This course is designed to enhance your ability to construct and deliver speeches in a public forum or front of a camera. The method for improving your public speaking will be a combination of theory, critical analysis and practice. By the end of the semester, students should be able to construct and deliver three different types of speeches in front of an audience and be able to critically analyze other speeches. Satisfies Area A1 (Written & Oral Analysis).
A course for beginning video students. Assignments include: creation of skits and music videos; and conducting interviews using DV camcorders. Students also do a final creative project of their own. Required pre-req for COMS 369 (Studio Blue)
Introduction to a wide range of writing styles and formats, from hard news to features. Students learn to write for newspapers, magazines, television, radio, and the internet. Required pre-req for COMS 368 (The STAR)
An overview of the history, structure, and organization of public relations. Students also learn the basic public relations tactics of writing, presentation, event organization, and web communication (taught face-to-face during the semester, hybrid during winter and summer session). Required pre-req for COMS 340 (Primitivo Public Relations)