2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog

JMC 404 Practicum

By arrangement with advisor. Incorporate discipline specific skills in practical working situations on-campus. Repeatable, maximum three credits.

1 - 3

JMC 408 Special Topics

Current issues or problems in journalism and mass communications. Repeatable, under different subtitles.

1-3

JMC 410 Advanced News and Feature Writing

Prerequisites: JMC 210, JMC 350, and JMC 352. Majors and minors only. Covering news beats, C-SPAN events. Researching and writing features, editorials and columns for all media.

3

JMC 422 Directed Study

Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.) Repeatable, maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.

1 - 3

JMC 443 Electronic Field Production

Prerequisites: JMC 210, JMC 340, JMC 342. Consent of instructor. Majors only. Principles and techniques of videography, field reporting and video editing.

4

JMC 444 Cable Television Production

Prerequisites: JMC 342, JMC 443. Consent of instructor. Majors only. Practical application of visual communication skills in producing television news programming.

3

JMC 460 Media Management

Majors only. Procedures, issues and responsibilities that must be mastered by managers of newspapers and radio and television stations.

3

JMC 481 Public Relations Techniques

Prerequisites: JMC 210, JMC 380. Majors only. Seniors only. Effective tools and techniques used by the professional public relations practitioner.

3

JMC 485 Media Ethics

Prerequisite: JMC 100 Majors and minors only. Explores ethical theory and ethical decision-making tools as they relate to dilemmas in the media professions.

3

JMC 492 Mass Communications Internship

Prerequisite: JMC 342 or JMC 350. Consent of advisor. Majors only. Off-campus work experience in a professional media enterprise specific to the student’s major emphasis. Repeatable maximum three credits.

1 - 3

JMC 495 Television Criticism

Critically evaluate television's performance as an informative, persuasive, entertaining, socializing, and culture-transmitting medium.

3

JMC 497 Mass Communications Law

Seniors or above. Current and perennial ethical and legal issues in journalism and mass communications media that affect journalists, media management and the public.
3