2012-13 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

Mass Communications (MASC)

All Mass Communications Courses

MASC 1100 Mass Media And Society (3 credits)

MASC 1840 Introduction To Media Writing (3 credits)

MASC 2100 Minorities In the Media (3 credits)

MASC 2190 International Communication (3 credits)

MASC 2223 Audio Production (3 credits)

MASC 2233 Video Production (3 credits)

MASC 2460 Digital Photography (3 credits)

MASC 2600 Principles Of Advertising (3 credits)

MASC 2690 Principles of Public Relations (3 credits)

MASC 2700 Reporting and Writing (3 credits)

MASC 2760 Documentary Film (3 credits)

MASC 2925 People And The Environment: Mass Media Perspectives (3 credits)

MASC 2970 Internship (3 credits)

MASC 3100 Media Ethics (3 credits)

MASC 3107 Politics And The Media Workshop (1-3 credits)

MASC 3150 Photojournalism (3 credits)

MASC 3270 Media Theory and Criticism (3 credits)

MASC 3310 Directing Visual Media (3 credits)

MASC 3330 Audio/Video Studio Production (3 credits)

MASC 3340 Editing (3 credits)

MASC 3450 Single Camera Field Production (3 credits)

MASC 3460 Multimedia Production (3 credits)

MASC 3500 Media Design (3 credits)

MASC 3760 Documentary Film Workshop (3 credits)

MASC 3770 Ethnographic Reporting (3 credits)

MASC 3780 Environmental Journalism (3 credits)

MASC 3790 Screenwriting (3 credits)

MASC 3820 Literary Journalism (3 credits)

MASC 3880 Communication Law (3 credits)

MASC 3970 Internship (3 credits)

MASC 4110 Media Research Methods (3 credits)

MASC 4330 Engineering For Electronic Media (3 credits)

MASC 4340 Digital Cinema (3 credits)

MASC 4350 Media Management (3 credits)

MASC 4892 Senior Thesis/Project (3 credits)

MASC 4970 Internship (3 credits)

MASC 3790 Screenwriting (3 credits)

This is an advanced writing course in which students learn the process of writing a dramatic screenplay for film and digital cinema. Students learn to develop the critical dramatic elements that are central to a successful screenplay: characterization, plot development, and cinematic description. Each student develops and writes a screenplay that is formatted to film industry standards. Prerequisites: ENGL 1151 and MASC 1840. (Might not be offered every year)