NORMANDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

COMMON COURSE OUTLINE

COMM 1118: BROADCASTING

Effective 01/01/2004

Prerequisites:  COMP 0900 or placement in COMP 1101, and READ 0960 or placement in READ 1106, COMM 1101

Recommended: COMM 1112 Media Writing

MNTC: Goal 2a, 2b

Upon request, syllabus is available in other forms

CATALOG DESCRIPTION:

Instruction and practice in gathering, writing, editing and presenting news for radio and television. The course also covers media ethics and law as they relate to the day-to-day operations of a broadcast stations. Students will also get a general overview of key themes in broadcast history, the structure of the TV and radio industries, and strategies for pursuing a broadcasting career.

COURSE CONTENT AREAS:

Television, radio, recording, programming, ratings, regulation, media impact, and employment, television and radio content presentation and norms, broadcasting history, ethics, law and industrial structure, TV and radio careers.

LEARNING OUTCOMES/OBJECTIVES:

• Demonstrate appropriate level of language skills for broadcasting
• Demonstrate appropriate interviewing techniques for broadcast news
• Demonstrate appropriate writing and editing skills for radio and television broadcasting
• Show competence in basic videography and video production skills
• Understand basic themes in the broadcasting history and industry structure
• Understand the basic elements of broadcast law and regulation
• Understand approaches to media ethics
• Understand strategies for pursuing a broadcasting career

COMPETENTCIES:

• Gather factual information and apply it to a given problem in a manner that is relevant, clear, comprehensive and conscious of possible bias in the information selected. (goal 2a)
• Imagine and seek out a variety of possible goals, assumptions, interpretations, or perspectives which can give alternative meaning or solutions to given situations or problems. (goal 2b)
• Analyze the logical connections among facts, goals, and implicit assumptions relevant to a problem or claim; generate and evaluate implications that follow from them. (goal 2c)
• Recognize and articulate the value assumptions which underlie and affect decisions, interpretations, analyses, and evaluations made by ourselves and others.

EVALUATION SYSTEM:

Evaluation methods vary from instructor to instructor, but methods often used in the assessment of COMM 1118: Broadcasting could include the following: