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2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses

 

Civil Engineering Technology
  

  • CET 3510L:Traffic Analysis and Road Design Lab

    0 Class Hours 3 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Corequisite: CET 3510  
    This course emphasizes sound data collection and analysis techniques. Industry accepted techniques for several traffic engineering topics are presented. Studies are organized to facilitate preparation of formal transportation engineering reports. Each study follows conventional formats to aid the student in quality data collection and appropriate analysis procedures.
  

  • CET 4110:Ethics of Engineering

    1 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    A review of the theoretical and practical aspects of ethical problems in engineering, along with their suggested solutions. Specific examples, situations and limitations of ethics and ethical relationships are discussed in detail.
  

  • CET 4120:Senior Design and Engineering Documentation

    2 Class Hours 3 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Senior Standing, consent of the Program head.
    This course is designed to be the culmination of the undergraduate civil engineering technology education. Under the guidance of the professor, students will form design teams, choose a proposed or ongoing project in the metropolitan area of Atlanta and conduct design or redsign. Working as independent teams with guidance from the lead professor the projects will be completed and the results presented for review to a panel of faculty and students. Each phase of design will include appropriate engineering documentation. All final designs will include engineering drawings and a construction cost estimate.
  

  • CET 4130:Special Inspections

    2 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CET 3220 , CET 3230 , CET 3410 , CET 3410L  
    Students will learn the specialized practice of inspecting concrete and steel buildings, bridges, and foundations.
  

  • CET 4210:Computer Methods in Structures

    3 Class Hours 3 Laboratory Hours 4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CET 3210  
    Review of matrix algebra, structural analysis by matrix methods (Flexibility and Displacement), Slope-Deflection theory, true stiffness determination of spans with varying moments of inertia, multi-story analysis, global stiffness matrix determination as applied to trusses, beams and frames (2D, 3D). Use of commercially available software for analysis and design such as PC-STRAN, GTSTRUDL or STAAD-III emphasized.
  

  • CET 4220:LFRD Steel Design

    4 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CET 3220  
    This is a follow up steel design course with an emphasis on the AISC Load and Resistance Factor Design method. Topics covered are beams (fully plastic, inelastic, elastic), concentric columns, leaner columns, standard connections (bolted and welded), eccentric connections, frame design (braced), modified effective lengths, base plates, and composite beam design (both ASD and LRFD).
  

  • CET 4230:Advanced Concrete Design

    4 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CET 3230  
    This is a continuation of the concrete design procedures covered in CET 3230. Topics include pre-stress member design, post-tensioned member design, retaining wall design, biaxial bending in short and long concrete columns, and two-way slab design. 
  

  • CET 4240L:Structural Detailing Lab

    0 Class Hours 3 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CET 3220 , CET 3230  
    Students will learn the practice structural connection detailing in concrete and steel structures.
  

  • CET 4310:Stormwater Management and Erosion Control

    2 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CET 3130 , CET 3130L   Corequisite: CET 4310L  
    Study of rain distributions, run-off generation, peak flow estimations, hydrograph generation, as well as stormwater conveyance systems. This course also includes the study of structures and best management practices for erosion control to maintain or improve water quality.
  

  • CET 4310L:Erosion Control Lab

    0 Class Hours 3 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Corequisite: CET 4310  
    Student applies the process for the selection and implementation of best management practices in erosion control.  Students will visit operating stormwater retention facilities to assess the implementation of outlet structures to reduce erosion control.
  

  • CET 4320:Unit Operations in Environmental Engineering

    3 Class Hours 3 Laboratory Hours 4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CET 3130  and CET 3320  
    Study of the unit operations for advanced water and waterwaste treatment. Standard laboratory tests with accompanying reports are included. Topics include membrane processes, carbon absorption, air stripping, nutrient removal and sludge treatment.
  

  • CET 4330:Solid Waste Management

    2 Class Hours 3 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CET 3320  
    Study of management and equipment alternatives in solid waste generation, collection, processing, transferring, transporting and disposal. Consideration of legislation, regulation and management of solid wastes. Activities include field trips and a municipal solid waste landfill design with both oral and written project reports.
  

  • CET 4331:Highway Design

    3 Class Hours 3 Laboratory Hours 4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CET 3510 , CET 3510L  
    A continuation of the highway design concepts introduced in Transportation Systems. The changing role of the highway designer and the impacts of GIS on the design process will be examined. Design projects will be used to reinforce material studied.
  

  • CET 4340:Air Pollution Control

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CET 3320  
    Global and local effects of air pollution, pollution sources, emission controls, meteorology, plume dispersion and rise, particulate, sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, air quality and emission standards, and control systems and devices.
  

  • CET 4410:Foundation and Retaining Wall Design

    2 Class Hours 3 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CET 3410  
    This course presents the basic concepts and fundamental principles that are necessary to understand the standard methods of foundation and earth retaining structure design. Students will be encouraged to use Excel spreadsheets to solve foundation engineering design problems. Course topics will include shallow foundations, mat foundations, pile foundations, conventional retaining walls, braced excavations, mechanical stabilized earth walls and soil nail walls.
  

