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CLAS 3350 - Law and Society in Ancient Rome Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL1304.
Description
A survey of key Roman legal ideas and texts from the archaic period to the late Republic and early Empire. Special attention paid to the law’s relation to Rome’s religion and changing social and political structures. Through Cicero the course explores the situation of the practicing advocate in complicated times. Ends with a look at later Roman jurisprudence.
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CLAS 3366 - The Trojan War Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Formerly CLAS 3366 Greek Art and Archaeology: In Search of the Trojan War
Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 .
Description
Survey of ancient Greek art and archaeology connected to the Trojan War from the Bronze Age to the Classical Period with emphasis on its relationship to traditional myths and Classical literature.
Core Category: [40] Language, Philosophy, & Culture
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CLAS 3371 - Ancient Comedy and Its Influence Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 .
Description
Comic drama from its origins in ancient Greece, to its Roman transformation, ending with its Renaissance adaptions. Readings from Aristophanes, Menander, Plautus, Terence, Machiavelli, and Shakespeare. Taught in English.
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CLAS 3372 - Medieval Epic Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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CLAS 3373 - Ancient Satire & Its Influence Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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CLAS 3374 - Women in the Ancient World Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 .
Description
Women’s lives from the Graeco-Roman world. Analysis and comparisons of literary texts and archeological evidence in their cultural and historical context.
Note: Taught in English.
Core Category: [40] Language, Philosophy, & Culture
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CLAS 3375 - Roman, Jew, and Christian: The Politics and Sociology of Religion in the First Century A.D. Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 .
Description
Political and social interactions of religions in the Roman Empire ca. 31 BC to 150 A.D. Special focus on emperor worship, Second Temple Judaism and the Jewish War of 66-70, and the early Jesus movement. Taught in English.
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CLAS 3380 - Epic Masculinity: Ideologies of Manhood in Ancient Epic and Modern Film Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 .
Description
Ideologies of masculinity in ancient Greek and Roman epic as compared to modern cinema (e.g., Spartacus, Gladiator, and Braveheart). Taught in English.
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CLAS 3381 - From Homer to Hollywood: Archaic and Classical Greek Themes in Modern Cinema Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Formerly CLAS 3381 From Homer to Hollywood: Ancient Greek Themes in the Modern Cinema
Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 .
Description
Examination of the way modern cinema adapts themes from Greek literature and uses them to explore modern conflict.
Note: Taught in English.
Core Category: [50] Creative Arts
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CLAS 3397 - Sel Topics Gr & Rom Civ Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: sophomore standing.
Description
May not apply toward foreign language requirement. Topics from the literature, art, philosophy, religion, and culture of ancient Greece and Rome. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Taught in English.
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CLAS 3398 - Independent Study Credit Hours: 1.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Cr. 3. Prerequisite: approval of chair. May be repeatedfor credit when topics vary.
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CLAS 3399 - Senior Honors Thesis Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: permission of Director of Classical Studies.
Description
Independent research and writing for the senior honors thesis.
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CLAS 4305 - Fifth-Century Athens: Readings in Intellectual, Literary, and Political History Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 .
Description
Overview of intellectual trends and political history of fifth-century BCE Athens. Topics include the development of Democracy, birth of tragedy, Persian Wars, Athenian Empire, court system, Peloponnesian Wars, and death of Socrates.
Core Category: [81] Writing in the Disciplines
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CLAS 4350 - Age of Augustus Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 .
Description
Exploration of the political, literary, architectural, and artistic changes introduced during the reign of Caesar Augustus, first Emperor of Rome (27BC - 14AD). Taught in English.
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CLAS 4353 - Classics and Modernity: The Uses of Antiquity in Modern and Postmodern Contexts Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 .
Description
Use of ancient Greek and Roman concepts by modern and postmodern thinkers, artists, and authors.
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CLAS 4370 - Comparative Epic Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Formerly CLAS 3370
Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 and junior standing.
Description
Epic poetry from ancient Greece and Rome with a comparative approach drawing on other cultures, including the ancient Near East, the Hevrew Bible, medieval Europe, and /or modern oral epic traditions. Taught in English.
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CLAS 4374 - Sex and Gender in Antiquity Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 and junior standing.
