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BISMCS 234 Media and Communication Techniques (1-5, max. 10) VLPA Krabill, Milutis
Develops beginning to intermediate skills and techniques in one or more forms of communication practice and media production.
Instructor Course Description:
Angelica S. Macklin
Jill Freidberg
Samuel M. Yum
BISMCS 333 Media and Communication Studies (5) VLPA/I&S Behler, Harewood, Krabill
Emphasizes the skills of critical media analysis and creative media production. Addresses media representations and the importance of media in structuring contemporary society.
Instructor Course Description:
Amoshaun Phynn Toft
Lauren S. Berliner
BISMCS 343 Media Production Workshop (1-5, max. 15) VLPA Harewood, Milutis
Provides hands-on experience in communicative practice and the production of media. Combines production and theory.
Instructor Course Description:
Amoshaun Phynn Toft
Carolyn J. Bodle
Jill Freidberg
Kristin Louise Gustafson
Jentery F Sayers
Joseph Adam Milutis
Robin R Oppenheimer
BISMCS 402 Community Media Practice (2-5, max. 20) VLPA
Provides an opportunity to undertake practice-based work in community media organizing and media production. Students gain skills initiating and maintaining community-based efforts in the context of media. They also gain experience using relevant media hardware and software, developing programming ideas, and recording, editing, and distributing media content.
Instructor Course Description:
Amoshaun Phynn Toft
BISMCS 471 Advanced Topics in Media and Communication Studies (5, max. 15) Behler, Krabill
Advanced study of a topic in media and communication that includes a practice component. Recommended: BISMCS 333.
Instructor Course Description:
Amoshaun Phynn Toft
Robin R Oppenheimer
Crispin Thurlow Faber
BISMCS 472 Advanced Media Production Workshop (1-5, max. 15) VLPA
Provides focused study and production in a specific area of media arts and practice. Recommended: BISMCS 343.
Instructor Course Description:
Amoshaun Phynn Toft
Joseph Adam Milutis
Samuel M. Yum
BISMCS 473 Visual Communication (5) VLPA/I&S Thurlow
Examines the everyday world of images, image-making, design, and visual culture. Introduces students to different visual methodologies, modes, and sites of contemporary visual production.
Instructor Course Description:
Crispin Thurlow Faber
