The Department of Media & Communications offers a competitive program of study that emphasizes the theory and cultural impact of media and provides students with the competencies to be successful in the global and digital world of communications.  Students can gain laboratory experience at the College’s commercial radio and television stations, WAUG AM 750 and TV-68, the student newspaper and documentary film. The department provides experiential laboratory through an extra-curricular initiative called Falcon Communication (FALCOM). FALCOM provides students with an opportunity to experience learning through hands-on projects that will be used by businesses and non-profit organizations in the Triangle community. Internships are required for all majors.

GOALS

Students completing the Media and Communications program will demonstrate:

• Skills of standard written and spoken English
• Skills necessary to pursue graduate study and/or enter a related job field
• Workplace experience through internships
• Competency in writing and production techniques
• Competency in reporting, research, writing, layout and design
• Competency in using various communications media
Computer Lab in the Library

DEGREES OFFERED

Bachelor of Arts

Communications – Broadcast Concentration →

ADDITIONAL DEPARTMENT INFORMATION

Career Opportunities

  • Photography
  • Print Journalism
  • TV Journalism
  • Social Media
  • Radio
  • Web Journalism
  • Public Relations
  • Events
  • Advertising
  • Film

REQUIREMENTS

Required Courses For All Departmental Majors Except Film

  • Survey of Mass Communication
  • Copy Editing
  • News Reporting & Writing
  • Digital Journalism & Social Media
  • Fundamentals of Photography & Video
  • Advanced News Reporting
  • Internship

Broadcast Media

  • Writing Radio & TV
  • Voice & On Camera Presentation
  • Broadcast and Film Editing
  • Video Production I
  • Video Production II
  • Broadcast Management

Oakwood Cemetery Walking Tour

A class of SAU students studying Communications Skills (COMM 201) recently took a brief walking tour near the campus with their instructor, Prof. E. Ophelia Johnson, M.F.A., as an end-of-year mini-project to be one better acquainted with “an interesting, and relatively unknown, connection between Saint Augustine’s University and Oakwood Cemetery.”

Pictured here are students with Robin Simonton, Director of Oakwood, as she discussed history and lore of the historic cemetery, including highlights about famous people interred there, including the Reverend Dr. Brinton Smith, the university’s founder and the first superintendent of the cemetery. A portrait of Dr. Smith, who died in 1872, hangs at the top of the stairwell in Prezell Robinson Library at SAU.

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WAUG

WAUG is SAU's very own commercial TV and radio station, and is located right on campus. Through the station, Communications students have access to practical experience to better prepare them for their careers. From video production to directing, and on-air broadcasting, students are able to supplement their classroom learnings in the station.
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Falcon Forum

Thefalconforum.com is the online version of the Saint Augustine’s University student newspaper, The Falcon Forum. The newspaper has existed in several forms over the years and was revived most recently in February of 2015.

This website was created by the students of COMM 435; Naomi Afari, Ranell Jenkins, Aisha Taylor, De’Andre Dugas and JaBrozea Hines. This website was constructed for your personal usage, within university limits, under the advising of instructor, Dan Holly.

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FACULTY

Dan Holly

Dan Holly

Assistant Professor
dcholly@st-aug.edu
919.516.4981

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