Courses
CM 253 DIGITAL CULTURE 3.0 Credit(s)
Considers digital and technologically mediated environments as "mass media" in the tradition of film, radio, or television. Using a variety of approaches, including historical, sociological, economic, technological, cultural, and aesthetic, the course looks at questions such as how does the Internet codify reality? How are communities both created and thwarted? What are the characteristics of the global media culture? Readings, screenings, and written assignments required. Prerequisite: TAKE CM-101
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
CM 254 MEDIA & DEMOCRACY 3.0 Credit(s)
Examines the relationships between the mass media (film, television, newspapers, and the Internet), the public, and politics. Historical case studies analyze from ethical, economic, social, historical, aesthetic, and technological perspectives how the media provide (or do not provide) a place through which people express their views as citizens in a democracy. Current media examples are also investigated. Readings, screenings, and written assignments required. Prerequisite: TAKE CM-101
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
CM 256 MAGAZINES & BODY IMAGE 3.0 Credit(s)
This class will explore body image representations portrayed in popular American magazines from a media literacy perspective. Drawing on research about media influence and instructional capabilities from such researchers as Schramm, Bandura, Comstock, and Liebert.
Offered: All Semesters All Years
CM 257 WOMEN & ADVERTISING 3.0 Credit(s)
Exploration and in-depth analysis of women's images portrayed in American advertising from a media literacy perspective, using research about the influence of advertising on women's roles and attitudes.
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
CM 271 TV NEWS MAGAZINE PROD. I 3.0 Credit(s)
Students develop, plan, write, edit, and produce news story projects on a regular basis and contribute to the creation of The Pulse, a news magazine show, broadcast over television and the Internet at Sacred Heart.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
CM 272 SPORTS BROADCASTING I 3.0 Credit(s)
Focuses on the fundamentals needed to implement a program in sports information, publicity, and promotions. Preparing of news releases; writing local and hometown features; publishing programs and brochures; compiling statistical breakdowns; dealing with the local, regional, and national press; and promoting specific events, teams, and individuals are included. Prerequisite: TAKE CM-101
Offered: All Semesters All Years
CM 276 DIGITAL EDITING 3.0 Credit(s)
Designed to provide training with tools necessary for editing digital audio and video. Course examines the construction of stories and messages in the digital media that surrounds us. Students will become more effective creators and consumers of media culture. Prerequisite: TAKE CM-101
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
ENG 221 BRITISH TRADITIONS I 3.0 Credit(s)
This course studies British Literature from its earlier stages in Anglo-Saxon literature (pieces such as "Caedmon's Hymn" and "Beowulf"), to the Middle Ages, to the Elizabethan/Jacobean period, to the midand later seventeenth century including the metaphysical poets, Milton, and Dryden, and concludes with the literature of the eighteenth century. Sophomore level, required for English majors only. Prerequisite: Take FYS or FYWS 125 or ENG 110
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
ENG 222 BRITISH TRADITIONS II 3.0 Credit(s)
From the Age of Reason to the Age of Anxiety. Course highlights romantic writers such as Wordsworth and Keats, Victorians such as Dickens and Arnold, and modernists such as Joyce and Woolf. Sophomore level, required for English majors. Prerequisite: Take ENG-221
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
ENG 231 BLACK AND LATINX LITERATURE 3.0 Credit(s)
In this course we will read, discuss, and write about texts written by major Black and Latinx writers from the modern and contemporary periods. We will analyze works from a variety of genres - poetry, sermons, speeches, fiction, song and film. We will examine what these texts show us about the intersection of national origin, race, racism, identity and community, gender, sexuality, and class with American culture and its values.
Offered: All Semesters All Years
ENG 250 JOURNAL WRITING 3.0 Credit(s)
A course that explores the art of journal writing and journaling. Prerequisite: Take FYS 125 or FYWS 125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 252 DEVELOPING A WRITING VOICE 3.0 Credit(s)
From the colloquial to the informal to the formal, this course examines the development of writing voice and explores the stylistic and rhetorical choices writers make to communicate meaning and knowledge. Prerequisite: Take FYS-125 or FYWS-125 and ENG 253
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 253 INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE WRITING INTRO. TO CREATIVE WRITING 3.0 Credit(s)
An introductory course and workshop in creative writing, with a focus on poetry and short stories though other forms are welcome and encouraged. It is intended for students who have not had another course in creative writing at the college level but who have an interest in imaginative writing and who may be writing on their own without formal discussion or review of their work. This course is also the prerequisite for the minor in Creative Writing. A prerequisite to ENG 270, ENG 271, ENG 272, ENG 273, and ENG 274 Prerequisite: Take FYWS-125
Offered: All Semesters All Years
ENG 259 SPECIAL TOPICS IN WRITING 3.0 Credit(s)
Course description varies each time the course is offered. Prerequisite: Take FYS 125 or FYWS 125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
CM 235 ACTING FOR THE CAMERA 3.0 Credit(s)
Ever pictured yourself in the movies? This course is designed to assist students in getting comfortable in front of the camera. Students explore the actor's relationship to the camera and to their scene partners. Coursework includes monologues, scenes and auditions. Technical skills including props, marks and scene analysis will be covered. No experience necessary.
Offered: All Semesters All Years