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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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This section of the Catalog includes course descriptions, listed alphabetically by discipline. The descriptions provide information on course numbers, titles, the level of instruction, credit, course sequence, content, and prerequisites as shown in the following example:
CHE 2100 Introduction to Organic and Biological Chemistry
Credits: 5
Prerequisite: CHE 1100
Description: A study of the elements of organic and biological chemistry. This course satisfies requirements for nursing programs and other fields requiring a survey of organic and biological chemistry.
The first two to four letters, called the course subject code, represent the area of study or discipline, e.g., CHE represents chemistry. The course number follows the course subject code, e.g., 2100. The first digit in a four-digit course number designates the level of instruction. Only courses numbered 1000 or above will be included in credits toward a degree. Courses with numbers up to and including 1999 are primarily for freshmen, 2000 through 2999 primarily for sophomores, 3000 through 3999 primarily for juniors, and 4000 through 4999 primarily for seniors. In general, students should not take courses above the level of their class (based upon semester hours earned), but they may do so at one level above if they have the specified prerequisites. In special cases, students may be permitted to take courses more than one level above that designated for their class if they obtain the permission of their advisor and of the faculty member teaching the course and if they meet the prerequisite requirements. Course descriptions provide a summary of the content of the course. If a prerequisite must be met before a student can register for a course, this information is listed above the course description. Attributes, such as Multicultural, General Studies, or Guaranteed Transfer, are listed after the course description. A list of courses being offered in a given semester, instructors, class meeting times, and locations is described in the Class Schedule.
Types of Courses
- Regular courses appear in this section of the University Catalog and are offered on a regular basis.
- Independent study courses provide students the opportunity to pursue in-depth study of a topic of special interest. Independent study courses are specified as 498_ and include an alpha character in the course number. Independent study courses are published in the Class Schedule.
- Special topics or omnibus courses are temporary courses that are not listed in the Catalog. They may be used to pilot-test a course, present a special topic, or provide a unique, experiential-learning opportunity. Omnibus courses use a specified range of course numbers: 190_, 290_, 390_, 490_ and include an alpha character in the course number. Omnibus courses are published in the Class Schedule.
- Variable topics courses allow courses of varying titles under an overall theme or “umbrella” course. Variable topic courses include an alpha character in the course number and are published in the Class Schedule.
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ITP 4600 - Clinical Pathophysiology
Credits: 4
Prerequisite(s): BIO 2320
Description: This course is designed to familiarize the student with the nature of human pathophysiology using major conceptual areas. Pertinent biochemical and metabolic derangements are correlated with the cellular structure by applying systems theory. The course focuses on the effects of the disease process on all of the major bodily systems, pathogenesis, and related clinical manifestations.
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ITP 4700 - Community Health Education & Lifestyle Medicine
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ITP 3850
Description: This class will help students gain a more in-depth understanding of lifestyle medicine in areas such as healthy eating, physical activity, stress reduction, and healthy sleep habits. They will work with various community groups to identify wellness educational needs, and then develop lifestyle medicine educational programs to assist community members with improving their wellbeing. Students will learn about health promotion concepts, create dynamic educational presentations/materials, and serve a community through sharing what they have created. Through service learning, students will assist various communities with disease prevention and enhance overall health and wellbeing through lifestyle medicine (Service Learning).
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ITP 4800 - Lifestyle Medicine Across Gender and Lifespan
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ITP 3850
Description: This class will focus on how lifestyle choices impact health across the lifespan from childhood/adolescence through early adulthood and into late adulthood. It will also focus on how lifestyle medicine impacts women’s health, men’s health, and LGBTQ health. Students will understand how areas of lifestyle medicine topics such as healthy eating, physical activity, stress reduction, healthy sleep habits impact the health of these various groups in different ways. They will also learn about lifestyle medicine topics that are of particular importance to certain populations of people.
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ITP 4900 - Theories and Application of Knowledge for Integrative Health
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing and ITP major
Description: This course explores the history, theories and philosophies surrounding the acquisition of health-related knowledge and understanding of the mind-body-spirit complex. The performance of a basic level Holistic Health assessment and knowledge of when and how to initiate appropriate referrals to traditional and complementary health team members will be covered, along with understanding the transformational nature of personal change.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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ITP 4910 - Applications in Wellness Coaching
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ITP 2500, ITP 2700, ITP 2950
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ITP 3850, ITP 4400
Description: This capstone course provides students with the opportunity to combine skills, knowledge, personal growth, and reflection with application through a summative presentation and demonstration of wellness coaching skills.
