CMAT 451 - Communication Technologies

TEXT:

Communication Technology Update, 7th Edition. August E. Grant and Jennifer Harman Meadows. copyright 2000.
The New Communication Technologies, 3rd Edition. Michael M.A. Mirabito. copyright 1997.

GRADES:

Writing Assignments - 20%
Midterm - 20%
Paper - 25%
Bibliography - 5%
Article Summary - 5%
Thesis Statement - 5%
Final - 20%

FINE PRINT:

1. Attendance is mandatory. We cover too much material in class to make it up. You are permitted one excused absence. Final grades will be docked 1/3 of a letter grade per absence after that.

2. You must have an e-mail account for this class. I highly suggest that you apply for a UBMail account even if you have another account someplace else because all the university announcements come by UBMail. You can always forward the UBMail account to your other account. If you've never used e-mail, please attend a library training session.

3. Assignments are due on the date stated by the beginning of class on the web board (work will not be accepted any other way due to the nature of this class.) Anything turned in late will automatically lose one letter grade per day late. If you don't have access to the web at home or work, please use the on-campus computer labs.

4. All out of class assignments must conform to the MLA style guidelines and must be submitted on-line. MLA Style books should be available in any library and most bookstores.

5. Papers will be graded for writing as well as content.

6. Any paper turned in with more than two errors -- of any kind -- per page will be returned ungraded. Student will be given 48-hours to resubmit the work. Papers falling into this category automatically lose one letter grade.

7. Final paper topics must be cleared ahead of time.

8. It is much easier to communicate with me by e-mail rather than telephone.

9. Comments and grades will be available on the WWW only.

WEB BOARD HELP:

E-mail and Web Board Instructions:

• Log-in name: first name (space) last name - (eg. Julie Simon). Initial password is the last four digits of your SSN. Change that immediately. Those of you who have used the Collegis Web Boards in other classes, you're still in the system. Your password is whatever it was when you last signed off. E-mail the help desk if you forgot your password.

• To access the web board. Click here.

• To learn how to use the web board forum and for the course material tutorial. Click here.

• To change your web board login name or password. Click here.

• I don't get this web board thing. Help me.

• To e-mail me. Click here.

SCHEDULE:

Topic	Assignment	Due
Introduction Print History	Read: (M) Chapter 1, (G) Chapter 1 http://communication.ucsd.edu/bjones/Books/booktext.html Note: Please subscribe to the Corporate Communication ListServ by sending an e-mail to: autoshare@astro.ubalt.edu. The list provides up to date information on what is happening in the major. You only need to subscribe once. In the body of the message type: subscribe corpcomm [your name]. Detailed information. ,
Printing Print Graphics	Read: Volti (Handout) http://www.digitalcentury.com/encyclo/update/print.html Web Board Tutorial	Web Board/Assignment Information
Technological Determinism Telegraph/Telephone /Fiber Optics	Read: (G) Chapter 17, 18 (M) Chapter 9 http://www.cybercomm.net/~chuck/phones.html
Electromagnetic Spectrum	Read: Handout (Gross-Chapter 2) http://www.its.bldrdoc.gov/fs-1037/images/ frqcharc.gif http://praxis.pha.jhu.edu/science/emspec.html	Mag #1
Radio Motion Pictures	Read: Handout (Volti Chapter 11) (G) Chapter 8 http://www.antique-radio.org/ http://home.luna.nl/ ~arjan-muil/radio/history.html http://www.ipass.net/~whitetho/index.html http://www.kingston.ac.uk/muytext0.htm	Mag #2
Television Cable Microwave/Satellites	Read: Handout (Volti-Chapter 11) Read: (G) Chapters 2, 3 Read: (M) Chapters 7, 8	Mag #3
Spring Break
Midterm
Computers Internet	Read: (G) Chapters 10, 11, 12, 13 http://ox.compsoc.net/~swhite/history.html http://www.pbs.org/opb/nerds2.0.1/geek_glossary/	Bibliography
Data Compression Optical Storage Digital Storage CD/DVD	Read: (M) Chapter 10, 19 Read: (M) Chapters 5, 6 (G) Chapters 18, 19, 20, 21 http://www.technofile.com/guides/dvdguide.html	Article Summary & Thesis
High Speed Transmissions World Wide Web Digital Graphics	Read: (G) Chapter 22, 23 http://www.apple-history.com/horn1.html	Revised Thesis
Digital Radio Digital Television	http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=mp3 http://www.cilect.org/DV_Report.htm http://www2.toshiba.co.jp/magazine/tomorrow/html_e/tv/no1.htm	Museum
High Definition Television Multimedia	Read: (M) Chapters 15, 16 http://www.hdtv.net/hdlinks.htm http://www.terran.com/CodecCentral/Architectures/index.html
Virtual Reality Future Applications	Read: (M) Chapter 22 (G) Chapters 25, 26 http://gypsy.rose.utoronto.ca/people/david_dir/SPIE96/SPIE96.full.html	Final Paper
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