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  • 3.00 Credits

    Gathering, reporting, performing and producing. Students produce three half-hour (live-on-tape) shows. Lecture and discussion topics include performance, voice quality, shooting, editing, news gathering and research, ethics, newsroom organization and management, and the role of TV news in the local community. Prerequisites: COJO 3170 and 4270.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Studies and intensively practices reporting news and features photographically, plus essentials of advertising photography. Includes advanced camera and darkroom techniques and photo editing. Two one-hour lectures and one two-hour laboratory weekly. Prerequisite: COJO 2400.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Studies development of First Amendment law. Includes practical application of law to mass media practice; relationship of legal and social responsibilities of the mass media; and problems of law and regulation, such as constitutional, statutory and administrative. Prerequisites: COJO 1000 and 2100.
  • 1.00 - 3.00 Credits

    Addresses the theory and logistics of web design and online interactivity. Will create and maintain a professional portfolio website that showcases their communication and design talents. It is applicable to journalism, public relations, advertising, marketing, photography, and any other media-related career path that uses new media. Dual listed with COJO 5530. Prerequisites: COJO 1000 and 9 hours in the department.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Participants in this seminar engage in dialog directed toward both (1) understanding the issues raised in contemporary persuasion research and (2) exploring potential solutions and ideas for future research. This seminar should prompt participants to begin their own research ventures designed to contribute to the study of communication and social influence. Dual listed with COJO 5590. Prerequisite: COJO 2090.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Studies ethical theory, emphasizing how it can be applied to problem solving in the media. Examines major ethical perspectives and requires application to actual case studies. Dual listed with COJO 5600. Prerequisite: 6 hours at 3000-level in the department.
  • 3.00 Credits

    The course will provide an overview of theory and research on intergroup relations to demonstrate how communication both affects and reflects our social group memberships. The objective is to provide students with the theoretical foundation to view various contexts of communication through an "intergroup lens." Dual listed with COJO 5620. Prerequisite: COJO 1000 or 1400.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Examines personal relationships and the ethical issues participants in these relationships encounter. Personal relationships are those unique relationships in which the participants cannot be replaced without altering the very nature of the relationship. Personal relationships are originated, developed, maintained and dissolved through communication between the participants. Dual listed with COJO 5630. Prerequisite: COJO 1030.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course examines theoretical explanations, research findings, and interventions. Students are required to develop research projects aimed at helping people cope with communication fear or anxiety in various contexts. Dual listed with COJO 5640. Prerequisite: COJO 1000 or 1040.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course discusses why scientific, health, and environmental issues are covered in particular ways in media. We will also examine how these messages impact people's attitudes, opinion, knowledge, and emotions about science, health, and the environment. Dual listed with COJO 5700; cross listed with ENR 4700. Prerequisite: COJO 1000 or ENR 1200 or ENR 1500 or ENR 2000.