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Mathematics Students enrolling in mathematics courses must earn at least a letter grade of C in all prerequisite courses except for MATH 115 and MATH 120 . MATH 116 requires a minimum grade of B as a Prerequisite. Students taking MATH 120 , MATH 131 , MATH 231 , MATH 327 , and MATH 329 will have to spend substantial time outside of class working with computers.
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MATH 362 - Differential Equations
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MATH 261 .
An introduction to the study of ordinary differential equations. Topics include: first order linear equations, higher order equations, method of undetermined coefficients and variation of parameters, Laplace transform, power series solutions, Fourier Series and solution of partial differential equations by the method of separation of variables. Offered in fall semester.
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MATH 365 - Algebraic Structures
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MATH 315 .
This course introduces the student to the major topics of group theory and it also includes an introduction to rings and integral domains. Some of the group theory topics that are covered are permutations, cyclic groups, direct products, isomorphisms, normal subgroups and homomorphisms. Offered in spring semester.
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MATH 370 - Complex Variables
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MATH 261 .
This course is an introduction to the fundamental concepts of complex analysis. Topics include the geometry of the complex plane, Euler’s Formula, functions of a complex variable, derivatives and analyticity, contour integrals, Cauchy’s Integral Theorem, Cauchy’s Integral Formula, and series representations.
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MATH 380 - Workplace Experience in Mathematics I
Credit(s): 3
This course is designed to link college with the professional world by students obtaining meaningful, academically relevant workplace experiences. Possible workplace sites for students in Math include corporations, small businesses, nonprofit organizations and schools. Professional development is enhanced through meetings with a faculty advisor and structured assignments based on the workplace experience. Career and Professional Development department approval required.
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MATH 381 - Workplace Experience in Mathematics II
Credit(s): 3
This course is designed to link college with the professional world by students obtaining meaningful, academically relevant workplace experiences. Possible workplace sites for students in Math include corporations, small businesses, nonprofit organizations and schools. Professional development is enhanced through meetings with a faculty advisor and structured assignments based on the workplace experience. Career and Professional Development department approval required.
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MATH 395 - Special Topics in Mathematics
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): Variable depending on topic.
A special area of mathematics depending on student interest. Topics include applied mathematics; point-set topology; history of mathematics; complex variables, differential equations; number theory; geometry.
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MATH 397 - Independent Study in Mathematics
Credit(s): Variable 1-3
Prerequisite(s): Variable depending on topic.
Individual projects or readings undertaken in a specific area of Mathematics. Registration with the permission of the Instructor, the Department Chairperson, and the Associate Dean for Academic Administration.
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MATH 417 - Mathematical Modeling (cc)
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): CISC/MATH 231 and MATH 350 or MATH 360.
This is the capstone course for the math majors. It integrates all the mathematical concepts learned in earlier courses to solve real-world problems. Aspects of model construction and selection will be taught along with the analysis of existing models. Topics may include: discrete dynamical systems; model fitting, simulation models; continuous optimization models; and probabilistic models. Offered in spring semester.
For explanation of the Core Course Requirements, click here .
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MATH 460 - Advanced Calculus I
Credit(s): 3 per semester
Prerequisite(s): MATH 360 .
A systematic, rigorous approach to calculus. Topics include: the real number system, limits, continuity, differentiability, integration theory, and point set theory.
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MATH 461 - Advanced Calculus II
Credit(s): 3 per semester
Prerequisite(s): MATH 360 .
A systematic, rigorous approach to calculus. Topics include: the real number system, limits, continuity, differentiability, integration theory, and point set theory.
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McNair Scholars Program The Ronald E. McNair Scholars program, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, provides students with faculty research mentorship and guidance through the PhD graduate application process. Please see “Programs of Special Interest” for further details. The program provides students with two sequenced courses, focusing on critical inquiry, research methods and capstone project development.
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MCNR 370 - Research Design and Statistics
Credit(s): 3
An introduction to research design, experimental method and thesis development, including: the logic and nature of research design; the basic concepts in the experimental process, such as hypotheses, sampling, control and statistical analyses. Literature review and the statistical method are applied to independent projects, as are data collection, data description and data analysis (with statistical software, e.g., SPSS for Windows), presentation skills, use of online professional databases, and use of the Internet. Students are sensitized to the rights of participants in research. Offered in the Fall semester only. Permission of McNair Scholars Program Director Required.