  • CET 4411:FE Exam Preparation - Civil Discipline

    4 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Senior Standing or consent of the Department Chair.
    A review of the civil engineering technology discipline and associated math and sciences in preparation for the Fundamentals of Engineering exam. (Not for credit for CET and Surveying and Mapping majors).
  

  • CET 4418:Engineering Geology

    2 Class Hours 3 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CET 3301, CET 3302
    Introductory geology, including rock types, geneses, formations, strength, permeability, and weathering. Investigation of the effects of geologic structure, groundwater, rock properties and mineralogy on design and construction of highways, buildings, tunnels and dams. Problems of construction excavation and de-watering, tunneling methods, evaluation of slope stability and determination of geologic substructure through use of maps and subsurface investigations.
  

  • CET 4420:Earth Dam and Levee Design

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CET 2110  and CET 3410  
    Earth dam and levee failures are important issues engineers must consider during the design and operation of the structure. Factors such as internal erosion and piping occurrences caused by seepage can lead to failure, resulting in a disaster. Levee analysis becomes an important topic as the infrastructure ages. This course will cover fundamentals of seepage, stress, deformation and overall stability issues in water retaining structures under unsaturated conditions, with fluctuating water tables, and under rapid draw down scenarios. Students will apply the fundamentals to the design of earth dams and levees, and perform risk analyses.
  

  • CET 4430:Slope Stability

    2 Class Hours 3 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CET 2110  and CET 3410  
    This course focuses on empirical and numerical analytical methods to evaluate and predict landslide failure behavior. Topics will include limit equilibrium slope stability analysis, including Bishop, Janbu, Spenser, Morgenstern-Price methods, and effects of water on slope stability. Students will review case studies and examine initiation, development, and failure of slopes. The course will include the use of finite element, Program SLOPE/W, and Excel spreadsheet applications.
  

  • CET 4450:Pavement Design and Maintenance

    3 Class Hours 3 Laboratory Hours 4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CET 3301, CET 3302, CET 3321
    A study of the methods used to determine thickness and composition of the components of both flexible and rigid highway pavements. Class work will also include evaluation of paving materials, design of pavement drainage systems recognition of pavement distress, and the design of repair measures. Standard techniques and computer software such as that of PCA, ACPA, the Asphalt Institute and AASHTO will be utilized in pavement thickness design.
  

  • CET 4484:Hydraulic Analysis and Design

    4 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CET 3343
    Applies principals of fluid mechanics to the design and analysis of hydraulic systems. The course emphasizes open channel flow and addresses topics of interest to the Civil Engineer. Topics include hydraulic grade line calculations, pump design, culvert analysis and design, base flood elevation studies using HEC-RAS, non-uniform flow, gutters and inlets, water distribution, open channel design.
  

  • CET 4510:Transportation Network Design

    4 Class Hours 4 Laboratory Hours 4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CET 3510  
    A study of the principles and concepts employed in the design of multi-model transportation networks. Topics include: interaction of multi-model systems, terminal design, ports and harbors, airport design, and mass transit. Design projects will look at solutions to network problems facing metropolitan Atlanta.

Coles Scholar
  

  • CSCH 4010:Applied Leadership in Business

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Business Majors: Admission to Coles College of Business and admission to the Coles College Scholars program; Non-business Majors: Not available to non-business majors.
    This course focuses on leadership as an inward and personal journey of service to others and requires students to engage in an in-depth self-examination of skills, personality, and attitudes to increase self-awareness of leadership competencies. Students will be exposed to leadership cases as well as interact with business community leaders to develop insights and then apply this for their personalized leadership development.

    Notes: This course is the first of the five required courses for the Coles Scholars Program.
  

  • CSCH 4020:Critical Thinking and Decision Making

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Business Majors: Admission to Coles College of Business, admission to the Coles College Scholars program, and CSCH 4010 ; Non-business Majors: Not available to non-business majors.
    In this course, students are exposed to critical thinking and decision-making theory, methodology and tools. In addition to the theory of knowledge and the “ways of knowing,” students will learn to identify key assumptions, evaluate, and develop and test appropriate hypotheses within the context of large and small problem-solving situations. There is an emphasis on a variety of problems, including those that deal with uncertainly, equivocality, and factors that are measurable and hard to quantify.
  

  • CSCH 4030:International Immersion

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Business Majors: Admission to Coles College of Business, admission to the Coles College Scholars program, and CSCH 4020 ; Non-business Majors: Not available to non-business majors.
    In this course, students will participate in a multi-week international experience designed to immerse students in an international business environment focused on student learning. Students will utilize leadership and teaming skills learned in CSCH 4010 and problem-solving and decision-making techniques practiced in CSCH 4020 to work together as a team to solve community problems in another country. Through this active participation in the international experience, scholars will gain an understanding of the cultural challenges and opportunities faced by organizations working in a global environment.
  

