Communication

Functional use of American Sign Language for students with no prior knowledge of ASL and Deaf Culture. May fulfill CLAS language requirement (with ASL 1112, 1151 and 1152).

Continuation of ASL I with increase understanding and knowledge of the ASL through description, classified and facial. Each unit has student/instructor interaction and information on grammar, comprehension and Deaf Culture. May fulfill CLAS language requirement (with ASL 1111, 1151 and 1152).

Practice lab to accompany ASL 1111. May fulfill CLAS language requirement (with ASL 1111, 1112 and 1152).

Practice lab to accompany ASL 1112. May fulfill CLAS language requirement (with ASL 1111, 1112, and 1151).

Process of communication; range of perspectives from which communication can be studied (from classical rhetoric to contemporary theory); the functions communication serves; and the forms of communication such as interpersonal, small group, organizational, public address, and mass media.

Principles of communication related to speech composition and delivery; finding, analyzing, organizing and presenting material in ways appropriate to and effective with diverse audiences.

Communication strategies and skills for a variety of business professional settings. Combines public speaking and small group organizational communication, featuring individual and group presentations. Not intended for Communication Department majors.

Technical & professional communication: Oral & visual presentations, including technical reports; formulation/evaluation of data-driven arguments; group communication & listening skills. This course is only for students enrolled in Mechnical Engineering.

Basics of research in communication. Introduction to the philosophy of scientific inquiry, the logic of research design, and the chief quantitative and qualitative methods used in communication studies.

Methods and perspectives used to analyze visual media drawing on contemporary and historically important films. Historical, theoretical, and aesthetic approaches to film analysis, as well as the social, political and economic forces that influence film content. This course does not fulfill a COM major requirement.

Introduces the history, language, culture, artistry, and contemporary life of the American Deaf community from a Communication and interdisciplinary perspective.

Supervised work/study program in radio, television, advertising, publicity or public relations.

Supervised work/study program in radio, television, advertising, publicity or public relations.

Supervised work/study program in radio, television, advertising, publicity or public relations.

COM1910 is a 0-credit placeholder for students who are completing an internship for a particular concentration but are not looking to receive course credit for it.

com1920 is a 0-credit placeholder for students who are completing an internship for a particular concentration but are not looking to receive course credit for it.

COM 1930 is a 0-credit placeholder for students who are completing an internship for a particular concentration but are not looking to receive course credit for it.

Rhetoric as the process of symbolic creation and recreation of community identity. Theory and history of rhetoric applications to the study of politics, popular culture, speeches, media images, artistic works, advertising, and legal issues.

Exploration of theory surrounding the embodied and aesthetic elements of solo and group performance. Evaluates key approaches to performing literature, performance art, performance for social change, oral traditions, performance ethnography, and performance in everyday life.

Presents the theoretical processes by which communication influences the attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of message recipients. Both rhetorical and social scientific approaches to persuasion are examined. Application is made to the areas of advertising, public relations, politics and health communication.

Traces the evolution and structure of core theoretical approaches to understanding mass communication phenomena. Both behavioral and critical approaches and their related research traditions are explored.

Introduction to the major theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of images as communicative phenomena. Explores the philosophical and strategic implications of these approaches and applies them both to the analysis and production of visual messages in a variety of media and contexts.

Survey of concepts and theories in interpersonal communication. Focuses on dyadic interaction and relationships as created, maintained, and modified through verbal and nonverbal behavior.

Exploration of the relationship between organizational and communication theories. Addresses issues of leadership, structure, culture, decision-making, communication channels, conflict, change, motivation, performance, diversity management, and external communication as they relate to organizations.

Supervised work/study program in radio, television, advertising, publicity or public relations.

More intensive, in depth work/study/program in radio, television, advertising, publicty or public relations.

Examination of public discourse surrounding issues in social justice and human rights. Through traditional and contemporary rhetorical theory, rhetorical strategies are traced through contemporary movements.

