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2023-2024 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 Ethnic Studies & Social Justice, 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 2820 - Anger In Men: A Whole Approach
Credits: 3
Description: This class will allow students to address issues of anger in men, with an exploration of responsible anger, cultural perspectives on aggression and violence, the physiology of anger, and self-reflection on one’s own anger, including the triggers and expression of anger.
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ITP 2950 - Wellness Coaching I
Credits: 3
Description: Students are introduced to the principles and tools of wellness coaching practice. Topics include scope of practice, ethics and values, effective communication, relationship building, and facilitating results to illuminate the discipline of wellness coaching. Research based techniques and best practices for facilitating behavior change are included.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ESS or ITP.
Cross Listed Course(s): ESS 2700
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ITP 3000 - Men’s Health
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): General Studies Written Communication requirement
Description: This course is an in-depth study of health issues specific to men. It will take a holistic approach, encompassing the physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual aspects of men’s lives and the impact of each on health. This course emphasizes dialoguing between students to encourage active engagement with issues that boys and men encounter in today’s world.
General Studies: Social and Behavioral Sciences
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ITP 3100 - Health Education and Counseling
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020, and ITP 1500 or NUT 2040, and junior standing
Description: This course provides students with a basic understanding of the various methods of communication used in the health professions and enhances their communication skills through practice. This class focuses on developing educational materials and counseling and interviewing patients.
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ITP 3111 - Aging Warriors: Understanding the Health Issues of Aging Men
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1009 or ENG 1010; and ENG 1020 or ENG 1021
Description: This course examines the health issues of aging men. It is an integrative perspective on contributing factors to the health, disease, and demise of aging men such as masculinity, behavioral factors, environmental influences, and cultural influences. The course will include physical health, socio-emotional health, mental health, and sexual health issues of men growing older.
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ITP 3200 - Ethics in Health Care
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Completion of General Studies requirements in Written Communication and Oral Communication.
Description: Students entering health care will become familiar with ethical theories and issues that are encountered within the medical field.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: HON or ITP.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3202
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ITP 3222 - Anxiety: A Holistic Approach
Credits: 1
Description: Students in this course will explore the trend of increased anxiety diagnoses, and the history and cultural perspectives on anxiety. Students will learn the pathophysiology of anxiety and the science behind holistic treatments for anxiety.
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ITP 3230 - Bodies and Embodiment
Credits: 3
Description: Students in this course examine multiple interdisciplinary discourses about gendered, sexed, raced, classed, and able bodies, beginning with Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex. Through discussion, lecture and critical evaluation of key theories in Body and Embodiment Studies (by Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, Susan Bordo, bell hooks, and Iris M. Young) students in this course explore the inscribed, as well as the lived, body–bodies that are gazed at, desired, fashioned, heard, and eroticized. In order to historically situate these discourses, the body is presented as a social construct that is controlled and manipulated but that also has unique experiences which cannot be verbalized and/or managed.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ITP, SOC, or GWS.
Cross Listed Course(s): SOC 3230, GWS 3230
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ITP 3300 - Homeopathy
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1010 and ENG 1020
Description: Students will become familiarized with the field of homeopathy. This includes the history, laws, principles and uses of homeopathy in the current healthcare system. Students are introduced to various homeopathic remedies and their uses. Contemporary research findings are presented and potential research designs identified.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: HON or ITP.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3301
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ITP 3400 - Ayurveda
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Completion of ENG 1010 and ENG 1020
Description: The student will learn the basic principles underlying the Indian health care system known as Ayurveda. It includes yoga, breathing techniques, meditation, herbal remedies, dietary practices, and the theories and research behind these practices.
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ITP 3450 - Dynamics of Disease
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ITP 1500
Description: This course will acquaint students with the processes, dynamics and treatment of diseases with special focus on chronic diseases. It will also explore the psychosocial aspects of health as it relates to patients, families and caregivers; psychological crises; and death and dying.
