and web-related visuals. Emphasis is placed on cultivating a heightened sensitivity toward the relationships between visual form and content.
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COMM 3309 - Interface Design
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester. Also offered evenings.
This course investigates the design of interactive interfaces for multimedia and World Wide Web presentation. Students explore how the conceptual and aesthetic aspects of graphic design apply specifically to non-linear interactive digital environments.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 3810 and COMM 3880 .
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COMM 3350 - DVD Authoring
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered in the Spring.
DVD-Video is the distribution medium of choice for film/video content, addressing project management, video compression, menu design, interactive authoring, and mastering for the DVD-Video platform. Students will learn and apply skills used by DVD industry professionals in the production of significant DVD projects.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 3520 , COMM 3521 or COMM 3710 .
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COMM 3430 - Writing for Advertising
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered in the Fall. Also offered evenings.
The course provides an introduction to the principles, strategies and ethical issues in writing advertising for various media. Students create written copy for individual unified media campaigns.
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COMM 3460 - Public Relations
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered in the Spring. Also offered evenings.
The focus in this course is on the role of managed communications in public relations unique to industry, human services and educational institutions. Definitions and concepts, history, potential careers and research methods are examined.
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COMM 3470 - Document Design
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester. Also offered evenings.
This course gives students the opportunity to develop a wide variety of professional documents within the context of a client project. Examination of graphics, typography and design principles are considered as they apply to hardcopy production.
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COMM 3505 - Introduction to Film and Video
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester.
This is the foundation course for the Film/Video concentration. Students are introduced to the basics of production and post-production in the two media. Topics include understanding and using visual language, film and video camera operation, understanding the film and video production process, basic film and video nonlinear editing, production crew structure and interpersonal communication. Students shoot Super 8 or 16mm film and videotape and then edit both the film and video. Students are required to purchase film and video tape as well as pay for processing.
Prerequisite(s): Film and video concentration status.
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COMM 3506 - Pre-Production Planning for Film and Video
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester.
This course considers the intent and purpose of a message as a first step in media production. The social and cultural implications of media storytelling are examined. The course focuses on clearly defining message content, intent and audience as a precursor to an exploration of how particular film and video techniques communicate and are interpreted. Teams will subsequently develop the pre-production planning needed for a short film or video work, including idea development, script treatments, story development, script writing, rewriting, storyboarding, script breakdown, production scheduling and resource planning. An “adaptations” version of this course will ask students to find and use existing short stories or 10 minute plays to use for their projects.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 3505
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COMM 3510 - Audio Production for Film and Video
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every other semester.
This course covers audio production basics: field, studio and booth audio acquisition, logging, mastering and archiving with an emphasis on audio’s role in film and video production. By the end of the course, the student will be able to capture the highest quality audio in the manner most effective for integration during film or video post-production. Technical and aesthetic issues affected by location recording and their implications on post-production are covered.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 3520 , COMM 3521 or COMM 3710 .
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COMM 3520 - Intermediate Digital Cinema Production
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester.
Intermediate Digitals Cinema Production covers professional production techniques used in modern narrative production environments. In addition to achieving competency in lighting, exposure, composition and framing with video cameras, students master the basics of audio production both on location and in studio environments and the editing of the dramatic narrative. Creative narrative skills such as scriptwriting, storyboarding, direction and management are explored in the practical setting of a modern digital cinema environment.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 3506
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COMM 3521 - Intermediate Documentary Production
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every semester.
This course covers professional production techniques used in modern non-narrative production environments. In addition to achieving competency in lighting, exposure, composition and framing with video cameras, students master the basics of audio production both on location and in studio environments and the editing of the Documentary topic. Documentary genres explored include Documentary, Electronic News Gathering, Human Interest and Public Service Announcement Production.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 3506
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COMM 3530 - Editing
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester.
This is an intensive advanced course in film and video editing tools, techniques, procedures and standards. Course work includes editing theory and practice, standard cutting techniques, post-production workflow, and stem sound mixing. Students will explore to create finished films through the strategic and formal use of coverage and the incorporation of lined scripts and editorial notes.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 3520 or COMM 3521 or COMM 3710 .
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COMM 3550 - Producing
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every other semester.
The course provides an examination of the fundamentals of production management. Topics covered in the class are production budgets, production scheduling, contracts and agreements, union regulations for actors and crew members, shooting permits, legal implications and financial structures.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 3520 , COMM 3521 or COMM 3710 .
