Exploring contemporary commercial media; analyzing the business and creative forces behind motion pictures, television, radio and new media; examining regulatory and ethical issues; identifying visual components of persuasive media and the communication strategies involved.
Fall and Spring.

An introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics using social science examples. Data analysis and interpretation including computerized statistical software in a lab setting.
P: Comm Sci 97; or Concurrent or prior enrollment in Comm Sci 97 or WPT:MFND test score >=416; or Post-baccalaureate status
Fall and Spring.