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MCNR 371 - Advanced Research & Writing
Credit(s): 3
The McNair Scholar’s project gives students the opportunity to explore in-depth an area of special interest and to make a contribution to learning in that area. Each McNair Scholar works with a faculty advisor in designing and implementing an independent research project. Offered in the Spring semester only. Permission of McNair Scholars Program Director is required.
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Media Studies Media Studies is a comprehensive program that provides students the opportunity to study journalism, radio and television production, and film as a method of interpreting culture. Analytical, technical, and practical skills are gained through academic course work, hands-on studio application, and internships with local media outlets.
ENGL 111 is a Prerequisite for all media studies courses except MEDA 145 , MEDA 240 , MEDA 275 , and all radio and television production courses.
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MEDA 110 - Radio Production I
Credit(s): 3
This is a basic techniques course for the disc-jockey, newscaster, interviewer, and commercial announcer. Hands-on training provided with broadcast quality consoles, microphones, and playback equipment; a survey of FCC rules and regulations required for many entry-level positions in radio. Studio lab hours assigned.
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MEDA 115 - Fundamentals of Television Production (cc)
Credit(s): 3
A theory, practice and production course in which students learn the basics of television production in a multi-camera, television studio setting. Discussed are the history and origination of TV, the organizations and business environment in which TV occurs, such as the FCC, networks and affiliate relationships, “above” and “below the line” personnel; program and script formats, basic aesthetic and technical lighting and sound principles, introduction to lenses and the basic principles of shot composition and framing.
This is the core course for Media Studies: Radio and Television Production concentration. For an explanation of the core course, click here .
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MEDA 120 - Television Studio Production
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MEDA 115 .
Through lecture, demonstration and practice, the principles and techniques of television studio production and the application of this knowledge through 2–4 minute scenes produced by students; feedback and evaluation of video by peers and teachers. Lectures, planning sessions, and studio hours; roles of producers and directors; control room, cameras, lighting, audio and other technical apparatus; roles of crew members; script writing; graphics; set design; television acting; practical application of lecture material in the form of program recordings.
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MEDA 130 - News Reporting
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111
This course deals with the fundamentals of news reporting and writing, covering the work, goals, skills, and responsibilities of the professional journalist. Emphasis is placed on story structure, lead development, and news judgment. Attention is also given to feature writing elements and techniques of interviewing.
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MEDA 132 - Copy Editing and Layout
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111
A course designed to familiarize students with the skills of a copy editor, including editing for accuracy, news value, style, and grammar. Attention is also given to publication layout, headline and caption writing, as well as photo scaling and cropping.
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MEDA 134 - The Feature Article I (cc)
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111
This course covers the fundamentals of writing feature articles for print and digital media. Students will develop their own voice and style by profiling interesting people and places with descriptive and emotional writing. Pulitzer Prize winning articles are studied to develop story organization, the use of quotes and leads.
This is the core course for Media Studies: Journalism concentration. For an explanation of the core course, click here .
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MEDA 144 - Understanding Movies
Credit(s): 3
A basic overview of the historical development of film with an emphasis upon the aesthetic elements of cinema, its particular terminology and interrelationships with other arts. Students will discover how to read films through selected readings, screenings and written reports.
As of Spring 2021, MEDA 144 can be taken to fulfill the General Education Art Requirement, once of 18 Additional Liberal Arts requirements, and Media Studies major electives.
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MEDA 145 - Media in America
Credit(s): 3
This is a course that traces the history and development of newspapers, wire services, magazines, radio, television and broadcast networks. Students discuss the trends and current challenges in media as well as the role of advertisers, media owners and the public in affecting the content of the media.
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MEDA 154 - Publicity Writing
Credit(s): 3
Cross-Listed With: COMM 154
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 .
This course covers the variety of persuasive writing forms and techniques used by the public relations professional to invite media coverage of corporate/client events and activities, to promote awareness and use of products and services, and to encourage consumer/audience support of corporate issues. Students will learn how to prepare press releases, pitch letters, press kits, public service announcements and copy for brochures and promotional materials.
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MEDA 200 - Television Performance
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111
This is a course that emphasizes interviewing on camera, talk show hosting, acting for television commercials, ad-libbing and the production of a television audition tape.