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ITP 4950 - Community Coaching for Health
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): HPS 4700 or ITP 4400 and Senior Standing
Description: Lifestyle medicine knowledge is meant to be applied in the community setting, in order to truly impact the health of others. This course will allow senior students to utilize their competencies in lifestyle medicine, wellness coaching, and patient navigation in the community. Through community and campus partnerships, students will have the opportunity to apply their skills in real-world situations to impact the health and wellbeing of clients. Students will complete a coaching log that may be utilized when applying for the National Board Certification for Health and Wellness Coaching. Professionalism, documentation skills, and refinement of their coaching skills will be emphasized.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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ITP 4991 - Integrative Capstone
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ITP 4900 or ITP 4990
Description: This capstone course allows students to clarify their relationship with the newly emerging field of integrative health care, solidify their body of knowledge and create new paths for the future. In close consultation with faculty, students design projects from internships, community service work, research, wellness curriculum, study abroad or long-term leadership experiences. The course requires students to create their own website to display their academic body of work and their capstone project.
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ITP 4999 - Applied Learning with Lifestyle Medicine
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Approval of Health Professions Faculty and ITP 3850
Description: Full appreciation for lifestyle medicine is best realized through applying the knowledge outside of the classroom. Students who are interested in this applied learning experience will utilize lifestyle medicine principles to address various situations related to whole person health. Experiential learning will be tailored to students’ areas of interest, current skill set, desired knowledge and skills, post-graduate plans, and current lifestyle medicine opportunities. Opportunities to engage in lifestyle medicine related research, community service, health activism, and teaching others about lifestyle medicine will be given as available.
Note: This course may be repeated up to 3 times with faculty permission.
Course Revised June 26, 2019
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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ITA 1010 - Elementary Italian I
Credits: 5
Description: This is a basic course in Italian, with emphasis primarily on pronunciation, speaking, and understanding, supplemented by grammar, reading, and writing. Attention will also focus on understanding the culture and customs of Italy.
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ITA 1020 - Elementary Italian II
Credits: 5
Prerequisite(s): ITA 1010 or equivalent
Description: This course is a continuation of ITA 1010 and focuses on skills development in listening, speaking, reading, and writing with emphasis on the use of functional, communicative language for oral and written proficiency and cultural competency.
Note: This course requires a grade of “C” or better to fulfill the General Studies requirement.
General Studies: Oral Communication
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ITA 2010 - Intermediate Italian I
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ITA 1020 or Instructor’s Permission
Description: This course is the first of a two-semester, integrated, second-year sequence focusing on the further development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. The course emphasizes the use of functional, communicative language for achieving oral and written proficiency, and cultural competence. Classes are conducted mostly in Italian and will include a variety of interactive activities designed to help students develop their knowledge of Italian and their ability to use it productively in situations of communication.
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ITA 2020 - Intermediate Italian II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ITA 1020 or Instructor’s Permission
Description: This course is a continuation of ITA 2010 and is the second of a two-semester, integrated, second-year sequence focusing on the further development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. The course emphasizes the use of functional, communicative language for achieving oral and written proficiency, and cultural competence. Classes are conducted mostly in Italian and will include a variety of interactive activities designed to help students develop their knowledge of Italian and their ability to use it productively in situations of communication.
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ITA 2110 - Italian Reading and Conversation
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ITA 1020 or Instructor’s Permission
Description: This course is designed to deepen students’ knowledge of the geographical, historical, economic, and sociological aspects of Italian culture. It strengthens conversational ability through the use of group discussions, role-playing, oral presentations, and debates. Conducted in Italian.
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ITA 3010 - Italian Culture Through Film
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ITA 2020 or Instructor’s Permission
Description: This course is designed to expand students’ knowledge of the culture and civilization of modern Italy primarily through film. It will focus on a selection of Italian movies from World War II to the present with the purpose of analyzing the historical, cultural, and socio-economic complexity of contemporary Italy. Classes will be conducted in Italian.
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ITA 3110 - Advanced Conversation
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ITA 2020 or Instructor’s Permission
Description: This course focuses on refining language skills while providing insight into Italian society and culture. It helps students expand vocabulary and communication strategies while revising complex grammatical structures. Conducted in Italian.
