2013-2014 Course Catalog - PDF Format - Flagler College

Courses of Instruction 203
not only on the topic at hand, but also in the practices of critical, theoretical, and
COM 440 - Selected Topics (3)
Prerequisites: Junior standing and COM major or minor or permission of
instructor. Each separate course may be substituted for one elective in the
communication curriculum. These course are offered as enrichment courses.
COM 452 - Advanced Reporting I (4)
(equivalent to COM 451)
This is an advanced class in print news. Students
write and report for print under tight deadlines, apply news judgment and ethics
and learn to apply knowledge of news to the structure, environment and context
of a print newsroom. The course will give students hands-on experience in story
selection, interviewing, researching and writing.
COMMUNICATION
COM 453 - Advanced Reporting II (4)
(equivalent to COM 451)
This is an advanced class in television news. Students
write and report under tight deadlines, apply news judgment and ethics and
learn to apply knowledge of news to the structure, environment and context
of a TV newsroom. The course will give students hands-on experience in story
selection, interviewing, researching, writing and production. Students will learn
hands-on training in how TV news is shot, edited and produced.
COM 462 – PR/Strategic Communication Case Analysis (3)
Prerequisites: COM 224 Foundations of PR/Strategic Communication and
A course focusing on the comprehension and application
of the concepts of organizational rhetoric to cases where strategic messages are
conveyed to stakeholders. The central aim of the course is for students to develop
that they understand the impact and consequences of strategic communication.
COM 463 – PR/ Strategic Communication Campaigns (3)
Prerequisite: COM 311. Using the principles and techniques of public relations
to analyze case studies and to create strategies and campaigns. Course includes
campaign. Includes use of desktop publishing and an introduction to public relations
in cyberspace.
COM 464 - Portfolio for PR/Strategic Communication (1)
Strategic communication majors who have accrued 75 or more hours in the
major may take this course. It requires the preparation of an electronic portfolio
strategic communication majors. The portfolio must be acceptable to a majority