Department of Communication

Communication...It’s What We Do!

The Communication department has a history of providing students with many learning opportunities outside the classroom. Every year 60-75 COM students complete internships for college credit. These students work in a professional environment and learn the workplace “cul-ture” while attaining valuable real-world experience. The PRSSA Chapter organizes, coordinates and implements our annual COM Week every spring. These students help bring in 25-30 speakers from all over the country to address COM majors in all of their classes during COM Week. Students routinely line up 10-15 high level internships from this week alone.

The Communication Department also provides students with on-campus opportunities such as the Dow Advantage student run public rela-tions firm. Students must interview and be selected to participate in the Dow experience. Selected students work with 8 non-profit clients provid-ing public relations services at no cost. The Dow Advantage student run public relations firm provides students with experiential learning as well as community integrated education. Our radio 50,000 watt radio station WFCF 88.FIVE give students the opportunity to broadcast to local, na-tional and international audiences through our station on iHeartRadio.

Another example of students interacting with members of the community involved our Society of Professional Journalists Student Chapter (SPJ). The SPJ students spend a couple weekends every semester working with high-risk middle-school students to publish an online news-paper written and photographed by the middle school students. It is called Mission Media. With recent partnership with the CW-17 in Jacksonville, Ancient City Stories is a television show completely created and run by Flagler College students, giving them the opportunity to produce con-tent that will be aired locally. The Gargoyle is an award winning student run online publication.The majors will continue, expand, and even require students to take advantage of opportunities in and out of the classroom.

Communication Department Chair Tracy Halcomb, PhD.

DOCUMENTARYPRODUCTION

Storytelling is a valued skill, but there is also value in capturing the “true stories” people tell about their lives. In the process of documentary production we encourage you to produce arguments about the world we live in to try to understand and even change it.

The Documentary Production major will provide an educational environment that encourages artistic and intellectual development. Faculty will place dual emphasis on research and writ-ing as well as technical training. You, as a student, will be prepared to become creators of a mediated project from conception through post production.

Course Requirements for the Documentary Production MajorsPrerequisitesCOM 101 Speech Communication (3)ENG 152 Research Topics in College Writing (3)

Core RequirementsCOM 208 Introduction to Media (3)COM 213 Media Literacy (3)COM 362 Media Ethics (3)COM 420 Media Law (3)

Major RequirementsCOM 219 Audio Production (4)COM 232 Writing for Short Subject (3)COM 234 Writing for TV (3)COM 242 Photojournalism I (4)COM 257 Multimedia Production for the Documentary (4)COM 260 Introduction to Documentary Styles (3)

COM 323 Production I (4)COM 324 Production II (4)COM 326 Program Producing (3)COM 468 Senior Thesis for Documentary Production (4)COM 470 Portfolio Review (1)COM 481, 482, or 483 Communication Internship (3)

Electives List (12 credit hours) or (Second Major or Minor)COM 341 Film Production (4)COM 401 Media Aesthetics (3)COM 440 Selected Topics (3)ART/COM 218 Visual Culture (3)ART 230 Graphic Design for the Non-Major (3)THA 209 History of American Film I (3)CRW 208 Screenwriting (3)ENG 345 Film Literature (3)REL 335 Religion and Film (3)PHI 360 Philosophy Through TV and Film (3)

JOURNALISM

Just a few years ago the general public and even some media professionals believed that journalism was dying, but recent data indicates that smart phones, tablets and computers have exponentially increased the demand for news. According to the Pew Research Cen-ter’s latest report, more than a quarter of Americans now get news on mobile devices; televi-sion network news audiences grew 4.5% this year – the first uptick in a decade; local sta-tions experienced the first audience growth in five years; cable news audiences also grew.

With this new demand has come a fundamental change from the distinctly separate catego-ries of print and broadcast journalism to something that simultaneously utilizes multiple tech-nologies, merging print, graphics, audio and video – “converged” media. To be competitive in this emerging media environment we will educate you in all media platforms, to produce interactive, multimedia stories and to utilize social networking and crowd sourcing for re-searching, interviewing and story dissemination.