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ITA 3140 - Advanced Italian Grammar
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ITA 2020 or Instructor’s Permission
Description: This course systematizes and reinforces the language skills presented in lower-level courses through a review of complex grammatical points, and through the analysis of literary texts and newspaper articles. Classes will be conducted in Italian.
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ITA 3250 - Readings in Italian Literature
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ITA 2020 or Instructor’s Permission
Description: This course is designed as an introduction to the study of Italian literature. It helps students gain confidence and increase their effectiveness in reading Italian texts, develop vocabulary, and become familiar with idiomatic expressions through discussions, oral reports, and essays. Conducted in Italian.
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ITA 3310 - Contemporary Italy: Culture and Society
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ITA 2020 or Instructor’s Permission
Description: This course is designed to deepen students’ knowledge of Italian language and society. Students will examine the political, cultural, and social history of Italy from the post-war period to the present. Students will use different idiomatic expressions, review grammatical structures, present oral reports, and write essays on the topics discussed in class. Conducted in Italian.
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JPS 1010 - Elementary Japanese I
Credits: 5
Description: This basic course in Japanese emphasizes pronunciation, speaking, and understanding, supplemented by grammar, reading, and writing.
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JPS 1020 - Elementary Japanese II
Credits: 5
Prerequisite(s): JPS 1010 or one year of high school Japanese or its equivalent with a grade of “C” or better
Description: This course is a continuation of JPS 1010 and focuses on skills development in listening, speaking, reading, and writing with emphasis on the use of functional, communicative language for oral and written proficiency and cultural competency.
Note: This course requires a grade of “C” or better to fulfill the General Studies requirement.
General Studies: Oral Communication
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JPS 2010 - Intermediate Japanese I
Credits: 5
Prerequisite(s): JPS 1020 or advisor permission
Description: This is the first semester of a two-semester intermediate Japanese language sequence specifically designed to strengthen grammatical skills and proficiency in speaking, understanding, reading, and writing. The course will also introduce students to a sampling of social, cultural and literary topics central to the understanding of Japan and the Japanese people.
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JPS 2020 - Intermediate Japanese II
Credits: 5
Prerequisite(s): JPS 2010 or advisor permission
Description: This second course in the JPS 2010 and JPS 2020 sequence is designed to continue strengthening grammatical skills and proficiency in speaking, understanding, reading, and writing. It will also present further examples of sociocultural issues central to Japan and the Japanese people.
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JPS 2110 - Conversational Japanese I
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JPS 1020 or advisor permission
Description: This conversation course is designed to improve oral proficiency and further develop fluency in the Japanese language. Students will study a variety of model dialogues and will learn useful conversational formulas applicable to different scenarios of everyday life in Japan.
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JPS 2120 - Kanji I
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JPS 1020 or advisor permission
Description: This Japanese course introduces 464 kanji: their etymology, meaning and usage. Students will learn to recognize and apply these selected kanji in both reading and writing.
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JPS 3110 - Conversational Japanese II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JPS 2110 or advisor permission
Description: This Japanese conversation course further develops the skills addressed in Conversational Japanese I. and is designed to enable students to speak more readily and with improved fluency. Students will learn a variety of dialogue models that are useful in different scenarios of every day life in Japan and will improve their communication skills.
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JPS 3120 - Kanji II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JPS 2120 or advisor permission
Description: This course is a continuation of Kanji I. The course introduces 232 additional, new kanji characters, their etymology, meaning, and usage. Students will be able to recognize and use them in reading and writing.
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JPS 3200 - Japanese through Media Culture
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JPS 2020 or advisor permission
Description: This course focuses on the Japanese language, as well as on social and cultural customs through the prism of media. Materials studied include, but are not limited to: manga, online publications, and film.
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JPS 3210 - Advanced Japanese: Major Topics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JPS 2020 or instructor permission
Description: Advanced course for those who have taken two years of basic Japanese. The variable topics in this course will target specific aspects of the language to further the understanding of the culture.
Note: This course may be repeated under different topics
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JMP 1000 - Introduction to Journalism and Mass Media
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Minimum performance standard scores on reading, writing, and mathematics assessment tests
Description: This survey course introduces students from all academic disciplines to the historical development of journalism and mass media and its relationship to contemporary society. Students will explore the functions and impact of newspapers, books, television, radio, magazines, films, public relations and issues such as technology convergence, censorship, economic control, and privacy.
