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Departement of Communication Arts<br />
COM255 Current Affairs in the <strong>Lebanese</strong><br />
Media [3-0, 3 cr.]<br />
This course is offered in Arabic, and taught by a<br />
visiting instructor who is a practicing journalist,<br />
or a political TV talk-show host. It surveys<br />
current, national, and/or international issues,<br />
making the headlines in Lebanon’s media. The<br />
course looks at the variety of ways different<br />
media treat these issues, and creates forums<br />
such as talk shows, news broadcasts, or<br />
short documentaries, where students report,<br />
analyze, and present, their contribution to the<br />
debate on these issues.<br />
COM324 History and Theory of Film<br />
[3-0, 3 cr.]<br />
This course is a study of the development of<br />
film from its beginnings.<br />
Prerequisite: COM225 The Art of Film.<br />
COM325 Feature and Magazine Writing<br />
[3-0, 3 cr.]<br />
This course is designed to give the student<br />
extensive practice in writing different types of<br />
feature articles and interviews for newspapers<br />
and magazines. Students will develop ideas<br />
and assess their market viability; produce<br />
query letters attempting to sell those articles,<br />
carry out the necessary research and, finally,<br />
write the articles.<br />
Prerequisite: COM214 News Writing and Reporting<br />
COM326 Script Writing [3-0, 3 cr.]<br />
This course covers the principles and techniques<br />
of writing radio, television, and film scripts.<br />
Prerequisites: COM222 Introduction to Radio/<br />
TV/Film, and ENG202 Sophomore Rhetoric.<br />
COM327 Journalism Workshop I [3-0, 3 cr.]<br />
This course is an intensive, computer-assisted,<br />
writing-oriented, course in a laboratory setting.<br />
It covers re-writing wire service copy into straight<br />
news, as well as magazine articles, editorials,<br />
and features. It involves the production of three<br />
issues of a student newspaper.<br />
Prerequisite: COM214 News Writing and Reporting.<br />
COM328 Performance for TV & Film<br />
[3-0, 3 cr.]<br />
This course involves the application of the<br />
principles of acting in performing for TV and<br />
film. It involves exercises in announcing,<br />
interviewing, and hosting TV programs, as well<br />
as performing in commercials, and acting in<br />
dramatic TV programs and films.<br />
COM329 Media Law & Ethics [3-0, 3 cr.]<br />
This course explores legal and ethical principles,<br />
case studies, and the historical development,<br />
of the mass media regulation in Lebanon.<br />
The course includes comparative regional,<br />
and international, perspectives, whereby<br />
the development of media law and ethics in<br />
Lebanon is compared to developments in the<br />
Arab world, the United States, and Europe.<br />
Prerequisite: COM210 Communication Media<br />
and Society. Senior Standing, or the consent<br />
of the Instructor.<br />
COM332 Editing [3-0, 3 cr.]<br />
This course covers the use of computer<br />
technology to edit video footage in creating<br />
documentary and dramatic TV programs.<br />
Prerequisite: COM222 Introduction to Radio/<br />
TV/Film.<br />
COM335 Advanced TV Production [3-0, 3 cr.]<br />
This course covers the advanced aesthetical<br />
aspects of TV production in the studio, and on<br />
location. The course emphasizes the planning,<br />
and directing, of documentaries and TV<br />
drama.<br />
Prerequisite: COM235 Studio TV Production,<br />
and COM326 Script Writing.<br />
COM337 Creative Dramatics [3-0, 3 cr.]<br />
This course is a study of the principles and<br />
methods of developing original dramatizations<br />
with children. Observation of children’s classes<br />
in creative dramatics is included.<br />
Prerequisite: ENG102 English II.<br />
COM338 Oral Interpretation [3-0, 3cr.]<br />
This course covers the recreation of prose,<br />
poetry, and drama, through oral readings. The<br />
course emphasizes the principles and vocal<br />
techniques of reading aloud for an audience.<br />
Prerequisite: Junior Standing.<br />
COM342 Play Production I [3-0, 3cr.]<br />
This course covers the script and play analysis<br />
of various theatrical genres, and the principles<br />
and techniques of producing a theatrical<br />
performance. It involves exercises in staging<br />
selected scenes, and studying the structure<br />
and presentation of a one-act play.<br />
Prerequisite: COM242 Introduction to the Art<br />
of Theater.<br />
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