Radio-Television Building 497

Kathy A. Krendl, Dean
Phyllis Bernt, Associate Dean
Florence Clark Riffe, Assistant Dean

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The College of Communication includes the J. Warren McClure School of Communication Systems Management, the School of Interpersonal Communication,the E. W. Scripps School of Journalism,the School of Telecommunications,and the School of Visual Communication.

The college was created to meet more fully the communication needs of a changing society. New forms of communication,the growth of communication systems,and the need for better communication among people,races,economic groups,and nations were factors in Ohio University's decision to prepare graduates both for traditional roles and for a variety of new responsibilities.

The college is equipped to train graduates for professional careers in journalism,telecommunications,voice and data communication,visual communication,and organizational and interpersonal communication. The college operates on the assumption that professional competency in these areas calls for the highest proficiency in the field of specialization,plus the broadest liberal education in other disciplines.

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The E. W. Scripps School of Journalism is fully accredited, with undergraduate sequences in advertising, broadcast news, news writing and editing, magazine journalism, and public relations.

The journalism school is recognized nationally and by the Ohio Board of Regents for the quality of its more than 200 annual graduates who move into professional careers on leading newspapers, magazines, and news-gathering organizations, as well as into advertising and public relations positions. Careers take them to all parts of the world.

The School of Telecommunications is one of the largest broadcasting and electronic media programs in the United States, and national surveys have ranked it as one of the best in the country. It has received Program Excellence and Academic Challenge awards from the Ohio Board of Regents for the quality of its instruction.

The telecommunications program provides a broad-based education that prepares students for a range of careers in the electronic media. Many opportunities are provided for hands-on experience on campus, including a campus radio station, a video production unit, and public broadcasting stations WOUB AM-FM-TV. A year-round internship program provides opportunities for qualified advanced students to obtain professional experience outside the university.

The School of Interpersonal Communication offers coursework in four program tracks: communication in human services, legal communication, organizational communication, and political communication.

The School of Visual Communication prepares students for careers in informational graphics, interactive multimedia, photo communication, photo illustration, and picture editing/page design. Students graduating from the program are qualified to pursue careers in newspapers, magazines, corporate communications, web design, advertising photography, and new media productions.

The J. Warren McClure School of Communication Systems Management is a unique program that educates students about the design, management, and uses of advanced communication technologies. The only program of its kind in Ohio, and one of very few in the nation, the school offers a four-year baccalaureate program leading to a degree in communication systems management. Coursework centers on the business applications of voice and data networks and services. The interdisciplinary approach, a highly successful paid internship program, and substantial hands-on laboratory experience prepare students for careers managing business communication networks, as well as with major telephone companies, consulting firms, and government agencies.

All programs of study at the undergraduate level lead to the bachelor's degree. More detailed descriptions and the requirements for the various majors offered in the schools are given in the pages immediately following.

Graduate programs leading to M.A., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees are available in interpersonal communication, journalism, and telecommunications. These programs are described in detail in the Graduate Catalog.

Admission Requirements

You may receive additional consideration if you have demonstrated talent or experience, or if you come from a historically underrepresented group. For information on admission procedures, contact the school director.

Transfer Policy

Students transferring into one of the schools within the College of Communication will be required to complete the major requirements in effect during the academic year of the approved transfer.

This regulation applies to:

Students transferring from other universities.

Students transferring from other colleges within Ohio University.

Students transferring from one school to another within the College of Communication.

Degrees and Requirements

As a candidate for a degree in the College of Communication, you must satisfy the requirements established by the program in which you are enrolled. Additionally, you are required to meet the General Education Requirements that have been established by Ohio University. Most university general education courses can satisfy both program and university requirements. Consult your advisor on the dual application of those courses.

You must also have a minimum total of 192 earned hours with a 2.0 accumulative grade-point average (g.p.a.) and a 2.0 g.p.a. in your major. Only the final hours and grades earned when courses are retaken count toward graduation.

After transferring into the College of Communication, you must complete a minimum of 48 credit hours as a resident of the school conferring the degree. In certain cases, exceptions may be made by the academic dean in consultation with the director of the school you plan to enter.

Advising

Scholarships

Global Learning Community Certificate Program

Project-based learning.GLC courses are not traditional classes with lectures, tests, and papers. Instead, students work in project teams on real-world problems and issues. Project-based learning challenges students to determine what they need to know to solve the problem, how they are going to find the information they need, and how they are going to apply it. Project-based learning also changes the role of faculty members; rather than providing the students with specific course content, faculty advise, consult, and provide feedback on all aspects of a project�from research and analysis to report writing and presentations.