General Studies: Social and Behavioral Sciences I
Guaranteed Transfer: GT-SS3
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JMP 1010 - Critical Thinking through 21st Century Media
Credits: 3
Description: Through the lens of 21st century media, this course teaches students to be critical media producers and consumers through critical thinking and inquiry learning skills. It reviews the similarities and differences between traditional and 21st century media, with attention focused on bias, perspective, author’s intent, audience, social and ethical responsibilities, and the impact on a media communication process. 21st century media will be examined through both primary sources and current media to provide historical context for understanding media communication.
General Studies: Arts and Humanities
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JMP 1050 - Survey of Music, Video and Film
Credits: 3
Description: In this introductory course, students examine the ways in which music, film and video have evolved and become interconnected. Students learn how aesthetic principles, production techniques and technological advances have affected the manner in which film and video producers use and incorporate music in their productions.
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JMP 1100 - Journalism Fundamentals
Credits: 3
Description: This course emphasizes writing and editing using Associated Press style guidelines, proper punctuation for news copy, and the basic skills required of journalists. This course introduces students to the ethical and legal considerations for journalists with a special emphasis on libel and privacy laws. Students are regularly tested on their use of Associated Press guidelines. Students develop their ability to edit copy.
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JMP 1450 - Media Literacy and Communication
Credits: 3
Description: Students review basic Internet standards and refine electronic communication skills using digital media and current online technologies. This course builds media literacy skills, including visual, information, and news literacies. Digital Storytelling is also explored to introduce media production concepts and practice.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: HON or JMP.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 1450
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JMP 2100 - Reporting
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 1100
Description: This course allows students to refine the news-gathering, interviewing, and writing techniques that were learned in JRN 1100 by introducing students to beat reporting. Students spend time perfecting their skills in a writing laboratory. Students are required to cover events outside of class.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: HON or JMP.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 2101
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JMP 2210 - Beginning Layout and Design
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 1100
Description: This course will provide students with basic knowledge of layout and design for newspapers, magazines and other mass media publications, including the Internet, via a variety of software platforms.
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JMP 2400 - Basic Video Editing
Credits: 3
Description: This course introduces the fundamental principles, aesthetics, and procedures necessary to perform nonlinear video editing. Students learn how to perform video edits, the importance of aesthetics in editing, and how to translate editing theory to practical applications.
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JMP 2420 - Basic Video Production
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 2435 or permission of instructor
Description: This course introduces students to the basics of audio and video techniques and standards for producing on location single camera programs. Students engage in project development and pre-production, manual video and audio recording, professional image and soundtrack composition, production lighting operation and safety, and non-linear video editing.
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JMP 2430 - Introduction to Media Production
Credits: 3
Description: This course is a survey of basic media production. Basic production techniques, terminology, equipment characteristics, media selection, advantages and disadvantages are studied.
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JMP 2435 - Multimedia Writing and Production
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 1100
Description: Students receive instruction and produce work designed to meet the requirements for a variety of media and audiences. Online writing, public relations writing, broadcast writing, scriptwriting, technical writing, interactive media writing, and writing for mobile and social media audiences are among the areas covered.
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JMP 2450 - Basic Interactive Production
Credits: 3
Description: Students explore interactive media and practice front-end website development. Students learn the basics of digital media – text, image, audio, video, animation, and interactivity. Professional message design including audience analysis, content outlines, flowcharts, wireframes, and interfaces are also covered. HTML and CSS are used to produce a small website.
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JMP 2460 - Raster Graphics
Credits: 3
Description: Raster (bitmap) graphics are the core of image processing, photo retouching, graphic design, special effects, video animation, print design, and so fo1th. In this graphic production course, students create numerous image manipulation and graphic design projects. Other topics include visual literacy and how it integrates with professional communication. Graphic design principles including spatial layout, visual hierarchy, eye movement, color theory, and typography are also demonstrated.
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JMP 2465 - Vector Graphics
Credits: 3
Description: Vector graphics are the core of logo design, typeface design, information graphics, user interface design, vector animation and so forth. In this graphic production course, students create numerous vector design projects and technical illustrations. Other topics include telling a complex data-driven story with information graphics and contemporary user interface design.
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JMP 2480 - Introduction to Computer Animation
Credits: 3
Description: This course introduces students to traditional animation techniques and the planning and production of computer animation. The course focuses on techniques used to create 2D objects and animate them in order to communicate a professional message. Students will create numerous computer animations to be viewed on the Internet.