Focused reading of contemporary rhetorical theorists. Examines the cultural use of symbols for the generation of community and/or the promotion of social conflict; rhetoric as performed through ritual acts; and correct and incorrect enactment resulting in social acceptance and alienation. Instructor's permission required.

Constitutional, statutory, and case law as well as other public policies affecting communication professions. Surveys a wide-range of issues related to the First Amendment, access, broadcasting, commercial speech, copyright, defamation, obscenity, political speech and privacy.

An upper-level course in which students study important rhetorical artifacts and theoretical perspectives to come to understand important ways that rhetoric has served and sometimes disserved democracy. The specific focus of the course will change according to the instructor and the semester taught. (Pre-requisites will be waived when the course is offered for the Study Abroad in Greece program). Instructor's permission needed to waive pre-requisites.

Intensive study of oral style and content; introduction to rhetorical theory and criticism; utilizing these concepts to prepare and deliver speeches.

Argumentation theory and practice, emphasizing the construction of well-reasoned arguments and attacks/ defense of arguments in a variety of contexts in which argument can be used in the interest of advocacy (such topics as political lobbying, agitating for social change, human rights law, civil rights law and other advocacy issues may be explored). Instructor's permission needed to waive pre-requisites.

The symbolic construction of African American identity in the United States through an analysis of speeches, films, television and other media. (Pre-requisites will be waived for Africana Studies concentrators or minors).

The relationship among rhetoric, myth, and culture with attention paid to the forces that shape mythic consciousness in culture(s). The focus of the course will vary according to instructor and semester the course is taught. (Pre-requisites will be waived when offered for the study abroad in Greece program or instructor's permission).

Explores the rhetorical constructions, through language, visual, and material artifacts, of racialized identities and publics. Focus on rhetorical theories that explore and challenge these constructions.

Explores the relationships that have the most consequences for us. Examines ways to rework relational dilemmas, collisions through dialogue, and generate effective communicative strategies.

Performance as a powerful medium of art and art as a powerful tool for social change. Studying established performance artists and creating original peformance pieces, students address social issues through various modes of performance.

Solo and group performance of poetry, prose, and drama. Focus on rhetorical power of performed literature. Combines elements of theatre, literature and communication.

Recent work in the African-American Diaspora performance culture. Encompasses music, art, sports, religion, literature, politics as well as examples of performance. U.S. racial formation, and how it intersects, diverges, influences, and is influenced by other diasporic black cultures. (Pre-requisites will be waived for Africana Studies concentrators or minors).

Introduction to performance art, a highly diverse theatrical art form that has gained popularity in American and European performance since the 1960s. Analysis of well-known performance artists as well as creation and performance of original student pieces. Emphasis on relationships among language, visual arts, music and dance; the construction and expression of self and identity through performance; and the relationship of performance to rhetoric and social change. Previous performance experience a bonus but not required.

Genres of oral literature and an introduction to the methods and aims of folklore research. Two themes in modern folkloristics: the nature of orality in performance and the importance of cultural context.

Improvement of vocal quality and articulation through study of vocal anatomy, phonetics, projection, and expressiveness. Emphasis on live and taped performance of readings.

Students analyze and perform both ancient and contemporary Greek literary texts; the performances, both solo and group are at Greek archaeological sites based on Greek oral traditions, poetry and drama, such as from Homer, Sappho, Antigone and Medea. THIS COURSE IS ONLY OFFERED IN THE SUMMER STUDY ABROAD IN GREECE PROGRAM.

Focus on story craft, form and practice. May include sound stories, image stories, performance, personal narrative, oral history, nonfiction. Attention on how to use stories for personal and social change.

Explores ethnographic and autoethnographic performance as an artistic tool to make discoveries about our world. Uses methods such as interviewing, participant observation fieldwork, and self-reflection to create original performance that challenge ideas of """self"""" and """"other""""."

Practice of the embodied and aesthetic elements of intersectional thought. Examine artistic and methodological innovations in global feminisms, queer thought, decolonial praxis, and transformative arts-based traditions.