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ITP 3500 - Traditional Chinese Medicine
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1010 and ENG 1020
Description: The student will learn a basic understanding of the mechanisms and principles by which traditional Chinese medicine is practiced. Students explore different therapeutic modalities. Course content includes traditional Chinese philosophy as applied to treatment in acupuncture, herbal medicine, massage therapy, T’ai Chi, and Qi-Gong. Individuals will need to be open to learning about different philosophical beliefs upon which Chinese medicine is based.
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ITP 3600 - Energy Medicine
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ITP 2500
Description: An experiential and conceptual exploration of energy medicine, the student will learn to combine theoretical foundations, such as quantum physics and chakra anatomy, with a strong, practical emphasis, including energy field assessment, basic healing techniques, and distance healing.
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ITP 3700 - Physiology of Aging
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): BIO 2310 and BIO 2320
Description: This course views aging from biological perspectives, explores theories of aging, and examines individual and cultural variations in the aging process. These themes form a backdrop to a detailed study of age-related structural and functional changes in the bodily systems, as well as the common diseases associated with each system. Successful aging will be emphasized through an examination of the modifiable risk factors for senescence and age-associated diseases.
Cross Listed Course(s): BIO 3530
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ITP 3750 - Integrative Health Study Abroad
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Major within the Health Professions Department, 2.5 GPA and permission of instructor
Description: This is a variable topics course conducted in a study abroad format. The countries visited will vary as to where the course is offered. Students will study the health care of the country visited, including how people access healthcare, health care programs available, and how health care policy, environment, and tradition impact the health of the population.
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ITP 3800 - Stress and Sleep: Impact on Health and Disease
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): BIO 2310 or ITP 1500
Description: This course provides an in-depth study of stress, sleep, and the relationship between the two. Students will learn the physiologic mechanisms of acute and chronic stress, diseases associated with stress overload, and evidence-based ways to manage stress. They will also learn about sleep needs over the life cycle, circadian rhythms, major sleep disorders, and the dangers of sleep deprivation.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: HON or ITP.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3801
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ITP 3810 - Men Across Cultures
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1010 or ENG 1009
Description: The purpose of this course is to address men/boys’ health by bridging the understanding of how ethnic and cultural influences directly affect men’s beliefs and behaviors about health and healthcare. Students in this course will explore the theoretical and practical influences on the experience of being a man in various cultures, which includes the major ethnicities in the U.S., as well as subcultures within those groups. Additionally, the content includes intersections of other populations and forms of identity and their influences on male health behaviors and outcomes.
University Requirement(s): Ethnic Studies & Social Justice
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ITP 3850 - Lifestyle Medicine
Credits: 3
Description: This class is an overview of lifestyle medicine and its use in disease prevention and enhancing overall health and wellbeing. Students will gain a basic understanding of the most common medical conditions that are impacted by lifestyle behaviors. In addition, we will explore the importance of motivation and behavior change in the field of lifestyle medicine and the importance of self-care/self-advocacy for optimal health. Students will learn about the importance of referral to appropriate health professionals.
General Studies: Social and Behavioral Sciences
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ITP 3911 - Fathers and Health: A Global Perspective
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1009 or ENG 1010
Description: This course is designed to enrich student’s knowledge and understanding of global fathering practices through the lens of health. Students will be exposed to cross-cultural medical literature that looks at how father’s health behaviors such as diet, lifestyle, and physical health, in their own childhood, during peri-conception and in the developing years of his child’s life, are determinant factors on various dimensions of children’s health. Further, the course content includes emerging international research on the impact of fathering on a man’s own identity and health - his longevity, his predisposition to depression, his heart health status, cancer risks, and societal influence. Student will then study various cultural influences that affect the health of fathers, and the influence on children and how those influences percolate across borders.
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ITP 3920 - Gender Politics of Health
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): GWS 1001 or SOC 1010 or PSY 1001
Description: This course focuses on health issues specific to women and the challenges historically faced by women in the health care arena. Students will learn about the role of patriarchal medical mythologies that exist throughout various cultures in the oppression of women, especially minority women, and how women have reclaimed healing, health, and communities of medical knowledge production. This course specifically explores feminist, physiological, psychological, and sociological factors in women’s health within a global context.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: PSY, SOC, GWS, or ITP.
