UNC-Chapel Hill offers a number of graduate and undergraduate courses that relate to media law or policy. Note: These courses might not satisfy any degree requirements for students in the J.D./M.A or J.D./Ph.D. in Media and Communication. Dual degree students in law and mass communication should seek approval from their advisors in the School of Law and the School of Media and Journalism regarding any graduate courses on this list. Only courses numbered 400- and higher (200- and higher for law school courses) may be counted for graduate credit toward the M.A. (Media and Communication) or Ph.D. (Media and Communication) for dual degree students with approval in advance by their advisers.
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Graduate Courses
- AMST 850 – Graduate Practicum in Digital Humanities
- BUSI 404 – The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business
- BUSI 701 – Artistic Entrepreneurship
- COMM 856 – Seminar in Communication Technology: Computation and Culture
- INLS 566 – Information Assurance
- INLS 584 – Information Ethics
- INLS 890 – Digital Humanities/Digital History
- LAW 364 – N.C. State Constitutional Law
- LAW 477 – Patent Prosecution Seminar
Undergraduate Courses
- COMM 171 – Argumentation and Debate
- COMP 305 – Advanced Expository Writing for Law
- COMP 380 – Computers and Society
- COMP 382 – Introduction to Cyberculture
- COMP 388 – Advanced Cyberculture Studies
- ENGL 385 – Literature and Law
- JOMC 244 – Talk Politics: An Introduction to Political Communication
- JOMC 340 – Introduction to Media Law: Journalism Focus
- JOMC 341 – Introduction to Media Law: Advertising, Public Relations, and Strategic Communication Focus
- JOMC 344 – Censorship
- JOMC 349 – Introduction of Internet Issues and Concepts
- JOMC 377 – Sports Communication
- JOMC 434 – Public Relations Campaigns
- JOMC 440 – Digital Media Law and Society
- JOMC 458 – Southern Politics: Critical Thinking and Writing
- POLI 75 – First-Year Seminar: Thinking about Law
- POLI 441 – Civil Liberties under the Constitution
- POLI 418 – Mass Media and American Politics
- RELI 338 – Religion in American Law
This list is current as of October 23, 2015 (but subject to change).