Description
Issues of sex and gender in ancient Greece and Rome through the study of literature, art, and science.
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CLAS 4375 - Gender and Race in Greek Myths Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 .
Description
Credit for CLAS 4375 may not be applied toward a degree by students who have credit for CLAS 3306 . May not apply toward foreign language requirement. Greek myths and rituals, focusing on dynamics of exclusion that parallel modern definitions of ethnicity and gender. Taught in English.
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CLAS 4380 - Greek Classics in Translation Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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CLAS 4381 - Latin Classics in Translation Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Formerly (also ENGL 4381)
Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 .
Description
Works of Latin literature read in conjunction with modern text inspired by them.
Core Category: [81] Writing in the Disciplines
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CLAS 4398 - Independent Study Credit Hours: 1.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Cr. 3. Prerequisite: approval of chair. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
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CLAS 4399 - Senior Honors Thesis Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: permission of Director of Classical Studies
Description
Independent research and writing for the senior honors thesis.
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LACP 2111 - Liberal Arts Career Planning Credit Hours: 1.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 1 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: None.
Description
Self-marketing strategies to support the development of career skills for CLASS majors. Includes career exploration activities, guided practice, and engaged learning. Understanding the job search process, interviewing strategies, and the types of fields that are available to the wide range of CLASS majors. Students interact with professionals from their areas of interest and learn how to maximize professional relationships. CLASS students will learn how to develop their brand, to identify and research careers and specific positions that meet their interests and skills, and to mobilize networking in their job search.
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COMM 1301 - Media and Society Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Description
Consumer oriented study of mass communications. Provides overview of media structures, media messages, mass audiences, and impact of media on society.
TCCNS Equivalent: COMM 1307
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COMM 1302 - Intro To Comm Theory Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: credit for or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 1303 .
Description
Perspectives in communication theory and process.
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COMM 1332 - Fundamentals of Public Speaking Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 1 Lab Contact Hours: 2
Description
Taught in large lecture and small group format. Beginning theory and practice of informative and persuasive communication.
TCCNS Equivalent: SPCH 1315
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COMM 1333 - Interpersonal Communication Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Description
Theories and research relating to the initiation, growth, and deterioration of interpersonal relationships in contemporary society.
TCCNS Equivalent: SPCH 1318
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COMM 2300 - Communication Research Methods Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: MATH 1310 .
Description
Social science and qualitative research methods in communication: problem formation, hypothesis testing and theory building; fundamentals of measurement; research designs and approaches; data collection and analysis; and ethics in academic and professional applications.
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COMM 2320 - Fundamentals of Media Production Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 , HIST 1376 or 1377, HIST 1378 or 1379, POLS 1336 and POLS 1337
Description
Fundamentals of current and emerging production techniques in media industries.
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COMM 2322 - Television Production I Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 2 Lab Contact Hours: 3
Prerequisite: At least a C in COMM 2320 .
Description
Application of professional video techniques in programming. Emphasis on studio operation.
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COMM 2370 - Introduction to Motion Pictures Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Description
Introduction to the art, technology, economics, and social aspects of film.
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COMM 2383 - Food As Communication Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: None.
Description
Exploration of the ways food functions symbolically and materially as a communicative practice, and how we can examine those stories and then communicate them in a meaningful manner.
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COMM 3300 - Health Communication Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Formerly COMM 4333
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
Examination of the nature, contexts, theories, and selected research shaping health care consumers understanding of health communication issues.
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COMM 3301 - Doctor-Patient Interaction Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: COMM 3300 or consent of instructor.
Description
Explores the nature of physician-patient interaction focusing on communication skills and advocacy development for both groups across the spectrum of healthcare delivery and examining selected theories.
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COMM 3302 - E-Health and Telemedicine Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: COMM 3353 or consent of instructor.
Description
Examination of how health information is communicated and disseminated through various technologies and delivery channels such as health internet sites, television programming, kiosks, and other elated technology-based materials.
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COMM 3303 - Health Literacy Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: COMM 3300 or consent of instructor.
Description
The role of diverse communication skills and knowledge in making appropriate heath decisions.
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COMM 3304 - Multicultural Health Communication Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: COMM 3300 or consent of instructor.
Description
Diverse ethnic meaning systems and their influences on health behaviors.