Cross Listed Course(s): PSY 3920, SOC 3920, GWS 3920
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ITP 4000 - Pediatric Holistic Health
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Completion of General Studies requirements in Written Communication and Oral Communication.
Description: This course provides an overview of facts promoting the biological, psychological, and social health of children. The content emphasizes health maintenance, illness/injury prevention, and a holistic approach to common childhood illnesses. For each illness reviewed, lectures and readings will cover the etiology, diagnosis, conventional treatment, complementary therapies, and home management.
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ITP 4100 - Women’s Holistic Health
Credits: 3
Description: This course takes an in-depth, holistic approach to women’s health. While highlighting new research findings, the class will explore the optimal integration of conventional medicine and complementary modalities for common women’s health concerns. Students will deepen their awareness of tools women can utilize to maintain health and prevent illness.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: GWS or ITP.
Cross Listed Course(s): GWS 4100
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ITP 4200 - Aromatherapy
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CHE 1100 or CHE 1800
Description: The student will engage in a comprehensive and practical study of aromatherapy. The student will gain information needed to develop skills and knowledge in integrated aromatherapy. The student will develop understanding of clinical and research trials, pharmacokinetics and chemistry of essential oils, physiological effects of essential oils, practical applications, and therapeutic blending. Individual oils will be profiled.
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ITP 4300 - Botanical Pharmacology
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CHE 1100 or CHE 1800
Description: The student will gain an in-depth exploration of commonly used plant medicines. The review of each botanical will include its history, botanical classification, chemical constituents, modern uses, the scientific research supporting those uses, contraindications, potential side effects, and drug interactions.
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ITP 4400 - Wellness Coaching II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ITP 2950 or ESS 2700
Description: This advanced course in wellness coaching allows students to better understand ethics, professionalism, communication, behavior change, and coaching sessions. Students create coaching agreements, behavior change plans, and document interactions to support the eventual creation of a coaching business.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ESS or ITP.
Cross Listed Course(s): ESS 4700
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ITP 4500 - Professionalism in Integrative Therapies
Credits: 1
Prerequisite(s): ITP Major or IHC Major or ITP Extended Major or IHC Extended Major and junior standing (60 or more credit hours)
Description: This preparatory course is a prerequisite for both of the senior experiences for the ITP program: ITP 4800 Internship in Integrative Therapeutic Practices or ITP 4900 Theories and Application of Knowledge for Integrative Health. The course covers pre-professional skills such as cover letters and resumes, interview skills, and professional presentations. Students choosing to take ITP 4800 will identify and apply for a health care internship, while students electing ITP 4900 will research graduate programs.
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ITP 4550 - Advanced Health Navigation and Assessment
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): HCPS 3000
Description: Students in this course will develop skills necessary to perform patient navigation and lifestyle medicine health assessments. They will also learn clinical practice guidelines for lifestyle related chronic health conditions. Students will practice developing action plans utilizing nationally accepted guidelines for healthy lifestyle behaviors. Students create community health referral networks, explore health improvement programs, and practice using the tools that health navigators and lifestyle medicine focused wellness coaches use in the community.
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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 and Lifestyle Medicine
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ITP 3850
Description: 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 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 learn about health promotion concepts, create dynamic educational presentations/materials, and serve a community through sharing what they have created. Through service learning, students assist various communities with disease prevention and enhance overall health and wellbeing through lifestyle medicine.
Note: Some sections of this course may be taught as 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 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. Students 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
Cross Listed Course(s): ESS 4950
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ITP 4999 - Applied Learning with Lifestyle Medicine
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Senior Standing
Description: Full appreciation for lifestyle medicine and other areas of health care is best realized through applying the knowledge outside of the classroom. Students who are interested in this applied learning experience will utilize lifestyle medicine and/or health care principles to address various situations related to health. Experiential learning will be tailored to students’ areas of interest, current skill set, desired knowledge and skills, post-graduate plans, and current activities. Opportunities to engage in health-related research, community service, health activism, and teaching others about health will be given as available.
Note: This course may be repeated 3 times for a maximum number of 12 credits.
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.