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JMP 2600 - Beginning Photojournalism
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): JMP 1000
Description: Students in this course receive beginning-level instruction in photojournalism and techniques used in still photography for print media and online media. The photojournalist’s use of the camera is emphasized, and students are introduced to the mechanical limitations of the camera and how to best use the instrument. Students receive instruction in the use of light, pre-visualization of photographs, and the ethics of photojournalism.
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JMP 2610 - Introduction to Technical Writing
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1010
Description: This course provides students with the skills to analyze and produce clear and effective technical and scientific documents and materials. Students determine the style, purpose, content, and format for numerous industry-specific reports and technical support documents. Students analyze and produce accessible materials for expert, technical, lay, and intercultural audiences. Students also develop, incorporate, and cite visual elements, including images, tables, and the representation of numeric data, to support the message delivered towards a specific audience.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: HON or JMP.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 2611
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JMP 2615 - Creating Content for Music Promotion and Social Media
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 1000, JMP 2420, JMP 2600, or permission of instructor. Student must be a declared Sound and Vision major.
Description: This course covers the various types of visual media, social media and platforms used for promotion of musical artists and music-related business. Students learn how to shoot promotional photography, create print and electronic press kits, and design and post social media content. Students learn which social media platforms are appropriate for artist promotion and message delivery.
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JMP 2700 - Fundamentals of Public Relations
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 1100
Description: This course is an introductory analysis and practical exploration of the roles and functions of public relations as it relates to an organization’s internal and external publics. Development of practical skills include persuasive strategies, media relations, and effective news releases.
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JMP 2800 - Introduction to Audio Production
Credits: 3
Description: Audio is an integral part of media projects and this course gives students a strong foundation in digital audio technology. Topics include: Physics of Sound; Human Hearing and Perception; Critical Music Education; Voice Recording; and Audio Production Equipment.
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JMP 2890 - Overview of the Social Documentary
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Completion of General Studies Written Communication Requirement
Description: This course covers the different production elements required to produce a documentary for either a video or still photo program. It covers documentary styles, scripting techniques, production considerations and editing methods that are relevant to the documentary. Various documentary programs are viewed and critiqued.
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JMP 3001 - Producing Social Documentaries
Credits: 1
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1010 or equivalent
Corequisite(s): JMP 4890
Description: This course is designed for students who are interested in taking a Social Documentary class. Topics covered include news values, news writing, feature writing, photojournalism, camera management and camera operation. Students practice in each area before embarking on their Social Documentary work.
Note: This course is a co-requisite for non majors who desire to enroll in JMP 4890.
Course Created June 28, 2019
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JMP 3063 - Sports Photojournalism
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 2600
Description: Students in the course gain an introductory level of instruction in sports photojournalism and techniques used in capturing sports action, sports reaction and sports feature photography for print and online media. Students must have working knowledge of DSLR cameras.
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JMP 3130 - Sports Writing
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 1100
Description: This course will provide students with knowledge of sports coverage for newspapers, magazines and other mass media publications, including the Internet, via a variety of software platforms. Students will cover a sport during a season, writing game reports and features, as part of the course.
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JMP 3200 - News Editing
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 2100
Description: This course provides advanced training in the complex problems of copy editing, headline and caption writing, and applying news judgment. Students also work on page design and photo editing. Students spend time perfecting their editing skills in a laboratory setting.
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JMP 3300 - Multimedia Journalism I
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 2100
Description: This course provides students with the tools to become effective storytellers with several forms of media. Students will create stories using still pictures or video with audio and supported by text. Students will gain skills to produce multimedia pieces while learning the tenets of several computer programs. Students spend time perfecting their work in a multimedia lab.
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JMP 3310 - International Technical Communications
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): At least Junior standing or Permission of instructor
Description: This course introduces students to the requirements of international technical communications. It defines the characteristics of an international requirement of technical communicators and provides students with opportunities to practice necessary skills.
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JMP 3330 - Technical Writing for Translation
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 2610 or Permission of instructor
Description: This course prepares technical writers, editors, and scriptwriters to develop text and scripts in a manner that facilitates translation for international use.
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JMP 3400 - Short-Form Feature Articles
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 2100
Description: In this course, students study the content and writing style of newspaper and online features. Students complete numerous assignments in developing feature ideas and producing finished stories. Students conduct story research outside of the class.
