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Welcome from the Chair
Dr. Ewart Skinner

04-02-08
If you're intending to do a summer 2008 internship, you must register for internship credit (TCOM 489) by the end of this semester.

03-26-08
Public lecture: Patricia Silver, President, Sphere Entertainment Agency

COMING IN 2008
Major Mania will take place on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in 101 Olscamp Hall. Details to follow.

03-26-08
HIV/AIDS conference: HIV/AIDS in America and the global community

01-09-08
Internships at Fox Sports Network, Cleveland

01-09-08
DJs on WFAL & WBGU featured in Toledo City Paper

01-09-08
Instructor needed at West Texas A&M

01-07-08
E! 2008 Summer Internships
DEADLINE JAN. 23

01-07-08
Sea Lion Studio seeks Spring Intern

12-28-07
Board Operator Job Opening at Clear Channel, Lima

12-28-07
Scholarships available for library media specialists

12-19-07
Fall 2007 Alumni Newsletter

12-06-07
Fellowship in Pittsburgh deals with health and virtual reality games

12-06-07
See what our students and alumni are up to now!

Electronic media such as television, radio, and the internet play in integral role in the ever changing technological society in which we live. News and information travel at higher speeds than ever before and effectively tie communities together on local, national, and international fronts. In fact, electronic media is rapidly becoming our primary source of information and entertainment in the present age.

CURRICULUM CHANGES: EFFECTIVE FALL 2006

TCOM 255 (International Telecommunications System) renamed TCOM 355 (Global Telecommunications System). Pre-requisite is TCOM 260.
TCOM 260 (Writing for Electronic Media) will eliminate TCOM 255 as a pre-requisite. Students should take TCOM 260 right after TCOM 103.
TCOM 451 (New Electronic Media) renamed TCOM 264 (Interactive Communication Technologies I).
TCOM 360 (Applied Research in Telecommunications) renamed TCOM 360 (Mass Media Research).
New courses available! See the Course Descriptions page or the BGSU Course Catalog.
See NEW Suggested Course Sequence.

Please contact your faculty advisor on how these changes may affect you.

Mission

To prepare the future community and national leader in our industry via teaching, research, and service roles. Career opportunities are available in public and commercial radio and television, cable television, telephony, multimedia, web, advertising and education. Students excel in a features-oriented program of social science, liberal arts, and technical study.

Graduates obtain such positions as television producer, radio or television programmer, script writer, radio announcer, audio and video editor, web page designer, and media researcher.

Curriculum
The TCOM curriculum pays particular attention to: * media production and representation practices * new media technologies * global media systems * media theory research techniques * media history * the interaction of markets, policy and law in the telecommunications and associated sectors * media management & business Last Updated: August 1, 2005

The Department of Telecommunications at Bowling Green State University
302 West Hall, Bowling Green, OH 43403
ph.419.372.8349 | fx.419.372.0202 | tcom@bgnet.bgsu.edu | © 2004 BGSU
we are part of the School of Communications Studies

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