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.
1147 8:00a-10:05a MTWTh LS 119 Mitchell S V
1148 12:30p-2:35p MTWTh LS 106 Riggs L E
1149 2:45p-4:50p MTWTh LS 106 Riggs L E
1150 Arrange-9 Hours ONLINE-E Brewer S L
Above section 1150 is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
1151 Arrange-9 Hours ONLINE-E Brewer S L
Above section 1151 is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
4037 6:30p-9:40p MW LS 106 Simmons R D
Above section 4037 meets for 8 weeks, Jun 16 to Aug 06.
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.
1157 10:15a-12:20p MTWTh LS 119 Pernisco N
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.
1152 8:00a-10:05a MTWTh LS 117 Gougis M J
1153 10:15a-12:20p MTWTh LS 117 Gougis M J
1155 12:30p-2:35p MTWTh LS 117 Charles H E
1156 12:30p-2:35p MTWTh LS 110 Munoz M E
4038 6:30p-9:40p MW LS 117 Goldstein Martin M
Above section 4038 meets for 8 weeks, Jun 16 to Aug 06.
4039 6:30p-9:40p TTh LS 117 Goldstein Martin M
Above section 4039 meets for 8 weeks, Jun 17 to Aug 07.
COMM 88A, Independent Studies in Communication 1 unit
Transfer: CSU
Please see “Independent Studies” section.
1158 Arrange-3 Hours Staff
Above section 1158 meets for 8 weeks, Jun 16 to Aug 08.
COMM 88B, Independent Studies in Communication 2 units
Transfer: CSU
Please see “Independent Studies” section.
1159 Arrange-3 Hours Staff
Above section 1159 meets for 8 weeks, Jun 16 to Aug 08.