COMM-ST 343      Group Dynamics
A study of strategies and communication relationships unique to non-dyadic situations, with an emphasis on the integral structure of leadership, roles, norms and task functions. Discussion. Offered: On demand.
Credits: 3 hours
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COMM-ST 344      Communication In Organizational Settings
An examination of the major elements of interpersonal, group, and oral communication competence essential to human interaction in organizational settings. The course focuses on developing communication competencies and increasing theoretical understanding of the communication process within the organizational context. COMM-ST 110 OR COM-ST 308. Offered: Fall/Winter.
Credits: 3 hours
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COMM-ST 351      Fundamentals Of Writing For The Media
Writing intensive. Analysis of individual differences and common characteristics of copy for eye and ear, with emphasis on the application of both verbal and visual imagery in the process of communicating the writer's ideas and intentions. Weekly written assignments and critical analysis of the student's work. Prerequisites: COMM-ST 110 and successful completion of the WEPT. Offered: Fall and winter.
Credits: hours
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COMM-ST 354      Introduction to Screenwriting
An introduction to the form and language of the motion picture screenplay. Students will learn to create a workable blueprint for a movie and undertake an in-depth examination of visual storytelling. This will include understanding the basics of dramatic structure, scene and sequence construction and the role of dialogue. Emphasis will be placed on students mastering the accepted movie industry format of the screenplay. They will also adapt a short story and revise it after giving and receiving feedback in small groups. Prerequisites: CommSt 230. Offered: Fall
Credits: 3 hours
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COMM-ST 363      Radio Production I
A study of the techniques of producing audio material for use in radio, in concerts, on film, on television and in the recording studio. Lecture, discussion, and laboratory. Offered: Fall.
Credits: 3 hours
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COMM-ST 371      Television Studio
A study of the principles and techniques of multi-camera television studio production, with emphasis on introducing and developing intermediate skills using professional broadcast equipment and real-time live production technologies. Lecture, discussion, and laboratory. Prerequisite: COMM-ST 250 or COMM-ST 270. Offered: Spring.
Credits: 3 hours
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COMM-ST 373      Intermediate Media Production
Emphasis on digital production and non-sync 16mm film. Students produce, direct and edit a significant narrative, documentary or experimental project. Lecture, discussion and laboratory. Prerequisite: COMM-ST 250 Offered: Spring
Credits: 3 hours
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COMM-ST 376      History Of The Film Industry
A history of the development of the American film industry from 1900 to the end of the studio era. The course will stress such issues as studio production, censorship, the economics of production and the selling of mass culture through the film medium. Term paper required. On demand.
Credits: 3 hours
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COMM-ST 377      Interpersonal Communication
An intensive analysis of the dimensions of intrapersonal and interpersonal communication designed to identify the philosophies and methods which underwrite effective human communication. Lecture and discussion. Offered: Fall and Spring.
Credits: 3 hours
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COMM-ST 378      Computer-Mediated Communication
Examination of the nature of human communication on the Internet. Design function, content innovations of computer mediated communication discussed, with emphasis on technology as a means of interpersonal communication. Research, essays, and participation in online environment required. Prerequisite: None Offered: On demand
Credits: 3 hours
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COMM-ST 379      African American Images in Film
This course examines the historical and social evolution of African Americans in film from the early 1900s to the present. The course will provide an overview of contributions from African Americans in cinema and trace their impact in Hollywood through critical analysis. Films show what a society accepts and rejects, therefore the course will consider major themes, historical movements, and how films capture societal issues. Most of the discussions will focus on images in front of the camera, although works from African Americans behind the camera may be explored as well. Offered: Fall & Winter.
Credits: 3 hours
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COMM-ST 380      Contemporary Media Topics
Credits: 3 hours
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COMM-ST 382      Advanced Media Topics
Variable content: Media Arts and Media Studies Topics will be addressed in this course including film/video production and post-production techniques, and analytical evaluation of recent trents in media. Prerequisite: Topic Dependent Restrictions: Approval of instructor Offered: Winter
Credits: 3 hours
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COMM-ST 383      Cross-Cultural Journalism & Mass Media
Cross-Cultural Journalism & Mass Media provides journalistic tools for traditional and new media coverage of diverse ethnic, gender, ability and ideological groups inside and outside the United States. The critical role of diverse voices in a democracy will be discussed.Students at UMKC and the Missouri School of Journalism participate in joint lectures transmitted by UMKC and MU instructors from their respective campuses.
Credits: 3 hours
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COMM-ST 384      Documentary Film
The purpose of this course is to familiarize students with the history, terminology, film making techniques, film makers and cultural/societal influences of documentary film. Five distinguishing characteristics will be examined in terms of 1) subjects, 2) purposes, points of view, or approaches, 3) forms, 4) production methods and techniques and 5) experiences they offer to audiences. Prerequisites: None. Offered: Every winter.
Credits: 3 hours
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COMM-ST 385      Documentary Production
This course is designed to familiarize students with the basics of documentary production from an artistic, ethical, and practical results-oriented perspective. Prerequisite(s): COMM-ST 250 or Consent of Instructor. Offered: Fall
Credits: 3 hours
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COMM-ST 388      Media Ethics
This course is designed to sensitize the ethical considerations the underlie the conventions and practices of print, broadcast, and internet media. By placing traditional and new media in a wider intellectual context than is generally possible under the daily demands of producing news, information, and entertainment, it seeks to produce a larger sense of media as industry and as a career choice.
Credits: 3 hours
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COMM-ST 390      Forensic Activities
Participation in the intercollegiate forensic program. A practicum in debate, discussion, oratory and other forensic activities. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Offered: Summer, fall, winter.
Credits: 1-4 hours
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COMM-ST 391      The World(S) Of Alfred Hitchcock
The course offers an historical study of the film art of Afred Hitchcock. The course gives special attention to the director's work in the silent cinema of the U.K., Hitchcock's early major British sound films, his arrival in the United States, his major World War II propoganda films, the directors maturing into a major influence on world cinema in the 1940s, and Hitchcock's ""masterworks"" of the 1950s-1960s. Offered: On Demand
Credits: 3 hours
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COMM-ST 392      Great Directors Of Foreign Film
The course is an introduction to the major films and directors of the international cinema. Particular attention will be given to the influence of German Expressionism, Italian ""Neo-Realim,"" the ""French New Wave, the ""New German Cinema"" of the 1970s, post-Franco Spanish cinema, and the national cinemas of South America, India, China, and Japan. Offered: On Demand
Credits: 3 hours
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