Courses

Current Courses       [Return to Top]

Course enrollment and meeting schedule information is available at the UL Schedule of Classes site.  More information about courses, their prerequisites, and degree programs is available in the UL undergraduate and graduate catalogs. Courses all have a Moodle online course management component.

Other Courses Taught at UL       [Return to Top]

CMCN 577 – Graduate Seminar: Global Media. Survey of US and global media, cultural norms, and media values. Class to be co-taught with faculty and students from Qatar University via distance education technologies.

CMCN 575 – Graduate Research.   Fields of communication study, research designs and methodologies utilized, and formulation of a research plan for a thesis.   (Formerly listed as CMCN 500.)

CMCN 572 – Communication Theory.  Graduate seminar addressing theories of cognitive processing, social behaviors, influence and social mobilization, diffusion of innovations, and organizational aspects as related to human information processing and mass media effects.  (Formerly listed as CMCN 530.)

CMCN 511 – Journalism and Mass Communication. Primary theories of mass media content and effects. Emphasis on role of mass media in a democracy.

CMCN 487(G) – Global Media. Survey of US and global media, cultural norms, and media values. Class to be co-taught with faculty and students from Qatar University via distance education technologies.

CMCN 469(G) – Digital Media Convergence.  Students work together to develop a multimedia project on DVD that includes various video, audio, print, and HTML segments.  Concepts and theories of hypermedia production as well as production company management are discussed.  Students produce capstone DVD portfolio and may also work with client.  

CMCN 465(G) – Documentary Filmmaking.  Essential creative, analytical, and production skills involve in producing documentaries for film and television. Students produce video documentaries for real world clients.

CMCN 455(G) – Television News Production.  Advanced course in broadcast news production.  Students produce weekly newscast that is telecast on local cable television.

CMCN 384 – Communication Theory and Research.  Enables students to acquire a foundation in behavioral communication theory and research methods utilized for information-collection, planning and evaluation in journalism, public relations, broadcasting, and corporate and interpersonal communication.   (Formerly listed as CMCN 344.)

CMCN 360 – TV Studio Production.  Hands-on course in operation of television studio facility for the production of any type of programming including: news, public affairs, and corporate video.

CMCN 338 – Internet Communication.  Historical and interdisciplinary theoretical framework for computer-mediated communication; applications include HTML.   (Course taught in both traditional and exclusively online formats. Check the UL Schedule of Classes site for more information on the format each section is being taught in.)

CMCN 212 – Introductory Newswriting.  Intensive introductory course in writing for print and broadcast news.  Students learn techniques of both reporting and writing.  Both in-class and out of class projects assigned.

CMCN 170 – Media and Society.  Introductory course surveying the major influences on mass-mediated reality and their effects on public opinion.  Includes technology, government regulation, and economics.   (Formerly listed as CMCN 110.)  (Course taught in both traditional and exclusively online formats. Check the UL Schedule of Classes site for more information on the format each section is being taught in.)

HUMN101 – Exploration in Liberal Arts.  Freshman seminar to introduce students to the university and to the college. Presentation of academic skills, services, intellectual content and individual/peer relationships in higher education. May be used as Liberal Arts elective. Restr: Liberal Arts majors only.

Courses Taught at Other Institutions       [Return to Top]

• MTI (Cairo, Egypt) -- Spring 2009

• University of West Florida -- 1998 to 2002

• University of South Alabama -- 1995 to 1998

• University of Evansville -- 1992 to 1995

• University of Kentucky (Grad Assistant) -- 1988 to 1992

• Other Institutions

Modern University for Technology & Innovation (Cairo, Egypt) -- 2009

Communication Theory Course:  International Guest Lecturer.  Presented guest lectures via Skype video calls in the course taught by Prof. Jailan Mahmoud Sharaf.  Modern University for Technology and Information (Cairo, Egypt).  Spring 2009

University of West Florida -- 1998 to 2002

COM 6400C -- Communication Theory.  Graduate-level survey of communication theories and their applications to communication research.  Students produce a general theory presentation and an applied theory paper.