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JMP 3410 - Writing for Broadcast Media
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 2400 or JMP 1100
Description: This course focuses on writing for broadcast electronic media. Students will learn the important elements, aspects, and processes involved in the creation of content specifically written for electronic media production and distribution. Students will explore the unique demands of electronic media forms, their audiences, the related terminology, and writing techniques.
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JMP 3420 - Video Production Process
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 2420; or permission of instructor
Description: Crew-based production process is the focus of this professional-practice course in audiovisual storytelling. Students work in standard industry group-assigned collaborative roles to produce a distribution-ready package program.
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JMP 3430 - Performance for Broadcast
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 2400 or permission of instructor
Description: This is an introductory course for “on air” performance, designed to meet the needs of radio-television-multimedia news anchors and announcers. Instruction is designed to develop pleasing and persuasive vocal and visual communication, either on-camera or on-mic, as a means of improving a variety of performance-driven broadcast, multimedia and Internet delivery presentations.
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JMP 3431 - Video Production Design
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 2420
Description: Theories and principles used to direct, design, light, and stage successful film and video productions are overviewed. Students explore production design and art direction in this hybrid lecture-production course, putting knowledge to hands-on practice.
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JMP 3440 - Scriptwriting for Video
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 2435 or Permission of instructor
Description: Through a series of hands-on scriptwriting assignments, students engage with several video script formats standardized by the various production industries they serve. Students engage in script research and development, scene and story construction, visual writing for audiovisual production, industry formats and language, and script editing through multiple drafts.
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JMP 3445 - Television Production
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 2400 or permission of instructor
Description: This course is an introduction to television production, operation of broadcast studio equipment, vocabulary, and experience in direction of multi-camera productions. Specific attention is focused on preproduction, including identification of audience by age, gender, and culture. Students will participate in production activities and procedures on a variety of projects.
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JMP 3450 - Intermediate Interactive Production
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 2450 or Permission of instructor
Description: Students in this course dig a little deeper into front-end website documentation and development. Producing accessible content using Universal Design, students create a device-independent, responsive website. Interactive forms and e-commerce options are also developed.
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JMP 3451 - Sports Broadcasting: Techniques and Practices
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 1100 or HPS 2730
Description: By examining all aspects of sports broadcasting, this course explores the aesthetics and technical skills of reporting, writing leads, developing style, editing, managing production, and adhering to ethics, as well as guidance on working in amateur and professional sports media. Through discussion, examples, pre- and post-production activities, students focus on the new demands and necessary skills needed for sports media in the broadcast domain.
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JMP 3461 - Producing the TV Newscast
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 2400 and (JMP 3445 or permission of instructor)
Description: This course introduces students to producing television news. This includes writing for TV news, in-studio production techniques, as well as post-production considerations in the creation of news packages. Business aspects of the broadcast news industry are explored, as well as legal and ethical issues that arise in news production.
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JMP 3462 - Workshop in Radio Production
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 2400 and JMP 3430 or permission of instructor
Description: This course allows students to access facilities of the department’s On-Air Broadcast Learning Center and online station, WCAS Radio. Students are given real-world training and practice opportunities in up-to-date broadcast techniques and technologies, building from their hands-on training in the professionally equipped WCAS Radio Broadcast Control Center.
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JMP 3470 - Writing for Interactive Media
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1010
Description: This course covers the techniques of designing, writing for, and documenting interactive media, which includes online, fixed, mobile, and social media for various devices. The student will create content outlines, flowcharts, storyboards, wireframes, and a variety of preproduction documents.
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JMP 3485 - Motion Graphics I
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 2460 or JMP 3400
Description: In the intro motion graphics course, students create keyframe and preset-based animations for use in broadcast, online, and other professional video productions. Students incorporate raster and vector graphics, digital audio, video footage, typographic treatments, and appropriate visual effects to construct their animated messages. Rendering techniques and video compression are also practiced. The course concludes with demo reel presentations.
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JMP 3490 - Budgeting and Planning Video for Music Productions
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 2400, JMP 2420, JMP 3420 or permission of instructor. Must be a declared major in Sound and Vision.
Description: This course analyzes the methods and techniques for budgeting and planning video for commercial music productions. Script analysis and breakdown, shot list development, storyboarding and production contracts are studied. Students learn how to schedule productions in terms of time, personnel, equipment, materials, video formats and cost. Students create line item budgets for various music productions.
