Telecommunications Requirements for students who entered the major BEFORE Spring 2006. 30 credits of telecom courses PLUS ECON 002 or 014.

Required courses for ALL telecom students

COMM 180 Survey of Broadcasting and Cable: introductory study of American broadcasting system; history and technological development; societal constraints on programming and practices.

COMM 381 Telecommunications Regulation: overview of the regulation of electronic media.

Prerequisites: Comm 180; Econ 002 or 014.

COMM 387 Introduction to Broadcast/Cable Management: introduction to basic principles of management as they apply in electronic media industries. Prerequisites: 180; Econ 002 or 014.

ECON 002 or 014 Introduction to Microeconomics: required of all telecommunications students before enrolling in COMM 381 and COMM 3877

Professional courses (choose a minimum of THREE)

COMM 283W Introduction to Audio and Video Communications: introduction to audio and video studio procedures.

COMM 383 Production Administration: management, production and analysis of video programming, emphasis on single-camera field production. Prerequisite: Comm 283W.

COMM 384 Media Promotion and Sales: principles of marketing applied to telecommunications; models of customer-focused selling and media time sales. Prerequisite: Comm 180 or 320.

COMM 385 Broadcast and Cable Programming: framework, principles, and strategies for the programming of broadcast and cable television, and radio stations. Prerequisite: Comm 180.

COMM 386 Telecommunications History: Historical development of telecommunications systems in the United States, including telegraph, telephone, radio, television, and the Internet.

COMM 479 Telecommunications Networks: Economic, regulatory/business issues in the design/operation of large-scale telecommunication networks such as telephone, cable, wireless, and computer networks. Prequisites: Comm 180; Econ 2 or 14.

COMM 484 Emerging Telecommunications Technologies: overview of technology of electronic media and related societal issues. Prequisite: Comm 180.

COMM 485 Analysis of Broadcast/Cable Policy: analysis of current policy issues. Prerequisite: Comm 381.

COMM 487 Telecommunications Administration: operation/administration decision-making for broadcasting, broadband, telecommunications, including sales, marketing, programming, customer service, technology adoption, finance and capital investment. Prerequisite: Comm 387.

COMM 489 Media and Information Industries: micro-economic theory and concepts in the context of telecommunications and information markets. Prerequisite: Comm 387.

COMM 490 Issues in Electronic Commerce: analysis of policy, strategic issues, and implications raised by the rapid growth of electronic commerce over the Internet. Prerequisite: Comm 180

COMM 491 International Telecommunication Trade and Policy: development in the law, policy, and business of international telecommunications; emphasis on multilateral forums-- International Telecommunications Union and World Trade Organization. Prerequisite: Comm 180.

COMM 492 Internet Law and Policy: development in the law, policy, and business of Internet-mediated communications and commerce; emphasis on impact on existing legal, regulatory, and economic models. Prerequisite: Comm 180.

COMM 493 Entrepreneurship in the Information Age: provides students with knowledge/tools to take their innovation/technology idea through the business planning, capital, and operations budgeting processes. Prerequisite: Comm 387.

Social Aspects courses (choose a minimum of ONE)

COMM 205 Women, Minorities and the Media: analysis of historical, economic, legal, political, and social implications of the relationship between women, minorities, and the mass media.

COMM 403 Law of Mass Communications: nature and theories of law; the Supreme Court and press freedom; legal problems of the mass media.

COMM 404 Mass Communications Research: introduction to social science research methods in a mass communication context. Prerequisite or concurrent: Comm 413W, Stat 200.

COMM 405 Political Economy of Communications: structure and functions of mass communications systems and their relationship to political and economic systems. Prerequisite: Econ 002.

COMM 408 Cultural Foundations of Communications: examination of oral, scribal, print, industrial, and electronic cultures; analysis of impact of technology on communications and social structure.

COMM 409 News Media Ethics: ethical problems in the practice of journalism, advertising, and public relations; principal public criticisms of news media; case study approach.

COMM 410 International Mass Communications: the role of international media in communication among and between nations and people. Complement to Comm 419.

COMM 411 Cultural Aspects of the Mass Media: the mass media as creators and critics of mass culture in American life; relationships between the media and mass culture. Prerequisite: 6 credits in the arts or the humanities.

COMM 413 The Mass Media and the Public: nature of mass comm, relationships between mass media and public, media influences on opinion; social pressures on the media.

COMM 417 Advertising Regulation and Ethics: history of advertising regulation; perspectives on formal and informal regulation; criticism of specific advertising practices. Prerequisite: Comm 320.

COMM 419 World Media Systems: comparative study of modern media systems of mass communications in selected foreign countries.

COMM 480 Theories and Issues in Mass Communications: review of contemporary theories used to explain the structure, uses, and effects of mass communications. Prerequisite: Comm 408 or 413.

COMM 497 Special Topics (1-9 credits): formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.

COMM Electives—Choose ANY three COMM courses (9 credits total)

Students must select at least 80 credits in non-communications courses, including at least 65 in the liberal arts and sciences. Under the college guidelines, students must take at least 80 credits outside the college (non-COMM courses). Therefore you can take up to 10 credits of COMM courses in addition to the 30 credits of courses required for the major.

Students must also fulfill all General Education (Gen. Ed.) and Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) requirements as prescribed by the University.