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What makes the program special?• Hands-onlearninghappensthroughclassroomactivities, internships,productionprojects,andpracticalexperience.

• SiouxCityishometofournetworktelevisionstations,11 radiostations,adailynewspaperandseveraladvertising agencies/publicrelationsfirms.Morningsidestudentshave completedinternshipsorhaveheldpaidpositionsat manyofthesecompanies.

•Professorsincorporatetheirreal-worldexperienceintotheir coursework.

•Thedepartment’ssmallsizegivesprofessorstimetoadvise students,workwiththemonindependentprojects,andhelp themdevelopprogramsofstudythatmeettheir academicandcareergoals.

•Studentsgetexperiencewithallmedia:print,radio, television,andtheweb.

•AnemphasisonFirstAmendmentissuesandconnections withpoliticalsciencemakemasscommunicationastrong foundationforlawschool.

HowwillIbenefit?Asamasscommunicationmajororminoryouwilldevelopthefollowing:

• Strongwritingskills,accuracy,andprofessionalstandards

• Technicalknowledgeofprint,video,radio,andmultimedia production

• Broad-basedexposuretomanydisciplinesintheliberalarts, essentialforunderstandingandinterpretingcontemporary communicationissues

•Leadershipskills,accountability,andmaturity

•Awarenessoftheethicalresponsibilitiesinvolvedin communicatingwiththepublic.

MassCommunication

wHySTudyMASSCoMMunICATIonATMornIngSIde?Aprogramthatintroducesstudentstomajormedia:print,radio,television,andtheweb.Anemphasisonethics,contemporaryissues,andprofessionalstandards.excellentpreparationforacareerorforgraduatework.Facultywithmanyyearsofprofessionalexperience.Anissue-orientedcurriculumthatencouragesstudentstoexaminetheroleofmasscommunicationinsociety.

M A J O R S•Accounting•Advertising•AppliedAgriculturaland FoodStudies•Art GraphicDesign Photography Studio•ArtsAdministration MusicManagement PhotographyManagement StudioArtManagement•Biology•BusinessAdministration Finance InternationalBusiness Management Marketing•Chemistry•ComputerScience ComputerScience AppliedComputerScience•Education Elementary Secondary SpecialEducation•English•History AmericanHistory History•Interdisciplinary ArtsAdministration Non-ProfitManagement StudentDesigned•InternationalAffairs•ManagementInformationSystems•MassCommunication CorporateCommunication Media&SalesManagement NewMediaProduction•Mathematics•MedicalLaboratoryScience•Music Music MusicEducation•Nursing•PoliticalScience•Psychology Biopsychology Counseling General Developmental•ReligiousStudies•SocialandBehavioralScience•Spanish

P R e - P R O f e S S i O n A l•Chiropractic•Dentistry•Law•MedicalLaboratoryScience•Medicine•Ministry•Optometry•Pharmacy•PhysicalTherapy•PhysicianAssistant•VeterinaryMedicine

fASt fActS•Foundedin1894,private,coeducational•AffiliatedwiththeUnitedMethodistChurch•LocatedinSiouxCity,IA(greaterSiouxlandpopulation168,000)•2,902studentsfrom30statesand16foreigncountries•69-acrecampuslistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlacesandlocatedinthesafe, residentialneighborhoodofMorningside•60+student-ledorganizations,includingstudentgovernment,honorsocieties,servicegroups, religiousorganizations,musicalensembles,studentpublications,andtwonationalfraternities andsororities•Sixresidencehalls,includinggroupapartment-stylehallsandthemedhousing•26NAIAvarsitysports,memberofGreatPlainsAthleticConference•Intramuralsports

AcAdeMic PROgRAMS•Degreesawarded:BachelorofArts,BachelorofScience,BachelorofScienceinNursing, BachelorofMusicEducation,MasterofArtsinTeaching,MasterofScienceinNursing•Fallandspringsemesters,MayTermandoptionalsummerterm•Internshipandundergraduateresearchprograms•Studyabroadoptions

SchOlARShiP OPPORtunitieS•100%ofnewfull-timestudentsreceivefinancialaidbasedonmeritandneed.•Thescholarshipsbelowareforfirst-time,full-timefreshmen.

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The Morningside College experience cultivates a passion for life-long learning and a dedication to ethical leadership and civic responsibility.

AccReditAtiOnHigherLearningCommissionoftheNorthCentralAssociationofCollegesandSecondarySchools,IowaDepartmentofEducation,IowaBoardofNursing,theCommissiononCollegiateNursingEducation,NationalAssociationofSchoolsofMusic,UniversitySenateoftheUnitedMethodistChurch.