Course Requirements for the Journalism MajorsPrerequisitesCOM 101 Speech Communication (3)ENG 152 Research Topics in College Writing (3)

Core RequirementsCOM 208 Introduction to Media (3)COM 213 Media Literacy (3)COM 362 Media Ethics (3)COM 420 Media Law (3)

Major RequirementsCOM 220 Newswriting I (3)COM 230 Newswriting II (3)COM 242 Photojournalism I (4)COM 253 Reporting I (3)COM 255 Multimedia Production for Journalists (4)COM 323 Production I (4)COM 326 Program Producing (3)COM 342 Photojournalism II (4)COM 353 Reporting II (4)COM 452 Advanced ReportingI (4)COM 453 Advanced Reporting II (4)COM 470 Portfolio Review (1)COM 481, 482, or 483 Communication Internship (3)

Electives List (12 credit hours) or (Second Major or Minor)COM 340 Selected Topics (3)COM 405 International Communication (3)COM 481, 482, or 483 Communication Internship (3)COM 491, 492, or 493 Independent Study (3)POS 201 Contemporary Politics (1)POS 221 Politics in the United States (3)

MEDIA STUDIES

Media Studies is an increasingly important discipline at American universities and colleges. Majors in this field learn to analyze, synthesize and discern important information. They learn to read and write effectively and look at the world with a critical eye. This major will consider the media’s role within American society, the formal attributes of a variety of media genres, media as a site of gender and racial identity formation, media’s role in everyday life, and their technological and cultural impacts.

As a graduate of the Media Studies major students will become more savvy and sophisticat-ed citizens of the world. This major is designed to make sure our students benefit from the goals of a Liberal Arts Education through the study of film and other forms of media.

Choose 1 History ClassCOM 216 Film History (3) or ART 367 History of Photography (3)

Choose 2 of 4:COM 338 Propaganda in a “Free” Society (3)COM/ENG 326 Film and Genre (3)COM 337 National Film Movements (3)ENG 345 Film Literatuure (3)

Choose 1 of 2:COM 401 Media Aesthetics (3) or COM 431 Videogaming (3)

Electives List (12 credit hours) or (Second Major or Minor)ART 366 European Modernism, 1840-1907 (3)THA 209 History of American Film I (3)HIS 336 The History of Rock and Roll (3)MAT 223 Statistics (3)PHI 360 Philosophy Through TV and Film (3)REL 335 Religion and Film (3)

Course Requirements for the Media Studies Majors

PrerequisitesCOM 101 Speech Communication (3)ENG 152 Research Topics in College Writing (3)

Core RequirementsCOM 208 Introduction to Media (3)COM 213 Media Literacy (3)COM 362 Media Ethics (3)COM 420 Media Law (3)

Major RequirementsCOM 235 Principles of Media Studies (3)ART/COM 218 Visual Culture (3)COM 320 Writing Criticism for Media Studies (3)COM 334 Gender, Race, Class and the Media (3)COM 335 Television and Contemporary Society (3)COM 435 Senior Seminar in Media Studies (3)

STRATEGICCOMMUNICATIONS

The wall between the disciplines of public relations and advertising has been brought down by changes in professional practice and new media. Industry professionals require their em-ployees to be agile enough to do both advertising and public relations. In this major you will be learn how to research, plan, write, execute and evaluate communication plans across multiple communication channels and contexts.

Course Requirements for the Strategic Communication (Public Relations) MajorsPrerequisitesCOM 101 Speech Communication (3)ENG 152 Research Topics in College Writing (3)

Core RequirementsCOM 208 Introduction to Media (3)COM 213 Media Literacy (3)COM 362 Media Ethics (3)COM 420 Media Law (3)

Major RequirementsCOM 224 Foundations of PR/Strategic Communication (3)COM 226 Writing and Production for PR/Strategic Communication (4)COM 311 Advanced Writing for PR/Strategic Communication (3)COM 358 Social Media for PR/Strategic Communication (3)COM 359 Digital Media for PR/Strategic Communication(3)COM 403 PR/Strategic Communication Theory and Research (3)COM 462 PR/Strategic Communication Case Analysis (3)COM 463 PR/Strategic Communication Campaigns (3)COM 464 Portfolio for PR/Strategic Communication (1)COM 481, 482, or 483 Communication Internship (3)

Professional Enhancements ElectivesART 229 Branding (4)ART 230 Graphic Design for the Non-Major (3)ART 436 Advertising Design (4)BUS 101 Introduction to Business Administration (3)BUS 241 Legal Environment of Business (3)BUS/COM 318 Principles of Advertising (3)BUS 310 Principles of Marketing (3)HIS 265 Introduction Public History (3)MAT 223 Statistics (3)

Social Implication Electives (Second Major or Minor)ART/COM 218 Visual Culture (3)COM 334 Gender, Race, Class and the Media (3)COM 338 Propaganda in a “Free” Society (3)POS 221 Politics in the United States (3)POS 343 Campaigns and Elections (3)PSY/SOC 370 Social Psychology (3)SOC 201 Contemporary Social Problems (3)SOC 355 Social Movements (3)

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