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COMM 3305 - Communication and Catastrophic Illnesses Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: COMM 3300 or consent of instructor.
Description
Systematic inquiry into communication practices surrounding catastrophic illnesses such as cancer, Alzheimer’s, and HIV/AIDS.
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COMM 3311 - Editing for Print and Digital Media Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: at least a C in COMM 2310 .
Description
Editing messages such as public relations, advertising, news, features for print, broadcast, digital media; headline and caption writing; introduction to publication design; photo use and cropping; graphics, visuals.
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COMM 3313 - Data Journalism Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: COMM 1301 and either COMM 2310 or COMM 2328 .
Description
This hands-on course will introduce students to all phases of data journalism, including finding and evaluating data sources, analyzing and organizing data, reporting with numbers, and visualizing data. Moreover, students will learn skills in spreadsheet and database operation, data analysis software and data visualization.
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COMM 3314 - Intermediate Writing and Reporting Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 3
Prerequisite: COMM 2310 and COMM 3311 or concurrent registration in COMM 3311 .
Description
Gathering and writing news with emphasis on publishing in the student newspaper.
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COMM 3315 - News and Social Media Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: COMM 2310 or COMM 2328 or consent of instructor.
Description
Issues at the intersection of news and social media, including how social media is used to search and share news.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
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COMM 3316 - Electronic News Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: COMM 2310
Description
Theory and practice of assembling, writing, and presenting news for the electronic media.
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COMM 3317 - Multimedia Journalism Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: COMM 2310 or COMM 2328 .
Description
Fundamentals of using multiple media to produce content for print, broadcast and online platforms.
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COMM 3318 - Multimedia Storytelling Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: COMM 1301 , 2320.
Description
Students will research a single topic and use various online tools to tell stories related to their topic that may incorporate images, video, sound, text, and audience participation.
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COMM 3319 - Preproduction Management Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: At least a C in COMM 2320 and consent of instructor.
Description
Principles of film and video preproduction and production management, including techniques of script breakdown, scheduling, budgeting, and producing of professional productions and student projects.
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COMM 3320 - Audio Production Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: COMM 2320 or COMM 3317 .
Description
Audio as a medium of influence and expression with applied emphasis on audio production techniques used in radio, TV/cable, and film industries.
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COMM 3321 - Single Camera Studio Production Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 2 Lab Contact Hours: 3
Prerequisite: At least a C in COMM 2322 and consent of instructor.
Description
Single camera film-style studio production as a medium of influence and expression with an emphasis on motion picture production techniques incorporated into a High Definition Video environment.
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COMM 3323 - Multimedia Production I Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing in communication and computer skills.
Description
Fundamentals aspects of computer-based multimedia production for mass media and corporate applications.
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COMM 3324 - Photojournalism I Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
Techniques of taking and developing pictures for the mass media.
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COMM 3325 - Sports Journalism Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: COMM 3314 , or consent of instructor.
Description
Sports broadcasting, reporting, and writing basics. Organizational structures of sports media organizations. Multimedia sports storytelling. Sports journalism ethics and theory.
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COMM 3326 - Graphics Applications Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 2 Lab Contact Hours: 3
Prerequisite: At least a C in each of COMM 1301 , 1302 and 2300. Junior standing and computer skills. For Communication majors and minors only.
Description
Application of computer graphics and type principles in print journalism, advertising, art, and public relations.
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COMM 3327 - Desktop Publishing Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: At least a C in each of COMM 1301 , 1302 and 2300. Junior standing and computer skills. For Communication majors and minors only.
Description
History, theory, and practice of page layout and design using a computer. Creation and manipulation of computer graphics for print media and use of desktop systems to produce camera-ready copy.
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COMM 3329 - Media Performance Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 2 Lab Contact Hours: 3
Prerequisite: At least a C in each of COMM 2310 , 2322, 2328, 3316, and consent of instructor.
Description
Performance techniques for media professionals in news, information, commercial, and entertainment programming.
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COMM 3330 - Relational Communication Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: COMM 1301 , 1302, 1333, and 2300, or consent of instructor.
Description
Current research and theories concerning communication processes and dynamics involved in personal and professional relationships.
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COMM 3331 - Communication in the Family Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: COMM 1301 , 1302, 1333 and 2300, or consent of instructor.
