Updated 2017-18 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 2100 Minorities in the Media
(3 credits)
MASC 2243 Video Editing
(3 credits)
MASC 2250 Media Production
(4 credits)
MASC 2330 Headwaters Film Fest
(2 credits)
MASC 2460 Digital Photography
(3 credits)
MASC 2600 Advertising
(3 credits)
MASC 2690 Public Relations
(3 credits)
MASC 2780 Culmination
(3 credits)
MASC 2850 Media Writing I
(3 credits)
MASC 2925 People and the Environment: Mass Media Perspectives
(3 credits)
MASC 2970 Internship
(3 credits)
MASC 3030 News Team
(3 credits)
MASC 3110 Media Content Creation
(1-3 credits)
MASC 3150 Photojournalism
(3 credits)
MASC 3270 Media and Social Change
(3 credits)
MASC 3300 Independent Film
(1 credits)
MASC 3330 Performance and Production
(3 credits)
MASC 3450 Advanced Field Production
(3 credits)
MASC 3460 Multimedia Production
(3 credits)
MASC 3470 Multimedia Marketing
(3 credits)
MASC 3480 Advanced Audio Production
(3 credits)
MASC 3500 Media Design
(3 credits)
MASC 3600 Social Media Marketing
(3 credits)
MASC 3650 Media Production for Social Entrepreneurship
(3 credits)
MASC 3670 Documentary Film
(3 credits)
MASC 3720 Media Writing II
(3 credits)
MASC 3750 Communication History
(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 4330 Engineering for Electronic Media
(3 credits)
MASC 4340 Digital Cinema
(3 credits)
MASC 4840 Portfolio
(1 credits)
MASC 4900 Topics in Mass Communication
(1-3 credits)
MASC 4970 Internship
(3 credits)
MASC 4340 Digital Cinema (3 credits)
Introduction to the theory and practice of motion picture filmmaking as it applies to digital media. Topics include familiarity with filmmaking equipment; basic cinematic techniques; converting ideas to images; the use of lighting, editing, and sound in cinema; scheduling, casting, and location scouting; and the role of acting, directing, and good storytelling in the filmmaking process. Students work in small groups to make short digital video films that manifest their ideas and beliefs in content and process. Forms of distribution are also explored, including DVD, the Internet, and Web streaming. Prerequisites: MASC 2233 and MASC 2850. (Might not be offered every year.)
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