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JMP 3500 - Topics in Journalism: Variable Topics
Credits: 1-3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 2100
Description: This course will provide students with a brief look at a variety of topics in journalism, including specialized areas of reporting, writing, public relations, and content delivery. Topics vary each semester.
Note: This course may be repeated for up to 6 semester hours of credit.
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JMP 3510 - Portfolio Presentation
Credits: 1
Prerequisite(s): A journalism major or minor with at least junior standing
Description: This course helps prepare students to enter the vocation of journalism. Emphasis is placed on preparing a portfolio of work, crafting resumes and cover letters, and researching markets for employment.
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JMP 3540 - Mobile and Social Media Communication
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 2435
Description: This course explores the principles of using mobile and social media to accomplish a communication goal. Social media is investigated for its collaborative and community-building properties. Mobile media is examined through the lens of technology-enhanced communication.
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JMP 3560 - Column Writing
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 2100
Description: This course teaches students how to share anecdotes and ideas, as well as develop their voices as journalists. By the end of the course, students should be skilled in writing descriptive and critical reviews, thoughtful commentary on the day’s news, and powerful profiles about news makers and everyday people. This course is designed to improve the quality of news column writing and to address the opportunities for inexpensive news communication in a digital age.
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JMP 3570 - Covering the Environment
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1009 or ENG 1010 or JMP 1000 or Permission of the JMP Department
Description: Students in this course analyze corporate and public environmental issues in the West and how they are covered. Students employ ethical paradigms in comparing and contrasting environmental issues and their coverage. Ultimately students compose journalism projects that detail the impact of environmental policy on end users.
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JMP 3580 - Making Media Social
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): JMP 2435
Description: This course explores the principles of what makes media social from both a theoretical and applicable standpoint. Using a variety of tools, students not only create products and content for social media, but also understand their creation using a larger theoretical, rhetorical, and communication framework.
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JMP 3590 - Streaming Media Technologies
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 2430 or permission of instructor
Description: This course explores the history of streaming media and prepares students for the preproduction and production processes, current technologies, and streaming media deployment. Students develop a website, which incorporates streaming media technology.
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JMP 3600 - Intermediate Photojournalism
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 2600
Description: Students in this course build on their beginning level understanding of photojournalism and techniques used in still photography for print and online media. Students take their working knowledge of DSLR cameras and produce photojournalism images. Students will be in the field taking photos and editing on a regular basis. Finished work will be critiqued by faculty to reinforce instruction.
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JMP 3620 - Technical Editing
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 2610 or Permission of instructor
Description: This course presents techniques for editing technical publications including all levels of edit, document management and collaboration with writers.
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JMP 3625 - UX and UI: The User Experience
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 2610
Description: This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and practical experience of usability testing commonly known in the field as UX (User Experience) and UI (User Interface) Testing. Students will learn the usability issues and the strategies for planning and conducting a test, with or without a lab. Students will conduct usability tests on websites, instruction manuals, and other media to evaluate the user experience. The course will also focus on working in a team to plan, prepare, and conduct a usability test, then analyzing and presenting the results in a written report.
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JMP 3630 - Producing Digital Documents
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 2610
Description: Students focus on message design for a professional audience when creating digital documents. Graphic design principles, including spatial layout, typography, and color theory, are incorporated into projects. Automation techniques, such as master pages, style sheets and content generation, are examined. Students create several documents for print and other current technology. Students also learn about printing methods, traditional and digital prepress, and finishing options.
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JMP 3645 - Writing Software and Hardware Documentation
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 2610
Description: This course prepares students to write audience appropriate instructional materials and other end-user documentation for software applications, as well as preparing students to write audience appropriate materials for assembly, maintenance, operations, and service manuals (hardware documentation). This course emphasizes audience analysis, vocabulary, format and style, use of graphics, effective writing techniques, and production.
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JMP 3660 - Variable Topics in Industrial and Technical Communications
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 2610 or Permission of instructor
Description: This is a current-topics course that studies communication models and techniques for reporting industrial and governmental information to specialized and general audiences to advance corporate or agency goals and interests. The content of the course will change from semester to semester.
Note: It may be repeated for credit.
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JMP 3670 - Writing for the Environmental Industry
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 2610 or permission of instructor
Description: This course presents communication models and techniques for reporting industrial and governmental information related to the environment for specialized and general audiences. The course content necessarily includes a discussion of ethical concerns related to environmental issues both past and present, analyzing the context of an environmental message for optimum reception, practicing different discourse strategies based upon audience and context and document format, and exploring the basics of Plain English and readability for different audience levels. Material in the course will examine the issue of credibility as it relates to statistical material, presented both in text and in visuals or tables. Researching the CFR database for specific regulations related to environmental concerns will be taught, with a secondary goal of revising these regulations for readability of the targeted audience.
