|
Professor Alberto Cacicedo, Ph.D., Chair
Professors Mary Jane Androne, Ph.D. and Richard Androne, Ph.D.
Associate Professors Gary Adlestein, M.A.; Jon Bekken, Ph.D., director of the Communications Program; Teresa Gilliams, Ph.D. Ethan Joella, Ph.D. and Lawrence Morris, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Katherine Lehman, Ph.D.
Instructors Denise Greenwood, M.A.; Margaret Rakus, M.A.; and Marian Wolbers, M.A.
Concentration in Communications
The communications concentration requires 13 courses, including a core of intellectually rigorous conceptual courses and professional skills courses in one of two tracks: journalism or public relations and advertising communication. The core courses provide a broad, critical and humanistic understanding of the communication process and its interaction with society. Other courses allow students to refine their skills in journalism, advertising, public relations and electronic publishing. The communications concentration prepares students for careers in the mass media and for advanced study in communications. It also helps students become informed and critical consumers of media products.
NOTE: Beginning with the 2011 fall semester, the prefix for communications courses changed to COM from ENG.
Core Requirements (6):
- COM 250 (Mass Communications & Society)
- COM 320 (System of Free Expression) Fall
- COM 321 (Communication History) Spring
- COM 333 (Practicum in Communications) (Prerequisite: COM 222 or 317)
- COM 480 (Senior Seminar in Communication Research) Fall (Prerequisite: COM 250)
- COM 490 (Senior Seminar: Issues in Mass Communication) Spring (Prerequisite: COM 480)
Track Requirements (7):
Journalism: COM 222 (Writing for the Mass Media), COM 315 (Public Affairs Reporting), COM 316 (Editing & Print Production), COM 319 (Feature Writing), and three electives, at least one of which must be in communications, from the following list: COM 230 or 231, COM 255, COM 283 (Fashion Writing), COM 314, COM 317, COM 318, COM 327, COM 383, ART 215, ART 216, DIG 201, DIG 301, DIG 315, ENG 235 (Literature of Journalism), HIS 207, IDS 208, IDS 240, IDS 252, PHI 203, SOC 331
Public Relations & Advertising Communication: COM 317 (Public Relations & Advertising), COM 327 (Writing for Public Relations), COM 337 (Public Relations and Advertising Research), and four electives, at least two of which must be in communications, from the following list: COM 222, COM 230 or 231, COM 255, COM 314, COM 316, COM 318, COM 319, COM 383, ART 215, ART 265, DIG 201, DIG 301, DIG 315, HIS 207, PHI 150, PHI 203, SOC 331
No courses can be used to fulfill both a general studies and concentration requirement. Other electives may be allowed with the permission of the department chair.
top
Co-Concentration in Communications
The communications co-concentration is a group of seven courses that can combine with any other Albright College dual concentration program. It includes a core of intellectually rigorous conceptual courses and a choice of professional skills courses. Within the professional module, students may elect to refine their skills in journalism or public relations and advertising communication.
Requirements:
Co-concentrators schedule seven courses divided among three core courses, three professional courses in either the journalism or public relations and advertising communication track, and an elective.
• Core courses COM 250, 320, 480
• Journalism Track: COM 222, 315 and either 314, 316, 318 or 319
• Public Relations & Advertising Communication Track: COM 317, 327, 337
• Elective from communication offerings
top
|