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MEDA 201 - Interviewing Techniques for Today’s Media
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111
Students will learn interviewing strategies for self-evaluation and critique. Lessons and assignments focus on interviewing techniques used by reporters in radio, Television, print and digital information gathering.
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MEDA 209 - Film and Culture (cc)
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 .
Introduction to the development of film genres and the traditions associated with special types of storytelling with attention given to formal analysis. This course examines the film industry including the people who made movies and those who censored them. There will be an introduction to ethnicity, social classes, along with human sexuality and gender as presented in movies from its earliest years along with the basics of writing about film.
This is the Core Course for Media Studies, Film and Culture concentration. For explanation of the Core Course Requirements, click here .
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MEDA 210 - Advanced Radio Production
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MEDA 110 . Additional course fee may apply.
Development of skills in recording and editing techniques, preparing and airing shows, timing and formats. Emphasis on developing capable and responsible communicators, producers, and engineers; interpretation of radio copy; remote broadcasting, microphone principles, and the radio broadcast team; auditions for possible assignment to “on-air” shifts and staff positions in production, engineering and management. Studio lab hours assigned.
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MEDA 211 - The Language of Film
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 .
This course is the study of the filmic vocabulary and techniques. It includes the interpretation of the film frame, editing strategies, and the formalists and realist codes of cinematic expression and the poetics of film while considering cultural and directorial variations.
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MEDA 212 - The Hollywood Western
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 .
This course is dedicated to one of the first and most representative American film genres. There will be an examination of the aesthetic, psychological, gender and symbolic implications of this genre with an introduction to major texts, directors and stars central to its creation and evolution.
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MEDA 213 - Studios and Stars in Hollywood’s Golden Age, 1930–1950
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 .
This course is a study of the formative years of Hollywood as the film capital of the world; the rise of institutional glamour, the star system, the “Hollywood” story, all encapsulated by the Hollywood production system. Included are the influences of actors, directors, genres as well as the Hayes Code and their influences on cinematic language and technique.
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MEDA 214 - The Dark Genres: Film Noir, Science Fiction, Horror, and the Gangster Film
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 .
Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? Hollywood developed a number of special kinds of storytelling traditions that answered the question. Suspense, outer space, the supernatural, and crime all became metaphors for our worst secrets and nightmares. Study the psychology, aesthetics, gender and racial issues involved in the traditional Hollywood choices of image, stars, music, and stories for its dark genre.
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MEDA 215 - Video Editing Workshop
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MEDA 115
This course specializes in developing and producing video segments through video editing. Emphasis on creative approaches to assigned projects and development of post-production skills: planning, writing, and arrangements for remote set-ups.
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MEDA 220 - Advanced Television Production
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MEDA 120 .
A more detailed study of the areas introduced in Television Studio Production, focusing on set design, lighting, script writing, engineering, hardware, costumes, make-up, props, special effects, graphics and film for television.
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MEDA 221 - Masters of Film: Griffith, Welles, and Hitchcock
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 .
An introductory investigation of the careers and works of three giants of film history: D.W. Griffith, Orson Welles, and Alfred Hitchcock. Attention will be given to the historical era of each director and how they contributed to the dominant cinematic style of their day, their influences upon contemporaries as well as filmmakers who followed, their personal artistic visions and the implications of their works for psychological, gender, genre and cultural studies.
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MEDA 222 - News Publication Practicum I
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111
This course is dedicated to the development and publication of the College news publication, The Impact. Students will report, write, and edit stories intended for both the newspaper and website. Students will also write their own columns and produce podcasts.
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MEDA 230 - Entertainment Writing
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 .
This course is a study and practice of critiquing contemporary entertainment as art with journalistic integrity. Students will read and write their own reviews of popular entertainment mediums such as films, television shows, books, music, theatrical plays and restaurants.
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MEDA 231 - Propaganda
Credit(s): 3
Cross-Listed With: COMM 231
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111
This course focuses on the development, principles, techniques, and results of mass persuasion from its beginnings in ancient civilizations to its transformation in the modern technological society. Students study mass persuasion and political propaganda during war and peace, with emphasis on its impact on current-day political affairs through readings, viewing of films, and emphasis on its impact on current-day political affairs, viewing of films and video, examination of graphic and print materials and class discussions. The objective is to hone critical reasoning to identify semantic and perceptual techniques used for mass persuasion.