Topic or problem in the Rhetoric & Performance area of communication selected by the instructor.

Special Topic in Performance.

In-studio workshop that deals with basic television production techniques, including producing and directing short interview programs, news, demonstrations and short dramatic pieces. Discussion of current problems in the management and operation of a television broadcasting station.

Visual aspects of location single camera video productions, audio acquisition, lighting, post production support, video editing and digital effects and finished distribution. Each student will work as producer, director, camerman, editor and writer. Helps students understand the world of film and video funding, production and distribution.

Development of narrative strategies through improvisation and techniques of mediated visualization using video.

A study of the documentary as art, propaganda, social document, and instrument for social change. After a review of theory and work in documentary, students develop their own short works. For COM majors who have taken COM 3600, this course counts as a Free Elective. For COM majors who have not taken COM 3600, this course counts as a COM 3000-level course.

Is a vital medium, which needs imagination and innovation to continue to attract wide and diverse audiences. This hands-on course will explore: the business of radio/streaming; creative writing, presentation for news, music, and podcasting; live broadcasting; and studio skills.

Hands-on studio course serves as introduction to the history, fundamentals and methods of audio production used in radio, television and recording studios. Students learn, identify and operate different aspects of audio production hardware such as microphones, mixing boards, and digital multi-rack recorders. Students will complete in-studio or remote recording projects for evaluation.

This hands-on workshop introduces to the fundamentals of using digital images to communicate specific information. Students produce still and moving images for use in public relations, advertising, photojournalism, and electronic or web-based publication.

Study of the principles of creating effective communication for the World Wide Web. Explores basic web design techniques with emphasis on designing and integrating diverse media elements. Focus on the creation and manipulation of text, graphics, audio and video for the Web.

Evolution of film as an art form; includes the impact of technology.

This course attends to the role of cinematic images in the cultural production of gender in contemporary societies. Students analyze images of gender in a variety of films, as well as the work of film makers who have been marginalized because of gender. This analysis of specific films is grounded in course readings taken from primary sources in feminist film theory and criticism, gender theory and media studies. Students will have the opportunity to propose and explore analytic, creative, and/or theoretical projects within the purview of the course theme. Outside viewing required. (Pre-requisites will be waived for Women's Studies concentrators or minors).

Study of the film of or about a particular country with emphasis on political, social, cultural and artistic issues.

Seminar course in which various strategies are applied to the analysis of contemporary films.

Structure and content of the major media industries in America (radio, television, film, newspapers, magazines, recordings, and books), and how each interacts with individuals, groups, and institutions. Students analyze and critique media systems and content in terms of social, legal, political, and economics forces that influence them.

Surveys the development of communication technologies from the printing press through the internet and beyond. Technological development will be used as a way to explore critical issues about economic development, the nature of meaning, technological determinism and globalization.

Examination of political communication research, theory and history. A particular focus on the role of media, such as advertising and news reporting on political campaigns and policymaking.

Analysis of contemporary film, television, music, print media and electronic media from a cultural studies perspective.

A service learning course that trains students on how to critically evaluate media content given its role in society and degree of compliance with prevailing media policies. The course culminates with a compilation of analysis results and the production of a research report to be disseminated to academics, advocacy groups, industry executives, and parents.

Introduction to the study, measurement and analysis of media audiences, merging theoretical approaches with applied methods for understanding user behavior.

Focuses primarily on commercial advertising, teaches us to examine and critique the consumerist logic of advertising culture and understand how that logic is a byproduct of a capitalist system that values profit/commodity/wealth over democracy, equality, and collective rights.

News is an integral part of our lives. This course aims to provide a critical understanding of the role of journalism in modern society, combining theoretical perspectives on the making of news with insights from the journalists, broadcasters and editors who produce it. Students will analyze research material on journalism in the press, as well as examining newsmaking on television and on the internet.

Principles of gathering, researching and writing the news for students interested in journalism and those who expect to interact with journalists professionally. Press releases, news leads and features and techniques for successful interviewing. Surveys critical and ethical challenges facing today's journalist; explores business news, media reviews and comment writing, editing and page design, and how computer technology is changing investigative reporting. Classes will be held in a computer lab to simulate newsroom conditions.

