This course is designed as a one-time graduate-level course to be offered when-ever departmental resources are sufficient to do so. It will deal with special topics in the mass media, journalism, or broad-casting according to the research agenda and interests of a particular professor. Topics could include, but are not limited to: ethical, legal, theoretical, and societal issues in the mass media; practical applications of video, photographic, print, and/or computer-based media production.