Students explore the cultural effects of media messages and practices. This involves analyzing media representations as well as the social and economic contexts in which they are produced. Not open to COM majors.(C8)
Undergraduate Courses
Course Delivery DEFINITIONS:
- Online Courses: In online teaching, 100% of instruction takes place online via Canvas and with supplemental platforms like Zoom. There are two types of online courses: asynchronous and synchronous.
- Asynchronous online: Course is fully online, with lessons, assignments, and activities posted in Canvas with due dates. Students complete coursework, engage in discussions, etc., based upon their own schedules, but are required to meet posted deadlines.
- Synchronous online: Online course that includes real-time class meetings using technology (e.g. Zoom). The number of required meetings varies based upon the particular class, but meetings take place during the scheduled class times. Faculty will inform students of the schedule for real-time meetings in their courses.
- Hybrid Courses: Hybrid courses combine both in-person, on-campus meetings with online instruction. All face-to-face activities take place during the regularly-scheduled meeting times in the rooms assigned on the course listing. The number of in-person meetings varies by course. Faculty will notify students of the exact meeting schedule for their courses.
If your class is not listed as online or hybrid, it will meet fully face-to-face following the noted class schedule.
Students explore the cultural effects of media messages and practices. This involves analyzing media representations as well as the social and economic contexts in which they are produced. Not open to COM majors.(C8)
Students explore the cultural effects of media messages and practices. This involves analyzing media representations as well as the social and economic contexts in which they are produced. Not open to COM majors.(C8)
Open only to first semester COM Majors; enrolled by Academic Advisement
Students explore the cultural effects of media messages and practices. This involves analyzing media representations as well as the social and economic contexts in which they are produced. Not open to COM majors.(C8)
Students explore the cultural effects of media messages and practices. This involves analyzing media representations as well as the social and economic contexts in which they are produced. Not open to COM majors.(C8)
Students explore the cultural effects of media messages and practices. This involves analyzing media representations as well as the social and economic contexts in which they are produced. Not open to COM majors.(C8)
Students explore the cultural effects of media messages and practices. This involves analyzing media representations as well as the social and economic contexts in which they are produced. Open only to COM majors and minors. Fall. (C8)
ONLINE component: 1/2 of course work is ONLINE COM Majors and Minors ONLY
Students explore the cultural effects of media messages and practices. This involves analyzing media representations as well as the social and economic contexts in which they are produced. Open only to COM majors and minors. Fall. (C8)
ONLINE component 1/2 of course is ONLINE COM Majors and Minors ONLY
Students investigate advertising theories and practices. This course includes research, advertising planning, message creation and content analysis. Fall. (C8)
Students examine conditions and situations wherein ethical challenges might emerge in the context of media practices, including social media, the internet, journalism, PR, advertising, and more. Students will become familiar with philosophical approaches and arguments related to media ethics, as well as how to evaluate and apply professional codes of ethics and guidelines in the face of ethical dilemmas. Prerequisite: COM 201. Spring.
ONLINE component: 1/2 of course is ONLINE COM majors & minors ONLY
Students view, analyze, and critique major documentary works in film, TV, and streaming platforms. Discussion and analysis may focus on social, historical, and political influence and the effect of films from the past to the present. Students may also produce documentary film. Fall.
Students learn and apply media production skills and theories. Students get hands on experience in digital photography, video and audio recording, editing, narrative, and cinematic storytelling while using some applications in the Adobe Creative Suite. COM Majors/Minors only or permission of instructor.
$65.00 fee
Students learn and apply media production skills and theories. Students get hands on experience in digital photography, video and audio recording, editing, narrative, and cinematic storytelling while using some applications in the Adobe Creative Suite. COM Majors/Minors only or permission of instructor.
Technology fee $65
Students learn the fundamental components of journalism, including interviewing, writing news stories, finding good story ideas, and copyediting. Students also cover campus events with the goal of getting stories published in campus and off-campus news outlets while also learning how to use mobile tools to report and file stories in the field. Fall.
Technology Fee $65
Students learn a history of film genres, including but not limited to science fiction, horror, animation, and film noir, so that they can understand how film genres reflect and shape political-cultural-social conditions. Students examine the codes and conventions of the genre by analyzing stylistic elements and narrative structure. Students may take multiple genre courses but are not permitted to repeat the same genre. Spring and as needed. (C8)
Students research, design, and conduct interviews and analyses for a variety of media outlets and platforms. Offered Fall.
Students explore the field of communication, examine genders and gendered communication in and between members of the LGBTQAIP+ community and members of the cultures in which they engage, thereby increasing awareness of learn and distinguish key concepts related to gender and communication. They also analyze personal, current, and media-related examples while also examining privilege and oppression. Fulfills diversity requirement.
ONLINE COMPLETELY; Email hajjajn@strose.edu
Students explore the field of intercultural communication, including dominant groups, co-cultural groups, and normative contexts, thereby increasing awareness of privilege and oppression, self, and others. Fulfills diversity requirement.
1/2 course is online COM Majors and Minors ONLY
Students explore the field of intercultural communication, including dominant groups, co-cultural groups, and normative contexts, thereby increasing awareness of privilege and oppression, self, and others. Fulfills diversity requirement.
Students learn core communications studies concepts and theories to make better sense of how we are engaged in diverse processes of media content production, consumption, distribution, and interpretation. This class aims to help students, who are future communication-media practitioners, deepen their understanding of media environments via theoretical lenses. Prerequisite: COM 201. Fall.
