Required Courses
(16 credits)
All CMT students are required to take and pass four courses (16 Credit Hours). Each of the required courses is described below.
0535-701 - History of Media Technologies
Required
An introduction to the history of media technologies, the industries that evolved from them, and the audiences that were constructed by the media industries. The course includes, but is not limited to, print, broadcast, film, recording and digital media. Laws, regulations and ethics of communication media along with their effect on and relationships with people and culture will be discussed.
No prerequisites
0535-702 - Communication Theory
Required
This courses focuses on theories of communication as they relate to technology. Theories based in both the humanities and in the social sciences that explain or predict the effects of communication technology on audiences will be presented. Opportunity for application of theory in field research is available.
No prerequisites
0535-703 - Research Methods in Communication
Required
An introduction to and overview of the methods and ethics of scientific scholarly communication research including empirical and qualitative approaches. The course focuses on methods of locating, critically analyzing and conducting communication research, and leads to the development of a research proposal suitable for a thesis or thesis project.
Prerequisites: History of Media Technologies,
Communication Theory
0535-704 - Communications Law and Ethics
Required
Examination of the issues presented by communication technologies to the practice of law and study of standards of ethics. Legal challenges presented by communications technologies are examined in the following contexts: intellectual property, technology rights, patents, privacy and information networks, access to information, defamation, indecency, obscenity and pornography. Special attention is paid to the difficulty of applying national laws to international media.
Prerequisites: History of Media Technologies,
Communication Theory and Audiences