Communication

Also see courses listed under Broadcasting, Film Studies, Journalism, and Speech.

COMM 1, Survey of Mass Media Communications   3 units

Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 4G (Social & Behavioral Sciences) • Prerequisite: None.

This course introduces aspects of communications and the impact of mass media on the individual and society. The survey includes newspapers, magazines, radio, television, cable, motion pictures, online media, advertising, public relations, theories of communication, and mass communication modes, processes and effects.

1402   8:00a-9:20a TTh   LS 152   Rosenberg V L

1403   9:30a-10:50a MW   MC 7   Mitchell S V

1404   9:30a-10:50a TTh   LS 152   Munoz M E

1405   11:15a-12:35p MW   MC 7   Mitchell S V

1406   3:45p-5:05p MW   LS 106   Riggs L E

1407   3:45p-5:05p TTh   BUNDY 127   Brewer S L

Above section 1407 meets at the Bundy Campus, 3171 South Bundy Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90066.

1408   Arrange-3 Hours    ONLINE-E   Brewer S L

Above section 1408 is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).

1409   Arrange-3 Hours    ONLINE-E   Brewer S L

Above section 1409 is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).

1410   Arrange-3 Hours    ONLINE-E   Brewer S L

Above section 1410 is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).

1411   Arrange-3 Hours    ONLINE-E   Brewer S L

Above section 1411 is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).

4116   6:45p–9:50p M   LS 106   Riggs L E

COMM 2, Reading Media: Acquiring Media Literacy Skills    3 units

Transfer: CSU • Prerequisite: None

This course will acquaint students with the inquiry process as applied to electronic and print media texts from sources such as television, radio, film, podcasting, World Wide Web sites and video games. Students will gain the necessary skills to understand their multi-media world and its many layers of meanings and messages. Students will learn to “read” and design visual, as well as print messages through the processes of analysis, deconstruction and decoding. This course is designed to meet Information Competency guidelines.

1425   12:45p-2:05p MW   LS 106   Dawson F R

COMM 10, Journalism, Gender, and Race    3 units

Transfer: UC (meets UC Berkeley American Cultures graduation requirement); CSU • IGETC AREA 4A (Social and Behavior Sciences) • Prerequisite: None.

This course satisfies Santa Monica College’s American Cultures requirement.

This multi-media course is an overview of print and broadcast journalism in the U.S. from World War I to the present. Using readings from selected texts, old newsreels, clips from movies, radio and television broadcasts, as well as period literature, students will analyze and debate the changes in journalism with particular focus on social class, gender, and ethnicity. Critical thinking will be stressed in this course.

1412   8:00a-9:20a MW   LS 152   Pernisco N

1413   8:00a-11:05a TTh   AET 120   Gougis M J

Above section 1413 meets for 8 weeks, Aug 28 to Oct 18, at the Academy of Entertainment and Technology, 1660 Stewart Street.

1414   8:00a-11:05a TTh   AET 120   Gougis M J

Above section 1414 meets for 8 weeks, Oct 23 to Dec 13, at the Academy of Entertainment and Technology, 1660 Stewart Street.

1415   9:30a-10:50a MW   LS 106   Munoz M E

1416   11:15a-12:35p MW   AET 203   Horwitz J T

Above section 1416 meets at the Academy of Entertainment and Technology, 1660 Stewart Street.

1417   11:15a-12:35p MW   LS 106   Munoz M E

1418   11:15a-12:35p TTh   AET 120   Gougis M J

Above section 1418 meets at the Academy of Entertainment and Technology, 1660 Stewart Street.

1419   12:45p-2:05p MW   AET 203   Horwitz J T

Above section 1419 meets at the Academy of Entertainment and Technology, 1660 Stewart Street. Above section is part of the Scholars Program and enrollment is limited to program participants. See Special Programs section of class schedule or www.smc.edu/scholars for additional information.

1420   12:45p-2:05p TTh   LS 110   Munoz M E

1421   12:45p-2:05p TTh   AET 203   Horwitz J T

Above section 1421 meets at the Academy of Entertainment and Technology, 1660 Stewart Street. Above section is part of the Scholars Program and enrollment is limited to program participants. See Special Programs section of class schedule or www.smc.edu/scholars for additional information.

1422   2:15p-3:35p MW   LS 106   Munoz M E

1423   2:15p-3:35p TTh   LS 117   Charles H E

1424   3:45p-5:05p TTh   LS 117   Charles H E

4117   6:30p–9:35p W   BUNDY 240   Goldstein Martin M

Above section 4117 meets at the Bundy Campus, 3171 South Bundy Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90066.

4118   6:45p–9:50p M   LS 117   Goldstein Martin M

4119   6:45p–9:50p T   LS 117   Goldstein Martin M

4120   6:45p–9:50p W   LS 117   Santana R M

4121   6:45p–9:50p W   LS 105   Schofield J E

   11:30a-2:30p Sat   LS 105   Schofield J E

Above section 4121 meets for 8 weeks, Oct 24 to Dec 15.

4122   6:45p–9:50p Th   LS 117   Martinez L C

COMM 88A, Independent Studies in Communication    1 unit

Transfer: CSU

Please see “Independent Studies” section.

1426   Arrange-1 Hour        Baird B T

COMM 88B, Independent Studies in Communication    2 units

Transfer: CSU

Please see “Independent Studies” section.

1427   Arrange-2 Hours        Baird B T

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