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COMM 3560 - Sound Design
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester.
This course examines the elements of post-production sound design within the context of film and video production. This course blends the artistic and the technical. Students will use nonlinear editors, digital audio work stations and analog and digital recording equipment to design soundtracks for their film and video productions. All materials are the responsibility of the student.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 3520 , COMM 3521 or COMM 3710 .
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COMM 3580 - Lighting
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester.
Lighting provides an intensive, hands-on approach to the techniques of lighting for film and digital media. Topics covered include: the nature and theory of light, lighting control, lighting technique, studio and location shooting, color theory and lighting equipment and use.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 3520 , COMM 3521 or COMM 3710 .
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COMM 3600 - Photography I
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester.
The course introduces technical and aesthetic aspects of photography necessary for creative camera control. This is accomplished by exploring analog photography such as exposure techniques, film, paper, and basic 35 mm camera work. Students are responsible for all paper and film supplies.
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COMM 3610 - Photography II
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered in the Fall.
This course is an introduction to digital camera control and a continuation and refinement of material covered in COMM 3600 . RAW file, elementary Photoshop and Lightroom manipulations are covered along with editing, sequencing, and use of flash.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 3600 .
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COMM 3620 - Photography III
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered in the Spring.
This course is the introduction to the professional digital commercial studio. Both studio and on-location lighting are the core of the course. All aspects of commercial photography are explored in professionally designed studios. Students are responsible for all materials and digital storage backup.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 3610 .
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COMM 3630 - Large Format Photography
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered in the Fall.
The course specializes in 4 x 5 view camera analog photography and the use of the Zone System for exposure and development. Students are responsible for all paper and film supplies.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 3610 .
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COMM 3640 - Color Photography
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered in the Spring.
This digital course introduces the basic theory of color photography. Printing is emphasized and all work is printed in our dedicated digital printing lab.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 3610 .
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COMM 3645 - Digital Photography
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered in the Spring.
The course studies more advanced digital image acquisition, advanced image manipulation, scanning, and use of various output devices. Students are responsible for digital storage backup. Fulfills computer literacy requirement.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 3620 or COMM 3640 or permission of Instructor.
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COMM 3660 - Photo Management
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester.
The course studies photographic space design for private, commercial and educational use. The class promotes an understanding of flow, function, equipment inventory, record keeping and budget control.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 3610 .
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COMM 3690 - Photography Seminar
3 cr. 3 hr. This course may be offered less than once every two years.
The seminar provides an opportunity for advanced study in the medium. Topics will vary.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 3620 , COMM 3630 , or COMM 3640 .
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COMM 3710 - Intermediate Film Production
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester.
Intermediate Film Production covers professional production techniques used in 16mm narrative production environments. In addition to achieving competency in lighting, exposure, composition and framing with film cameras, students master the basics of dual system audio recording and AVID based non-linear editing. Creative narrative skills such as scriptwriting, storyboarding, direction and management are also explored in the practical setting of a current 16mm production context.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 3506
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COMM 3730 - Directing Video/Film
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every other semester.
This course examines the role of the director. Topics covered in the class include script analysis and breakdowns, casting, blocking the camera and the actors, acting and directing actors. The class focuses on the relationships between the director and producer, actor, writer and editor, as well as between the director and the cinematographer. The role of the assistant director is defined, and unions, talent agencies, schedule planning and interpersonal communications are explored. Students are responsible for all materials.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 3520 , COMM 3521 or COMM 3710 .
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COMM 3740 - Compositing and Visual Effects
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every fourth semester.
This course delves into advanced visual effects and finishing techniques using modern acquisition and post-processing tools. Topics covered in class include matte generation and clean plate techniques, chroma key shooting and post-production, pre-visualization for effects shooting, rotoscoping and keyframing techniques and project workflow and management. Students will master a minimum level of competency with a range of advanced compositing applications, producing a final project of complexity and quality from pre-visualization through output to target medium.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 3520 , COMM 3521 or COMM 3710 .
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COMM 3750 - Cinematography
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every semester.
