Chabot College 2024-2026 285 CREDIT COURSE LISTING, MCOM 20 Introduction to Journalism Reporting and News Writing 3 Units This course is an introduction to gathering, synthesizing/organizing, and writing news in journalistic style across multiple platforms. Topics include the role of the journalist and related legal and ethical issues. Students will report and write based on their original interviews and research to produce news content. Experiences may include covering speeches, meetings, and other events, writing under deadline, and using AP Style. Lecture: 54 hours Laboratory: 18 hours Strongly Recommended: Eligibility for ENGL 1 21 Newspaper Production I 3 Units This course focuses on writing the student-produced school newspaper, The Spectator, and its online version, spectator.news, as a practical laboratory that creates a journalistic product for distribution to a college and community audience. Students will work primarily in the following areas: researching, writing, and editing articles for the publication; taking photographs and creating graphic illustrations; developing multimedia stories or designing pages. This course includes practical experience in design/layout, visual, online, multimedia journalism, and emerging technologies. Lecture: 18 hours Laboratory: 126 hours Strongly Recommended: MCOM 20 or eligibility for ENGL 1 22 Newspaper Production II 3 Units This course focuses on intermediate writing the student-produced school newspaper, The Spectator, and its online version, spectator. news, as a practical laboratory that creates a journalistic product for distribution to a college and community audience. Students will work primarily in the following areas: researching, writing, and editing articles for the publication; taking photographs and creating graphic illustrations; developing multimedia stories or designing pages and mentorship. This course includes practical experience in design/ layout, visual, online, multimedia journalism, emerging technologies, and editorial mentorship. Lecture: 18 hours Laboratory: 126 hours Prerequisite: MCOM 21 Strongly Recommended: MCOM 20 or eligibility for ENGL 1 23 Newspaper Production III 3 Units This course focuses on advanced writing the student-produced school newspaper, The Spectator, and its online version, spectator. news, as a practical laboratory that creates a journalistic product for distribution to a college and community audience. Students will work primarily in the following areas: researching, writing, and editing articles for the publication; taking photographs and creating graphic illustrations; developing multimedia stories or designing pages and leadership. This course includes practical experience in design/ layout, visual, online, multimedia journalism, emerging technologies, and editorial leadership. Lecture: 18 hours Laboratory: 126 hours Prerequisite: MCOM 20 or eligibility for ENGL 1 26 Introduction to Photojournalism 3 Units This course focuses on photography for the student-produced school newspaper, The Spectator, and its online version, spectator.news. This course deals with the photographer as a journalist, focusing on theory and practice in press and publications photography, emphasizing the camera as a reporting and communications tool. Covered are news and feature photography and photographic essays, including composition, impact, and creativity, for newspapers, the Internet, and other mass communications media. Lecture: 18 hours Laboratory: 126 hours Strongly Recommended: PHOT 50 or PHOT 53A MCOM 20, Eligibility for: Eligibility for ENGL 1. 40 Introduction to Broadcasting 3 Units Introduces the history, theory, structure, function, economics, content and evolution of radio, television, film, the Internet, new media and their impact on culture and society. Includes, technological development, programming, ratings, legal aspects, and political and social control of broadcasting in America, and cross-cultural, international comparisons. Regulatory, ethical and occupational impact of the electronic media are also studied. Lecture: 54 hours Laboratory: 18 hours 41 Introduction to Mass Communications 3 Units Survey of the interrelationships of media with society including history, structure and trends in a digital age. Discussion of theories and effects, economics, technology, law and ethics, global media, media literacy, and social issues, including gender and cultural diversity. Lecture: 54 hours Laboratory: 18 hours 42 Writing for Broadcasting 3 Units Techniques of writing for radio, television, film and electronic media; script writing in proper formats, including fundamental technical, conceptual and stylistic issues related to writing fiction and non- fiction scripts for informational and entertainment purposes. Includes a writing evaluation component as a significant part of the course requirement. Lecture: 54 hours Laboratory: 18 hours Strongly Recommended: ENGL 1A or ENGL 1. 43 Advertising Sales & Media Management 3 Units Introduction to media advertising sales, including research, sales presentation, and airing of the commercial campaign. Media managerial objectives and procedures, including leadership, motivation, dealing with personnel and operations problems; and managing departments within media organizations. Lecture: 54 hours Laboratory: 18 hours 44 Radio & Television Announcing 3 Units Developing skills in projection of personality, vocal performance and pronunciation necessary for communication of ideas in radio and television broadcasting under studio circumstances. Activities will equip students in understanding and developing themselves as integrated physiological, social, and psychological media personalities. Lecture: 54 hours Laboratory: 18 hours
