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Course ID
Course
MCOM 111
MCOM 111
Introduction to Mass Communication
Course Credits: 3
An investigation into the nature and impact of mass media and popular culture. Students will explore a wide range technological, historical, economic, theological, and other social factors and issues so they will be equipped to answer the central question of the course: how can media users faithfully and critically engage the popular narratives and other media experiences of today's culture?
NB: Fulfills University core requirement for social and global inquiry. Required of all media studies stream majors in first year.
MCOM 140
MCOM 140
Introduction to Game Design
Course Credits: 3
An intelligent, playful course in which students will apply the history, theory and practice of game design to the creation of games. While the material of this course is relevant to video game design, students will primarily focus on board and card games.
Cross-listed: GAME 140
MCOM 171
MCOM 171
Introduction to Communication
Course Credits: 3
This course is designed to introduce students to key questions in the field of communication studies regarding human interconnectedness. Beginning with social scientific and humanistic models of inquiry it proceeds to survey theories and research, and requires students to investigate questions and formulate answers to personal, social, and global issues.
NB: Fulfills University core requirement for social and global inquiry. Required of all media and communication majors in first year.
MCOM 172
MCOM 172
Introduction to Interpersonal Communication
Course Credits: 3
An introduction to basic self-awareness and interpersonal communication skills. Students learn about the nature of the communication process. The emphasis is on developing and practising the ability to communicate effectively with others. As part of the course requirements, students are expected to share personal (but not necessarily private) experiences with others.
NB: Course taught at Catholic Pacific College, an approved TWU learning centre.
MCOM 190
MCOM 190
Communication Colloquium
Course Credits: 0
This course gathers the entire department together on a weekly basis to talk about important issues facing communication students and professionals, and to help prepare students for finding and building their careers after graduating, which is accomplished by bringing in guest speakers from a variety of professions. These sessions also give an opportunity for students to consider the integration of faith and career. Another goal is to build connections and community within the department and the School of the Arts, Media and Culture.
NB: Required of all students majoring in media and communication (not corporate communication) every semester through the duration of their program (eight times).
MCOM 191
MCOM 191
Research and Writing in Communication
Course Credits: 3
This writing-intensive course orients students to the demands of academic research and writing within the media and communication major. By course completion, the diligent student should be able to write lucid, academic, and researched prose in the genres of cultural critique, scientific reporting, and term papers. Central to the course are the twin emphases of critical thinking strategies and research methods in the information age.
NB: Required of all media and communication majors and all corporate communication majors in second year.
MCOM 192
MCOM 192
Communication Colloquium: Professional Preparation
Course Credits: 1
This course operates in conjunction with MCOM 190 “Communication Colloquium.” Students gather with the entire department together on a weekly basis to talk about important issues facing communication students and professionals, consider the connections between their faith and their careers, build community in the program, and prepare to find and build their careers after graduating. Students dive deeper into this last goal of professional preparation in this course than MCOM 190.
MCOM 211
MCOM 211
Introduction to Film Studies
Course Credits: 3
Course covers the art of cinema as it explores issues and ideas related to the study of film as an aesthetic, moral, textual, social, and technical art. In doing so, it will help students investigate and discover how to read and interpret narrative film from a variety of perspectives. It will also give students the opportunity to create short films that explore cinematic expression from a hands-on perspective. Though the emphasis will be on traditional narrative approaches to cinema the course will also compare and contrast this approach with experimental, alternative, and transgressive cinemas that challenge the status quo and offer unconventional and unorthodox perspectives. Ethical and spiritual considerations from a Christian perspective will also be explored.
NB: Viewing fee. Required of all film concentrations and minors.
MCOM 221
MCOM 221
Digital Filmmaking I
Course Credits: 3
This introductory course in the art and craft of digital video production familiarizes students with the classical approach to cinematic aesthetics and techniques. Students work individually and collaboratively as they produce, shoot, and edit short films. Emphasis is placed on analyzing films from a filmmaker's perspective.
NB: Lab fee. Fulfils university core requirement for aesthetic and performance inquiry. Fulfils departmental visual creativity competency requirement; required of all film concentrations and minors.