COMM 493 - Capstone: Social Justice Project

Units: 3
The student experience culminates in a long-form multimedia project. Students produce and publish multimedia work with an underlying theme relating to social change or highlighting social problems and solutions.

Strongly Recommended Preparation: COMM 312 or COMM 314.
Prerequisites: All of: COMM 328, COMM 335, COMM 428.
Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, or Hybrid.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Course Typically Offered: Spring ONLY

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Investigate a social issue through multiple methods including interviewing, data research, and policy research;
Create, edit and publish a feature media package on an issue relating to social change and/or highlighting a social problem and solutions;
Demonstrate competence in producing and publishing issue journalism/media producation using multiple media tools/platforms;
Demonstrate diverse communication perspectives toward communities and peoples.