COM-250 Analyzing Media

This course gives students the opportunity to analyze mass media products, including digital and print media, podcasts, radio, television, visual art and music. Students deconstruct and evaluate media to develop an intellectual comprehension of communication and how various mass media are produced, and how they connect to society and culture. The course engages the process of mass communication and media literacy, including its history and evolution. Through discussions and projects, students engage with multiple views, experiences, and beliefs. Students explore ethical and human rights issues in order to become critical consumers and producers of media and art in our multicultural world. This course uses communication theory and media products for analysis.
Prerequisites ENG-095 and RDG-095 or ELL-103, or placement into ENG-111
Gen. Ed. Course No
Mass Transfer Course Yes
Credits: 3