Scholarship Act gPA AMOunt

Trustee atleast31 and3.9 $20,000

Presidential atleast27 and3.9 $15,000

Dean atleast25 and3.3 $13,000

Founder lessthan25 and3.3orless $10,000

Talent grants up to $5,000

awarded in art, athletics.

eSports, music (color guard,

instrumental, show choir,

vocal), theatre.

Each academic scholarship comes with additional benefits. Visit our website for more information: www.morningside.edu

the MORningSide AdvAntAge: OuR guARAnteeWeknowyourfutureisbright!TheMorningsideAdvantagesetsusapartfromothercolleges.WearesoconfidentinyouandtheMorningsideexperiencethatweguaranteethefollowing: 1. Youwillearnyourdegreeinfouryearsorless. 2. Youwillgainemploymentorbeacceptedtograduateschoolwithinsixmonthsofgraduation. 3. Youwillexpandyourhorizons.

For more information and requirements, go to www.morningside.edu/advantage

Howaboutthedetails?Majors

TheBA in Mass Communicationpreparesstudentstopursuecareersinjournalism,radioandtelevision,publicrelations,andrelatedfieldsorforgraduateworkinadvancedmediastudies.Themajoremphasizesconvergedmedia,combiningskillscoursesinjournalism,broadcasting,andthewebwiththeoreticalcoursesaboutmediamoregenerally.

TheBS in Mass Communicationdrawsoncoursesfromseveraldepartmentsandincludesachoicefromoneoftwoemphasisareas:MediaManagementorCorporateCommunication.TheMediaManagementemphasispreparesstudentsforleadershipinmediaorganizations.TheCorporateCommunicationemphasispreparesstudentsforinternalandexternalcommunicationinbusiness,government,nonprofits,politics,andsportsinformation.

CoursesCoMM101 IntroductiontoMassCommunication

CoMM204 AudioProductionforradioandweb

CoMM207 VideoProductionforTelevisionandtheweb

CoMM208 FundamentalsofJournalismforPrintandthe web

CoMM260 SportsJournalismandBroadcasting

CoMM264 MediaPracticum:AudioandradioProduction

CoMM265 MediaPracticum:MediaSales

CoMM267 MediaPracticum:VideoandTelevision Production

CoMM268 MediaPracticum:newswritingandreporting

CoMM269 MediaPracticum:newMediaProduction

CoMM270 MediaPracticum:SportsBroadcasting

CoMM300 newsandFeaturewriting

CoMM307 AdvancedVideoProduction

CoMM309 MediaManagement

CoMM311 LawofMassCommunication

CoMM324 electronicJournalism

CoMM330 Publicrelations

CoMM395 SeminarinMedia,Politics,anddemocracy

CoMM404 Adv.MediaPracticum:KMSCdepartmentHead

CoMM407 Adv.MediaPracticum:MCTVdepartmentHead

CoMM408 Adv.MediaPracticum:Collegianreportereditor

CoMM409 Adv.MediaPracticum:newMediaProduction

whathappensoutsidetheclassroom?InternshipsInternshipscompletedbymasscommunicationstudentshaveincluded:

•KCAu,KTIV,KMegandKPTHtelevisionstations,SiouxCity

•PowellBroadcastingradiostations,SiouxCity

•iHeartMediaradiostations,SiouxCity

• KwIT-FMSiouxlandPublicMedia,SiouxCity

•SiouxCityexplorersBaseballTeam

•SiouxCityBanditsIndoorFootballTeam

•SiouxCityConventionCenter

•SiouxCityJournal

•wowT-TV,omaha

•wCCo-TV,Minneapolis,Mn

•Anchoragedailynews,Anchorage,AK

•KHMX/KodAradio,Houston,TX

•Kggoradio,desMoines

•SouthdakotaPublicTelevision

•Theglobe,newspaperfortheSiouxCityCatholicdiocese

Hands-on experience•KMSC-FM,Morningside’sstudent-runradiostation.Voteda “SiouxlandChoice”radiostationtwicebyreadersofThe weekender.namedericSevareidawardwinnerforbest studentplay-by-playbroadcastsbythenorthwestBroadcast newsAssociation.

•MCTV,thestudent-runcampustelevisionoutletwithdigital productionandcomputereditingequipment,digitalcameras, andstudios.MCTVisavailableonalocalcablechannel. onlinevideostreamingofmanycampussportingevents.

•TheCollegianreporter,onlinecampusnewspaper, writtenandproducedbystudents.

wherecanIgofromhere?Careers.Adegreeinmasscommunicationcanleadtoanumberofdifferentcareers.ouralumnihavebecomereporters,producers,cameraoperators,videographers,journalists,publicrelationsprofessionals,andadvertisingexecutives.