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MEDA 232 - Investigative Reporting
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111
From All the President’s Men to Spotlight, students will discuss the impact investigative reporting has in society. The course will introduce basic investigative reporting skills, and their values of accountability and public service. The course also provides practical experience in conducting interviews and obtaining public records. In addition to reporting techniques, attention is given to journalism ethics and responsibility.
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MEDA 233 - Film and Gender
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 .
Is there a woman in this movie or just a cultural fantasy? Is the hero forceful or sadistic? Selected film that highlight gender issues. Attention to the gender implications of cinematic language (film frame, sound, shot patterns, narrative structure); introduction to the major texts of gender criticism from, Laura Mulvey, 1977, to the present.
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MEDA 234 - The Feature Article II
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 and MEDA 134 .
Using the basics learned in The Feature Article I, students research and write more advanced nonfiction articles that are suitable for publication in a print or digital magazine. Students explore first person feature writing as well as narratives and long form profiles. In addition to refining writing style and technique, this course studies the magazine marketplace and the method of selecting the right article idea for the right magazine.
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MEDA 235 - Screen Comedy and Clowns
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 .
The world needs to laugh and comedy gives more than pleasure. It is a cultural escape valve allowing us to “joke” about forbidden subjects, permitting us to talk about race, gender, and social classes. The first films made included comedies and this course studies the stars (some comics, others clowns) and directors who have made the world’s great comedic films. Examples reviewed are representative of the silent film era, screwball comedies, as well as to the social comedies of the 1940s and 1950s, with a review of the liberation comedies of the 1960s and 1970s along with contemporary examples of the genre.
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MEDA 240 - Magazine Elements and Design
Credit(s): 3
A course designed to develop skills in all aspects of the magazine industry. Students will study the modern magazine landscape while developing a proposal for their own publication creation. Attention is given to the interrelationship between art and editorial: choosing art, design, print and layout. This class also examines the historical development of magazines in America.
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MEDA 246 - Elements of Theatre
Credit(s): 3
Cross-Listed With: COMM 246
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111
Students are taught to appreciate the many elements that come together to create the total theatre experience. Beginning with the cultural impulses toward theatrical expression, through the development of written texts, the spoken word, acting and movement, the use of color, lighting, and the stage space and extending to the aftermath of performance to reviews, students will recognize the multi-dimensional, multi-layered nature of the theatrical event. They will be introduced to the responsibilities of the actor, the director, and the critic in this exploration of theatre production and its all-important audience. Attendances at professional and amateur performances supplement the classroom experience.
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MEDA 251 - Sports Reporting
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111
Students will learn the mechanics in covering sporting events and in preparing articles for print and digital formats. Award winning sports stories will be analyzed. Attention is also given to certain dynamics in sports reporting: the relationship between reporter and sports personality, the function of the “beat” reporter, and the reporter’s responsibilities in dealing with the business arm of the sports establishment.
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MEDA 252 - The Practice of Public Relations
Credit(s): 3
Cross-Listed With: COMM 252
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 and MEDA 154
A course designed to provide an understanding of public relations in our society: how it is planned, produced and evaluated. The key types of communication required for productive public relations are examined. Weekly writing assignments are required to develop familiarity with the practices of professional public relations. As a final project, students will develop a campaign program, create appropriate materials for the press, and become familiar with the scope of communication channels available for effective public relations.
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MEDA 253 - European Trends in Film
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 .
This class offers the rich traditions of the national film industries across the Atlantic; analysis of the complication love-hate relationship between French, British, Italian, German, Russian, Spanish, Scandinavian cinema and Hollywood. (Other European works may be included.) There will be an introduction to historically important directors, stars, and films.
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MEDA 255 - Creative Advertising
Credit(s): 3
Cross-Listed With: COMM 255
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111
A hands-on course that first examines the functions of advertising and h ow advertising is created, then has students write, develop, and produce advertising scripts for television and radio. The course also provides students with a behind-the-scenes look at corporate advertising.