  • CSCH 4040:Consulting & Change Management

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Business Majors: Admission to Coles College of Business, admission to the Coles College Scholars program, and CSCH 4020 ; Non-business Majors: Not available to non-business majors.
    This course focuses on the processes and actions used by experts to help others improve their business practices. This course will introduce students to both the processes, such as contracting, data gathering, and delivery, as well as the human interactions that underlie effective consulting engagements. The course will draw on a variety of resources and guest speakers in the classroom, as well as applied experiences at local firms where teams of students will engage and work with “clients” on current challenges faced by the firm.
  

  • CSCH 4050:Business Intelligence

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Business Majors: Admission to Coles College of Business, admission to the Coles College Scholars program, and CSCH 4040 ; Non-business Majors: Not available to non-business majors.
    This course will walk students through the process of defining problems in business, developing “hypotheses,” determining appropriate data for testing, collecting the data, and analyzing it. The course will leverage the concepts from CSCH 4020, as well as statistics background, and modern technology for dealing with datasets, large and small. There will be a focus on dealing with large data sources, planning business strategies for collecting data over time, and how best to share results.

Communication
  

  • COM 1100:Human Communication

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    This course is an overview of the communication discipline that identifies and explores the various components, situations, and channels involved in the communication process. The main objective is for students to critically assess and improve their personal and professional communication skills with others.
  

  • COM 2020:CSI: Communication Sources and Investigations

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  
    This course introduces the approaches and paradigms used in communication research. Emphasis is placed on locating, reviewing, and evaluating communication research studies found in academic publications; the basic structure and function of a literature review; and communication research ethics. This course provides practical experience using the American Psychological Association formatting style.
  

  • COM 2033:Visual Communication

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1101  and ENGL 1102  
    COM 2033 is an introduction to visual communication using perceptual, physiological, psychological, cultural, and semiotic concepts. The course focuses on visual awareness and processing as key elements in effective communication.
  

  • COM 2129:Public Speaking

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    This course covers methods and practice in effective oral communication with an emphasis on speech preparation and presentation.
  

  • COM 2135:Writing for Public Communication

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1101  and ENGL 1102  
    This course covers application and practice of writing form and style particular to communication industry careers, such as journalism, public relations and human resource areas. Includes weekly writing assignments.
  

  • COM 2230:Introduction to Mass Communication

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  
    This course is a survey of the various genres of mass media such as books, magazines, newspapers, radio, television, film, Internet and others. Examines the development, roles, functions, problems and criticisms of specific media from a global context.
  

  • COM 2240:Communication Law, Ethics and Diversity

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  
    This course provides an overview of law, ethics and diversity in mass media. It examines the basics of freedom of expression and press laws in the United States including freedom of information and access to government records. The course analyzes several approaches to ethics in media, journalism and public relations. It also examines diversity in the mass media, journalism and public relations industries.
  

  • COM 2290:Special Topics

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Students will explore selected special topics relevant to the mission of the Department of Communication.
  

  • COM 3315:Interviewing

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Must have earned at least 30 credit hours.
    Methods and practice in situational interviewing, including selection, sales, journalistic and media interviews. Examines roles and functions of both interviewee and interviewer.
  

  • COM 3320:Health Communication

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Must be a declared major in the School of Communication and Media. Non-majors: 30+ credit hours and permission from the School of Communication and Media.
    This course introduces theoretical and applied aspects of health communication. Current health issues a examined in varied communication contexts, such as interpersonal, group, organizational, and mediated communication. This course analyzes provider-patient communication, intercultural communication and health beliefs, and health messages in the media. A variety of contemporary public health issues are presented. The course also examines the effectiveness of prevention messages using identified communication strategies.
  

  • COM 3340:Digital Media Production

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: COM 2230 , must be a declared major in the School of Communication and Media; Non-majors: permission of the School.
    This course focuses on the application and impact of digital media technology and how it has changed the production experience in a journalistic context. The course addresses the principles of shooting, sound characteristics, ergonomics, and basic techniques for field recording (time-code, miking, shot composition, and mixing). Audio and video formats are examined in the context of non-linear post-production.
  

  • COM 3350:Editing for Today’s Media

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Must be a declared major in the School of Communication and Media. Non-majors: 30+ credit hours and permission from the School of Communication and Media. 
    This course explores the role of the copy editor in print, broadcast, and online media, with a focus on developing the skills required to be an effective editor in the age of convergence. Through lecture, guest speakers, and in-class and out-of-class assignments, students will gain effective experience in copy editing, and the use of graphics, type, headlines, and layout to produce effective news and feature stories, and public relations materials.
  

  • COM 3398:Internship in Communication

    1-9 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Approval of SOCM internship coordinator and eligibility based on the following criteria: junior standing (60 + credit hours) at least a 2.5 GPA, and at least one semester of communication coursework successfully completed at Kennesaw State University. Must be a declared major in the School of Communication & Media.
    An internship is a supervised, credit-earning work experience of approximately one semester with a previously approved business firm, private agency, or government agency. Up to nine communication internship hours may be earned for credit. To help students build their resume, a maximum of six credit hours may be earned at one internship site per semester. If a student chooses a second internship, he or she must take an internship with another organization.
  

