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• COMM 371: Advanced Photography

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Develops camera and print-making skills to the degree that salon-quality photographic prints can be produced. Students will understand the photographic processes utilized in producing a high-quality negative and print to the extent that they can manipulate those processes to communicate an intended message with their photographs. Emphasizes camera and print control as well as composition and negative and print manipulation.
  ShareCOMM 371 - Advanced Photography

• COMM 374: Documentary Photography

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Prepares students to photograph documentary content that explores aspects of historical significance, cultural value, social change, and social injustice. Explores the differences and similarities between documentary photography and purely aesthetic photography to capture images focused on social and historical value. Calls for students to critically analyze documentary images, projects, photographers, and the societal impact they have made to create new and influential images for modern and future utilization. Students are required to have access to a digital camera.
  ShareCOMM 374 - Documentary Photography

• COMM 375: Mass Media and Behavior

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Theory and research on the influence of the mass media on human behavior and attitudes. Topics include the effects of news and political advertising on public opinion; the effects of racist and sexist portrayals; and the effects of violence and pornography on aggressive behavior. (Also offered as PSYC 375; may be taken only once.)
  ShareCOMM 375 - Mass Media and Behavior

• COMM 390: Practicum in Communications

  1.00 - 3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  A specialized study under the supervision of a faculty sponsor. Students make media service contributions to department and campus media-related facilities, while receiving credit. For each practicum credit, students will log a minimum of 90 hours of service. A maximum of 6 practicum credits can be used within a 120-credit degree program. The combination of practicum and internship credits cannot exceed 15 credits.
  ShareCOMM 390 - Practicum in Communications

• COMM 395: Career Planning in Communications Media

  1.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Serves as the primary skill-building and strategy-seeking experience for the internship program and later career entry and growth. Extensive writing, research, and individual counseling are involved.
  ShareCOMM 395 - Career Planning in Communications Media

• COMM 400: Professional Preparation

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Explores short- and long-term career goals for entering the professional world, creating materials for self-marketing and managing the transition from college to internship to the workplace in fields related but not limited to broadcasting, media production, media marketing, and media relations.
  ShareCOMM 400 - Professional Preparation

• COMM 401: Media Programming and Promotion

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Explores the process and practice of promoting media outlets and the content on those outlets. Engages in an understanding of the purpose and methods of developing, launching, scheduling, and evaluating programming on traditional and newer media platforms. Using those concepts, aids in an understanding of promoting that media content by providing instruction in developing, writing and executing promotional concepts to gain audiences for specific media outlets.
  ShareCOMM 401 - Media Programming and Promotion

• COMM 403: Multimedia News Writing

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Introduces students to various styles and script formats used in writing news scripts for multiple media platforms including radio, television and online content. Analyzes newsrelated theories and the legal and ethical responsibilities of news writers and producers. Focuses on writing skills for different platforms.
  ShareCOMM 403 - Multimedia News Writing

• COMM 406: 3D Game and Simulation Design and Development

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Examines the theory and development of 3-D digital games and simulations from a communications media perspective. Learners are exposed to topics such as the logical structure of 3-D games and simulations, 3-D game technology, and the process of 3-D digital game development. Learners are also exposed to the history and organizational structure of the 3-D game industry as well as its theory and history.
  ShareCOMM 406 - 3D Game and Simulation Design and Development

• COMM 407: Television Feature Production

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Teaches the creative and technical elements necessary to produce feature programming for television. Combines theory and practice, with an emphasis on practice. Provides knowledge and skills on video capture, audio pick-up and mixing, and lighting design for field production and in-studio production. Produces feature stories for television, which includes filming on and off campus, script writing, interviewing, and editing as practiced at an international level.
  ShareCOMM 407 - Television Feature Production