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MEDA 258 - Fundamentals of Writing for Film and Television
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111
This course is about the basic craft of storytelling for the screen; traditional dramatic structure in a visual medium. Issues addressed include the premise, dialogue, characterization, and narrative plot structure. Class work will include workshop discussion of short writing exercises, the examination of professional scripts, and discussion of exemplary professional films and TV programs.
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MEDA 261 - Free Speech, Media and the Law
Credit(s): 3
Cross-Listed With: LAWS 261
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111
This course explores the shifting relationship between free expression and media technologies. From a philosophical and legal foundation, it immerses students into the technological, social and cultural issues surrounding the First Amendment, including privacy rights, pornography, copyright and libel. The course challenges students by posing a critical question: Are there any forms of free speech that should be restricted? If so, which ones and who decides?
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MEDA 262 - Introduction to Acting
Credit(s): 3
Cross-Listed With: COMM 262
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111
Students explore the basis of acting in the reality of doing. The course aims to facilitate an encounter between the student-actor and those personal impulses that happen within the collaborative framework of the classroom-theater. Emphasis is placed upon gaining an understanding of the actor’s primary instrument for performance, himself, while developing a basic technique for working within the context of a theatrical performance.
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MEDA 263 - Scene Performance
Credit(s): 3
Cross-Listed With: COMM 263
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111
Provides opportunity for students to learn and practice the skills actors need in order to live truthfully, moment-to-moment in the given imaginary circumstances of a scene. Scenes from the classics and from contemporary dramatists will be studied.
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MEDA 265 - Introduction to Playwriting
Credit(s): 3
Cross-Listed With: ENGL 265
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 112
Introduction to Playwriting This course will offer a step-by-step practical guide for the budding playwright from idea or scenario through to a finished one-act play. We will focus on developing full characters within articulate environments and illustrating concepts through dramatic situations.
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MEDA 275 - Photojournalism
Credit(s): 3
Cross-Listed With: ARTT 275
This course consists of two principal components: a historical or topical survey of approaches to photojournalism in newspapers and magazines from the time of the perfection of the halftone process to the present, including digital publications; field assignments involving coverage of local events and, where possible or appropriate, part-time work with a publication. Students must supply their own digital cameras.
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MEDA 282 - Play Production (Formerly titled: Play Directing)
Credit(s): 3
Cross-Listed With: COMM 282
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111
Students experience first-hand the process of directing theatrical productions from conception through completion while assimilating the principles that control the manner of their art and craft.
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MEDA 295 - Topics in Media Studies
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111
A special course offered on an occasional basis in response to special student and faculty interests in the field of film/ culture, journalism and radio and television.
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MEDA 303 - Broadcast Journalism
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MEDA 215 .
Introduction to television news with emphasis on writing and producing “news packages” as seen on television news programs: on-camera stand-ups; sound on tape interviews (S.O.T.S.); reporter voice-overs; B-Roll; journalistic ethics; documentaries; editorials; interviews; formats; television; and cable newscasting technique.
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MEDA 310 - Media Ethics
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111
This course asks students to make decisions about the myriad of ethical problems that confront professional journalists as they seek to report the news. Using a philosophical base, the ideas of Aristotle, Kant, Bentham and Mill, an array of ethical problems are posed - problems dealing with journalistic deception, right of privacy and conflicts of interest. Ethical strategies are devised by students to understand and attempt to resolve these problems.
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MEDA 311 - Radio Journalism
Credit(s): 3
This is a creative writing and production course for preparing and evaluating copy; spots, commercials, public service, promotion, drama, editorials, and documentaries.
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MEDA 315 - Video Editing II
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MEDA 215 .
This course builds on its Prerequisite MEDA 215 - Video Editing Workshop . It consists of lecture and studio workshop meetings. Lectures will review more advanced concepts in video editing, how the process has evolved, and potential future technology and its implementation. Assignments will be completed in the studio workshop portion of the class on a non-linear computer based editing platform.
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MEDA 321 - Television Field Production
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MEDA 215 .
A course designed to have students work in teams to cover a variety of assignments in the field. The student will learn how to operate field equipment while working under specific deadline pressures.
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MEDA 333 - News Publication Practicum II
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 and MEDA 130 or MEDA 134 .
