BA in Communications Course Description 2 at Thomas More College Kentucky
COM301 Journalism I (3)
Journalism will study the methods of gathering and evaluating news and re-writing and editing journalistic copy. The course emphasizes journalistic writing, interviewing, reporting, and its influence on contemporary society.
COM302 Journalism II (3)
A course in advanced reporting, review and criticism, treatment of copy, and total production stages. The course will include practical application of skills in a laboratory setting.
COM305 Argumentation and Debate (3)
A course developed to give students experience in argument development, tactics and testing. Training in the skill of cross examination and refutation will also be stressed. Past and current social issues will serve as research material. This course fulfills the core requirement in Communication.
COM310 Writing for Production and the Media (3)
Students will examine the types of writing and strategic and tactical knowledge needed to write for print, broadcast, and online media. Such writing could include news and feature articles, promotions, and advertising copy.
COM317 Principles of Public Relations (3)
Students will develop a basic understanding of public relations functions and how to practice them. It is also the basic course for students in the public relations track in the Communication major.
COM320 Mass Media (3)
The objective of this course is to survey the functions, operation, responsibilities, and influences of print and broadcast media in modern society.
COM331 Studies in Public Address (3)
Prominent speakers and speeches in American political, social, and intellectual life are examined, including oral and written evaluation of the historical, analytical, and critical context.
COM340 Political Campaign Communication (3)
A course that will explore the context of human communication within the setting of a political campaign. Students will consider interpersonal skills, public speaking skills and strategies, advertisements and promotions of the candidate, and special rhetorical strategies such as apologia. Current and past campaigns will be used as case studies.
COM355 Special Topics-Communication Theory and Practice (3)
Special topics courses such as Radio Broadcasting and Media Practices will be offered under this listing.
COM356 Teaching Communication and Theatre (3)
A course designed to develop Communication and Theatre teachers for the secondary schools. Extracurricular areas of coaching forensics and mounting theatrical productions will also be explored. Cross-listed as THR 356. .
COM360 Public Relations Case Studies (3)
A capstone course in public relations that examines in detail case studies that demonstrate problem solving using public relations techniques.
COM361 Special Event Planning (3)
A course focusing on the four step pubic relations process of research, action, communication, and evaluation as it is applied to the event planning activity of public relations. Events apply to certain social or corporate contexts.
COM395 Internship in Communication (1-6)
Students work within organization, agencies, or communication media industries gaining experience with communication in practice. Students observe, assist, assume regular duties, or engage in projects under the supervision of skilled professionals.
COM400 Independent Study in Communication (1-3)
Independent study credit is offered when students wish to explore a specific issue that falls outside the parameters of the establish departmental curriculum. Independent studies are subject to departmental approval and entail direct supervision from a faculty member.
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Communication Program Objectives
Upon completion of the communications program at Thomas College, students
will be able to:
1. Demonstrate computer literacy and facility with technologically based communications,
including desktop publishing and web-based communications
2. Demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills
3. Demonstrate an understanding of marketing and public relations
4. Complete an internship in an area related to their specific interest
5. Complete a portfolio outlining their individual accomplishments in communications
6. Demonstrate an understanding of how communications functions in a variety of
contexts, both domestic and international; and
7. Demonstrate an understanding of how various factors (historical, social, cultural)
may potentially impact the communications process.
Journalism is the art of storytelling. Journalism students should aspire to be critical thinkers and to have independent, inquiring minds and a breadth of knowledge and depth of understanding that St. Thomas University identifies as the goals of a liberal education.
At the same time, both print and broadcast media now use sophisticated digital technology. The St. Thomas Journalism Programme introduces students to this technology and the skills they need to tell stories in a professional setting. St. Thomas offers students the opportunity to acquire a range of skills in both print and broadcast media that will prepare them for the
Communication is the branch of language arts which focuses on the comprehensive expression of sound, visual, oral, and written symbols. Study in the communications is geared toward understanding the many ways human beings develop, collect, disseminate and transfer information through symbols, particularly via the mass media. Also included are various ways in which communication serves to inform, persuade, entertain, and control.
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Lindsey Wilson Grant: This grant, funded by Lindsey Wilson College, is designed to meet a student's financial aid need as determined from the financial aid form. This grant program assures that all students have an opportunity to benefit from a Lindsey Wilson College education.
Federal Pell Grant: This federally funded grant is awarded solely on the basis of financial need. This grant is the foundation upon which all other aid is based.
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant: This federally funded grant is awarded to students based on financial need.
Kentucky State Grant: This grant, funded by the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is awarded according
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