COM 3780 - Communication Law

Credits: 3 (3 + 0)

Prerequisite/Corequisite: six hours of COM, JRN or Business courses or permission of instructor

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, defamation, intellectual property, privacy, and federal trade regulations as applied to print and digital media in physical and electronic formats.