Students will be expected to further develop and practice news reporting and feature writing skills while focusing on complex story assignments for The Impact newspaper and website. Students are expected to integrate media reading, lab work, current events, class lecture and discussion into a cohesive understanding and practice of the reporting process. In addition, students perform layout and sectional editing while writing features, sports, news and entertainment.
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MEDA 345 - Writing for the Digital Media
Credit(s): 3
Cross-Listed With: COMM 345
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111
Students will develop writing and reporting skills for digital publications and social media platforms. This course will challenge students to evaluate content based on printed material, images and spoken words while considering journalistic styles and recognizing the demand for specialized digital news content. Students will learn how digital writing compares and contrasts with traditional media, and they will assess the impact of digital publications and platform methods and outcomes.
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MEDA 350 - Video Documentary
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MEDA 220 or MEDA 321 .
An advanced-level production course that is a compilation of video editing, broadcast journalism, television field production and advanced television studio production. Students will study documentary making and produce documentaries in class.
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MEDA 359 - Advanced Writing for Film and Television
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 and MEDA 258 .
This course is about storytelling for the screen; the use of basic visual and dramatic techniques to create short scripts. Issues addressed include use of the step outline and the treatment in drafting half hour film and television scripts. Class work will include workshop discussion of student scripts, examination of professional scripts.
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MEDA 370 - Understanding Media Technology
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 and nine credits required in radio and/or television production.
This non-production media course focuses on the technology utilized in media communication. Designed for nontechnical students, the course offers a comprehensive view of the technologies both past and present that enable today’s media: radio, television, satellite communications, and broadband. Through analytical reading, library and Web based research students will organize and write product and media production system overviews and present their work in class.
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MEDA 380 - Workplace Experience in Media Studies I
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111
This course is designed to link college with the professional world by students obtaining meaningful, academically relevant workplace experiences. Possible workplace sites for students include corporations, non-profit organizations, magazines, radio and TV stations. Professional development is enhanced through meetings with a faculty advisor and structured assignments based on the workplace experience. Career and Professional Development department approval required.
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MEDA 381 - Workplace Experience in Media Studies II
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111
This course is designed to link college with the professional world by students obtaining meaningful, academically relevant workplace experiences. Possible workplace sites for students include corporations, non-profit organizations, magazines, radio and TV stations. Professional development is enhanced through meetings with a faculty advisor and structured assignments based on the workplace experience. Career and Professional Development department approval required.
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MEDA 385 - The Media Revolution
Credit(s): 3
Cross-Listed With: COMM 385
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111
The central question this course poses is how has technology affected American culture? Media Ecology examines modern media from various theoretical perspectives while tracing the origins of language and writing to the modern age.
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MEDA 386 - Seminar in Media Criticism
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111
This advanced course is based on the premise that our cultural values and system are largely shaped by media technologies. Students will examine the relationship between culture and media, as presented by popular and academic critics such as H.L. Mencken, Neil Postman, and George Orwell.
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MEDA 387 - Challenges in American Journalism
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111
By stripping away the myths and assumptions made about “the news,” we may come to a deeper understanding about the way in which the journalist perceives the world and selects and writes the news. Using case studies, this seminar examines the issues in American journalism from four perspectives: professional, historical, political, and technological.
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MEDA 397 - Independent Study in Media Studies
Credit(s): 1-3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111
A self-directed course initiated, designed, and carried out by the student with the consultation and guidance of a faculty member to pursue some special interest in the media.
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MEDA 399 - Internship in Media Studies
Credit(s): 3-6
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 and 18 credits in Media Studies courses and permission of the Media Studies program director.
The student is given the opportunity to supplement classroom studies with on-the-job experience in the field of media. The student works under employer supervision and reports regularly to a faculty member. Up to three internships are allowable totaling no more than nine credits.
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MEDA 400 - Senior Seminar
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 , MEDA 209 and MEDA 211 .
Capstone course: advanced studies in theory. This course allows the intensive exploration of the problematic, profound rifts among the different schools of film theorists. This is an application of theorists to current first-run films and to problematic films in cinema history. Each student will produce a senior dissertation.
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MUSI 101 - Elements of Music
Credit(s): 3
Students study the rudiments of music notation, basic musical vocabulary and beginning piano technique. Theoretical concepts include; intervals; major & minor scales; and the fundamental structure of music (melody, rhythm, harmony, form and texture).
