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This class prepares the student for taking the state certification exams for secondary teaching.

Presentation of portfolios, exit surveys and a service-learning project. Writing assignments related to vocation, the student’s sub-discipline of communication, and the service project. This is a Writing Emphasis (WE) course. Prerequisite: COMM 2180 or permission of instructor.

Part-time paid or unpaid field experience in journalism. Students will pair with a mentor at a newspaper, magazine, radio/television station or video/audio production facility and learn writing, reporting, editing, interviewing, research, social media management, web design and other skills. Daily log of activities must be kept. Final paper and computer graphics presentation required upon completion. Prerequisite: COMM 3365 and senior standing (or permission of faculty advisor).

Part-time paid or unpaid field experience in public relations. PR track students must complete THREE separate internships (4197.01, 4197.02, and 4197.03). Each internship is 70 hours. Students are responsible for securing their own PR internships. The PR program coordinator must approve each PR internship beforehand. Students will pair with a PR mentor/organization and learn practical PR skills.

In conjunction with the Sundance Film festival, this course will cover the business decisions that a filmmaker needs to think about in regards to their finished film. A course fee will be required and will cover the expense of travel, lodging, food and applicable fees for attending the festival.

This course will focus on traditional film and media production in addition to the skills required by the role of a freelance media person once you graduate. 

Social media and digital/online media have become pervasive in public relations. This course will provide a review of best social media practices and current trends in research and “real world” practice relevant to utilizing social media in strategic communications. Prerequisite: COMM 2370

Discussion of legal concepts in mass communication and journalism, including libel, obscenity, privacy, copyright, and telecommunications issues. Students will give in-class presentations on legal controversies and important court cases in the mass communication field. Prerequisite: COMM 2320 and 2360.

In-depth analysis of a specific subject in film studies. Possible topics include animation, film acting, the independent film industry, and Christian engagement with film. Students will learn in a seminar environment by researching and presenting scholarly analyses of the course topic under the guidance of the instructor.  

With an emphasis on low-budget, independent film and video making, students will study all aspects of narrative film production from idea generation, conceptualization and scripting through post-production. Course fee. Prerequisite: COMM 2390 and COMM 3340.

Students will present their portfolios of work created while at UMHB and will take part in exit interviews and surveys; a student-driven seminar discussing the place of communication in the wider world, and a service project This course is part of the communication core common to all majors in the department and is a Writing Emphasis (WE) course. Prerequisite: Graduating senior status.

Students will work with a mentor in a speech classroom, in a local high school and learn effective pedagogical techniques in speech.

Possible topics might include Introduction to Advertising, Online Journalism, Video Editing, Popular Culture and the Mass Media, Theories of the Mass Media, etc.

Part-or full-time field experience in a communication-related field off campus. Students will keep a log of all activities and report to the sponsoring faculty member as required. On-site mentors will evaluate student's performance of agreed-upon tasks. Prerequisite: junior standing and permission of faculty advisor.