Mass Communications
GRADUATE COURSES
- CMMN A701 Mass Communications Theory 3 cr. hrs.
This course is a survey of theories and perspectives guiding the study of mass communications in the 20th century. Topics include the development of scientific theory and the theoretical basis for the differences between administrative and critical communications research.
Prerequisites: admission to graduate study; an undergraduate course in communications theory.
- CMMN A702 Mass Communications Research 3 cr. hrs.
This course is an introduction to the basic methods and materials required by a variety of mass communications research techniques at the graduate and professional level.
Prerequisites: admission to graduate study; an undergraduate course in research methods.
- CMMN A703 Mass Communications Ethics 3 cr. hrs.
This course focuses on moral character, social values, and professional practices within the field of mass communications and in the relationship of the media to other societal institutions.
Prerequisites: admission to graduate study; an undergraduate course in ethics.
- CMMN A704 Mass Communications Law 3 cr. hrs.
This course explores the relationship between the mass media and all levels of government— federal, state, and local—in the United States. It will deal with laws directly affecting mass media as well as expressions of public policy through such agencies as the FTC, FCC, etc. Of necessity, it will pay special attention to the tension between such law and regulation and the First Amendment.
Prerequisites: admission to graduate study; an undergraduate course, at least part of which deals with the history of regulation in the United States.
- CMMN A705 Mass Communications History 3 cr. hrs. This course studies the history of important events, technologies, and figures in the development of mass media in the United States. Prerequisite: admission to graduate study.
- CMMN A713 Mass Media and Society 3 cr. hrs.
This course will summarize, evaluate, and examine the social aspects of our system of mass communications, how they are related to people’s opportunities and activities, to their hopes and attitudes about the world around them, and to their ideas about themselves.
Prerequisites: CMMN A701 or permission of instructor.
- CMMN A714 Management of Mass Communications 3 cr. hrs.
This course will provide a comprehensive background in media-oriented management theory and practice.
Prerequisites: CMMN A701, A702; or permission of instructor.
- CMMN A894 Experimental Course 1 – 3 cr. hrs.
May be repeated.
- CMMN A895 Special Project 1 – 6 cr. hrs.
May be repeated.
- CMMN A896 Seminar/Workshop 1 – 3 cr. hrs.
May be repeated.
- CMMN A898 Research Project 1 – 6 cr. hrs.
May be repeated.
- CMMN A899 Independent Study 1 – 3 cr. hrs.
May be repeated.