Asamplingofjobsalumnihaveheldincludes:

• 5,6and10o’clocknewsanchor,KCAu-TVChannel9, SiouxCity

• CreativeServicesdirector,KTIV-TVChannel4,SiouxCity

• weekendSportsAnchor,wABC-TV,newyork

• weekendSportsAnchor,KCAu-TV,SiouxCity• MarketingCoordinator,HyVee,desMoines,IA• executiveTeamLeader,Target,watertown,Sd• PromotionsCoordinator,winnaVegasCasino,Sloan,IA• BroadcastoperationsSpecialist,IowaPublicradio, Ames,IA• CommunityrelationsCoordinator,LifeServeBloodBank, SiouxCity,IA

• MorningShowhost,PowellBroadcasting,SiouxCity,IA• reporter,KMTV,omaha,ne• Accountexecutive,KTIV-TV,SiouxCity,IA• Accountexecutive,KCAu-TV,SiouxCity,IA• digitalCommunicationsMgr,MorningsideCollege, SiouxCity,IA• MultimediaJournalist,woI-TV,desMoines,IA• MorningShowProducer,woI-TV,desMoines,IA• newsdirector,KCHeradio,Cherokee,IA• Accountexecutive,KdSnradio,denison,IA• news/Sportsdirector,KCHeradio,Cherokee,IA• Sportsdirector,KABdradio,Aberdeen,Sd• AssistantdirectorofMediaCenter,KansasCityArt Institute• Promotions,Prostheticrecords,LosAngeles,CA• reporter/Videographer,KTIV,SiouxCity• directorofMarketingandAlumnirelations,IowaState university• Sportseditor,TheLeMarsdailySentinel• TradeMarketingManager,ConAgraFoods• reporter/Producer,SouthdakotaPublicTelevision• PromotionManagerwHo-TV,desMoines,IA• wCCoTV,ChiefPhotographer,Minneapolis,Mn

Graduate school.ouralumnihavealsobeenacceptedintograduateprogramsinCommunicationStudies,History,english,women’sStudies,Law,PoliticalScience,Philanthropyanddevelopment,andPhotography(inadditiontomasscommunication)atinstitutionssuchasBradleyuniversity,theuniversityofIowa,georgewashingtonuniversity,MiddleburyCollege,SamHoustonStateuniversity,theuniversityofSouthdakota,theuniversityofMinnesota,andtheuniversityofnebraska.

CoMM410 Adv.MediaPracticum:SportsBroadcasting Management

CoMM430SeniorThesis

CoMM455MassCommunicationCapstoneSeminar

whoarethefaculty?Ross Fuglsang,AssociateProfessor

TeachesIntroductiontoMassCommunication,FundamentalsofJournalism,newsandFeaturewriting,LawofMassCommunication,SeniorCapstoneandcoursesinthefirst-yearcurriculum.ServesasadvisortoTheCollegianreporterstudentnewspaper.researchinterestsincludepopculture.

education:B.S.,M.S.,IowaStateuniversity;B.A.,CentralMissouriStateuniversity;Ph.d.,universityofIowa

Professionalexperience:reporter/Photographerforcommunityweekly;SportseditorforIowadaily

Dave Madsen,AssistantProfessor&dept.Chair

TeachesIntroductiontoMassCommunication,MediaManagement,MediaSales,Publicrelations,SeniorCapstoneandFirstyearSeminar.ServesasadvisorforMCTVstudent-runtelevisionstation.

education:B.A.,M.A.Journalism/MassCommunicationuniversityofnebraska-Lincoln.

Professionalexperience:Morethan30yearsofcommercialtelevisionandradioexperienceinstationmanagement,programming,promotion,production,news,engineeringandsales.

Adjuncts.TheMassCommunicationdepartmentalsohasqualifiedadjunctinstructorstoteachTelevisionProduction,SportsBroadcastingandPublicrelations.

whathappensinsidetheclassroom?•Coursesexaminetheroleofcommunicationatboththelocal andgloballevels.

•Studentslearntoproduceandprocessinformationin variousmedia—television,radio,print,andweb—andto adapttonewtechnologies.

• Coursesaretaughtwithinthecontextoftheliberalarts. Studentslearntherolemasscommunicationplaysin societyandhowitisconnectedwithothersubjectssuchas business,art,theatre,science,andpoliticalscience.

• Allcoursespromoteclear,concisewriting,whichiscentral toallhumancommunication.

MassCommunicationatMorningside