  • COM 3435:Communication Research Methods

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: COM 2135  and COM 2020  
    This is an advanced course on the nature of academic inquiry in communication, the structure and methodology of professional and academic research, and the resources available for access to published research.
  

  • COM 4100:Directed Applied Research

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: COM 3435  and consent of the instructor and School Director; must be a declared major in the School of Communication & Media. 
    This course offers students an opportunity to investigate communication-oriented concepts and issues by assisting in faculty-led research or scholarship. Course content and instructional methodologies are identified by the faculty’s needs and expectations.
  

  • COM 4400:Directed Study

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: 60+ credit hours; must be a declared major in the School of Communication & Media.
    This course focuses on specific topics of an advanced nature not in the regular course offerings.
  

  • COM 4480:Communication Theory

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: COM 3435  and 60+ credit hours; must be a declared Communication, Journalism or Public Relations major.
    This course is an in-depth and diversified examination of various theories analyzing and describing the human communication process from different perspectives, including interpersonal, organizational and mass communication.
  

  • COM 4490:Special Topics in Communication

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: 45+ credit hours; must be a declared major in the School of Communication & Media.
    This course consists of selected special topics of interest to faculty and students.
  

  • COM 4499:Senior Thesis

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: COM 3435  or COM 4480  
    The senior thesis is designed to allow students to apply course work to professional issues. The course culminates in the student’s preparation and presentation of an undergraduate thesis or creative project.

    Notes: This course may serve as the capstone for any of the four concentrations.
  

  • GFA 1000:Introduction to On-Set Film Production

    6 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 6 Credit Hours
    This course is the first of an 18-credit hour certification which provides an introduction to the skills used in on-set film production, including all forms of narrative media which utilize film-industry standard organizational structure, professional equipment, and on-set procedures. Students learn film production organizational structure, job descriptions, and duties in various film craft areas, names, uses and protocols related to various pieces of professional on-set film equipment. 

    In addition to the use of topical lectures, PowerPoint presentations, videos, and hand-outs, the course includes demonstrations of equipment and set operations as well as hands-on learning experiences. Students also learn, through lecture and exercises, how the various film craft relate to one another on a working set, as well as how and why they all must operate in sync. In addition, students will learn skills related to networking and self-marketing.
  

  • GFA 2000:On-Set Internship

    1 Class Hours 5 Laboratory Hours 6 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GFA 1000  
    Upon successful completion of GFA 1000: Introduction to On-Set Film Production, the GFA Film & Television Production Internship course is a 6 hour option as part of the 18 credit hours needed for the Georgia Film Academy (GFA) Certification Program. The course is designed to provide students with a basic level of on-set film production skills, knowledge and experience with film-industry standards, organizational structure, professional equipment and on-set procedures by giving students hands-on experience on the sets and offices of working film productions and businesses. 
    Students also have an opportunity to network and to build resumes in order to help market themselves with the intention of integrating into the film industry as entry-level workers.
  

  • GFA 2020:Electric & Lighting

    6 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 6 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GFA 1000 
    This course is designed to equip students with the skills and knowledge of electrical distribution and set lighting on a motion picture or episodic television set in order to facilitate their entry and advancement in the film business. Students participate in goal-oriented class projects including power distribution, set protocol and etiquette, properly setting lamps, department lingo, how to light a set to feature film standards, motion picture photography, etc. Upon completion of this course, students have a very solid and broad base of knowledge that includes, but is not limited to, the equipment, techniques, communications, specifications, etc. used in the set lighting department. Students also have a virtually complete understanding of the behavior of light and how to manipulate and control it to feature film standards.
  

  • GFA 2030:Grip & Rigging

    6 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 6 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GFA 1000 
    Grip and Rigging is an introduction and orientation to the practice of rigging and supporting grip equipment, cameras, vehicles and other physical/mechanical devices. In addition to a gaining a thorough knowledge of the equipment used in grip and rigging, students engage in on-set exercises in inventory, maintenance, set-up, trouble-shooting, teamwork, set protocol and safety.  The purpose of this course is to prepare students to work on a motion picture production set . As such, student responsibilities are matched to potential responsibilities as a team member on a production set as closely as possible.  
  

  • GFA 2040:Post Production: Film & Television AVID Editing, Digital Imaging, & Story Craft I

    6 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 6 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GFA 1000 
    This course is designed to certify students with Avid Media Composer User Certification. This certification is recognized world-wide as the industry standard for assistant editors in feature films and broadcast television. This course equips students with a unique skillset and knowledge of industry standard digital imaging, editorial process and story forging on both motion picture or episodic nonlinear productions. At the end of the course, the students will be qualified to advance a career in entertainment post production of film and television. 