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MUSI 103 - Theory & Musicianship I
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): A basic understanding of music notation or MUSI 101 .
Students study scales, chord construction, harmonic progression and voice leading, while applying these concepts on the piano and through the analysis of the popular, jazz and classical music repertoire.
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MUSI 104 - Theory & Musicianship II
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MUSI 103 .
A continuation of MUSI 103 with an introduction to composing and harmonizing a melody. Seventh chords, secondary dominant function and borrowed chords from the parallel key are introduced. Variations of minor key harmony are explored. Students apply these concepts on the piano with through simple compositions, voice leading exercises and analysis of various styles of music.
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MUSI 107 - Music Appreciation
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 .
This course serves as an introduction to the diverse styles and traditions of music of the world, drawing selectively on the United States, Western Europe, and other areas of the globe. It is within this context that the course aims to teach the fundamentals of listening, the basic elements of music, and the capacity to think critically about the nature of music in its vast cultural diversity. Directed listening, lectures, videos, and readings.
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MUSI 201 - Theory & Musicianship III
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MUSI 104 .
A continuation of MUSI 104 with an introduction to more advanced compositional techniques. Concepts include: reharmonization; harmonic sequence and modulation; modes; pentatonic scales; suspended chords; extended and altered chords; passing diminished chords. Students apply these concepts through piano exercises, short compositions and analysis.
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MUSI 203 - Theory & Musicianship IV
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MUSI 201 .
A continuation of MUSI 201 with an emphasis on applied composition and keyboard harmony. Students will analyze compositional techniques and the melodic and harmonic language that distinguishes various musical genres. Students will study arranging and orchestral techniques and compose a larger scale composition project based on their skill level and area of interest.
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MUSI 218 - History of Jazz
Credit(s): 3
A survey of the major movements in jazz from Dixieland through Bop, including the avant garde movement of the late ‘60s and early ‘70s. Focus on the major jazz artists: Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane. A consideration of the social and psychological implications of jazz. Lectures, recordings, readings, and performances when possible.
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MUSI 260 - American Popular Music
Credit(s): 3
A survey of American popular music since 1900 with an emphasis on the influence African Americans and Hispanics have had on its development. Analysis of musical styles and trends including their social and political significance and impact on society worldwide.
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MUSI 293 - Honors Topics in Music
Credit(s): 3
Cross-Listed With: HONR 293
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 or ENGL 191 and CINQ 101 or CINQ 190
This course explores a current topic in the field of musicology as determined by the instructor. Possible themes include Music & Culture, The Psychology of Music, and Twentieth Century American Music, and will be advertised to honors students before registration. No background in the disciplinary content is necessary, but students should expect increased academic rigor befitting an honors course. This course fulfills The Arts general education requirement.
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MUSI 295 - Topics in Music
Credit(s): 1-3
This course will vary from term to term, dealing with a subject not covered by existing courses. Topics can range from the intensive study of a single composer or work to the examination of a whole musical genre or milieu.
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MTEC 100 - Music Business I
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 .
An overview of the business aspects of creating, producing, distributing and marketing a musical product. Topics include copyright, publishing, licensing, royalties, performance rights organizations, producers, recording and production deals, recording studios and radio stations.
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MTEC 101 - Audio Production I
Credit(s): 3
An introduction to fundamental audio theory and concepts including the physics of sound, analog to digital conversion, multi-track and hard-disc recording, signal flow, console operation and mixing. Students complete assigned mixing and recording projects in the Audio Lab.
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MTEC 105 - Introduction to Music Technology
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): No Prerequisites.
A primer for those interested in the latest tools for music production. Students complete creative musical projects on individual workstations using the latest version of Apple’s Garage Band, and are also introduced to Apple Logic Pro and Pro Tools LE software. Topics include: acoustics, microphones, digital audio conversion, audio file formats, effects processing, and MIDI recording and editing within the software environment. Open to all majors. No musical experience necessary.
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MTEC 110 - Electronic Music I
Credit(s): 3
An introduction to the fundamental concepts and techniques of MIDI-based music production. Students learn basic techniques of computer-based MIDI sequencing and interfacing of related hardware using Emagic’s state-of-the-art Logic software. Students complete assigned projects in the Electronic Music Lab.
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MTEC 200 - Music Business II
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MTEC 100 .