Cinematography is an advanced elective for film and video students who wish to specialize in the specific elements of production related to cinematography. This course is a blend of the artistic and the technical. Aspects of the topic include film stock, laboratories, lenses, lighting, cameras, composition, camera angles, continuity, color and special processes. The relationship between the cinematographer and other members of the production team, as well as the structure of feature film camera departments will be examined.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 3520 , COMM 3521 or COMM 3710 .
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COMM 3760 - Film Styles, Genres, and Movements
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered in the Spring.
This course blends theoretical and historical concepts associated with a selected genre, style or movement within a production course setting. Students will study a selected genre, style or movement, and then, in groups, will write and produce a short film or digital video, based within the historical and/or theoretical framework that the class has studied. The course structure will be split between production technique and tutorials and the viewing/studying of the chosen style, genre or movement.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 3506 and either COMM 3520 , COMM 3521 or COMM 3710 .
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COMM 3765 - Writing for Film and Video
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every semester.
Writing for Film and Video is a writing intensive course that builds on the foundation of dramatic narrative film writing and narrative theory covered in COMM 3506 - Pre-Production Planning for Film and Video . Students are instructed in narrative and character development, as well as, the art of cinematic dialog and proper writing technique. Emphasis is on creative and compelling storytelling, as well as, developing the strategies and discipline for long form narrative. Additionally, the course covers marketing, sales strategies, legal issues and copyright including registration with the WGA (Writers Guild of America).
Note: May only be used as a specialized Elective or Jr/Sr Writing Requirement. Prerequisite(s): COMM 3520 , COMM 3521 or COMM 3710 .
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COMM 3810 - Introduction to Graphic Design
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester. Also offered evenings.
Students learn the foundations of graphic design and visual literacy while developing proficiency with digital production tools and processes. Aesthetic principles of form, tone, color, typography, composition, imagery, narrative, motion, and interactivity are examined through print and screen-based projects. Students explore the relationship between form and content while employing the design process to solve problems creatively.
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COMM 3820 - Intermediate Graphic Design
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester. Also offered evenings.
This course considers the designer’s role as visual storyteller across media and platforms. Foundational principles are reinforced, and continued emphasis is given to critical thinking, concept development, typography, and visual relationships between typography and images by using an artistic problem solving approach to design. Further, students explore the critical role of motion graphics and interactivity in today’s complex visual environment in order to meet the high standard of excellence that is needed to thrive in today’s dynamic, professional workplace.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 3810 and
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COMM 3830 - Illustration
3 cr. 3 hr.
By concentrating on technical and creative illustration, students have an opportunity for advanced study in graphic design. Students work in various media, including pen and ink, water color, marker and colored pencil. Students are responsible for illustration supplies.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 3810
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COMM 3850 - Publication Design
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered in the Fall.
The course examines all aspects of publication design focusing on designing with type and combining photography and illustration with text in editorial design, brochures, books, posters and Web page design. Grid design as an organizing and creative principle contrasted with asymmetric design will be emphasized in assignments. Techniques for print production processes will be examined. Portfolio quality pieces are produced in this advanced level course.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 3810 and COMM 3820
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COMM 3860 - Writing for Organizations
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered in the Fall. Also offered evenings.
This course looks into the distinct rhetorical situation (audience, purpose, voice, etc.) of writing for organizations such as corporations and non-profits, both large and small, publicly traded and closely held. Coursework will extend beyond producing documents such as annual reports and codes of conduct, to also develop and practice literacies and skills that are flexible enough to be applied to a variety of situations and prepare students not only to succeed, but also to innovate. (Credit is not given for both COMM 3860 and ENGL 3860 .)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200 .
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COMM 3870 - Feature and Magazine Writing
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester.
This reality-based course covers all aspects of developing, writing and marketing feature articles for magazines and trade journals. Students practice interview and research techniques, writing query letters, finding target markets, and crafting articles that demonstrate effective use of slant, theme, voice and viewpoint. (Credit is not given for both ENGL 3870 and COMM 3870)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200 .
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COMM 3880 - Typography
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester.
