Online Courses

The School of Journalism and Mass Communication offers several online learning opportunities. Online courses follow the semester schedule and are generally taught by full-time faculty. Courses are delivered using the Blackboard or Sakai course-management systems.

The courses below are periodically available online. Check the University’s directory of classes to check course offerings.

FOR UNDERGRADUATES

• JOMC 141: Ethics (Gibson)
• JOMC 153: News writing (Roush)
• JOMC 491: Public Records Research (Tyburski)

FOR GRADUATES

The Master of Arts in Technology and Communication offers a rigorous and unique curriculum, that prepares students to take on leadership positions in new media, journalism, advertising, public relations and internal communication. The MATC is a 30-credit program consisting of nine three-credit courses and a three-credit final project (non-traditional thesis). There is a set curriculum, meaning there is a prescribed list of courses that are designed to be taken in order. The MATC has no electives. Completion of the program should take 2 ½ years.

• JOMC 711: Writing for Digital Media
• JOMC 714: Database and Web Research
• JOMC 715: New Media and Society
• JOMC 716: Research Methods and Applications
• JOMC 717: Information Visualization
• JOMC 718: Media Law for the Digital Age
• JOMC 719: Leadership in Digital Media Economics
• JOMC 720: Strategic Communication
• JOMC 721: Usability and Multimedia Design
• JOMC 992: Non-Traditional Thesis

The Certificate in Technology and Communication is a three-course master’s-level program offering an immersion in digital media skills and concepts. The GRE is not required for admission to the program.

• JOMC 711: Writing for Digital Media
• JOMC 712: Visual Communication and Web Design
• JOMC 714: Database and Web Research

FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS

The classes below are part of the school's scholastic media program.

• Mass Communication Education in the Secondary School (Hill)