Communication 427 - Media Literacy

This course will provide an overview of the theories, tensions, and debates within the study of critical media literacy as it applies to K-12 classrooms and community organizations. Current practical and analytic research in this area will be examined. This course has a required civic engagement component; students will work with and on behalf of youth in the community on media literacy-related projects. This course is one of the required courses for the Media Literacy Certificate and satisfies the Integrative Experience requirement for BA-Comm majors.

Open to Senior and Junior Communication majors only. PreReq:COMM 121 or 122 This course was formerly numbered COMM 497ZZ. If you have already taken COMM 497ZZ, you cannot take this course. This course serves as an Integrative Experience (IE) requirement for BA-COMM majors.