MCOM101
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Introduction to Media Studies
Media & Communications
College of Liberal Arts
Course Subject Code
MCOM
Course Number
101
Status
Active
Course Attributes
BINT: GenEd-Breadth/Interdisciplinar, CEA: ProgCLA-CEA and Au Pair, ENCA: Minor-Creative Arts Elective, MMED: Major-Media and Communications, NCAT: Minor-Creative Arts/Technology, NMED: Minor-Media and Communications
Course Short Title
Introduction to Media Studies
Course Long Title
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Course Description
Provides students with a framework for understanding how media messages are made and distributed, as well as a toolkit for effective and ethical engagement with, and analysis of, media forms. Observes the nature of mediated communication, the functions of media, the effects of shifting media forms and technologies, and the institutions that help define media’s place in society through interdisciplinary, comparative, and historical lenses.
Min
4
Repeatable
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Equivalent Course(s)
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