2007-2008 Catalog (PDF) - Colorado State University-Pueblo

College of Humanities and Social Sciences
innovation is grounded in a traditional humanities and
social sciences curriculum. Students are prepared for
careers in the media and related disciplines while also
being given the ethical and aesthetic foundations to
make those careers meaningful.
The major in Mass Communications leads to the
degrees of Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Bachelor of
Science (BS). A degree in Mass Communications
leads to careers in journalism reporting and editing for
news, features and sports; advertising copywriting,
design and sales; digital video and audio production
for radio, television, and the Internet; interactive multimedia
application for the Internet; and strategic public
relations for government, nonprofits, and business.
Emphasis areas require 21 additional credit hours of
course work beyond the mandatory 21-credit hour core
for completion of the major. Selected professional
courses may have course specific fees. Please consult
your advisor.
The campus newspaper is published as a laboratory
tool of the Mass Communications department. The
newspaper serves the students, faculty and staff of
CSU-Pueblo in addition to the Pueblo community.
Editorial and management positions are awarded each
semester after review of all applications from qualified
students. The newspaper is funded through advertising
revenue. The newspaper’s advisor is a member of the
Mass Communications faculty. Prerequisites: MCCNM
201 and declared major or minor.
KTSC-FM is licensed to CSU-Pueblo as an educational
radio station by the Federal Communications
Commission. Operated by the Mass Communications
department, the 10,000-watt station serves a 50-mile
radius of the campus. Advanced Mass Communications
students are involved in daily programming,
production, and news. Prerequisites: Declared major
or minor in Mass Communications, MCCNM 141 and
150.
KTSC-TV, a Public Broadcasting full-power station
affiliated with Rocky Mountain Public Broadcasting and
CPB, provides laboratory training and on-campus labs
for television students in the KTSC Studio. Prerequisites:
Declared major or minor in Mass Communications,
MCCNM 142.
The Center for New Media is a cooperative effort
between CSU-Pueblo and Pueblo Community College.
As such, the Center provides additional resources and
experiences for students, including opportunities to
work in field production with a digital, six-camera
production truck and advanced computer laboratories.
Department Goal
The primary goal of the Mass Communications Department/Center
for New Media is to offer a pragmatic and
professionally oriented program aimed at preparing
majors for successful careers in the media and related
areas and to prepare students for graduate study.
Expected Student Outcomes
General Requirements
• Majors are required to specialize in one of five
emphasis areas offered by the department:
- Advertising
- Broadcasting (TV and Radio Production)
- New Media Studies
- News Editorial-Journalism
- Public Relations
• Successful Mass Communications majors will
demonstrate sufficient knowledge, comprehension
and analytical skills by the ability to evaluate
specific communication events in the proper
context of their emphasis area.
• Students majoring in Mass Communications must
achieve a C grade or better in all MCCNM
courses, both required and elective, to be eligible
for graduation. Students who earn below a C in
MCCNM courses will be required to repeat them
to achieve the 2.0 requirement for graduation in
the major.
• Each faculty member will keep, in the department’s
central file, a set of course outlines or
syllabi that list the objectives and skills achieved
during the semester. This central pool of materials
describes the detailed expectations and accountability
elements for the Mass Communications/
Center for New Media major on a course-bycourse
basis.
• Consistent with general CSU-Pueblo policy, no
student enrolled in Mass Communications/Center
for New Media courses may accumulate unexcused
absences, or arrive late for scheduled
classes without faculty consultation.
• The Mass Communications department believes
that grades are valid quantitative indicators of
student performance. Students’ GPAs in the major
or minor will be used by emphasis area advisers
for both formative and summary evaluations of
majors and minors.
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