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)
Synchronous and asynchronous meetings via Zoom on days and times listed.
Synchronous meeting on Monday at time listed via Zoom. Synchronous and Asynchronous
combination on Wednesday.
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)
Synchronous meetings via Zoom on days and times listed.
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)
Enrolled by Academic Advisement Restricted to first year, first semester COM students ONLY.
Hybrid course Alternating Bi-weekly in -person meetings. On the first 4 weeks of class half of the students will meet from 4:30-5:40 pm. the second half of the class will meet from 5:50-7:00 pm.
Starting the 5th week of class odd number weeks will meet synchronously via Zoom.
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)
Synchronous meetings via Zoom on days and times listed.
Students investigate advertising theories and practices. This course includes research, advertising planning, message creation and content analysis. Fall. (C8)
Hybrid Course Bi-weekly in person meeting with synchronous and asynchronous meetings via Zoom
Students examine and analyze conflicts with a focus on how conflicts and negotiations are created, managed, and, if possible, resolved. They also further examine the role of gender, culture, emotions, metaphors, goals, power, and styles of conflict using pop-culture and real-world examples.
fully ONLINE course First half of semester
Students examine and analyze conflicts with a focus on how conflicts and negotiations are created, managed, and, if possible, resolved. They also further examine the role of gender, culture, emotions, metaphors, goals, power, and styles of conflict using pop-culture and real-world examples.
ONLINE fully online course. First half of the semester. Asynchronous meetings
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.
Hybrid Course One half of course is ONLINE. Synchronous and asynchronous meetings via Zoom. Staggered in-person meetings until 9/11 from 9/14 online.
In-person meetings on Tuesday. Group 1 meet 1:05-1:40. Group 2 meet 1:45-2:20.
Beginning Monday September 14, 2020 this course will be taught by professor Jin Kim
Synchronously ONLINE via Zoom at the days times listed.
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.
Hybrid Course Half the class in-person Tuesday Half in-person on Thursday. Asynchronous modules for alternate days.
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.
Hybrid Course Synchronous and asynchronous meetings via Zoom Staggered in-person meetings Course also meets in Hearst 107A
Hybrid course: Staggered in person class meetings and synchronous meetings via Zoom and asynchronous course work.
In person meetings one half of the class Group A will meet on 8/25 , 9/17. Group B will meet on 8/27, 9/22. The remaining class work will be a combination of synchronous and asynchronous meetings.
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.
Hybrid Course-One credit is ONLINE Synchronous and asynchronous meetings via Zoom Staggered in-person meetings
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.
Hybrid Course Staggered in-person meetings
In-person meetings (8/24 + all other Wednesdays) Group 1 will meet 10:25-11:10. Group 2 will meet 11:20-12:05. All other course work will be done asynchronously.
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)
Staggered in-person meetings.
Half of the class will meet in[person on Monday and the other half f the class will meet in-person on Wednesday.
Students research, design, and conduct interviews and analyses for a variety of media outlets and platforms. Offered Fall.
Hybrid
Hybrid course in-person meetings on the first three weeks at days/times listed.
Starting week 4, odd weeks are synchronous meetings via Zoom. Even weeks are asynchronous.
Students analyze cultural content that highlights various course concepts, theories, and models, thereby raising awareness of privilege and oppression within cultures, self, and others. Fulfills diversity requirement.
ONLINE course
Asynchronous course
Students are introduced to specialized media topics and/or production skills. Prerequisites vary. Consult advisor.
Fully in-person meetings on day/times listed.
Fall 2020: COM 280 Understanding Audience: How to Write Everything -
This course prepares writers to identify audience and develop writing strategies for that particular group. Emphasis will be placed on prioritizing a central idea and on making meaning using the written word, both online and in print.
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.
Prerequisites ENG 105 and COM 105. Online Synchronous meetings via Zoom on days/times listed.
Online course synchronous meetings on days and times listed via Zoom.
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.
Prerequisites COM 205 OR BUS 253. FULLY In-person meetings on Tuesday and Thursday.
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.
Prerequisite COM 217. Hybrid Course Synchronous and asynchronous meetings via Zoom. Staggered in-person meetings
In-person meetings for the first three weeks. After that synchronous weekly meetings via Zoom and asynchronous assignments.
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.
Also meets in Hearst 107A. Synchronous and asynchronous. Staggered in-person meetings Prerequisite COM 217 Hybrid course
Hybrid course: Staggered in person class meetings and synchronous meeting via Zoom and asynchronous course work.
In person meetings one-third of the class Group A will meet on 8/27, 10/1. Group B will meet on 9/1, 10/6. Group C will meet on 9/3, 10/8. On the following dates the class will be divided into two groups Group A 9/10, 9/22. Group B 9/15, 9/24. The remaining class work will be a combination of synchronous and asynchronous meetings.
Students research and write more complex news stories, including investigative stories that involve data journalism and information visualization, opinion writing, and feature articles. Students will work with Adobe InDesign and learn principles of newspaper design. Fulfills writing-intensive requirement. Prerequisite: COM 221
Prerequisite COM 221 Hybrid Course Synchronous and asynchronous meetings via Zoom. Staggered in-person meetings Writing Intensive
In[person meetings on Tuesday. All other classes are synchronous/ asynchronous combination.
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.
Prerequisite ENG 105 and COM 105. Hybrid Course Half the class in person Monday, half in person Wednesday Synchronous via Zoom for alternate days
Students plan, draft, design, and write PR and Advertising materials using an integrated marketing communications framework. Students use some applications in the Adobe Creative Suite and work with community clients. Prerequisites: COM 205, COM 227 and co- or prerequisite BUS 253. BUS students need permission from the instructor and must have completed prerequisites: BUS 253 and BUS 353. Fall.
Prerequisites COM 217 & COM 227. Hybrid Course Synchronous and asynchronous meetings via Zoom on Tuesday In-person meeting on Thursday
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.
Prerequisite ENG 105. Fully ONLINE Open to all concentrations. Students learn video game culture and effects of games with various game related activities.
CHANGE Beginning Monday 9/14/2020 this course will meet Synchronously on Thursdays only at the normal time listed 1:05-2:20 pm via Zoom.
The remainder of the course will be asynchronous.
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.
Prerequisite COM 298 Writing Intensive. ONLINE Fully online course..
Fully Online course will meet synchronously via Zoom on days and times listed.
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.
Prerequisites COM 217 & COM 319. Hybrid Course Synchronous and asynchronous meetings via Zoom. Staggered in-person meetings Also meets in Hearst 107G
In-person meetings for the first three weeks. After that, synchronous weekly Zoom meetings and asynchronous assignments.
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.
Hybrid Course Course also meets in Hearst 107G.
In-person meetings on 8/25 and Thursday classes. Starting 9/2, all Tuesday classes will be synchronous and asynchronous combination.
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.
Aranged see Prof. 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