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MCOM 311	MCOM 311 Television & Culture Course Credits: 3 This course provides an in-depth look at television as a mass medium with particular financial and cultural constraints. Students examine the decision-making process behind television programming, learn criteria for viewing television critically, and ask how Christians may respond to television responsibly. Prerequisite(s): At least third-year standing NB: Course fee. Not offered every year.
MCOM 312	MCOM 312 Video Games & Culture Course Credits: 3 This course considers the social and cultural impact of video games in contemporary culture from a Christian perspective. Students play, read about, write about, and critically engage a wide variety of computer and video games. Prerequisite(s): At least third-year standing NB: Lab fee. Not offered every year.
MCOM 313	MCOM 313 Social Media: Theory & Practice Course Credits: 3 Prepares students to use social media professionally and to culturally engage these same tools of communication with a critical perspective. The course invites students to discover and analyze best practices in social media marketing and community building, as well as to apply theory to critical investigations of the cultural roles and impacts of current digital media, both in North America and around the world, with the goal of helping students become both effective communicators and highly-ethical and faithful global citizens who can positively impact their profession and their society. Prerequisite(s): At least third-year standing NB: Fulfils University core requirement for social and global inquiry. Not offered every year.
MCOM 314	MCOM 314 Hollywood & the Superhero Course Credits: 3 This course explores the nature and development of the Superhero figure and myth from its ancient origins to the contemporary Hollywood blockbuster craze. Emphasis will be placed upon exploring the Superhero as myth, archetype, icon, moral hero, and anti-hero, and investigates why the Superhero type figure has been a perennial character and what the current emphasis on superheroes might tell us about contemporary social, moral, political, gender, and cultural concerns. Prerequisite(s): At least third-year standing NB: Viewing fee
MCOM 315	MCOM 315 Film History II Course Credits: 3 Emphasizes the role films and filmmakers have played in impacting culture and reflecting their historical milieu, especially as they relate to the events and traumas of World War II and the Cold War. Students explore key post-World War II film movements including Neo-Realism, the French New Wave, the rise of art house and nationalist cinemas, and the moral and social rebellions of the 1960s and 70s. NB: Viewing fee. Fulfils University core requirement for social and global inquiry. Not offered every year. Required of film concentrations and minors.
MCOM 317	MCOM 317 Ethics, Morals & Media Course Credits: 3 This course focuses on understanding the nature of ethics and morals in the media. Through reading, on-going discussion, case studies, guest lecturers, on-site observation and media analysis, students develop their own framework for moral and ethical decision-making. Prerequisite(s): At least third-year standing or instructor’s consent
MCOM 321	MCOM 321 Digital Filmmaking II Course Credits: 3 This advanced production course focuses on the key components necessary for making creative and compelling narrative and non-narrative short films. Topics include concept and script development, cinematography techniques, effective mise-en-scene integration, and production workflow. A key component also includes writing, producing, shooting, and editing short films. Prerequisite(s): MCOM 221 NB: Lab fee
MCOM 322	MCOM 322 Digital Film Post-Production Course Credits: 3 This course examines the art and theory of digital film editing and the post-production process. The goal is to help students understand the role editing plays in the filmic and television viewing experience, especially the way shot selection, pacing, rhythm, sound, etc., impact a scene's development and how various editing techniques and aesthetics relate to dramatic and narrative storytelling. Historical, theoretical, and critical dimensions are addressed as students research seminal examples of film and video editing. This intense workshop offers a real world simulation component as students work under strict deadlines to edit and complete digital film projects. Prerequisite(s): MCOM 221 or instructor's consent NB: Lab fee. Not offered every year.
MCOM 323	MCOM 323 Digital Recording I Course Credits: 3 An introduction to various aspects of the recording arts with emphasis on working within the digital (virtual) studio environment with Cubase and other Virtual Instrument software. Cross-listed: MUSI 340 Prerequisite(s): MUSI 226 or third-year standing NB: Lab fee

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