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Fall 2022
CMS 215 Journalism Reporting and Writing
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: ENG 100 or WRI 1/College Writing Equivalent.
Description: This course cultivates journalistic/public affairs research and writing. Students learn how to find and develop human and textual primary sources. Likewise, they learn and practice journalistic form and concise, accessible written expression. And students learn to appreciate and model the liberal ideals of public dialogue, debate, and democratic engagement. Prerequisites: College Writing. Cr. 3.
Sections
Class Number: 62529
Instructor(s):
Sharon Elizabeth Ross
Dates: 8/29/2022 - 12/9/2022
| Days & Times | Room | Location |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | Online Class | Web/Online |
CMS 222 Digital Radio & Audio Production
Credits: 3
Description: Students will learn the fundamental skills necessary for digital radio and audio production. Learning applications include hosting and producing a radio music program and a public affairs talk show, and producing promotional pieces with digital editing software. Cr. 3.
Sections
Class Number: 61773
Instructor(s):
Jessica Lockhart
Dates: 8/29/2022 - 12/9/2022
| Days & Times | Room | Location |
|---|---|---|
| W 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 21 Durham Street | Portland USM Campus |
CMS 225 Screenwriting
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: ENG 100 or WRI 1/College Writing Equivalent.
Description: In this course, students will learn the process of writing scripts for films. A variety of concept development strategies, writing exercises, script examples, and screenings will be used to encourage students to develop their creative writing skills. Emphasis will be placed throughout the class on the process of screenwriting, from idea formation through writing and revision. Each student will produce a detailed outline/beat sheet for a feature-length film. Prerequisites: College Writing. Cr. 3.
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Class Number: 61342
Instructor(s):
Daniel J Chaimowitz
Dates: 8/29/2022 - 12/9/2022
| Days & Times | Room | Location |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | Online Class | Web/Online |
CMS 242 Communication and Social Media
Credits: 3
Description: Social media have influenced and altered patterns of human communication and interaction. This course explores social media dynamics including communication in a networked public culture, interpersonal communication online, privacy and information security, social media production and work, media ecologies, and managing media and information in a networked and highly connected world. Cr. 3.
Sections
Class Number: 62530
Instructor(s):
Maureen Ebben
Dates: 8/29/2022 - 12/9/2022
| Days & Times | Room | Location |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | Online Class | Web/Online |
CMS 265 Intrapersonal Communication
Credits: 3
Description: This course examines our ability to use what we know and feel in order to send, receive, and store information. Whether stimuli come from an external source or from within the self, the focus of intrapersonal communication is on the ways in which we process those stimuli, our ability to make sense out of our experiences, to remember, to retrieve information from memory, and to create messages at whatever level of consciousness, and no matter how many people are involved, in face-to-face or mediated communication. Cr. 3.
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Class Number: 60574
Instructor(s):
Leonard J Shedletsky
Dates: 8/29/2022 - 12/9/2022
| Days & Times | Room | Location |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | Online Class | Web/Online |
CMS 272 Persuasion
Credits: 3
Description: A course designed to help students understand the basic principles of persuasion. The course deals with persuasion as a social phenomenon. The perspective from which the course is offered is the analysis of persuasion as a behavioral process. As such, the course will investigate the social science research that relates to persuasion. Students will examine the attempts made by others to persuade them, as well as the attempts they make to persuade others. Further, the course will deal with the issue of ethics in persuasion. Cr. 3.
Sections
Class Number: 62531
Instructor(s):
Daniel A Panici
Dates: 8/29/2022 - 12/9/2022
| Days & Times | Room | Location |
|---|---|---|
| TTh 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM | Payson Smith 208 | Portland USM Campus |
CMS 288 History of International Cinema Since 1945
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: College Writing
Description: This course surveys the history of cinema since World War II. Examining cinema's metamorphoses in the face of social, economic, technological, and geopolitical changes, the course addresses the emergence of international art cinema, developments in politically critical filmmaking, cinema's role in globalization, and its confrontation with new media. Prerequisites: College Writing. Cr. 3.
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Class Number: 61082
Instructor(s):
Dennis C Gilbert
Dates: 8/29/2022 - 12/9/2022
| Days & Times | Room | Location |
|---|---|---|
| F 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM | LUTH Talbot Lecture Hall | Portland USM Campus |
CMS 290 Intercultural Communication
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: CMS 102
Description: This course concerns communication within different cultures (cross-cultural) and between different cultures (intercultural). We examine the values, beliefs, and assumptions that people hold as they interact with different people. The course combines communication theory and research, and involves the application through activities, papers, and group discussions. Prerequisites: CMS 102. Cr.3.
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Class Number: 62533
Instructor(s):
Julie A Zink
Dates: 8/29/2022 - 12/9/2022
| Days & Times | Room | Location |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | Online Class | Web/Online |
CMS 323 Understanding Technology
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: CMS 103
Description: This course will examine the relationship between media, technology, and society from a variety of perspectives and disciplines. Through readings and discussions students will develop an understanding of a variety of frameworks and theories that explain technological change and the fundamental relationship between humankind and technology. This course satisfies the Ethical Inquiry requirement in the core curriculum. Prerequisites: CMS 103 or Instructor's permission. Cr. 3.
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Class Number: 61594
Instructor(s):
Daniel A Panici
Dates: 8/29/2022 - 12/9/2022
| Days & Times | Room | Location |
|---|---|---|
| TTh 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM | Science Building 165 | Portland USM Campus |
CMS 326 Special Effects and Animation
Credits: 3
Description: This course combines an exploration of the history of Special Effects and Animation with hands-on real-world projects. Students will work with flip-books, stop-motion and rotoscope animation as well as special effects techniques such as masking, multi-plane, green screen, and motion tracking. Students will be using After Effects, Photoshop, and Premiere. Some experience with Photoshop is recommended.
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Class Number: 61850
Instructor(s):
Geoffrey Leighton
Dates: 8/29/2022 - 12/9/2022
| Days & Times | Room | Location |
|---|---|---|
| W 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM | 21 Durham Street | Portland USM Campus |