Applies advanced concepts for designing and creating software applications. Continues the development of problem solving, algorithm design and implementation via object-oriented programming begun in CIS 218 (Prerequisite: CIS 218)

A limited-enrollment, mentored professional field experience in the application of computer-science skills. Students apply for positions that will provide hands-on field experience and enhance career readiness. (By prior arrangement with a member of the department)

Computer algorithms are presented and implemented using a complied programming language. This course will discuss asymptotic notation and its use in evaluation the space and time complexity of the programs. Divide-and-Conquer, Greedy, and Dynamic programming will be among the techniques presented.

An introduction to style and forms in business and technical writing with emphasis on an understanding of global communication in the modern workforce and the importance of purpose and audience, using direct writing and clear language.

An introduction to the practice of journalism and the role of the journalist in today’s media world. Students will demonstrate an understanding of and enjoy the process of journalistic writing in all of its steps.

Discussion of terms, strategies, and professional models in poetry and fiction with practice in writing and critiquing.

Story-telling in America has a long and engaging history tied to the evolution of national identity, the growth of the magazine industry, and the proving ground for major literary movements and styles. This course looks to explore as much of that rich history, (as chronologically and diversely as possible), while touching on both well-recognized and underappreciated purveyors of the genre.

On film and through new technologies, media have influenced how we find romantic love, what we expect from romance, and where or with whom we make meaningful connections. This course will ask students to think critically about media representations in American Culture, as well as new technologies of love. Do media help us understand and practice love? If not, how can we expand our conception of love beyond formulaic narratives and compatibility matrices? Why is popular culture so myopically focused on romantic love? How are different kinds of love connected to our search for a happy and meaningful life? Our exploration will be theoretically grounded by readings in Cultural Studies, which proposes media representations as ideologically charged through rhetorics of difference (race, class, gender, etc); Media Ecology, which sees new technology as an environment that dictates the kind of conversations we can have, who can speak, and who can listen; and perspectives on the concept of love

An introduction to voice and body work in front of the camera through basic elements of anchoring, weather reporting, sports casting, interviewing, and commercial reads for both radio and television.

An extention of the broadcast performance class focusing on finer skills sets of broadcast arts culminating in a full-class project benefitting the university. (Pre-requisite: COM 217)