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Communication Students Find Cutting-Edge Career Paths in Visual Communications Sequence
Although VisCom is the newest sequence in the Communications Department, the visual communication skills it provides have been fundamental to mass communication for some time in the areas of photojournalism, print layout/design and web design and maintenance. Cutting-edge career options are many, varied and expanding within all facets of the mass media and in PR. Besides finding opportunities to work as photojournalists or page designers on weekly or daily newspapers, our graduates may land their first jobs in layout/design with organizational and professional newsletters, national, regional and local magazines, trade periodicals and World Wide Web news or other publications. Many corporations value the skills our Department teaches in this exciting new area, augmented with our state-of-the-art technology and software. |
| The Visual Communications Sequence Curriculum |
Lower Division Requirements:
Comm. 100, Survey of Mass Media
Comm. 200, News Writing
Comm. 220, Voice and Diction
Comm. 250, Introduction to Broadcasting
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Upper Division Requirements:
Comm. 322, Desktop Publishing
Comm. 323, Communications and the Web
Comm. 341, Photojournalism
Comm. 410, Advanced Visual Communication
Comm. 475, Internship in Communications
Comm. 491, Communication Law and Ethics
Comm. 492, Senior Semiar |
| Communications Electives: Students take a total of 15 upper division hours (five courses) from among 300- or 400- level Communications courses. Students and their faculty advisers choose these courses together, depending on desired career goals. Six of the hours (two courses) must come from VisCom-related courses, as identified on the VisCom check sheet. |
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