Description
Theories and research covering communication in the development of the family with an emphasis on parent-child and sibling communication.
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COMM 3332 - Effective Meeting Management Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
Procedures for planning and conducting meetings, including large conventions, board meetings, and informal committees.
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COMM 3337 - Argumentation and Debate Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Six hours of Communication courses or consent of instructor.
Description
Theory and practice in the art of advocacy involving analysis, arrangement, and presentation of arguments for the purpose of decision making and social control.
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COMM 3339 - Advanced Public Speaking Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: COMM 1332 or consent of instructor.
Description
Advanced experiences in research, development, presentation of public addresses with emphasis on rhetorical criticism.
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COMM 3340 - Health Campaigns Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: COMM 3300 or consent of instructor.
Description
Selected health campaign exemplars and mass customization of multimedia messages to identified segments.
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COMM 3350 - Media Management Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ECON 2305 or consent of instructor.
Description
Administration of media properties, government and labor relationships, financing, scheduling, sales, and taxation.
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COMM 3352 - Small Group Process Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: COMM 1332 or COMM 3356 .
Description
Principles of group dynamics with attention to problem-solving activities.
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COMM 3353 - Information & Communication Technologies I Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: COMM 2310 or COMM 2328 , or consent of instructor.
Description
Internet and basic transactions across the World Wide Web in the convergent mass communication computing environment. Explores the intersection and implications of information and communication technologies.
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COMM 3356 - Business and Professional Communication Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing.
Description
Intended for juniors and seniors in business and the professions. Communication activities in business and professional settings with emphasis on oral presentations, interviews, negotiations, and group processes.
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COMM 3358 - Leadership Communication & Organizations Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: COMM 1301 and 1302. Leadership communication in organizational contexts.
Description
Leadership communication in organizational contexts. Theories and types of leadership, power, influence, diversity, ethics, leadership development, and related communication behaviors and activities.
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COMM 3360 - Principles of Integrated Communication Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Formerly COMM 3360 Principles of Advertising
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
Advertising theories and techniques within an integrated communication context.
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COMM 3361 - Advertising Copywriting Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: At least a C in COMM 2310 .
Description
For Communication majors and minors only. Techniques of writing and developing advertisements for offline and online media.
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COMM 3362 - Advertising Sales Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Formerly COMM 3362 Broadcast and Cable Sales
Prerequisite: COMM 3360 .
Description
Concepts, theories, problems, and practices across media platforms. Includes research, media planning, applied ratings, role of representative firms, promotion, and client negotiation.
Typically Offered: Fall
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COMM 3363 - Global & Multicultural Advertising Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: COMM 3360 .
Description
Study of the major concepts of international advertising and their importance to global marketing and communication activities around the world, the history and current state of international and cross-cultural advertising practice, and the influence of cultural factors on international and cross-cultural advertising and communication practices.
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COMM 3364 - Principles of Broadcast Programming and Ratings Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: COMM 1301 or consent of instructor.
Description
Broadcast and cable programming strategies and use of ratings by the communications industry.
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COMM 3368 - Principles of Public Relations Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: COMM 1301 , 1302 and 2310, or consent of instructor.
Description
Public relations theories and techniques in business, government, and the social services.
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COMM 3369 - Public Relations Writing Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: COMM 1301 and at least a C in COMM 2310 .
Description
Preparing memoranda, releases, reports, publicity features, public service announcements, speeches, and other specialized writing.
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COMM 3370 - History of Cinema Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: COMM 1301 and 1302.
Description
The evolution of film form, content, technology, and economics with special emphasis on American films.
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COMM 3372 - Gender and Media Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Description
Examination of historical and current portrayals of gender and gender issues in communication media.
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COMM 3373 - Television: History and Culture Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: COMM 1301 .
Description
Study of the development history of television as a mass communication medium within the context of the modernization of American society and culture.
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COMM 3374 - Strategic Social Media Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: COMM 1301 , 1302, 2300, 2310.
Description
Study of issues at the intersection of strategic communication and social media, including how social media is used by organizations and brands.
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COMM 3375 - International Communications Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Description
Comparative study of world communication systems, government policies, and economic systems.
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COMM 3376 - Media Effects Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: COMM 1301 and 1302.
