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This course provides instruction and practice in writing local and specialized feature stories for newspapers, consumer and trade magazines, newsletters and online publications. The course examines the fundamental principles and techniques of feature writing and then apply these principles in a variety of journalistic forms. The course also develops skills in listening, observation, interviewing and information gathering. This course is for students interested in careers in journalism, public relations and corporate communications as well as for students who enjoy writing and would like to someday publish their writing in the local community. 

This course takes a functional approach to Roberts Rules of Order as part of a study of procedures for running meetings, whether political or social.

Students explore the social, technological and economic conditions under which the American broadcasting industry emerged and the impact of new technologies of broadcasting on American society.

This course introduces current tools in developing, maintaining, and capitalizing on an online audience through social media, web analytics and other online tools. Not only will techniques and strategies for accruing a meaningful audience be analyzed, but also how these technologies can be used as a means for distribution of content.

The course introduces students to the fundamentals of advertising, public relations and the promotions process. The course will cover topics such as PR and advertising agency structure, roles in an agency, types of advertising and PR, communication and persuasive strategies, and current PR and advertising trends. 

This course introduces the student to digital newsgathering, writing, and reporting as a broadcast journalist.

Skills for success in both professional and personal relationships are developed by learning how these relationships work through laboratory experiences.

Discussion, problem-solving, conflict management, and leadership are reviewed, along with research of contemporary problems.

This course focuses on techniques of television production, including the use of the television camera, video recorder, lighting, audio control and TV direction. The class offers extensive practical experience in producing and recording video programs.

This course will introduce the student to the various techniques used in digital filmmaking. Students will be able to experience all aspects of digital video production, from scripting and storyboarding to shooting video and recording audio to editing and post-production.

Students will learn how to defend or oppose positions through the use of research, analysis, logic, and to recognize common fallacies in reasoning. They will learn formal theory of argumentation and how it is used in politics, courts, organizations, and interpersonal relationships. They will learn to debate ethically in many contexts and to defend themselves from unethical tactics.

This course examines interpersonal and public speaking occasions integral to business and the professions, such as performance evaluations, proposals, summaries, sales presentations and training sessions.

This course analyzes the fundamental principles and processes of the technology used in the expanding role of media applications in industry, business, educational and training institutions, and medical and paramedical organizations.

This course provides an overview of skills used in multimedia journalism. Lectures and projects in this course focus on developing the skills of a multimedia journalist including: AP style, news reporting/writing, video editing, audio editing, social media, and photography. Computer programs used will include but are not limited to: Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, Facebook, Twitter, Tumbler, wix.com and various blogging software.

Provides training and experience in AP style, layout and design, headlines, photographs, captions, as well as, an understanding and appreciation of news values, ethics and publication management.

Instruction in the basic use of SLR cameras, darkroom processing, printing and composition are provided. The course also includes the study of ethics in photojournalism.