Interested in taking a course in the Park School? Park's FA18 mini courses are OPEN for registration.
Course are open to all Ithaca College students.
GCOM20012 - Media for Social Responsibility: The Distraction and Addiction of Digital Media (24004)
This course will explore some of the negative effects of digital media, both on a personal and societal level. We will discuss addictive media technologies, and the role that corporations play by intentionally deploying addictive mobile communication devices and social media platforms. Further, we will discuss the negative outcome from these addictive technologies, from decreased happiness to increased loneliness, as well as some solutions to the problems. The course will meet with visiting guest experts – Dr. Jean Twenge and Mr. David Brooks – outside of their public lectures.
Meets: Thursday evenings September 20-October 11
Appropriate for first-year students.
GCOM 29261 - The Business of Media (24003)
A career-building experience where you’ll hear from faculty and guest experts about the entrepreneurial mindset and experience to be at the forefront of media trends and business.
Meets: Thursday evenings – September 13, October 25, December 6 – and requires attendance at a minimum number of flexible events and field trips.
Appropriate for first-year students.
STCM 29203 - Crisis Communication Simulations (23255)
This course will review the basic strategies in crisis communications and the use of media (television, radio, print, web, social) to help manage a crisis situation. A review of prominent case examples (historical and current) and a variety of group crisis management simulations will be included.
Meets: Friday/Saturday/Sunday September 14/15/16
Appropriate for first-year students.
JOUR 29300 - Writing About Music: Legacies (online) (23974)
The genre of music journalism, born during the turbulence of the late 1960s and ‘70s, was populated with writers who desperately cared about the importance of telling true stories about music and the powerful political and social roles music was playing in society. These writers were utilizing all of the basic devices of Literary Journalism, and should be understood as a breed apart from mere music critics, who review music, rather than writers who write passionately to make the music make sense for a generation. Students will propose examples of modern writers who are carrying on these legacies, in a final paper of analysis.
Meets: ONLINE in Block II