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JMP 3700 - Public Relations Writing
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 2700 or permission of instructor
Description: Students in this course apply public relations theory, principles, techniques, and practices to produce writing for specific publications and documents, such as news releases, press kits, public service announcements, newsletters and other communication materials.
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JMP 3720 - Media and Influencer Relations
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 2700
Description: Students in this course explore the relationship between organizations and individuals, social media, traditional media, and the public at large. Special attention is focused on how these groups influence one another and how the intersection of these mediums and interests produce influence in perceptions.
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JMP 3740 - Public Relations Research, Planning and Management
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 2700
Description: Students in this course build on the fundamentals of Public Relations. They are introduced to and use PR research tools, including web-based software platforms, general business research methods and qualitative interview and focus group methods. They practice drawing insights from research results and applying those insights to the PR planning process. They learn to connect PR goals and objectives to basic research.
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JMP 3780 - Communication Law
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 credits of JMP courses or permission of instructor
Description: This course presents U.S. legal practices that impact professional communicators and technical media producers. It places special emphasis on the federal and state court systems, as well as emerging international laws for communication delivered over the Internet. The course covers copyright, fair use, defamation, intellectual property, privacy, and federal trade regulations as applied to print and digital media in physical and electronic distribution.
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JMP 3785 - Media Law for Video Producers in the Music Industry
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 2400, JMP 2420, JMP 3430, JMP 3440 or permission of instructor. Must be a declared major in Sound and Vision.
Description: This course presents legal practices that impact professional video and visual media producers. The course emphasizes laws, copyright, fair use, intellectual property and other issues that affect video production as it relates to music-based productions. The course focuses on laws and regulations for video producers of music programs as they apply to digital media in physical and electronic distribution.
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JMP 3800 - Audio Post-Production
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 2800 or Permission of instructor
Description: Using multi-track audio editing software, students engage hands-on with advanced digital audio equalization, processing and filters, non-linear soundtrack editing, mixing, and mastering to create professional, distribution-ready sound mixes.
Note: Course Revised June 28, 2019
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JMP 3970 - Publication Practicum
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 2100 or Permission of Instructor
Description: The student, under supervision, will report and write publishable news and feature stories for the news products of the Office of Student Media at Metropolitan State University of Denver, including The Metropolitan.
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JMP 4000 - News Media Leadership
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 2100
Description: This course helps students recognize leadership, understand the theories that define leadership, and apply these theories to real-world cases of news media leadership. This course is driven by case studies and student participation.
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JMP 4100 - Investigative Reporting
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 2100
Description: Students receive an in-depth look at reporting issues using investigative techniques with a special emphasis on the use of documents as a research tool and the triangulation of sources.
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JMP 4210 - Advanced Layout and Design
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 2210
Description: Students use laboratory time designing pages that meet industry standards for the layout and design of newspapers, magazines, newsletters, brochures, and other professional publications, and Web pages. Students apply news judgment in photo editing, layout, use of graphics, editing, and headline writing.
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JMP 4300 - Multimedia Journalism II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 3300
Description: This course is designed to build upon the fundamentals of news presentation using multiple platform dissemination. It tightens the scope from introductory multimedia instruction to look at work focused on specific news assignments. Emphasis will be placed on having students build multimedia journalism packages that combine sound, visuals, and newsgathering techniques. Students will need to come with the basics of multimedia production already secured. This course allows them to further their real-world experience in multimedia storytelling.
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JMP 4400 - Long-Form Feature Articles
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 3400 or Permission of Instructor
Description: Students study the content and writing style of magazine features and the application of the techniques and marketing requirements for producing and selling feature articles to magazines.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: HON or JMP.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 4400
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JMP 4402 - Video Editing for Music Tracks
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 2400, JMP 3420, JMP 3430, JMP 3800 or permission of instructor. Student must be a declared Sound and Vision major.
Description: This course focuses on the terminology and editing techniques applied to music tracks of films and video programs. Students discover the purposes of music in film and video, the role that music plays in the editing process and how to apply this knowledge when editing programs. Students learn about different platforms for music-related video programs and their technical specifications. Career options in the video editing field are also examined.
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