Communication & Journalism

Acclimatizes new Evangel students to the University. As such, it serves as an intellectual and practical orientation to the challenges and opportunities of the University life and learning. Students are introduced to Evangel’s Christ-centered, integrational, exploratory, and global ethos. They build relationships with departmental contexts as well as across the campus. They are encouraged to understand that they are being prepared not only for a career but for life.

Integrates the elements of writing and speaking so students may appreciate how they intersect. Explains a rhetorical situation as a determining factor in all communication decisions and provides instruction on gathering, organizing, researching, and presenting information appropriate for the audience. This includes context and purpose of the event. Students deliver written and oral products to demonstrate mastery of language skills.

Explains to students with previous speaking experience how to perform a rhetorical study of significant public speeches or other communication events. Topics are special interest. This course may count toward Core Curriculum credit.

Introduces writing and reporting for the mass media: print, broadcast, internet, public relations, and advertising. Includes practical experience in information gathering, organizing, and writing with emphasis on style, structure, and techniques appropriate to the various media formats. Minimum grade of C or higher required to matriculate.

Explains the fundamentals of the logical analysis, preparation of briefs, and experiences in debating.

Introduces communication theory and processes while emphasizing one-to-one communication and practice in personal application of communications principles.

Provides students with an opportunity to work and observe in the field as a practicum intern on a weekly basis. Practicums are arranged with permission from the Communication Department.

Exposes to concepts of news values and intensive training in the methods of gathering and writing news including theory and practice of editing, copy, writing headlines, and designing newspaper pages.

Available to all students in intercollegiate speech activities. No more than two credits of COMS 316 apply to the major or one credit to the minor.

Explores the principles and practices of editing copy for various publications while learning methods and techniques for enhancing written communication.

Acquaints student with methods and materials for teaching journalism as well as to prepare them to supervise secondary school newspapers and yearbooks.

Provides practical experience in the production of the student news organization, including both the Lance newspaper and EvangelValorMedia.com. Students will have the opportunity to work in news writing, editing, editorial and feature writing, and layout for a print newspaper. They will also gain hands-on production experience in electronic journalism,
media promotion, and public relations as they apply to Web communication. Students will help maintain, produce, and promote content for the student media website and email newsletter under supervision of the advisors. No more than 2 credits of the workshop can be applied to the major or 1 credit to minor.

Emphasizes the designing and laying out of publications on the computer. Includes a study of basic design principles, typography, and relevant computer software.

Provides experience in writing and developing feature materials for newspapers, web, and magazines.

Acquaints the student with a media practitioner’s rights and liabilities under mass communication law. This includes a study of the statutes and judicial opinion which are the basis for an understanding of the freedoms and controls of print, web, and broadcast media.  The course includes content and discussion dealing with ethical issues that do not necessarily rise to a legal issue, but are important for the workplace and professionalism.

Examines the life and work of C. S. Lewis as it relates to our understanding of communication, Christian theology and philosophy, and literature. The class will focus on Lewis’ contributions to the study of reason, myth and imagination by examining his writings and by exploring the city of Oxford. This course meets the Core Curriculum Global Connections requirement and must be taken with the C.S. Lewis Oxford Study Tour.

Seminar centering on the student's ability to work through an approved project or paper under the supervision of an advisor or another communication faculty member.

Available as needed.

Required for all communication majors. Includes departmental assessments, exit testing, personal interviews, and portfolio work.

Provides students with an opportunity to work as an intern for an off-campus organization on a weekly basis. A maximum of 6 internship credits may be applied to the major and must represent two distinctly different internship experiences. Each internship is limited to 3 credit hours.