    Successful completion of the coursework will award students Avid Media Composer Certified User 100 certification and qualify them to work as an assistant editor in feature films and episodic television. Students will learn “Avid Media Composer” post production processes and best practices, industry standard department lingo, image processing, basic visual effects, and color grading as well as “Digital Imaging Technician (DIT)” workflows. A large emphasis will be placed on the technical aspects of the industry standard editing tools, as well as attitude, professionalism and technique in and out of the edit room. Students will certify as an Avid Media Composer User upon passing Avid’s certification exam.
  

  • GFA 2050:Inro to Special Makeup Effects

    6 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 6 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GFA 1000 
    This course is designed to educate students with entry-level skills and knowledge in practical Special Effects (SFX) Make Up for the film and television industry. Students participate in goal-oriented class projects including fabrication, material safety, use casting materials, professional make-up, sculpting, airbrushing, and design. A large emphasis is placed on set etiquette including, but not limited to, attitude, professionalism and technique on and off set.
  

  • GFA 2060:Production Accounting

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GFA 1000 
    This course is designed to give students a broad understanding of Production Accounting and related production concepts. Students learn the fundamentals of Production Accounting for the entertainment industry, including how to manage the finances on a production and maintain accurate records. This course explains the relationship between the production accounting department, the producers, the production office and set.  Practical experience is created by the use of industry standard software.
  

  • JOUR 3310:Concepts in New Media

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: COM 2230  
    This course is an analysis of the content, process and distribution of new media, including Web-based, network-based, and CD-ROM based products. Students examine, evaluate and prepare material for informational, educational, and/or entertainment new media as well as explore the process of computer-assisted communication.
  

  • JOUR 3330:News Reporting and Writing

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: COM 2135  and COM 2230   
    This course is an introduction to the ways and means of developing, gathering, writing and editing factual and editorial copy. The course examines news personnel functions, reporting and interviewing techniques, ethical and legal considerations, along with news-writing practice surrounding the above.
  

  • JOUR 3360:Photojournalism

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: COM 3340   and must be a declared major in the School of Communication & Media. Non-Majors: Permission of the School required.
    This course introduces the fundamentals of how still photography is used to document our world in a public sphere. Students will learn the skills, theory, aesthetics and ethics of newspaper, magazine and online photojournalism. Visual storytelling from a single picture to a multi-image photo essay is explored. A digital portfolio is produced and presented at the end of the term.

    Notes: Personal digital camera required.
  

  • JOUR 3395:Journalism Study Tour

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: COM 2230 ;and 30 credit hours; and must be a declared major in the School of Communication and Media. Non-majors: Permission of the School required.
    This course offers students the opportunity to learn about news gathering, production, and presentation in one of the nation’s largest media markets. Students gain first-hand exposure to news professionals, operations, and offices. Students meet for an intensive one-week preparation class to better understand the structure and function of the professional newsroom. They visit outlets for a hands-on look at the news gathering process. Students incur additional travel expenses including the instructor’s travel expenses.
  

  • JOUR 3700:Fundamentals of Online Journalism

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: JOUR 3330 , must be a declared major in the School of Communication & Media. Non-majors: permission of the School required.
    In this course, students develop awareness and skills in producing digital news stories. This course explores digital media elements, how audiences discover news, and planning and pitching unique to digital reporting.
  

  • JOUR 3820:Video for the Web

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: COM 3340 , must be a declared major in the School of Communication & Media. Non-majors: permission of the School required.
    This course is designed to teach advanced storytelling, shooting, and editing techniques for multimedia journalism in multi-platform environments. The course teaches students to recognize and understand the technical and aesthetic aspects of visual storytelling, and how to build successful visual narratives using a combination of still images, HD video, ambient audio, and natural voices. The course is constructed to prepare students for the journalism industry and apply the journalistic standards of truth, fairness and accuracy with the tools and techniques of multimedia journalism to tell compelling narratives in a professional environment.
  

  • JOUR 3900:Journalism History

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Must be a declared major in the School of Communication & Media. Non-majors: permission of the School required.
    This course focuses on the development of news media in America, emphasizing the historical relationship of the mass media to American social, economic, and cultural patterns. The course will review the origin, growth, shortcomings, and achievements of media, the impact of society on the media, and vice versa.
  

  • JOUR 4100:Data Journalism

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: JOUR 3330  and must be a declared major in the School of Communication & Media. Non-majors: permission of the School required.
    This course offers theoretical and applied approaches to data journalism, including citizen media strategies and tactics needed for the profession. This course focuses on developing the skills and understanding needed to analyze and understand data and then use that data to tell engaging journalistic stories including data scraping and data visualization. Students develop an understanding of many of the methods used to collect data in journalism such as surveys and content analysis.
  

  • JOUR 4300:Topics in Journalism

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: JOUR 3330  or permission of instruction and must be a declared major in the School of Communication and Media. Non-majors: Permission of the School required.
    This course offers theoretical and applied approaches to journalism and citizen media strategies and tactics needed for the profession. Sample topics may include social media and journalism, sports reporting, international journalism, ethics in journalism, public affairs reporting, and innovation and entrepreneurship in journalism. This course may be taken up to two times for a total of six credit hours as long as the course content differs each semester the course is taken.
  