Students explore the expressive qualities of typographic form and investigate visual relationships between type and image. Class lectures and discussions address historical milestones that have led to major innovations in type design and explore aesthetic concepts such as typographic structure, space, legibility, and visual organization. Additionally, students become familiar with typographic anatomy and learn to identify and choose appropriate font classifications and particular typefaces for design projects.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 3810
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COMM 3895 - Advanced Documentary Production
3 cr. 3 hr. One section annually
As one of two optional concentration culminating production courses, Advanced Documentary Production is a workshop in advanced motion picture production for documentary, news, and reality based media. Topics covered in the class include documentary research, location shooting & sound recording and AVID non-linear post-production techniques. Each production group will devote the entire semester to the production of a significant work of non-fiction video. As foundational preparation for production work, the class will also investigate the documentary from historical, ethical, theoretical, formal, and aesthetic perspectives. Students must share production costs, including travel and expendable production materials.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 3521 and one of the following courses: COMM 3510 , COMM 3530 , COMM 3550 , COMM 3560 , COMM 3580 , COMM 3730 , COMM 3740 , COMM 3750 , COMM 3765
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COMM 3900 - Image and Design
3 cr. 3 hr. This course may be offered less than once every two years.
The course covers the commercial applications of photography, including product presentation, advertising, illustration, promotion and publication photography. Students learn the role of the designer as a photographer who solves assigned problems using various techniques, including digital photo and image manipulation. Students are responsible for all graphic supplies.
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COMM 3940 - Motion Graphic Design
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered in the Fall.
Choreography of the movement and transition of images and typography over time and across space is investigated. Students explore a variety of techniques including frame-by-frame animation, keyframe interpolation, and compositing using Adobe AfterEffects and Photoshop. Assignments include storyboarding, kinetic typography, vector-based animation, rotoscoping, and live-action images. Students will explore how these techniques are applied to motion graphics productions in the film, television, and interactive media industries.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 3810
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COMM 3950 - Advanced Graphic Design
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester.
Students develop a comprehensive range of projects in print, motion graphics, and web design. Emphasis will be given to research, ideation, aesthetics, and execution of design solutions that span across media. Students develop print and portfolio-quality screen-based prototypes resulting in a body of work that sports a high level of diversity and sophistication. Projects reflect the range of work and practices that designers encounter in the profession. Areas of graphic design such as publication design, data visualization, motion graphics, and user experience design will be explored.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 3810 , COMM 3820 , COMM 3880 and COMM 3305 .
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COMM 3955 - Motion Graphic Design II
3 cr. 3 hr. offered every third Semester
This advanced course will develop a deeper understanding of how images, typography, and live-action elements are choreographed to create effective motion graphic design solutions. Animation techniques including frame-by-frame, stop-motion, interpolation, and compositing will allow students to improve upon and add to their professional portfolio.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 3940
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COMM 3960 - Advanced Cinema Production
3 cr. 3 hr. Four sections per academic year.
Advanced Cinema Production is the final production course in the Film and Video sequence that provides the opportunity for students to produce finished work of professional quality. This course draws on the skills of all previous courses in the Film and Video sequence. Working in production groups, students write, shoot and edit a film or digital cinema thesis project based on a pitched and faculty-approved proposal. The project is shot in either Super 16 sync sound or a Digital Cinema format and is edited using non-linear editing systems. Students are required to purchase all expendable production materials.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 3710 or COMM 3520 and one of the following courses: COMM 3510 , COMM 3530 , COMM 3550 , COMM 3560 , COMM 3580 , COMM 3730 , COMM 3740 , COMM 3750 , COMM 3765
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COMM 4000 - Writings in Aesthetics
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered in the Spring.
Located at the interface between theory and production, Aesthetics is a writing intensive Communication Studies course that capitalizes on this vantage point to critically examine the professional arts comprising our curriculum, namely film, video, graphic design, photography, interactive media, and professional communication. Through weekly readings and writings, seminar discussions, presentations, and a term length qualitative research project, this writing intensive course bridges the theory/production dichotomy.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 1105 and COMM 1120 .
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COMM 4010 - Information Design
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every fall semester.
Examines knowledge visualization theories and principles. Surveys and evaluates the effectiveness of visual systems and information structures, such as checklists, dashboards, databases, diagrams, questionnaires, and timelines. Students research a complex area of study and propose a mediated delivery solution in the form of an infographic.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 1105 and COMM 1120
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COMM 4200 - Human Communication
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every Semester. Also offered evenings.
The course provides for the study of human communication theories, concepts, contexts and skills with the intent of developing an understanding of everyday interaction. Through the study of human communication theory, students will develop the vocabulary and concepts to evaluate communication practices. The class pays particular attention to achieving self-presentation and relational skills that apply to a variety of social contexts students encounter. Class discussion, activities and assignments are designed to develop both knowledge and competencies necessary to understand the relationship between communication patterns and social order.