Longform articles remain a staple in journalism, and and this course will show students how to explore topics in broader contexts. They will learn advanced reporting, interviewing and storytelling techniques so they can create more expansive news and feature accounts.

Styles and techniques of broadcast journalism performance, including studio and location reporting and interviewing. Historical and contemporary trends in broadcast journalism explored.

Evolution and current trends in sports journalism, emerging platforms and technologies, reporting with social media, developing source relationships, competing with your sources, working with media relations, developing written and oral reporting skills, anchor-analyst and sports-talk formats.

Students learn to write across media platforms, create integrated news packages, and maintain strong journalistic principles, techniques and ethics.

Rotating topics in journalism. Each offering will give students in-depth exposure to a particular area of journalism, taught by a foremost expert in that area.

Students develop skills to produce intricate articles, learn advanced reporting and interviewing to write long-form pieces, understand the importance of developing themes throughout articles, discover how to provide the stories that to "show, not tell" readers about subjects.

Topic or problem in the Media & Film area of communication selected by the instructor.

Special Topics - Media Production

Rotating topics in journalism. Each offering will give rotating topics in journalism. Each offering will give topic or problem in the Journalism area of communication selected by the instructor, taught by a foremost expert in that area.

Explores everyday communication between people across many contexts. Critical examination of the personal, social, and cultural dimensions of human relationships. Experiential activities augment lectures/discussions.

Explores the relationships that have the most consequences for us. Examines ways to rework relational dilemmas, collisions through dialogue, and generate effective communicative strategies.

The impact on culture of communication styles, and practices. The role of communication in personal and professional intercultural relationships.

Communicative elements of conflict that arise out of personal and cultural differences in a variety of interpersonal interactions and relationships.

The role of communication in constructing the health beliefs of individuals, interactions between providers and patients, cultural dimensions of dyadic and team encounters, mediated health messages and strategic public health campaigns.

Communication of women and men against the backdrop of society and feminism in such communicative contexts as families, schools, friendships and relationships, organizations, media, and technology. (Pre-requisites will be waived for Gender & Women's Studies concentrators or minors).

Examination of codes and theories of nonverbal communication within personal, interpersonal, and professional contexts. Topics includes appearance, body language, space, touch, interpersonal attractiveness, credibility and impression management.

Understanding and managing group dynamics occurring within diverse groups; interpersonal skills and techniques necessary for effective facilitation; conflict resolution and empathy in facilitative leadership; moving groups from discussion to dialogue; links among facilitation, group effectiveness and learning.

Examination of the practical, theoretical, and critical analysis of a variety of approaches to negotiation and resolving conflicts. Verbal forms of negotiation, mediation, and dialogue are developed as key components in the maintenance of any healthy organization.

Theory and practice of communication for idea generation and problem-solving in groups, teams, and in other multiple contexts.

Explores the increasingly blurred intersections of """public"""" work and """"private"""" lives

Theory and practice of methods in selected interview settings: informational, employment, and persuasive. Emphasis on communication between two persons, questioning techniques, and the logical and cultural bases of organizational persuasion.

Course explores theory and practice of communication consulting through a variety of case studies in the field of organizational/corporate communication. Students will be expected to work as part of a consulting team for part of the semester.

Considers individuals' experiences of organizational spaces, time, and technologies across diverse social, cultural, and historical contexts. Examines how workplace designs (Facebook's new Menlo Park building), pace of life (shrinking vacation time), and technologies (audio-video conferencing tools) influence organizational communication processes.

Course focuses on changing landscape of work and organizations within context of globalization. Draws on organizational communication theories to consider various ways of theorizing globalization and how globalizing shapes meanings of work and organizational forms and practices.

Introduces scholarship addressing injustice and misunderstanding in America. Students will develop a dialogic perspective and a set of skills as one means of transforming themselves and their community. Must also participate in a one-credit COM 5300 topically focused dialogue group. Requires permission of chairperson.

