CA385 MEDIA PRACTICUM Course Syllabus - Wall, Bekah

Term
Fall 2025
Section
M1
Course Delivery
Online Asynchronous
Class Program

CA385:

Credits 1 4
Description
A practical involvement with student media, including The Witness campus newspaper, The Quake radio station, and WCTV video broadcasting. Through this practicum, students can develop a variety of skills in applied communication and media production, from entry-level to advanced. One (1) hour of credit is equivalent to 40 hours of work in a semester. No more than 6 hours of Media Practicum may be taken in the 124 semester hours required for graduation.

Prerequisites

Junior or Senior Standing

Meeting Times, Location, & Course Delivery Details

Meeting Days:
By appointment
Meeting Times:
By appointment
Location:
RCC105
Delivery Details

Course Description: A practical involvement with student media, including the Witness campus newspaper, The Quake radio station, and WCTV video broadcasting. Through this practicum, students can develop a variety of skills in applied communication and media production, from entry-level to advanced. One (1) hour of credit is equivalent to 40 hours of work in a semester. No more than 6 hours of Media Practicum may be taken in the 123 semester hours required for graduation. Prerequisite: Junior or Senior Standing for CA385. Two hours of CA385 may be used in place of the major requirement for CA470 Internship. 

Contact Information

Instructor:
Wall, Bekah
Instructor Email:
bekah.wall@wilmington.edu
Office Location:
RCC105
Phone Number
937-481-2407, 937-728-2874
Office Hours:
T/TR by appointment
Instructor's Course Objectives

Objectives:

1. Use theory to visualize, produce, analyze and evaluate applied communications

2. Develop and execute a project planning process

3. Develop a conceptual approach to solving a problem

4. Execute a concept in order to generate an applied medium

5. Complete an applied project using a medium or mixed media

Course Schedule

Tentative Schedule

Subject to change during the semester. Adequate notice of changes will be given.

Course Assignments

Major Assignments: 

Throughout the semester you will be expected to complete various assignments (5) by your own design and on your own initiative. These assignments will be for a grade as they are intended to help you develop portfolio-enhancing assets (e.g. photos, videos, audio files, graphics, news articles, etc.). You will be expected to engage in effective project planning, project completion, and reflection. Your instructor will provide feedback on projects and tasks as a way to help you think about how to strategically build your applied portfolio. 

Although these tasks/assignments will not be graded, you will receive feedback on them, and this feedback should be used to critically evaluate all media produced by you through this practicum. 

In order to receive credit for this course, you will need to submit a final project/practicum poster showcasing the work you conducted in the course. If you do not complete this final poster, you will not pass the course.

Course Final Exam
N/A
Evaluation of Work

The grading scale will be as follows: Students will be evaluated based on a PASS/NO PASS basis.

Instructor Course Policies

Instructor's Course Attendance Policy

Bi-Weekly check-ins are required- please visit RCC 105 and sign up for one of the open slots on either Tuesday/Thursday of each week. Academic misconduct will not be tolerated in the classroom. Failure to follow the aforementioned classroom policies may result in additional academic penalties as determined by the instructor and/or by the Office of Academic Affairs. See the current Student Handbook for the college’s Attendance policy, especially as it pertains to excused absences. 

Instructor's Academic Integrity Policy

Academic Integrity See the current Student Handbook for the College’s Academic Integrity Policies as they pertain to examinations, plagiarism, classroom behavior, and the process for handling academic misconduct charges.

Institutional and Program-Level Policies

Final Exam Schedule

All exams will follow the Final Exam Schedule. Students scheduled to take three or more final examinations on one day may request to arrange their examination schedule, so no more than two exams occur on one day.
Requests for early or late exams are considered only under extreme circumstances. Prior to the exam period, the student must file a written request on the Early/Late Exam Form available in the Student One Stop Center, Academic Records, and on the WC portal. The form must be signed by the Instructor and the Academic Dean, approving the alternate exam time. This process must be completed prior to the scheduled exam period.

Undergraduate:  SP25 Final Exam Schedule    Graduate:  

 

Out-of-class Work Expectation

A minimum of 2 hours of out-of-class student work is expected for each hour of in-class time for traditional face-to-face courses. For online and hybrid courses, the combination of face-to-face time and out-of-class work should be equal to 3 hours per credit hour per week.

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Definition of Courses

Academic Integrity Policy

The use of generative AI is prohibited except where expressly allowed in assignment instructions.

Academic Integrity Policy

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Institutional Class Attendance Policy

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