Equipment will be provided unless you wish to learn how to operate something available to you. Technology, Libraries and Media centers Explores new technologies and their impact on schools, media centers and libraries. Students will use the latest cataloging and circulation programs, videodisc technology, online services, bulletin boards, CD-ROM and facsimile machines. Color Photography Color course offering instruction in all basic aspects of color printing whether you intend to work with color negatives or color slides. Students must have access to a camera.
Students are responsible for film, paper, and chemicals.
Communications Research Methods Examines the various research tools and methodologies used in the communications field to produce a viable thesis proposal. Familiarizes students with such methods as content analysis, audience research, needs assessment, and the use of statistical procedures in order to quantify value and variable measurement. Students examine digitization and new imaging, developments in the video industry, interactive and multimedia systems, wireless networks, groupware, desktop technology and satellite communications. Databases in Education Principles and practices of database management in a range of educational settings. Hands-on experience with a variety of representative software types.