MMC 6255 -- Media Organization Communication.  Graduate-level seminar dealing with management and marketing issues of television, print, advertising and public relations businesses.  Course also covers integrated marketing communications of non-media businesses.  Students consult for an actual local business – providing them with a communication analysis that identifies organization strengths and challenges and offers strategic suggestions for the future of company or department.

COM 6001 -- Introduction to Graduate Studies in Communication.  Course emphasizes a broad overview of the academic analysis of various communication channels as well as an introduction to the graduate student experience.  Students learn step-by-step how to develop a research proposal.

RTV 4905/COM 6905 -- Corporate Public Relations TV.   A small directed study class in which students work with a client to develop a PR action plan that involves televised messages.  Students coordinate with client in order to produce PSAs, instructional videos and/or documentaries about the client agency and its needs.  (Co-taught with Eileen Perrigo as PUR 4905).

MMC 4262/5267 -- Communication Technologies.   Course focuses on new technologies and how they affect various communication channels, processes and publics.  Students utilize the World Wide Web to enhance course experience.  Graduate students are assigned additional work.

MMC 4103 -- Writing for Film-Television-Radio.    Students learn techniques of writing scripts for a variety of film, television, and radio formats including news, advertising, public relations and entertainment.  The course focuses on the impact of production values (producing, directing, scripting, hardware, talent, etc.) on final production. Special scripting and planning projects.

RTV 3945C -- Practicum: Non-News.  Advanced practical class in studio, field and postproduction.  Students produce non-news programming for telecast. 

RTV 3942 -- Practicum: TV News.  Advanced practical class where students produce a weekly newscast that is telecast locally and posted to the web. 

RTV 3320C -- Electronic Field Production Television.  Emphasis on field production, editing and related technical/creative skills.  Upon completing this course, students have gained a better awareness and understanding of basic television field production techniques, including pre-production planning, production, and post-production (including digital non-linear editing).  Students produce a number of projects – including a university public service announcements for telecast.

RTV 3304 -- Broadcast Journalism.  Course includes both writing for the broadcast media and exploring broadcast news operations.  Assignments include writing broadcast news stories and evaluating broadcast news operations.  Characteristics of broadcast news, news styles, policy, & ethics and responsibility in broadcast news.

RTV 3200C -- Television Production.  Studio production course that allows students to participate in all aspects of creating live-on-tape TV programming.  Students produce talk show programming for telecast.

RTV 3000 – Introduction to Telecommunication.  Survey of the theory and aesthetics of TV/film pre-production, production, and post-production issues.  Upon completing this course, students have gained a better understanding of the theory and aesthetics of television and film.

University of South Alabama -- 1995 to 1998

• Advanced Television Post-Production
• Broadcast News
• Television Production II
• Media Planning and Scripting
• Film & TV Genres
• Television Production I
• Interpersonal Communication
• Introduction to Mass Communication

University of Evansville -- 1992 to 1995

• Telecommunication Management
• Mass Communication Theory and Research
• Introduction to TV Production
• Principles of Telecommunication
• Visual Communication
• Writing for the Mass Media
• Introduction to Mass Media
• Fundamentals of Interpersonal Communication
• World Cultures III – Modern World

University of Kentucky (Grad Assistant) -- 1988 to 1992

• Program Coordinator of Writing for the Mass Media.  1990-1991.
• Videotape Editing for Advertising
• News Reporting
• Writing for the Mass Media

Other Institutions

• Mass Media Law.  North Central College, Naperville, IL.  (Adjunct.) Winter 1988.

• TV Studio Production.  University of Georgia, Athens, GA.  (Graduate Teaching Assistant.)  1985-1986.

Teaching Interests       [Return to Top]

• International and intercultural communication.
• Advanced video and multimedia production, including DVD authoring.
• Hands-on broadcast, internet, and convergent news content creation.
• Media management and client-based digital production.
• Communication theory and research methods.
• Video production of news, documentary, and entertainment programming.
• Media and society.
• Distance learning-based communication courses via Blackboard, Moodle, etc.