DINFOS' Mass Communication Foundations Course incorporates six major public affairs (PA) and visual information (VI) disciplines into one streamlined training program. For more than a year leading up to the course launch in October, DINFOS instructors have participated in cross-training teams and classes in order to teach a variety of disciplines and to possess the same breadth of knowledge and technical capabilities that we expect of our graduating students. Experienced instructors provide in-house training in certain PA/VI skills, and may also later become students as they learn other MCF-related disciplines.