Course assignments include completion of a major research paper and presentation of portfolio project. Through examining leading U.S. court decisions and relevant statutes, students will learn the broad principles and legal reasoning underlying First Amendment jurisprudence, including the legal, philosophical and political issues entailed in the rights of free expression. Students will then examine how these principles have been applied to the regulation of the various communication industries including the print media, broadcasting and cable television. A study of the law and policy governing the various communication industries, including the print media, broadcasting, cable television, direct broadcast satellites and the Internet. The advanced study of television directing, programming and management.
Emphasis is given to cable, community and educational television production.
Students will receive a broad overview of the structure of sports and its relationship to the dominant culture, the economy and the media. This course is used to evaluate a senior project if an appropriate internship is unavailable. The student finds an internship appropriate to his or her career choice to fulfill the Communication requirement.