COM 4485 - Media Studies Capstone

3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: COM 4424 and COM 4480; must be a declared Communication or Public Relations major.
COM 4485 is a seminar format of extensive readings and class discussions about mass media in order to examine theoretical and methodological concerns and their implications for our understanding of media in society. The course culminates in a research paper that integrates, critiques, extends and applies knowledge gained from the readings and the student’s prior media studies. Students present the results of their research and contribute to substantive discussions of the presentations by all other students in the course.