Prerequisite(s): Junior status
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COMM 4205 - Seminar in Communication Theory
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every other semester.
An in-depth examination of particular theories of communication. The focus may vary depending upon student need and/or faculty interest or expertise.
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COMM 4206 - Media and Society
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every other semester.
This seminar provides a broader framework for understanding the relationship between media and society, and skills for critically evaluating the social role of media. The topics draw upon current media debates about the increasing concentration of media ownership, the role of the independent media sector, the rise and regulation of new media, the media portrayals of underrepresented segments of population, the relationship between media and identity, the active role of media audiences, and the growth of global media. The readings include and cite important texts in media theory and cultural studies.
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COMM 4211 - Writing for the Professional Artist
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every other semester
Students learn to write and think like professional artists in this writing intensive course. Students develop a docent presentation; become fluent in the written genres used by artists within their own professional medium; explore the relationships between writing and artistic production in other mediums; evaluate, interpret, and synthesize the work of others using the written and spoken word.
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COMM 4212 - Marketing Communication
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every fall semester.
After learning and applying multiple marketing research methodologies to better understand a real world client, students apply their research findings to produce a Marketing Communication Research Report, a Marketing Communication Plan, and a wide range of professional media that address the needs and challenges of their client.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200
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COMM 4220 - Organizational Communication
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every other semester.
This course is designed to introduce students to contemporary concepts about organizational communication functions, the structure of organizational communication systems and organizational levels at which communication occurs. Student research and field study will consist of a communications audit of a selected organization and the analysis at the related human, hardware and software interfacing.
Prerequisite(s): Junior status
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COMM 4230 - Communication Law and Ethics
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every semester
The course provides an introduction to communications law and media ethics that raise important issues for all students in the Communications Media department. Topics discussed in the class include copyright law, libel, censorship, cable and broadcast law, privacy and the U.S. legal process.
Prerequisite(s): Junior status
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COMM 4240 - Media Criticism
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every Semester.
Mainly in the context of film, students examine the major perspectives of aesthetic criticism, including formalist, realist, auteurist, generic, structuralist, poststructuralist and cognitivist.
Prerequisite(s): Junior status
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COMM 4250 - Research Seminar
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every other semester.
The seminar provides an opportunity to explore quantitative and/or qualitative research methodologies, such as archival research, content analysis and field study. The focus may vary depending upon student need and/or faculty interest or expertise.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 1105 and COMM 1120 .
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COMM 4260 - Advanced Professional Study
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered as needed.
This interdisciplinary production course combines the talents of students from two or more concentrations. Students learn to work in a production team with a client to produce professional quality video, film, print, graphic and/or interactive materials.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of five courses within a concentration.
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COMM 4270 - Pre-Press Production
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester.
This course provides a bridge between design and the complex world of printing. File preparation for print reproduction will be covered in this comprehensive, advanced level course. Printing terminology, job specification, file formatting, bid writing, color proofing, trouble shooting electronic documents and mechanical press related problems are studied. Students will make a site visit to a large printing firm.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 3820
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COMM 4280 - Intercultural Communication
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every other semester.
In this course we will explore intercultural communication through communication theory that differs from other social science disciplines. The course will equip students with tools to understand and think about intercultural communication methods so they may develop the skills to call upon in episodes of intercultural interaction. Students will work through a range of theoretical, methodological, descriptive and interpretive critical readings to reach the goal of understanding the multiple perspectives and theories of intercultural communication.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 1105 and COMM 1120 .
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COMM 4281 - Gender and Communication
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every other semester.
An exploration of the relationships among communication, gender, and culture. It provides analytical tools for understanding how we create a sense of self as gendered and sexual beings, and how various forms of communication reflect and construct cultural understanding of sex and gender. Students critically explore the ways in which we all, through communication in families, schools, media, workplace and other spheres of society create, perpetuate and/or challenge gender roles. The course also explores how gender and sexual politics are appropriated and reinvented for popular consumption.
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COMM 4880 - Internship
12 cr. 36 hr. Day course offered every Semester. Also offered evenings.