A continuation of MTEC 100 , this course provides the student producer, engineer or artist with a more detailed study of the various processes and legalities involved in the production and release of a musical product. Special attention is placed on starting a company and developing associated Web-based promotion and distribution.
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MTEC 201 - Audio Production II
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MTEC 101 .
A continuation of MTEC 101 , students further develop their theoretical foundations and complete mixing and recording projects in the Digital Audio Lab. In addition, students are introduced to Digidesign’s Pro-Tools software.
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MTEC 210 - Electronic Music II
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MTEC 110 .
A continuation of MTEC 110 , students continue to develop skills with MIDI sequencing using more advanced features of Logic software. In addition, students learn basic sound design editing skills using synthesizers in the Electronic Music Lab.
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MTEC 220 - Recording Studio Workshop I
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MTEC 301 .
Students develop skills associated with recording engineering in a recording studio environment. Topics include: studio acoustics, microphone techniques, headphone cue systems, alternate recording signal paths, external processors, set-up procedures, studio documentation, mixing and general recording studio protocol.
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MTEC 225 - Sound Reinforcement
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MTEC 220 .
This class explores the technical requirements, processes, and procedures necessary for remote recording and sound reinforcement. Topics include: pre-production, problems with varying acoustic environments, equipment set-up and power requirements for various location applications.
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MTEC 230 - Audio System Design and Installation
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MTEC 220 .
Students are introduced to audio system design and configuration including basic electronic theory and equipment maintenance. Topics include: audio system interfacing, studio wiring and installation.
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MTEC 295 - Topics in Music Technology
Credit(s): 3
This course addresses special and specific topics beyond that which is covered within ordinary courses. The course will be offered on an occasional basis with varying topics as determined by student interest.
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MTEC 301 - Audio Production III
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MTEC 201 .
An overview of digital audio theory and applications. Students learn the principles of digital audio and develop skills in digital editing and processing using Digidesign’s Pro Tools software.
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MTEC 302 - Audio Production IV
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MTEC 301 .
A continuation of Digital Audio Systems I, students further develop skills in digital editing and processing using Pro Tools software.
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MTEC 310 - Electronic Music III
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MTEC 210 .
Students explore advanced applications in computer-based music production. Topics include the integration of digital audio recording and processing with MIDI in Logic, and other MIDI software tools such as Propellerhead’s Reason software and Cycling ‘74’s MAX/MSP. Students complete assigned projects in the Electronic Music Lab and prepare works for concert presentation.
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MTEC 315 - Electronic Music IV
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MTEC 210 .
Students study the theory and practice of sound synthesis. The course covers common types of synthesis, including subtractive, frequency-modulation, wavetable and granular synthesis methods. Students complete assigned projects in the Electronic Music Lab and prepare works for concert presentation.
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MTEC 318 - Electronic Music Performance
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MTEC 310 or department permission. (Completion of MTEC 315 is recommended).
Students study practices of live electronic music performance. Topics include the Ableton Live 9 software platform, Cycling ‘74s Max-For-Live software, signal processing hardware in performance, alternate MIDI controllers, MIDI system integration and Electronic Dance Music genres. Students complete individual and collaborative projects in the Electronic Music Lab, culminating in an end-of-semester concert recital.
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MTEC 320 - Recording Studio Workshop II
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MTEC 220 .
A continuation of Recording Studio Workshop I, with an emphasis on more complex recording and mixing techniques explored through full-length recording projects. The course includes a review of all audio concepts covered in previous classes in preparation for a comprehensive exam.
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MTEC 325 - Audio for Video
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MTEC 302 .
Overview of the theory and practice of audio production for video and other related visual media. Topics include: creative and practical concepts of sound design, the production process, multiple media formats and conversion, audio synchronization and time-code, techniques for creating, editing and mixing sound effects, dialogue and music for visual media using Pro Tools software.
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MTEC 330 - Recording Studio Production Techniques
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MTEC 301 , MTEC 220 , and MTEC 210 .
An advanced course that focuses on the effective and creative use of the recording studio as a tool for music production. Topics include: advanced mixing, record mastering, signal processing, and special effects used for specific styles of music. Additional topics include project planning and time management in the recording studio. Students develop a portfolio by completing album-quality projects using facilities and techniques appropriate to their projects.
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