  • JOUR 4410:Investigative Reporting

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: JOUR 3330  and must be a declared major in the School of Communication and Media. Non-majors: Permission of the School required. 
    This course teaches students how to move beyond basic news reporting and how to develop strong story ideas, report them thoroughly and write them in compelling and impactful ways. The course examines how to uncover electronic and paper-based documents and use open records laws as part of investigative journalism.
  

  • JOUR 4412:Sports Reporting

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: JOUR 3330 , and COM 3340 ; must be a declared major in the School of Communication & Media. Non-Majors: Permission of the School required.
    In this course students prepare for and practice writing short and long form stories about sports contests at the high school, college, and professional levels. Students produce stories in multi-platform formats including video, photography and social media use. This is an advanced reporting course aimed at students who are sports enthusiasts with the goal of becoming professional sports reporters.
  

  • JOUR 4420:Advanced Media Writing

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: JOUR 3330  and must be a declared major in the School of Communication and Media. Non-majors: Permission of the School required.
    The course includes methods and practices for writing print and Internet style long-form feature stories. The course focuses on in-depth interviewing skills and query letter writing, as well as understanding multimedia storytelling.
  

  • JOUR 4430:Advanced Investigative Reporting I

    3 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: 60+ credit hours; permission of the instructor.
    This course is for the Georgia News Lab, which is open to KSU students and students in universities in the Atlanta Regional Consortium for Higher Education. It provides students high-level training in the practice and principles of investigative journalism. Students gain experience in advanced reporting and data journalism techniques and use them to develop projects in conjunction with professional reporters from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and WSB TV. Students must apply to be accepted.
  

  • JOUR 4435:Advanced Investigative Reporting II

    3 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: JOUR 4430  
    This course is for the Georgia News Lab, which is open to KSU students and students in universities in the Atlanta Regional Consortium for Higher Education. It provides students continued high-level training in the practice and principles of investigative journalism. Students gain additional experience in advanced reporting and data journalism techniques and use them to develop projects in conjunction with professional reporters from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and WSB TV. Students must apply to be accepted.
  

  • JOUR 4445:Advanced Digital Audio Production

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: JOUR 3330  and COM 3340 , 90+ credit hours; must be a declared major in the School of Communication & Media. Non-Majors: Permission of the School required.
    This course focuses on producing, writing and storytelling for audio in a journalistic context. The course is designed to teach students how to write scripts and produce radio promotions, commercials and news stories. The course surveys trends in the radio industry including traditional broadcast, digital, and satellite radio as well as podcasting and audio streaming of content.
  

  • JOUR 4450:Video News Production

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: JOUR 3330  and COM 3340 ; must be a declared major in the School of Communication & Media. Non-Majors: Permission of the School required.
    This course is designed to teach students electronic field production, including single and multiple camera operations; advanced field camera operations; tape-to-tape editing; editing techniques; single/multiple camera continuity, and scripting in a journalistic context. The students must have a fundamental understanding of production operations before enrollment.
  

  • JOUR 4470:Media Law

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: COM 2230  and POLS 1101 ; must be a declared major in the School of Communication & Media. Non-Majors: Permission of the School required.
    This course is an in-depth examination of the existing legal structure within which the media operates and the antecedent statutory and case law through which this structure has evolved. The course also addresses ethical concepts and considerations surrounding the media.
  

  • JOUR 4488:Multi-Media Visions of Community (Capstone)

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: JOUR 3700 , JOUR 4100 , and 90 or more credit hours, and must be a declared major in the School of Communication & Media. Non-majors: permission of the School required.
    This course is informed by social networking and civic, citizen and community journalism applications and theories. Student-driven teams produce multi-media journalistic reflections of community life and institutions. The students, ideally working with diverse sets of community members, choose the best methods, tools and platforms for telling their stories and justifying their choices. This is the capstone course showcasing what students have learned as a Journalism and Emerging Media major.
  

  • MENT 3100:Fundamentals of Media & Entertainment

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: COM 2230  
    This course is an introduction to media and entertainment. “Media” topics include not only media institutions, but also the context, history, and economics of media; meaning and ideology; effects on audience behavior; public life; and globalization. “Entertainment” focuses on any communication function used for entertainment purposes, including television, film, music, video games, sports, travel/tourism, museums, and theme parks. This course addresses the history, challenges, trends, and career options in these areas.
  

  • MENT 3200:Writing for Entertainment Media

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MENT 3100 ; Must be a declared major in the School of Communication and Media.
    This course focuses on the art of entertainment content creation via developing and writing content for various screens. Students explore the process of translating and formatting creative concepts for film, television, and new media. Students develop their own original ideas and explore practical applications of the course objectives: Analyze short and long form content for film, television, and new media; critique screenwriting samples; identify story structure; understand the creative process for entertainment writers; utilize software to execute standard formatting for screenplays; recognize industry terminology; and develop content and characters from original concepts.
  