The Communications Media Internship is the capstone graduation requirement for all department majors. It is a full-time, semester-long, pre-professional learning experience that is designed to successfully link academic preparation with successful entry into a student’s career path. Interns must successfully complete an Internship Qualification Program in the semester immediately prior to the internship, that includes mandatory attendance at a series of seminars, the development and defense of a professional portfolio before a faculty committee, and an internship placement interview with the Program Director. Internship placement is competitive and based on academic performance, faculty recommendations, and performance in the Internship Qualification Program.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of all LAS requirements preceding Communications Media Phases with a cumulative Communications Media Grade Point Average of 2.5 or better at the time the Application for Internship is due.
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COMM 4901 - Independent Study
1 cr. 3 hr.
The Independent Study provides an opportunity for highly self-motivated students to explore areas of Communications Media not provided within the departmental curriculum. Research methodology is to be used and a written monograph is to be presented to the faculty sponsor. Approval of a faculty sponsor, consent of the advisor and permission of the chairperson is required.
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COMM 4902 - Independent Study
2 cr. 6 hr.
The Independent Study provides an opportunity for highly self-motivated students to explore areas of Communications Media not provided within the departmental curriculum. Research methodology is to be used and a written monograph is to be presented to the faculty sponsor. Approval of a faculty sponsor, consent of the advisor and permission of the chairperson is required.
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COMM 4903 - Independent Study
3 cr. 9 hr.
The Independent Study provides an opportunity for highly self-motivated students to explore areas of Communications Media not provided within the departmental curriculum. Research methodology is to be used and a written monograph is to be presented to the faculty sponsor. Approval of a faculty sponsor, consent of the advisor and permission of the chairperson is required.
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COMM 4906 - Independent Study
6 cr. 18 hr.
The Independent Study provides an opportunity for highly self-motivated students to explore areas of Communications Media not provided within the departmental curriculum. Research methodology is to be used and a written monograph is to be presented to the faculty sponsor. Approval of a faculty sponsor, consent of the advisor and permission of the chairperson is required.
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COMM 4940 - Field Study
3 cr. 9 hr. Day course offered every Semester.
The Field Study provides an experience that permits students to develop the knowledge and skills acquired in the classroom. A portfolio of the work completed is to be presented to the faculty sponsor. Approval of a faculty sponsor, sanction of a site supervisor, consent of the advisor and permission of the chairperson is required.
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COMM 4950 - Field Study
6 cr. 18 hr. Day course offered every Semester.
The Field Study provides an experience that permits students to develop the knowledge and skills acquired in the classroom. A portfolio of the work completed is to be presented to the faculty sponsor. Approval of a faculty sponsor, sanction of a site supervisor, consent of the advisor and permission of the chairperson is required.
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COMM 4975 - Directed Study
1-6 cr.
Directed study allows a student to carry out a non-research project or participate in an activity under the direct supervision of a faculty member. See the catalog description of Program Alternatives in The Curriculum section for more details.
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CSC 1000 - Introduction to Programming
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester.
This course provides an opportunity to learn a higher-level language, to gain experience in the design, coding and utilization of computer programs and to develop simple applications using a graphical user interface. SMT
Passing the Math placement exam or MATH 0200 .
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CSC 1010 - Computer Science Basics
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester. Also offered evenings.
Lectures and labs explore various topics in computer science. Topics include data representation, digital circuits, basic computer organization and machine language, operating systems and networking, programming languages, and algorithms and efficiency, computability, the Church-tutoring thesis, and the halting problem. SMT
Prerequisite(s): Passing the math placement exam or MATH 0200
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CSC 1100 - Computer Applications
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered in the Fall. Also offered evenings.
This course introduces students to the most popular computer applications used across many disciplines. Students will complete a project applying these tools to a problem chosen from their discipline. Students will communicate their results in a final presentation. The topics currently studies are spreadsheets, databases and the integration of the two for more powerful applications. Credit is not awarded for both BSAD 1700 - Introduction to Computer Information Systems for Business and CSC 1100 - Computer Applications. SMT
Note: Application topics chosen for this course may be reviewed every four years by the university and the description in the catalog will reflect the topics covered in the course. Passing the Math Placement Exam or MATH 0200 .
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CSC 1150 - Basics of Web Design
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester. Also offered evenings.
This course is about creating Web pages using the latest version of HTML. The course covers the basics of HTML code. Students will learn to work directly with HTML tags to create forms, frames and cascading sheets and to embed music and other multimedia.
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