Description
Effects of media upon individuals, institutions, and societies through the literature of communication.
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COMM 3377 - Strategic Public Relations Planning Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: COMM 3360 or COMM 3368 .
Description
Students will learn how to identify a public relations opportunity or problem, conduct research, and prepare a strategic plan designed to take advantage of the opportunity or to solve the problem.
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COMM 3379 - Popular Culture and the Mass Media Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
Examination of the cultural content and contributions of the mass media with emphasis on the role played by the mass media in the shaping of modern society.
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COMM 3380 - Electronic Field Production Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 2 Lab Contact Hours: 3
Prerequisite: COMM 2320 or COMM 3317 .
Description
Single camera video production and electronic post-production theories and techniques applied to the creation of information and entertainment programs.
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COMM 3382 - Television Production II Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 2 Lab Contact Hours: 3
Prerequisite: COMM 2322 and consent of instructor.
Description
Intermediate television production techniques with an emphasis on directing studio multiple camera productions.
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COMM 3383 - Non-linear Editing Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: COMM 2320 or COMM 3317 .
Description
Introduction to computer-based non-linear editing using integrated software packages.
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COMM 3399 - Senior Honors Thesis Credit Hours: 3.0
Prerequisite: approval of department chair, a 3.25 grade point average in the major, and a 3.00 cumulative average.
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COMM 4198 - Independent Study Credit Hours: 1.0
Prerequisite: approval of the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
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COMM 4301 - Introduction to Latino Communication Studies Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: COMM 1301 , COMM 2310 or 2320 , COMM 3376 , or consent of instructor.
Description
Course looks at how Latinos/Latinas identify in various contexts of cultural values, communication styles and cultural competence. Also applies knowledge of culturally competent communication to future business transactions with Latino/Latina groups.
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COMM 4303 - Communication Law & Ethics Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: COMM 1301 , 1302 and junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
Developments changing communication: legislative, legal and ethical issues relative to First Amendment rights and philosophical issues.
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COMM 4310 - Opinion Writing Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: At least a C in COMM 3314 or consent of instructor.
Description
Preparing elements of editorial page: research and writing of commentaries, columns, and editorials.
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COMM 4312 - Feature Writing for Print and Digital Media Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: At least a C in COMM 3314 or consent of instructor.
Description
Developing ideas, gathering material, and producing feature reports and query letters for print and digital media.
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COMM 4313 - Investigative Reporting Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: At least a C in COMM 3314 or consent of instructor.
Description
News coverage of issues and problems of governments, businesses, urban institutions, and the public at large in an investigative context.
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COMM 4314 - Social Issues in Journalism Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: COMM 1301 , 1302, 2300 and junior standing, or consent of instructor.
Description
Societal problems as portrayed in the press and electronic media. The role of journalism and its impact on social issues. Interaction between public discourse and its social, political, economic, and cultural context.
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COMM 4316 - Advanced Electronic News Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: COMM 3316 and consent of instructor.
Description
Advanced study and exercises in writing, producing, and presenting electronic news.
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COMM 4320 - Multimedia Production I Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 2 Lab Contact Hours: 3
Prerequisite: COMM 3380 or COMM 3381 or COMM 3382 and consent of instructor.
Description
Application of various media production techniques to a specific production.
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COMM 4322 - Television Producing and Directing I Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 2 Lab Contact Hours: 3
Prerequisite: COMM 3380 , 3383 and consent of instructor
Description
Creative problems in producing and directing professional level television programming for broadcast purposes.
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COMM 4323 - Multimedia Production II Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: COMM 3323 or consent of instructor.
Description
Analysis of computer-based interactive multimedia as it relates to mass communication: graphic design of interactive games using multimedia technology.
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COMM 4324 - Advanced Audio Production Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Junior standing, COMM 3320 and consent of instructor.
Description
For Communication majors only. Intensive study with reading and discussion to introduce concepts of audio editing, radio production, and audio post production for video production.
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COMM 4328 - Broadcast and Film Dramatic Writing Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Description
Principles, methods, and problems in writing dramatic scripts; readings in the dramatic literature of broadcasting and film.
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COMM 4331 - Persuasion Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: six semester hours in interpersonal communication or consent of instructor.
Description
Theories, methods, and ethics of persuasion and social influence.
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