2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog
Mass Communications Courses
All Mass Communications Courses
MASC 1100 Mass Media and Society
(3 credits)
MASC 1500 Introduction to Mass Media
(1 credits)
MASC 1840 Introduction to Media Writing
(3 credits)
MASC 2100 Minorities in the Media
(3 credits)
MASC 2110 Media Workshop I
(1 credits)
MASC 2223 Audio Production
(3 credits)
MASC 2233 Video Production
(3 credits)
MASC 2243 Video Editing
(3 credits)
MASC 2300 Independent Film
(1 credits)
MASC 2330 Headwaters Film Fest
(2 credits)
MASC 2460 Digital Photography
(3 credits)
MASC 2600 Advertising
(3 credits)
MASC 2650 Social Media Marketing
(3 credits)
MASC 2690 Public Relations
(3 credits)
MASC 2700 Reporting and Writing
(3 credits)
MASC 2760 Documentary Film
(3 credits)
MASC 2900 Topics in Mass Communication
(1-3 credits)
MASC 2925 People and the Environment: Mass Media Perspectives
(3 credits)
MASC 2970 Internship
(3 credits)
MASC 3110 Media Workshop II
(1 credits)
MASC 3150 Photojournalism
(3 credits)
MASC 3270 Media Theory and Criticism
(3 credits)
MASC 3310 Directing Visual Media
(3 credits)
MASC 3330 Audio/Video Studio Production
(3 credits)
MASC 3450 Advanced Field Production
(3 credits)
MASC 3460 Multimedia Production
(3 credits)
MASC 3470 Multimedia Marketing Communication
(3 credits)
MASC 3480 Advanced Audio Production
(3 credits)
MASC 3500 Media Design
(3 credits)
MASC 3650 Media Production for Social Entrepreneurship
(3 credits)
MASC 3750 Communication History
(3 credits)
MASC 3760 Documentary Film Workshop
(3 credits)
MASC 3790 Screenwriting
(3 credits)
MASC 3850 Media Ethics and Law
(3 credits)
MASC 3900 Topics in Mass Communication
(1-3 credits)
MASC 3970 Internship
(3 credits)
MASC 4110 Capstone Preparation
(3 credits)
MASC 4330 Engineering for Electronic Media
(3 credits)
MASC 4340 Digital Cinema
(3 credits)
MASC 4350 Media Economics and Leadership
(3 credits)
MASC 4892 Capstone Project
(3 credits)
MASC 4900 Topics in Mass Communication
(1-3 credits)
MASC 4970 Internship
(3 credits)
MASC 3270 Media Theory and Criticism (3 credits)
Provides an overview of thinking about the mass media and an introduction to the major social science approaches to the study of journalism within the context of mass communication. Explores critical and theoretical approaches to understanding contemporary mass media. Focuses on television, newspapers, and new media in an examination of the meanings, benefits, and practices of one of the most widespread sign systems of our time. Students learn how to decode the media messages that proliferate around us. Prerequisites: MASC 1840 and junior or senior status.
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