COM 206 --
FUNDAMENTALS OF JOURNALISM:
3 Credits
Topics covered in this course include: reporting and interviewing
techniques, newswriting, copy editing, headline writing, the editorial,
the feature story, newspaper makeup and design, libel, and the responsibility
of the press. Two hours of lecture and one hour of field assignment
weekly.
COM 402 -- MASS MEDIA WRITING SEMINAR:
3 Credits
Affords students the opportunity to assimilate, master, and apply
the basic principles of writing to various disciplines and media.
Rotating topics will include: magazine writing, investigative
reporting, environmental writing, business journalism, sportswriting,
and other ad hoc choices.
Three of the following:
COM 302 -- BROADCAST NEWSWRITING:
3 Credits
Students will be introduced to and learn applications of newswriting
for radio and television, including hard news features and documentary
formats.
COM 303 -- SCRIPTWRITING:
3 Credits
Introduction to and application of scriptwriting techniques in
formats appropriate to the media of radio, television, and film.
COM 319 -- ISSUES & ARGUMENTS:
3 Credits
Students are introduced to the principles and practices of argumentation
through the study of a variety of artifacts (e.g.: speeches, editorials,
books) produced around contemporary controversial issues such
as race/multiculturalism, capital punishment, gender, and freedom
of speech. Topics will include: the nature of propositions, the
use of pivotal terms, research, strategies of organizations, evidence,
lines of reasoning, source credibility, etc. The course will enable
students to be both better producers of arguments and more critical
consumers of arguments. The course emphasizes both written and
oral argument skills.
COM 337 -- ADVERTISING COPYWRITING:
3 Credits
Course provides experience with writing for advertising. Students
will explore the theoretical and research bases for communication
and will examine the role of both strategy and creativity in the
development and implementation of communication campaigns. Students
will write copy for print, broadcast, and other media.
COM 357 -- PUBLIC RELATIONS WRITING:
3 Credits
This course explores the writing of advertising and public relations
campaigns. The communication process, campaign strategy, communication
research, and creativity are explored. Students prepare a total
communication campaign, requiring both oral and written presentations.
