Syllabus 1335
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Communications |
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| Course Description |
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| COMM 1335 - INTRODUCTION TO RADIO, TELEVISION AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA Credit: 3 (3 Lecture) |
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| Prerequisites |
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| No Prerequisites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Goals (includes core competencies, incorporation of SCANS, etc.) |
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| This course fulfills the following core intellectual competencies:
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| Instructor Information |
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| Whitebird, L. Scott Northwest College Town & Country Square Center 1010 W. Sam Houston Parkway N. Houston, TX 77043 MC 1379 TEL: 713-718-5678 E-mail: scott.whitebird@hccs.edu |
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| Textbook Information |
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| Broadcasting in America, Brief Version, 2nd Edition by Head, Sterling, Schofield | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lab Requirements (if any) |
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| No lab requirements | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Students with Disabilities |
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| Students with Disabilities: Houston Community College System is committed to compliance with the Americans
with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section
504). Any student with a documented disability (e.g., physical, learning,
psychiatric, vision, hearing, etc.) who needs to arrange reasonable accommodations
must contact the Disability Support Services Office at the respective college
at the beginning of each semester. Faculty are authorized to provide only the accommodations requested by the Disability Support Services Office. |
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| Academic Honesty |
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| Be Honest: No cheating on a test (copying from someone else's
paper during a test or secreting notes or other devices on your person. Be Honest: No plagiarism (using another person's words, information or ideas in the student's own written work without appropriate acknowledgement (and quotation marks when exact words are used. |
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| Attendance and Withdrawal Policies |
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| Students
are expected to prepare for attend attend all classes, and participate
in discussions and group projects. Students are responsible for any
and all missed classes, as well as any required make-up work. Any and
all make-p work must be promptly scheduled and completed. |
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| Grading Policy |
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| The
Houston Community College System grading system must provide for
flexibility in approach to instruction in order to allow instructors to
meet the needs of their students and courses. It must also be
consistent in its overall grading policy so that students are treated
similarly throughout the college. The following criteria should be
observed in all courses and divisions. Final grades in courses at the Houston Community College are as follows:
It is the policy of the Houston Community College instructional area that letter grades A through F can be translated into the numerical ranges listed above. These ranges should be used in all classes in which grades A - F are appropriate. This policy does not mandate a specific strategy for grading. Any number of kinds of grading scales might be appropriate. They should, however, be able to be equated to the point system; e.g., that system should award an A for 90 to 100 percent of possible points accumulated. While the final course grade is always a letter, the grades that go into making up that grade should either be numerical or should be translatable into numbers for the purposes of averaging grades. Example: If an A, A-, B+, etc., is to be used as the grade for an essay or report of some kind, the instructor's syllabus should indicate specifically how those grades will be translated into number grades for purposes for purposes of achieving a final average. Every student who is to receive a letter grade in the range of A – F should also receive a final numerical grade that is the basis for the letter grade. |
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| Course Requirements for example: Testing, Projects, Assignments, Portfolios, Service Learning, Internships, etc. |
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| Assignments
Grading Scale
Six (6) Unit Quizzes 30%
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| Make-up policy |
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| Students are responsible
for any and all missed classes, as well as any required make-up work. Any
and all makeup work must be promptly scheduled and completed. Late assignments cost points. Five points for one class; ten points for two. Anything else must be negotiated. |
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| Course Content |
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| History and theory of the development of broadcast and informational technologies, forms, formats, and industries, including programming for various audiences and sponsorship. Studies history, technologies, systems and programming, economics, evaluation and ratings, regulatory control -- including an introduction to new communications law -- and international media. Studies basic theories of image and sound, and prepares the student to understand audio/visual cultures, including network and local TV and radio, public TV, cable and satellite, and industrial use. Lecture and discussion. |
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| Course Calendar with Due Dates for Assignments and Testing |
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| COMM 1335 Introduction
to Radio, Television, and Electronic Media WEEK Readings, Topics, Focus Assignments 1 Introduction. Info superhighway, players, terms. Unit I. Ch. 1-3 2 History. From radio to television. 3 History. Cable and newer media. Quiz I 4 Science and technology. Unit II. Ch. 4, 5 Broadcast Log due. 5 Relays, recording, and the Digital revolution. Quiz II 6 Commercial Operations. Broadcast and cable. Unit III. Ch. 6,7 PAPER #1due. 7 Non-commercial services. Quiz III 8 Review and MIDTERM EXAM. MID-TERM EXAM 9 Programs and programming.Costs, distribution, types. Unit IV. Ch. 8, 9. 10 Programs. Networks, syndicated, local. Quiz IV 11 Ratings. Business, methods, audiences Unit V. Ch. 10, 11 (broadcast, cable, VCR) Content Analysis due. 12 Effects. Research; news and events; politics and Quiz V government; entertainment, violence,advertising. PAPER #2 due. 13 Regulation and licensing. Fed. And FCC, licensing and enforcement; cable franchises; deregulation. Unit VI. Ch 12-14 14 Constitutional issues. First ammend., limited broadcaster’s rights: Libel, privacy, court, obscenity, ownership, access. 15 Global view. Review for Final. Quiz VI 16 FINAL EXAM. |
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| Other Student Information (clubs, tutoring, web resources, student services, etc.) |
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| HCC Student Communication Association - Napoleon Johnson, Faculty Adviser Texas Association of Broadcsst Educators (TABE) |
