4020. Mass Media and Society. 3. Studies ethical and related problems of mass communication from contemporary and historical viewpoints. Critical analysis of the performance of the mass media. Prerequisites: CMJR 1000 or 1040 and 6 hours in the department, or consent of instructor.

4030. Advanced Interpersonal Communication. 3. Studies research and theory in interpersonal relationships; formation and maintenance of friendships, marriages, and group relationships are studied. Prerequisites: CMJR 1040 and 6 hours in the department.

4050. Communication and Conflict. 3. Studies research and theory concerning communication in conflict development and management. Examines forms of conflict including occurrences in interpersonal, group, organizational, and cultural contexts. Prerequisites: CMJR 1000 or 1040 and 6 hours in the department.

4100. Investigative Reporting. 3. Practices developing and writing articles of depth and substance in areas of public concern. Emphasizes careful research, weighing conflicting viewpoints, interpreting complex issues, and critical evaluation. Prerequisite: CMJR 3100.

4110. Feature Writing Seminar. 3. Extensive practice in such specialized forms of writing as editorials, commentaries, reviews, and magazine articles. Content varies. Critically analyzes writing. Prerequisites: CMJR 3100 and 6 hours in the department, or consent of instructor.

4150. Legal Communication. 3. Provides a better understanding of how communication affects and is affected by our legal institutions and processes. Prerequisite: CMJR 2150 or consent of instructor.

4170. Advanced Media Writing. 3. Analyzes documentary and dramatic writing for radio and television. Practical writing projects. Whenever possible, scripts are produced. Prerequisite: W2 writing course.

4200. Visual Communication. 3. Studies principles of vision that help explain how humans process information. Content includes perception, organization of information, spatial factors, cultural factors, motion, vectors, and color. Specifically emphazes how the visual processing of information relates to the mass media. Prerequisite: CMJR 3200 or consent of instructor.

4210/5210. Special Topics in Communication. 1-3 (max. 6). Intensive study of such special problems and topics in human communication processes as gender relations, power dynamics, family and political communication. Content varies. Prerequisites: CMJR 1040 and 9 hours in the department, or consent of instructor.

4250. Advanced Organizational Communication. 3. Studies communication processes in political, educational, industrial, medical and nonprofit organizations. Emphasizes in-depth analysis of theories and methods of organizational research and practice. Prerequisites: CMJR 2250 and 3070, or consent of instructor.

4270. Advanced Television Production. 3. Studies details of directing, editing, and single camera television production. Requires production of several original short television programs. Prerequisite: CMJR 3270.

4280. Advanced Radio Production. 3. Advanced project course in audio production. Concentrates on production of high quality and professional sounding audio productions using voices, music, and sound effects. Emphasis on creativity. Prerequisite: CMJR 3280.

4300. Advertising Campaigns. 3. Reviews current national, regional, and local advertising practices in various media. Develops understanding of advertising agency and/or advertising department. Students prepare an advertising campaign using creative and marketing strategies on a regional or national level. Prerequisite: CMJR 3300.

4310. Public Relations Techniques. 3. Practical application of public relations writing, planning and program implementation. Includes exercises in writing a news release, structuring news conferences, writing preliminary and formal public relations strategies. The plans also incorporate advertising and marketing segments for external publics, newsletter design, editing and interpersonal relations. Prerequisite: CMJR 3310.

4400. Photojournalism. 3. Studies and intensivelly practices reporting news and features photographically, plus essentials of advertising photography. Includes advanced camera and darkroom techniques and photo editing. Two 1-hour lectures and one 2-hour laboratory weekly. Prerequisites: CMJR 2400, 3100.

4500. Mass Communication Law. 3. Studies development of First Amendment law. Includes practical application of law to mass media practice; relationship of legal and social responsibilities of the mass media; problems of law and regulation such as constitutional, statutory, and administrative. Prerequisites: CMJR 1000 and 2100, or consent of instructor.

