A course that gives students the opportunity to apply integrated strategic communication principles and theory in a cultural setting outside the United States. Students will observe how strategic communication is developed and implemented in the context of another culture. While focused on issues related to integrated strategic communication, the course is open to students from all majors at the University of Kentucky, and may be taken for graduate credit. This course carries additional fees, detailed on the UK Education Abroad page for the program.

This course introduces students to representative directors, genres and periods of the Italian cinema with a special focus on its interaction with various world cinemas. Taught in English. May be repeated once up to 6 credits with a different subtitle.

Directed study in Italian literature, culture or film. Student's topic to be approved by director. May be repeated once.

This class will cover the relationships between the sports journalists, athletes and audience. It will discuss the evolution of sports media from the early sports writers to the present day when athletes control their own messages via social media. This course is about developing literacy and critical-thinking skills about athletes, the sports industry as a whole and its relationship with the media. It will look at the role that sports - and sports media - play in public debate and to promote change.

This course is designed to teach students to code and display text and visual information effectively on the Internet and to understand the application of professional practices in Web site analytics and management. Visual communication theory and practice for photographs, illustrations, graphical and text elements will be taught and highlighted, in addition to the basics of HTML and CSS.

This course will examine gender, class and minority issues in the media. The course offers a critical framework for analysis of socio-cultural issues pertaining to women, ethnic groups, disabled persons, and others, and of their presentation in the media.

Course will focus on selected topics drawn from journalism and related fields. Title assigned each time course is offered. May be repeated with different subtitles to a maximum of six credits.

A course designed to provide journalism majors advanced training in reporting and writing articles on current events, public issues, personalities, culture and entertainment for the print and electronic media. Areas of emphasis will vary each semester. These include reporting on business, the arts, government and sports. May be repeated to a total of nine credits with different subtitles. Lecture, two hours; laboratory, two hours per week.

A study of the legal issues facing the news media. The course will focus on the rights, constraints and responsibilities under the U.S. Constitution, federal and state statutes, administrative law and common law. Specific topics include prior restraint, libel, privacy, student media, copyright, broadcast regulation, the court systems, commercial speech and access to courts and public records.

A study of the development of American journalism, with emphasis on the evolution of newspapers and electronic news media. Examination of principles and social theory underlying the practice of journalism.