SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
NEW COURSE PROPOSAL
Calendar Information:
Course Number: CMNS 432
Credit Hours: 4
Course Vector: (Lecture: 0; Seminar: 4; Tutorial: 0; Lab: 0)
Course Title:Opinion, Propaganda and Political Communication
Course Description (for Calendar):
Attach a course outline to this proposal.
Explores the general relationship between mediated politics and political media. The interaction of political marketing, persuasion and political advertising during and between elections is examined.
Prerequisite(s):
75 credit hours including at least 2 CMNS or DIAL upper division courses.
Co-requisite(s) (if any):
None.
Special Instructions (if any):
None.
Course(s) to be dropped if this course is approved (if any):
None.
Rationale for Introduction of this Course;
will this be a required or elective course in the curriculum;
probable enrolment when offered?
This is an elective. It has been successfully offered twice in summer semesters in 2004 and 2005 (as CMNS 486-4) with enrollments between 20 and 25.
Scheduling and Registration Information. Indicate semester and
year this course would be first offered and planned frequency of
offering thereafter.
First offered Fall Semester 2006. Normally offered annually thereafter.
Which of your present CFL faculty have the expertise to offer
this course? Will the course be taught by sessional or limited-term
instructors?
C.Murray; R.Hackett; D.Gutstein; S.Kline; S.Gunster are all regular
CMNS faculty who are qualified to teach this course.
Are there any proposed student fees associated with this course
other than tuition fees? None.
Does this course duplicate the content of a previously approved
course to such an extent that students should not receive credit for
both courses? If so, please specify.
Effective date:
2006/07 Calendar.
Resource Implications:
Note: Senate has approved (S.93-11) that no new
course should be approved by Senate until funding has been committed
for necessary library materials. Each new course proposal must be
accompanied by a library report and, if appropriate, confirmation
that funding arrangements have been addressed. Provide
details on how existing instructional resources will be redistributed
to accommodate this new course. For instance, will another course be
eliminated or will the frequency of offering of other courses be
reduced; are there changes in pedagogical style or class sizes that
allow for this additional course offering.
We believe this course will not require significant new resources. It fits in with the policy and political economy stream already established in the School, including, but by no means restricted to, audience research, news analysis, democratic communication, and media analysis.
There are already 78 key sources in the Library on propaganda, and significant holdings on public opinion and political communication. There are at least two excellent AV sources on tap (30 second democracy and Triumph of the Will). The Instructor is building a personal library of other resources.
While there may be a few blindspots, we believe existing resources are adequate and holdings will be superior in three years, with a systematic policy of acquisitions in place.
Does this course require specialized space or
equipment not readily available in the department or university, and
if so, how will these resources be provided? No.
Does this course require computing resources? (e.g. hardware, software,
network wiring, use of computer laboratory space) and if so, describe
how they will be provided.
Not required.
Approvals:
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