Learning community.The GLC is housed in Bromley Hall, a private residence hall near campus. Students enter the GLC in fall quarter of their sophomore or second year, and spend that year in residence. The junior year is nonresidential. Faculty join students for meals, cultural events, and other activities. The purpose of the residential plan is to build a living and learning community that combines the professional and social spheres and fosters teamwork; in such a community, students working in teams on projects should come to regard each other as colleagues with a shared mission.

International experiences.Each GLC student completes at least two international and cross-cultural projects. Sophomores undertake consulting projects, working in bi-national teams with students from an overseas university (the GLC worked in Hungary in 1998 and Ecuador in 1999). After the first year, students do an internship overseas or with an international company or organization.

Students apply for admission in the winter quarter of their freshman year. All standard financial aid programs apply. Several need-based room scholarships are awarded each year; in 1999, about 20 students received international travel grants.

Plan of study.The program consists of eight projects and an internship, taken over two years in the following sequence:

Sophomore Year

Fall      GLC 201, 202   (8 hours)
Winter    GLC 203, 204   (8 hours)
Spring    GLC 205        (2 hours)

Junior Year

Fall     GLC 301    (4 hours)
Winter   GLC 302    (4 hours)
Spring   GLC 303    (4 hours)

The internship (GLC 400, 0-6 hours) may be taken at any time after the sophomore year. GLC courses count toward specialization or distribution requirements for most majors.

Other requirements. Students are required to demonstrate competency in a modern language to the 213 level (or equivalent) by the time they graduate. Students planning to enter the GLC are advised to take General Education Tier II courses from among the following: ANTH 101, ECON 103, ECON 104, GEOG 131, HIST 131, POLS 150, POLS 250, SOC 101, SOC 201.

For more information, call 740-597-2794, visit our website at https://www.commcoll.ohiou.edu/glc , or reach us by e-mail at glc@ohio.edu.

Political Communication Certificate Program

To receive a certificate in political communication, you must complete POCO 201 Introduction to Political Communication and POCO 401 Seminar in Political Communication, as well as 22 quarter hours from the courses listed below. No more than two courses from any one department can be counted toward the certificate.

A Political Communication Certificate is awarded upon completion of the requirements and graduation from the university. Notation of the award is recorded on your transcript. Consult the director of the Political Communication Program before the deadline for graduation to ensure that the certificate will be awarded.

Required Courses

POCO 201 	Intro to Political Comm.	3

POCO 401 	Seminar in Political Comm.	5 
 Courses in the Curriculum
 
 
ECON 316 	Economics and the Law	        4

ECON 430	Public Finance	                4

INCO 250 	Intro to Rhetorical Theory      4

INCO 300	Field Research Methods 
	        in Communication	        4

INCO 342 	Comm. and Persuasion	        4

INCO 352 	Political Rhetoric	        4

INCO 430 	Comm. and the Campaign	        5

INCO 442 	Responsibilities and Freedom 
	        of Speech	                4

JOUR 233 	Information Gathering	        3

JOUR 370 	Media Relations and Publicity	4

JOUR 411 	Communication Law	        4

JOUR 412 	Mass Media and Society	        3

JOUR 464 	Public Affairs Reporting	3

JOUR 471 	Public Relations Principles	5

JOUR 472 	Advanced Public Relations	4

LING 280 	Language in America	        5

PHIL 240 	Social and Political Philosophy 4

PHIL 442 	Philosophy of Law	        5

POLS 250 	International Relations         5

POLS 304 	State Politics	                4

POLS 405 	American Political Parties      4

POLS 406 	Elections and Campaigns	        4

POLS 410 	Public Policy Analysis	        4

POLS 415 	The American Presidency	        4

POLS 417 	Legislative Processes	        5

POLS 418 	Interest Groups	                4

POLS 420 	Women, Law, and Politics	4

POLS 424 	Intergovernmental Politics	4

POLS 476A 	American Political Thought	4

POLS 476B 	American Political Thought	4

POLS 481 	Modern Political Analysis	4

PSY 304 	Human Learning and 
	        Cognitive Processes	        4

PSY 336 	Social Psychology	        4

SOC 210 	Intro to Social Psychology	4

SOC 351	        Elementary Research Techniques	4

SOC 413 	Mass Communication	        4

SOC 414 	Contemporary Social Movements	4

SOC 432 	Political Sociology	        4

SOC 465 	Social Change	                4

TCOM 370 	Mass Communication Theories	4

TCOM 371 	Effects of Mass Communication	4

TCOM 453 	Law and Regulation	        5

TCOM 475 	Politics & the Electronic Media 4
 

University Advancement and Computer Services revised this file (https://www.ohio.edu/catalog/00-01/colleges/comm.htm) on November 27, 2000.

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