Media Law & Ethics

 

Statue of Justice outside US Supreme Court (Library of Congress) Syllabus Fall 2011
COMS 400 MEDIA LAW & ETHICS
RU # 11501 / Section 01

Any edition:
Textbook:
Robert Trager, The Law of Journalism and Mass Communication,
CQ Press, ISBN # 978 0 87289 923 0

Resources:


What you will learn in this class:

Class Policies

  • Disabilities policy: We are happy to work with all students equitably and to accomodate disabilities on a non-discriminatory basis. Students with special needs may be required to clear special accomodations through the disabilities resource office of the university.
  • Honor Code: By accepting admission to Radford University, each student makes a commitment to understand, support and abide by the University Honor Code without compromise or exception.
  • Plagiarism: Students who directly copy substantial amounts of work from any source without attribution will flunk the class and be reported to the Dean of Students office.
  • Attendance is vital. Under the grade point system (below), missing class will mean you lose momentum in bulding up your score, and of course you may miss important information.

Grade point system

Total of 1200 possible points

Translating points to letter grades

 

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