  • MENT 3300:Entertainment Podcasting

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MENT 3100 ; Must be a declared major in The School of Communication and Media.
    In this course, students learn about the recording hardware, software, and production skills needed to produce effective entertainment podcasts. Students are taught to strategically research and prepare captivating and memorable audio segments; develop audio programming strategy skills; hosting, presenting, and interview strategies; and perfect the editing skills needed to produce high-quality and professional-sounding audio.
  

  • MENT 3326:International Media

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: COM 2230 ; Must be a declared major in the School of Communication and Media.
    This course explores mass media and culture from an international perspective. Students analyze international communication theories, global communication infrastructure, the global media marketplace, and international communication and the internet. Students also examine specific communication systems, both democratic and authoritarian, and how media is disseminated in a global context. International media products such as film, music, radio, and TV programming, online content, and advertisements are also covered.
  

  • MENT 4424:Uses and Effects of Mass Media

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: COM 2230 ; Must be a declared major in the School of Communication and Media.
    This course examines research findings and commentary about mass media impact and use in the United States. Through the lens of media theory, students explore what mass media “do” to users and what users “do” with the mass media, and why these effects and uses are thought to occur. This course is useful for students interested in graduate work in mass media, professional media careers, media literacy, or more conscientious use of mass media and awareness of possible effects on themselves or others.
  

  • MENT 4425:Gender, Race and Media

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MENT 3100 ; Must be a declared major in the School of Communication and Media. Non-majors: Permission of the School required. 
    This course is an examination of mass media portrayals of gender and race, from years past to present. Students analyze media artifacts, identify recurring themes, and explore research about the societal effects of stereotypical media portrayals.
  

  • MENT 4430:Media Management

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MENT 3100 ; Must be a declared Major in the School of Communication and Media. Non-majors: Permission of the School required.
    This course is a comprehensive examination and analysis of the structure, personnel, planning, operations, economics and editorial broadcast, production, advertising, and public relations companies as well as new media.
  

  • MENT 4434:Topics in Media

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MENT 3100 ; must be a declared major in the School of Communication and Media. Non-majors: permission of the instructor.
    This course offers theoretical and applied approaches to media problems and issues. Sample topics may include media literacy, media and society, social and digital media, children and media, celebrity media culture, and courses based on various genres of electronic media. This course may be taken up to two times for a total of six credit hours as long as the course content differs each semester the course is taken.
  

  • MENT 4436:Topics in Entertainment

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MENT 3100 ; must be a declared major in the School of Communication and Media.
    This course offers theoretical and applied approaches to entertainment topics, challenges, and trends. Sample topics may include entertainment industries and properties, fandom and fan studies, sports as entertainment, arts and leisure entertainment, interactive entertainment, travel and tourism as entertainment, global entertainment, and careers in entertainment. This course may be taken up to two times for a total of six credit hours as long as the course content differs each semester the course is taken.
  

  • MENT 4444:Film and Video Structure and Process

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: 60+ credit hours.
    An examination of the television and motion picture industries, covering such factors as development, pre-production, the production process, post-production and distribution. Emphasis will be placed on the managerial aspects of the process and will include the institutional/instructional video market.
  

  • MENT 4454:moMENTum productions

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: COM 3340 ; Must be a major in the School of Communication & Media.
    This course is the advanced video production course in the MENT major in which students work with campus and external clients on video projects. The instructors secure several clients for the semester and students are briefed by each client before we start our work. Class time is spent on best practices in video production, client relations, proper pre-production strategies, and professional development. Students are required to be available outside of scheduled class time to attend events, on-location shoots, and meetings for our clients. Students can add each project to their individual digital portfolios and professional reels.
  

  • MENT 4464:Documentary Filmmaking

    2 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: COM 3340 ; must be a declared major in the School of Communication & Media.
    This course is designed to enable students to develop a critical, aesthetic, and ethical approach to visual representation. Through selected documentary viewings, discussions, lectures, and the development and completion of a final project, students learn the necessary processes for producing documentary films. The course culminates with a class production of a short documentary on a topic approved by the instructor. Historical, theoretical, and methodological elements of documentary production are highlighted.
  

  • MENT 4485:Media & Entertainment Capstone

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: COM 3340  and MENT 4424 ; must be a MENT major.
    This course is the capstone course for Media and Entertainment majors. Students complete a theoretical or applied project during the semester focusing on theoretical/methodological concerns in media and entertainment and their implications for our understanding of media in society. The course culminates in a paper/project that integrates, critiques, extends, and applies knowledge gained from prior media and entertainment courses. Students present their own projects and contribute to substantive discussions of presentations by other students.
  

  • MENT 4495:Media and Entertainment Study Tour

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: 60+ credit hours and MENT 3100 ; must be a declared MENT major
    This course offers students the opportunity to learn about the fields of media and entertainment by visiting some well-known media/entertainment properties and corporations. Students gain firsthand exposure to the wide range of careers in these fields and the skill sets necessary to succeed in the industry. Students meet for an intensive one-week preparation class to better understand the structure and function of media and entertainment companies; the second week will be on-site at various locations.
  

