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Video and Film Production
	VFP 4949 - Producing the Narrative Film 3 credit hours Prerequisites: Admission to Video and Film Production candidacy; VFP 3140 or VFP 3150 with C or better. The producer is the key organizer for any media production and project success is largely dependent upon the producer’s performance and management of the crew, budget, schedule, and logistics of the production and post-production. Provides hands-on experience with the details of the producer’s role while making a short film. Three-hour lecture plus up to three-hour lab per week. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	VFP 4990 - Filmmaking Capstone 3 credit hours Prerequisites: Video and Film majors only, senior status, admission to candidacy, and permission of instructor. Students create a filmmaking project of their own choice. Individual projects must be approved by instructor. Goal is to produce a portfolio-quality project demonstrating competence in the student’s career path. Sixty-minute orientation is required the semester before the class. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	VFP 4995 - Live Production Capstone 3 credit hours Prerequisites: Video and Film majors, senior status, admission to candidacy, and permission of instructor. Students create a live television project of their own choice. Individual projects must be approved by instructor. Goal is to produce a portfolio-quality project demonstrating competence in the student’s career path. Sixty-minute orientation is required the semester before the class. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
Visual Communication
	VCOM 2010 - Introduction to Visual Communication 3 credit hours Overview of concepts for effective visual communication; the role of visual elements and design practices in a cultural, historical, and political context; basic typography and design, electronic and digital composition and reproduction, and technological aspects of design and production. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	VCOM 2950 - Visual Communication Applications 3 credit hours Introduces industry-standard graphics applications used for print, Web, and digital publication; discusses typography, design, and color theory; overview of publication procedures. Combined lecture/lab. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	VCOM 3520 - Special Topics in Professional Issues 3 credit hours (Same as ADV/JOUR/PR 3520.) Prerequisite: VCOM 2010 or JOUR 3090 or JOUR 3430 . Special topics in journalism, advertising, public relations, and visual communication focusing on practical applications. Topics change each semester and have included investigative, environmental, sports, and political reporting; visual editing; international public relations; and advertising account management. May be repeated up to 6 credits. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	VCOM 3800 - Journalism and Media Topics 1 to 3 credit hours Examines a specific topic in the field of journalism or media. Topic and available academic credit announced prior to scheduling of the class. May include Study Abroad. Study Abroad fees may apply. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	VCOM 3810 - History of Visual Communication 3 credit hours Explores various creative and critical dialogues between principles and practices, movements and paradigms, art, science, and technology relating specifically to journalism and visual media from the printed to the digital. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	VCOM 3920 - Information Web Design 3 credit hours Prerequisite: VCOM 2950 . Introduces software, design principles, and technology used for communicating concepts, information, and narratives through websites and digital media. Overview of social, political, copyright, and ethical issues involving websites, digital, and social media. Combined lecture/lab. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	VCOM 3930 - Visual Storytelling for Journalism 3 credit hours Prerequisites: JOUR 2710 , VCOM 2010 , and VCOM 2950 or permission of instructor. Design process and production methods for communicating concepts, information, and narratives through the use of visual elements in print, Web, and digital media. Develops skill sets of typographic language and design, photography selection and use, illustration techniques and intermediate layout design for the purpose of visual storytelling in the form of such projects as editorial layout in digital and print formats, ad campaigns, and logo design. Combined lecture/lab. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	VCOM 3950 - Digital Storytelling for Journalism 3 credit hours Prerequisites: VCOM 3920 and VCOM 3930 . Advanced practice in communicating concepts, information, and narratives through the use of websites and digital media. Topics include contemporary practices and use of code and software for online and digital media production, combined with in-depth discussion of social, political, copyright, and ethical issues pertaining to websites and digital and social media. Combined lecture/lab. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	VCOM 4010 - Information Design 3 credit hours Prerequisite: VCOM 3930 . Principles and practices of publication design and production with emphasis on newsletters, magazines, newspapers, and contemporary formats; use of traditional and electronic information services as a resource; selection and use of photographs and illustrations for publication; preparation of design for print, electronic, or multimedia publication. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	VCOM 4180 - Senior Portfolio 3 credit hours Prerequisites:VCOM 3920 , VCOM 3930 , and VCOM 3950 . Capstone class in the VCOM concentration. Students revise and create print and digital designs for the purpose of professional portfolio presentation. Professional topics are discussed, including creative strategies, legal and copyright issues and client relations. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes

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Courses

VFP 4949 - Producing the Narrative Film

VFP 4990 - Filmmaking Capstone

VFP 4995 - Live Production Capstone

VCOM 2010 - Introduction to Visual Communication

VCOM 2950 - Visual Communication Applications

VCOM 3520 - Special Topics in Professional Issues

VCOM 3800 - Journalism and Media Topics

VCOM 3810 - History of Visual Communication

VCOM 3920 - Information Web Design

VCOM 3930 - Visual Storytelling for Journalism

VCOM 3950 - Digital Storytelling for Journalism

VCOM 4010 - Information Design

VCOM 4180 - Senior Portfolio