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Introduction to Communication and Media Studies
COMM1010 L21
Session II, July 2-August 6
Lincoln Center: TWTh, 1-4 p.m.
3 credits, Casteline, CRN 10082
An introduction to the major approaches, theories, and perspectives in the study of communication and the media.
Theories of Media and Society
COMM2000 L11
Session I, May 28-June 27
Lincoln Center: MTWTh, 9 a.m.-Noon
4 credits, Hardenbergh, CRN 10074
An overview of theory and research concerning media and mass communication in relation to culture and society. Provides students with the ability to analyze the institutions, forms, and content of media.
Introduction to New Media, Participatory Media
COMM2500 R21
Session II, July 2-August 6
Rose Hill: MTWTh, 6-9 p.m.
4 credits, Strate, CRN 10083
A comprehensive overview of the possibilities of communications in a digital world. Through a series of readings, lectures, and assignments, students will study the history and forms of new media; address issues of media control, convergence and convertibility; and begin to explore the cognitive and cultural implications of living in a digital age.
Effective Speaking
COMM2501 R21
Session II, July 2-August 6
Rose Hill: MTWTh, 6-9 p.m.
4 credits, Plugh, CRN 10255
A study of principles of effective communication with emphasis on the role of public speaking skills in professional life, the importance of critical thinking to communication, and its significance in a democratic political system.
Digital Media and Cyberculture
COMM2525 R11
Session I, May 28-June 27
Rose Hill: MTWTh, 1-4 p.m.
4 credits, Plugh, CRN 10080
A study of the technological, social, and cultural aspects of digital media and its emerging cyberculture. An exploration of digital media environments and digital research techniques.
Media and the Arts
COMM2603 R11
Session I, May 28-June 27
Rose Hill: MTWTh, 9 a.m.-Noon
4 credits, Wachtel, CRN 10081
An examination of the arts from cave painting to contemporary electronic forms. Shifts in the form and style, the purpose and role of the traditional fine arts will be studied in the technological and cultural contexts in which they occurred. Emphasis will be placed on the co-development of new arts and information technologies in the 20th century.
Movies and the American Experience
COMM3108 L11
Session I, May 28-June 27
Lincoln Center: MTW, 1-5 p.m.
4 credits, Auster, CRN 10075
A study of the American character as portrayed in American feature film from the early 20th century to the present. Fulfills the American Pluralism requirement of the core curriculum. Course fee. Fulfills the American Pluralism requirement in Fordham's core curriculum.
The Journalist and the Law
COMM3205 W21
Session II, July 2-August 6
Westchester: MTWTh, 6-9 p.m.
4 credits, Hayes, CRN 10086
An investigation of the legal concerns of the working journalist: prior restraint, shield law, libel, invasion of privacy, the Freedom of Information Act.
Films of Moral Struggle
COMM4001 L11
Session I, May 28-June 27
Lincoln Center: MTWTh, 6-9 p.m.
4 credits, Karasick, closed
This course will survey both American and World Cinema for their approaches to moral and ethical issues. We will unpack some of the complex philosophical underpinnings of morality while becoming better readers of film and develop a more acute awareness of the relationship between form and content, medium and message. Fulfills the Senior Values/EP4 requirement in Fordham's core curriculum. Course fee.
Internship Seminar
COMM4701 L11
Session I, May 28-June 27
Lincoln Center: MTWTh, 6-9 p.m.
4 credits, Rose, CRN 10077
Weekly intern duty and weekly seminar meetings during which students analyze their work experience in terms of the mass media as a whole. This course is for communication and media studies majors and minors only, who are entering their junior year or above. Please contact the department for permission. Internship must be obtained prior to beginning the course.
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