General Studies: Oral Communication
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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.
General Studies: Arts and Humanities, Global Diversity
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ITA 1800 - International Italian Year I
Credits: 3-6
Description: This is a variable credit course, designed for first-year students learning Italian in a study-abroad setting. The course provides an approved study-abroad educational experience in Italian speaking, comprehension, reading and writing.
Note: Student can earn a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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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 2800 - International Italian Year II
Credits: 3-6
Prerequisite(s): One year of college Italian or equivalent
Description: This variable-credit course focuses a second-year study of Italian language and culture in an approved study-abroad setting.
Note: Student can earn a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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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 3220 - History and Culture of Southern Italy through Literature
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ITA 2020 or equivalent
Description: In this course taught in Italian, students explore the culture of Southern Italy through literature, history, and cinema. Students analyze a rich selection of literary texts, historical narratives, and essays. Discussions include contrasting views on the relationship between Southern and Northern Italy, bringing together the perspectives of two different worlds.
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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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ITA 3340 - Twentieth-Century Italian Culture Through Songs
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ITA 2020 or equivalent
Description: This course further develops students’ conversational skills through the study and enjoyment of Twentieth-Century Italian music. Students also deepen their knowledge of Italian society and history. Music helps to understand the character of a people and their identity. Listening to and discussing Italian songs from the 1920s to the 1990s offers a peek into Italy’s past and present and a better understanding of the country’s major historical and social changes.
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ITA 3800 - International Italian Year III
Credits: 3-6
Prerequisite(s): Two years of college Italian or equivalent
Description: This course focuses on upper-division study of language, culture, and society in a study-abroad setting. It uses a variety of methods and includes reading, writing, and discussion seminars in Italian.
Note: Student can earn a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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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.
General Studies: Oral Communication
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JPS 1020 - Elementary Japanese II
Credits: 5
Prerequisite(s): JPS 1010 or equivalent
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.
General Studies: Arts and Humanities, Global Diversity
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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 2020 or advisor permission
Description: In this Japanese conversation course, students further develop the skills addressed in Conversational Japanese I by using the grammar points and vocabulary learned in JPS 2020. Students learn to speak more readily and with improved fluency. Students learn a variety of dialogue models that are useful in different scenarios of everyday life in Japan, and improve their communication skills, as they increase their knowledge of Japanese culture and intercultural understanding.
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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
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 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
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020
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. Students analyze media messages using the frameworks of intent, audience, bias, ownership, human representation, production aesthetic, and historical context. Students examine human representation in the media through the lens of race, gender, physical ability, socio-economic status, and so forth. Media for advocacy and digital storytelling are also introduced to begin media production concepts and skills.
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) or Corequisite(s): JMP 2400
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 Media Production and Leadership
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 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 1009 or 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 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: An introduction to the physics, perception, recording, and editing of sound-based media. Students work with digital audio recorders, various microphones, professional recording techniques, and non-linear audio editing software in creating original digital audio projects for a variety of media.
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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 1009 or 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.
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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 Nonfiction Writing
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 2100
Description: Students study and practice various types of short-form nonfiction writing that are common in traditional magazine and online news and feature outlets. These include personality profiles, music and restaurant reviews and human interest features. They survey the traditional and digital outlets that publish short-form nonfiction articles.
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JMP 3410 - Writing for Broadcast Media
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 1100 or JMP 2435
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 3425 - Creating Informational Media
Credits: 3
Description: Informational media is at the forefront of modern-day digital publishing for business, the sciences, education, and commerce. Students in this course learn, apply, and combine concepts, techniques, and research used in creating meaningful content through digital still photography, speaker support presentations, video, and archived historical media. Aspects of audience-specific content research, design, and delivery are covered to equip students with the necessary skills to bring clarity and purpose to their work.
General Studies: Social and Behavioral Sciences
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JMP 3430 - Performance for Broadcast
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JMP 2435 or permission by 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): ENG 1020 or ENG 1021
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): JMP 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): JMP 2435
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): JMP 2800 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 1009 or 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 2400 or JMP 2460
Description: In the Motion Graphics I 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 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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