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Spring 2007 Class

UMAR 200 Intro to Media Arts - Online
This course provides an introduction to the principles and practices of media communications, from newspapers and film, to television and the Internet, and their numerous influences on society. The course explores the development of various kinds of media and their impact on culture. Students are led through brief, introductory surveys of other related areas, including public relations, marketing, and ethical issues in the media.

Check out the syllabus for Fall 2007.

Other Classes:

UMAR 260 Review Writing (3)
Students will achieve a professional level of presentation geared to writing reviews of movies, TV shows, DVDs, CDs, restaurants, books, products, and events for newsprint, magazines, radio, and the Internet. This includes appropriate treatment of "spoilers," mechanical/grammatical skills, and working within the stated expectations of various publications.

UENG 333 Fantasy Literature (3)
This course explores one of the oldest genres of story-telling, from the dragons and hermits of medieval tales, to the gnomes and faries of the British gardens, to the middle-earth of JRR Tolkien, and beyond. Students will explore the genre's traditions of religious and social allegory, the development of fanasty-specific forms, and the iconic nature of stock fantasy characters and situtations. We will also examine the latest trends in fantasy literature in the popular and interactive media.

UENG 302 Science-Fiction Literature
Kind of like the Fantasy class, but about sci-fi.

UMAR 365 Internet Research (3)
Students will achieve a professional level of presentation geared to writing reviews of movies, TV shows, DVDs, CDs, restaurants, books, products, and events for newsprint, magazines, radio, and the Internet. This includes appropriate treatment of "spoilers," mechanical/grammatical skills, and working within the stated expectations of various publications.

UENG 125 Freshman Composition Online

Shakespeare I

This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remember'd;
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition:
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.

Henry V (4.3)

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