www.bsu.edu/ccim
The College of Communication,
Information, and Media is an innovative learning community in
which students discover, integrate, and apply the tools needed for
success in the communication professions. This includes discovery of
the many ways people communicate, integration of the use of
information and high technology into the student's own communication,
and application of these abilities through the practices of writing
well, speaking persuasively, and producing media creatively. Students
are mentored to be leaders and innovators in the communication
professions and in the service of their community. The college offers
programs in advertising, broadcast journalism, convergent journalism,
digital media production, human communication, information and
communication sciences, media sales and promotion, organizational
communication, print journalism, public relations, and television
production.
Interdepartmental
NEWS (NEWS)
201 Newswriting. (3)
Principles and practices of reporting and writing for multiple media
(e.g., print, broadcast, online). Includes history of print and
electronic media. Outside skills workshops and work at campus media
required.
Prerequisite: JOURN 102 and 104 required for journalism majors;
TCOM 206, 207, and 208 required for telecommunications majors.
202 (JOURN 310) News Reporting. (3)
Use of interviews, observation, and document research to produce news
reports for print, broadcast, and online media. Special emphasis on
public or community journalism. Outside skills workshops and work at
campus media required.
Prerequisite: NEWS 201.
Not open to prejournalism students.
385 (JOURN 385) Multimedia Storytelling.
(3)
Explores journalistic storytelling produced by interactive media
technologies. Students focus on portraying active narratives that
present multi-sensory experiences. Topics include the use of animation
and electronic visual imagery in news art and journalistic
documentation while balancing content and production techniques.
Prerequisite: JOURN 102, 103; JOURN 345 or NEWS 202.
485 (JOURN 475) Advanced News Seminar.
(3)
Covers multimedia storytelling. Working in teams, students produce
integrated news or feature presentations for varied media. Prerequisite:
JOURN 437 for photojournalism majors; JOURN 445 for graphics majors;
JOURN 413 for news-editorial majors; TCOM 426 for telecommunications
majors.
