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