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COMM 490 - Capstone Seminars in Media Topics
Winter 2022, Section 001 - Documentary Journalism: Representing Reality on the Screen
Instruction Mode: Section 001 is  In Person (see other Sections below)
Subject: Communication and Media (COMM)
Department: LSA Communication and Media
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Details

Credits:
3
Credit Exclusions:
No more than three credits can be elected from COMM 450-490.
Waitlist Capacity:
10
Enforced Prerequisites:
Declared Communication Studies Seniors ONLY.
Advisory Prerequisites:
COMM 251, COMM 261, COMM 271 or COMM 281 strongly recommended.
Repeatability:
May not be repeated for credit.
Primary Instructor:
Collings,Anthony C
Start/End Date:
Full Term 1/5/22 - 4/19/22 (see other Sections below)
NOTE: Drop/Add deadlines are dependent on the class meeting dates and will differ for full term versus partial term offerings.
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Description

This is a capstone course for Communication and Media seniors. It focuses on the history and practice of documentary journalism. Students will read texts on journalistic documentaries, watch and critique a wide range of films, and work in teams to produce the students’ own short documentaries. A guest speaker who is a documentary filmmaker will address the class and answer students’ questions. Anthony Collings, the lecturer who teaches this course, is a former CNN foreign and Washington correspondent who shoots and edits his own short documentaries in addition to teaching. He will show samples of his work to the class.

Intended Audience:

The capstone seminar is intended for Comm and Media majors in their final year of study.

Schedule

COMM 490 - Capstone Seminars in Media Topics
Schedule Listing
001 (SEM)
 In Person
24843
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MW 4:00PM - 5:30PM2175 NQ
1/5/22 - 4/19/22
Note: Capstone reserved for declared Communication and Media seniors only.
002 (SEM)
 In Person
27782
Closed
0
 
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TuTh 4:00PM - 5:30PM1110 NQ
1/5/22 - 4/19/22
Note: Capstone reserved for declared Communication and Media seniors only.
003 (SEM)
 In Person
27783
Closed
0
 
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TuTh 2:30PM - 4:00PM1110 NQ
1/5/22 - 4/19/22
Note: Capstone reserved for declared Communication and Media seniors only.
005 (SEM)
 In Person
28029
Closed
0
 
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MW 4:00PM - 5:30PM1110 NQ
1/5/22 - 4/19/22
Note: Capstone reserved for declared Communication and Media seniors only. No credits granted to students that completed COMM 408.001 "Media and Emotion" FA'19.

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Syllabi

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