  • ORGC 2030:Careers in Organizational Communication

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  
    As career preparation, this course examines occupational industries, job roles, and professional skills relevant to the organizational communication course discipline. The learning activities help students articulate goals and synthesize resources, strategies, and activities to chart a realistic career path. Additionally, students self-assess career readiness through seven competencies with a prospective professional association or mentor, and identify post graduate education or training options for career development.
  

  • ORGC 3025:Introduction to Organizational & Professional Communication

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Must be a declared major in the School of Communication and Media. Non-majors: 30+ credit hours and permission from the School of Communication and Media.
    This course is an introduction to organizational & professional communication as a discipline. It covers methods and applications of basic theories, interactive structures, and directions within various organizational environments.
  

  • ORGC 3325:Intercultural Communication

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: 60+ credit hours.
    This course is a study of cultural and communication variables that impact the interaction process between peoples. Intercultural communication is examined during the time communication participants share ideas, information, persuasion and emotions.
  

  • ORGC 3345:Team Communication

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: 60+ credit hours; must be a declared major in the School of Communication and Media. Non-majors: Permission of the School required.
    This course is a study of input, process and output variables in small group discussion. The emphasis is on participation, observation and evaluation of various discussion methods.
  

  • ORGC 3376:Interpersonal Communication

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Must have earned at least 30 credit hours. 
    Theory and application of communication concepts involving interpersonal relationships and contexts.
  

  • ORGC 3459:Communication and Conflict

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Must be a declared major in the School of Communication and Media. Non-majors: 30+ credit hours and permission from the School of Communication and Media. 
    This course introduces a model of effective conflict management in organizations and other contexts via appropriate communicative strategies. The model proposes that our perspective of dealing with conflict determines our approach to conflict situations. This course provides students with practical knowledge for understanding the benefits of conflict, recognizing its evolution, and applying various strategies for dealing with different people in a variety of contexts.
  

  • ORGC 4344:Training and Development

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ORGC 3025 ,and 60+ hours; must be a declared major in the School of Communication and Media. Non-majors: Permission of the School of Communication & Media.
    This course covers methods and practice in communication training and development for organizations including pre-assessment, writing objectives, training techniques, post-training evaluation, feedback, implementation. The emphasis is on communication processes and outcomes for the trainer and trainee plus communication skill development within training modules.
  

  • ORGC 4440:Leadership Communication

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Must be a declared major in the School of Communication and Media.
    Leadership Communication distinguishes leadership as an influential message-centered process. Based on this perspective, the course examines the variables of message exchange (communicator role, message content and meaning, media, context, and culture) as they impact organizational goal achievement. Eight major communication approaches are used to explain leadership. Special attention is given to understanding communication theory and extending social science research.
  

  • ORGC 4455:Organizational Communication Practicum (Capstone)

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ORGC 3025  and COM 3435  and 90+ credit hours; must be a declared major in the School of Communication and Media.
    This course is the study and application of the organizational communication assessment process used by consultants, trainers and managers. In this capstone course, students conduct a communication audit for a local company and develop a written analysis of the organization’s internal communication patterns.
  

  • ORGC 4470:Topics in Organizational & Professional Communication

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Must be a declared major in the School of Communication and Media.
    This course offers theoretical and applied approaches to the understanding of organizational & professional communication. Sample topics may include global leadership in organizations, nonprofit organizations, professional coaching, and organizational systems. Semester topics will vary. This course may be taken up to two times for a total of six credit hours as long as the course content differs each semester the course is taken.
  

  • PR 3335:Public Relations Principles

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: COM 2230  
    An introduction to the history, role, and functions of public relations, including public relations theory, ethics, and industry and career issues.
  

  • PR 3355:Public Relations Cases

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: PR 3335  and must be a declared major in the School of Communication and Media. Non-majors: Permission of the School required.
    This course examines basic roles and functions of messaging strategy in promoting organizational goals. A case study approach  emphasizes theory and methods for effective communication with diverse organizational publics, including the mass media, employees, consumers, financial stakeholders and special interest groups.
  

  • PR 3375:Public Relations Writing

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: PR 3335  and must be a declared major in the School of Communication and Media. Non-majors: Permission of the School required.
    This course offers practice in writing public relations applications, including news releases, public service announcements, and newsletter articles. Students create a portfolio of writing samples.
  

  • PR 3380:PR Strategies and Tactics

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: PR 3335  and must be a declared major in the School of Communication and Media. Non-majors: Permission of the School required. 
    This course examines the application of strategies and tactics used to achieve objectives of a public relations plan. Students learn and practice foundational skills and techniques used in the professional practice of public relations, such as developing effective communication strategies and tactics, media relations, media training, distribution of news and information, special events and the use of photos, graphics and video.
  

  • PR 3385:International Public Relations

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: PR 3335  and must be a declared major in the School of Communication and Media. Non-majors: Permission of the School required.  
    This course introduces students to the global perspective of public relations while emphasizing corporate and agency public relations. Students learn and apply concepts of planning, research and international or cultural communication in the field of public relations.
 

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