School of Media & Communication (SMC)
SMC 101 Understanding Media Content, Ethics and Technology 3 Hours
Develops a framework to access, analyze, evaluate, and interact with content, audiences and technology in a variety of digital forms.
Restriction(s): Enrollment is limited to students in Broadcasting (726) , Broadcasting (Seeking Adm) (726P) , Advertising (727) , Advertising (Seeking Adm) (727P) , Journalism (736) , Journalism - Seeking Admission (736P) , Photojournalism (750) , Photojournalism (Seeking Adm) (750P) , Visual Journalism Photograph (752) , Visual Jour Photo (Seek Adm) (752P) , Public Relations (763) or Public Relations (Seeking Adm) (763P)
Recent Term(s) Offered: fall 2024; spring 2025; fall 2025; spring 2026; fall 2026
SMC 102 Media Content, Collaboration and Community 3 Hours
Working in collaborative teams to produce digital content for distribution through various media channels including web, social, and mobile. Lecture and lab.
Restriction(s): Enrollment is limited to students in News/Editorial Journalism (716) , News/Edit Journalism(Seek Adm) (716P) , Broadcasting (726) , Broadcasting (Seeking Adm) (726P) , Advertising (727) , Advertising (Seeking Adm) (727P) , Journalism (736) , Journalism - Seeking Admission (736P) , Photojournalism (750) , Photojournalism (Seeking Adm) (750P) , Visual Journalism Photograph (752) , Visual Jour Photo (Seek Adm) (752P) , Public Relations (763) or Public Relations (Seeking Adm) (763P)
Recent Term(s) Offered: fall 2024; spring 2025; fall 2025; spring 2026; fall 2026
SMC 301 Mass Communication Law and Ethics 3 Hours
An overview of concepts basic to the freedom of expression. Consideration, through case study and attention to topical ethical problems, of limits on the freedom of expression including various means of regulation: prior restraint, libel, slander, copyright, privacy, access to government information, and other social controls as they relate to the media and communication industries.
Prerequisite(s): SMC 101 with a minimum grade of C
Restriction(s): Enrollment limited to students with a semester level of Junior or Senior.
Recent Term(s) Offered: fall 2024; spring 2025; fall 2025; spring 2026; fall 2026
SMC 310 Media Representation 3 Hours
Explores mass media representations of race, gender, sexual orientation, age, ability, social class, and religion from multiple viewpoints and perspectives. Media content studied includes newspapers, radio, television, film, video games, digital media, advertising, and public relations. Colonnade/Statewide General Education Code K-SC
Prerequisite(s): 21 hours of Foundations and Explorations Courses, or junior status
Recent Term(s) Offered: fall 2024; fall 2025; spring 2026; fall 2026
SMC 401 Strategic Communication Portfolio 1 Hour
A collection of artifacts that showcase a student's learning progression and achievement in the Strategic Communication certificate.
Prerequisite(s): (JOUR 202 with a minimum grade of C or BCOM 265 with a minimum grade of C or BCOM 325 with a minimum grade of C) and (PR 255 with a minimum grade of C or ADPR 200 with a minimum grade of C) and (ADPR 321 with a minimum grade of C or COMM 300 with a minimum grade of C or PR 321 with a minimum grade of C) and (COMM 346 with a minimum grade of C or COMM 364 with a minimum grade of C or PR 358 with a minimum grade of C)
Restriction(s): Enrollment is limited to students in Strategic Communication (1767)
Recent Term(s) Offered: None
SMC 402 First Amendment Research and Reporting 3 Hours (repeatable max of 6 hrs)
A practical, hands-on alternative capstone course that brings together skills learned throughout the student's academic career to provide an opportunity to work within a team concept and to produce a series of stories related to First Amendment issues.
Recent Term(s) Offered: fall 2024; fall 2025; fall 2026
SMC 467 Sport Media & Communication Portfolio 1 Hour
A collection of artifacts that showcase a student's learning progression and achievement in the Sport Media & Communication certificate.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 315 with a minimum grade of C or SPM 315 with a minimum grade of C
Corequisite(s): BCOM 345
Equivalent(s): SPM 467
Recent Term(s) Offered: None