Examines current events, social issues, and relevant topics through an organizational communication lens. Exploring a particular topic or theme, students employ organizational communication theories and approaches to consider how a chosen issue is organized, complicated, and even resolved through communication.

Utilizes organizational theories and perspectives to examine violence as a material and symbolic structural process before employing organizational communication theories and approaches to consider how sexual violence is organized, perpetuated, complicated, and resolved through communication.

Provides a foundation for students interested in the field of public relations. It chronicles the development of the profession from its earliest beginnings to its role in modern management. Also attempts to bridge the gap that exists between theory and practice. It achieves this by emphasizing the fundamental management perspective of the profession and the persuasive intent of message construction while highlighting the four essential skills required for success in the industry - research, writing, planning and problem solving.

Strategies and techniques used in contemporary American advertising: consumer behavior, market research and analysis, message development for print and broadcast, and media selection.

Offers students the foundation for producing a variety of written public relations materials. Structure includes an overview of the journalistic style of writing along with extensive practice in writing fundamentals. Following the work on enhancing writing skills, students will develop a variety of pieces for their portfolios. Final class products include print news releases, position papers, feature stories, media advisories, media kit, and other related assignments. Course is strongly recommended for students interested in public relations, advertising, marketing, and organizational communication.

Topic or problem in the PR & Advertising area of communication selected by the instructor.

The purpose of the course is to make students aware of the psychology of communication and to assist them in becoming more discerning, discriminating recipients of the torrent of 24/7 bytes and bits of data. The course examines the dynamics of communication within organizations and the elements of effective leadership communication; that is, the written and spoken word; the behaviors exhibited by people who influence the way people think and act; internal and external communication planning; multigenerational communication; crisis communication; the impact of technology, and techniques used to assess the efficacy of planned communication.

The focus of this course is on understanding the impact and implications of an aging workforce and examining best practices for managing multiple generations.

The course focuses on the similarities and dissimilarities among three related skills and competencies: creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship and the ways in which each can be applied to produce new or improved products and services. Topics are examined within in the context of the real-life situations and work place scenarios with special emphasis on creating a culture that encourages and rewards risk taking and unconventional problem solving.

Topic or problem in the interpersonal/intercultural area of communication selected by the instructor.

Topic or problem in the PR & Advertising area of communication selected by the instructor.

Students will work together to create a documentary film that examines a social justice issue. This class requires substantial time commitments from all the students. Permission of instructor and at least three credits of prior courses in film or social justice. This six-credit course can be repeated once. For COM majors, six credits count toward the major. If taken twice, six credits count toward Free Electives. For the COM minor, only three credits of this six-credit course goes toward the minor.

WFI Internship Permission of director is required.

Review of basis principles of critical inquiry in the interpretive paradigm. Reading and designing qualitative research in communication through gathering and critically analyzing literature in the field and proposing an original study. Methods include ethnography and textual analysis.

Review of basic principles of scientific inquiry in the empirical paradigm. Reading and designing quantitative research in communication through gathering and critically analyzing literature in the field and proposing an original study. Methods include experiments and surveys.

Reading and designing research in communication through gathering and critically analyzing literature in the field and introduction of the chief methods used in communication studies.

Design, implementation, and presentation of a group research project in which students apply the knowledge and skills learned through the Communication program of study to the investigation of rhetorical or communication phenomena.

Supervised project culminating in term paper.

Intensive workshops in selected areas of professional development or communication research.

Strategically topic to increase understanding of self, others, facilitated dialogue on a specific identity systemic (in)equity, (in)justice, and their own agency to enact change. Individuals learn skills to engage in honest and dignifying conversations as they build relationships and community.

Course explores a variety of case studies in the field of public relations including examples in media relations, crisis communication and planning. Following the review of cases, student groups will develop a professional campaign and present the campaign.

One-Credit Workshops in areas of media and multimedia production. Course may be repeated six times