4550. Broadcast Law and Regulation. 3. Studies federal and state law applicable to radio, television, and cable communication. Emphasizes Communications Act of 1934, as amended, subsequent court decisions, and FCC decisions and regulations. Prerequisite: CMJR 1000 and 2100 or 2170, or consent of instructor.

4800. Media Management. 3. Discusses station and program orientation, market studies, law, policies, programming, public relations, and public responsibilities. Prerequisites: CMJR 2100 or 2170 and 6 hours in the department.

4990. Independent Study in Communication. 1-3 (max. 6). Prerequisites: 15 hours in the department and consent of department chair.

5000. News-Making Processes. 3. The study of the processes underlying the production of news in the mass media with special emphasis on how those processes affect the news and have an impact on society. The course examines the function of news, values, and objectivity in the news, outside influences, and news as entertainment. Prerequisites: graduate standing or consent of the instructor.

5010. Texts of the Mass Media. 3. Intensive critical examination of the history, theory, social responsibility and empirical research in the production and consumption of mediated messages. Prerequisites: graduate standing or consent of instructor.

5030. Seminar in Interpersonal Communication. 3. An intensive examination of contemporary theoretical perspectives and empirical research on interpersonal communication, including the roles of communication in self-concept formation, social relationship development, and the structure and function of ordinary discourse in human interaction. Prerequisite: graduate standing.

5070. Research in Communication I. 3. Principles and problems of experimental research in human communication. Attention primarily on experimental design within laboratory and field settings. Prerequisites: graduate standing or consent of instructor.

5080. Research in Communication II. 3. Principles and problems in quasi-experimental and naturalistic research in human communication. Attention primarily on the observation and systematic investigation of naturally occurring communicative events. Prerequisites: graduate standing or consent of instructor.

5140. Nonverbal Communication. 3. Advanced study of interactive nonverbal behavior in communication. Current behavioral research will be emphasized. Prerequisites: graduate standing or consent of instructor.

5210. Special Topics in Communication. 1-3 (max. 6). Intensive examination of current theoretical issues in communication. Course content varies. Prerequisites: graduate standing or consent of instructor.

5250. Seminar in Organizational Communication. 3. An intensive examination of the historical and contemporary theoretical approaches and empirical research in organizational dynamics. Attention primarily focused on how the institutionalized collective affects and is affected by other social systems. Prerequisite: graduate standing.

5310. Mass Communication Theory. 3. The study of contemporary, historical, critical and behavioral theories of mass communication processes. Attention primarily on the social functions performed by mediated messages. Prerequisites: graduate standing or consent of instructor.

5320. Communication and Social Change. 3. An examination of how information diffuses throughout and affects a culture system. Attention primarily on the emergence, diffusion and resistance of social movements and innovations. Prerequisites: graduate standing or consent of instructor.

5540. Seminar in Communication Theory. 3. An intensive examination of various metatheoretical assumptions and theoretical models used in the study of communicative dynamics. Prerequisite: graduate standing.

5590. Advanced Persuasion. 3. An intensive study of historical and contemporary theoretical approaches and empirical research in the persuasive process. Attention primarily focused on the emergence, maintenance and change of attitudes and values. Prerequisite: graduate standing.

5600. Mass Media Ethics. 3. The study of ethical theory with special emphasis on how that theory can be applied to problem solving in the media. The course examines major ethical perspectives and requires the application of those perspectives to actual case studies. Graduate students will be required to submit a research project. Dual listed with 4600. Prerequisites: 4600: 6 hours at the 3000 level in the department or consent of instructor; 5600: graduate standing.

5620. Seminar in Small Group Communication. 3. An intensive examination of the historical and contemporary theoretical approaches and empirical research in small group dynamics. Attention primarily focused on the rules of decision-making and the leader-follower relationship in groups with and without a history. Prerequisite: graduate standing.

5890. Problems in Communication and Mass Media. 1-3 (max. 6). Prerequisites: 18 hours at the 5000 level in the department or consent of the department.

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