Communication and Media Studies Summer Courses

COMC-1101-L21- Communications & Culture: History, Theory, and Methods
Summer Session 2: June 30, 2026 - August 04, 2026
YL - Hybrid LC/Online: TWR, 01:00PM - 04:00PM

An introduction to the history, theory and methods of Communication Studies, Media Studies, and Cultural Studies. This serves as the required introductory course for the major in Communication and Culture. It provides students with a basic theoretical foundation for understanding the interdisciplinary traditions of our field, an historical examination of key paradigms and theorists, and an overview of the methodological approaches used by scholars of mediated communication. We will explore the ways in which theory and methodology are inextricably intertwin

PMMA-6216-L11- Communicating Criminal Justice
SG1 - GAS Summer Session 1 MAY 26, 2026 - JUN 25, 2026
YL - Hybrid LC/Online: MW, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

This course helps students prepare for work involving advocacy or journalism by exploring the criminal justice system, with a focus on the role of communication. The course will present an overview of policing, justice, and incarceration and the information streams each part of the criminal justice system creates. Students will leave the course able to find and use the data created by police, courts, prisons, jails, government agencies, and other organizations involved in criminal justice. Students will also explore issues of ethics and equity in the criminal justice system, and will learn to be discerning consumers of criminal justice journalism, research, and data. Open to students in both the strategic communication and multiplatform journalism tracks of the public media M.A. program, as well as to other graduate students with interest in communicating about criminal justice.

CRN: 15885

Instructor: INSTRUCTOR, NO
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: CENS, PMMJ, PMSC