Students learn core communications studies concepts and theories to make better sense of how we are engaged in diverse processes of media content production, consumption, distribution, and interpretation. This class aims to help students, who are future communication-media practitioners, deepen their understanding of media environments via theoretical lenses. Prerequisite: COM 201. Fall.
Students learn how to research and craft creative copy in ads designed for print, broadcast, and digital media with emphasis on creating inclusive advertisements for diverse audiences. Fulfills writing intensive requirements. Prerequisite: COM 205 or BUS 253. Offered Fall.
Writing Intensive Course
Students learn key concepts and theories in visual communication, media studies, and critical-cultural studies. Students also critically evaluate media content and technologies to be more informed citizens and practitioners. Prerequisite: COM 201.
Students develop skills for audio storytelling and learn how to use Adobe Audition to edit sound, fix problems with audio, and create soundscapes that engage listeners. Students practice interview skills in the field and in-studio, and work on creating radio news, commercials, and PSAs, with a final project which may include a sample podcast or a collaboratively produced radio drama. Prerequisite: COM 217 or COM 221. Fall.
Technology fee $65.
Students develop skills for audio storytelling and learn how to use Adobe Audition to edit sound, fix problems with audio, and create soundscapes that engage listeners. Students practice interview skills in the field and in-studio, and work on creating radio news, commercials, and PSAs, with a final project which may include a sample podcast or a collaboratively produced radio drama. Prerequisite: COM 217 or COM 221. Fall.
Tech fee $65
In this collaborative, team-building course, students learn and apply field and television studio skills and theories. Prerequisite: COM 316 and COM 317 or permission of instructor.
Technology fee $65
Students examine laws and regulations related to media, including the areas of free speech, censorship, defamation, and more. The ethical dimensions and theories/paradigms related to judicial decisions and cases are also addressed and analyzed. Prerequisite: COM 201. Fall.
Students explore a variety of approaches to non-fiction writing, including short features and long form narratives. Students examine intent, depth, voice, and audience. Fulfills writing-intensive requirement. Prerequisites: COM 221 and ENG 105 (or its transfer equivalent).
ONLINE component to course; 1/2 course is ONLINE Prerequisite: COM221
Students employ public relations tools, and learn the principles of design related to public relations and advertising materials using the Adobe Creative Suite. Students create press releases, newsletters, brochures, pitches, proposals, print advertisements, and website layouts. Fulfills Writing Intensive Requirement. Prerequisite: COM 227. Offered Fall
$65 fee
Students employ public relations tools, and learn the principles of design related to public relations and advertising materials using the Adobe Creative Suite. Students create press releases, newsletters, brochures, pitches, proposals, print advertisements, and website layouts. Fulfills Writing Intensive Requirement. Prerequisite: COM 227. Offered Fall
$65 fee
Advanced level media and/or production topics courses related to the communications discipline. May be used to fulfill some COM requirements. Prerequisites vary. Consult advisor.
Counts as 300 level in each area of COM concentration
Students learn and practice major methodologies in the study of communications. Students become knowledgeable readers of scholarly works as they develop skills to synthesize academic references into a coherent and logical narrative. Additionally, students complete an original academic research project that categorizes, interprets and analyzes evidence or data they gather and observe. Fulfills writing intensive requirement. Prerequisite: COM 298. Spring.
In this capstone course, students apply and develop existing media production skills and theories into a portfolio approaching professional level. Students hone proper script-writing format and create media such as commercials, PSAs, promotional videos, character narrative short films and more. Students also work on professional portfolios or reels. Prerequisite: COM 319.
course meets in Hearst 122 & CCIM 107G TV studio
Students produce a weekly TV news magazine that emulates a professional TV news studio environment by honing their interviewing and production skills. The news magazine products then become part of their professional portfolio or reel. Prerequisites: COM 313 and COM 319 or permission of instructor. Spring.
Technology fee $65 Prerequisite COM 221 and COM 319 May be taken one time only
Students learn to manage agency-client relationships through the application of theory and production skills to plan, implement, and evaluate an integrated marketing, public relations, and advertising campaign for community clients. Students also work on their professional portfolios. Prerequisites: Either COM 373 or COM 374 and either BUS 312 or BUS 353. Permission of instructor required for BUS majors, Advertising minors, IMC minors, and Public Relations minors. Fall.
Students engage current issues and trends in public relations and advertising, and develop advanced critical thinking, writing, and application skills. Prerequisites: COM 227 and either COM 205 or BUS 253; and either COM 314, COM 373, or COM 374.
Students participate in semester-long professional communications experiences. A qualifying application process begins during the preceding semester. Eligibility is contingent on, but not limited to, academic standing, number of credits, GPA, and availability of placement sites. Strongly advised for Communications majors. Prerequisite: 90 credits completed and permission of Internship Coordinator. Check “Communication Students Group” in Canvas for details and Consult Advisor.
Arranged See Ms Molgard
Students create and submit a proposal for a special project with approval from a faculty supervisor, the COM department chair, and the Dean. The proposal must be beyond the scope of, and must not duplicate, current curricular content. Students must complete an Independent Study form found on the web: https://www.strose.edu/academics/registrar/forms-applications-and-instructions/.
INDEPENDENT STUDY FORM REQUIRED