MASS COMMUNICATION HISTORY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze key historical arguments, methodologies, and sources used in the study of journalism and mass communication. Audience: Graduate 2. Evaluate how historical evidence is constructed, interpreted, and debated within communication scholarship. Audience: Graduate 3. Conduct original historical research using primary and secondary sources, such as archives, oral histories, or media artifacts. Audience: Graduate 4. Synthesize historiographical debates to situate their own research within broader scholarly conversations. Audience: Graduate 5. Produce and present an original, research-based paper or project that demonstrates mastery of historical inquiry and scholarly communication. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze key historical arguments, methodologies, and sources used in the study of journalism and mass communication. Audience: Graduate 2. Evaluate how historical evidence is constructed, interpreted, and debated within communication scholarship. Audience: Graduate 3. Conduct original historical research using primary and secondary sources, such as archives, oral histories, or media artifacts. Audience: Graduate 4. Synthesize historiographical debates to situate their own research within broader scholarly conversations. Audience: Graduate 5. Produce and present an original, research-based paper or project that demonstrates mastery of historical inquiry and scholarly communication. Audience: Graduate