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3.00 Credits
Goal To introduce students to the emergence, development, and impact of the media on human communication with special emphasis on the social and cultural issues affecting media dissemination. Content Discussion of historical and contemporary texts and artifacts which describe, analyze, and evaluate societal trends and cultural shifts in media production and consumption. Taught Annually. Prerequisite COM 103. Credit 3 hours.
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3.00 Credits
Goal To compare communication as it occurs across cultures; to increase students' awareness of other cultures; to examine how culture influences communication. Content Examination of the relationships among cultures, communication, institutions, and public and private life. Taught Alternate years. Gen. Ed. Category Critical thinking. Credit 3 hours; cross-cultural; S-course.
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3.00 Credits
Goal To introduce students to theory and research regarding one-on-one communication; to explore effective practices for various interpersonal settings with special emphasis on applying basic communication concepts and skills to such areas as one-to-one communication, person perception, and conflict management. Content Discussion of a number of issues surrounding interpersonal communication, including verbal and nonverbal communication, trust, perception, listening, feedback, assertiveness, friendship, and intimacy. Taught Alternate years. Credit 3 hours.
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3.00 Credits
Goal To acquaint students with the seminal contributions made by various societies to film form and content; to identify patterns in the growth of film during the first century of its existence; and to establish contexts for individual films by noting the special contributions and cultural preoccupations of their creators. Content Screening of narrative fiction films from a variety of countries and periods; brief attention devoted to animation, documentary, and avant garde films. Taught Alternate years. Credit 3 hours.
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3.00 Credits
Goal To explore the similarities and differences in men's and women's communication styles; to explore such issues asfriendship, workplace experience, leadership styles, professional relationships, and gendered interactions in family communication. Content Critical analysis and discussion of a variety of journal articles, theoretical texts, films, and speeches, with primary focus given to those produced by women. Taught Alternate years. Credit 3 hours; cross-listed as WST 300.
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3.00 Credits
Goal To discuss a variety of critical methods by which to analyze, interpret, and evaluate public communication, with special emphasis on women's speeches; to introduce students to techniques of message analysis; to develop speech writing skills. Content Examination of persuasive strategies and linguistic choices in oral and written discourse; three speeches applying the techniques of message analysis discussed in class. Taught Alternate years. Prerequisites COM 103 or 202 or permission of instructor. Credit 3 hours.
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3.00 Credits
Goal To explore the methods and techniques of contemporary debate; to apply those methods and techniques in the context of both academic debate and non-academic forms of group discussion. Content Introduction to theories of argument and principles of reasoning; practice in the academic debate formats of the Lincoln-Douglas, parliamentary, and CEDA styles; strategies for group discussion. Taught Alternate years. Prerequisites COM 202, or permission of instructor. Credit 3 hours.
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3.00 Credits
Goal To appreciate film as a visual record containing information relative to the appearance, lifestyles, and attitudes of different cultures; to understand the consequences that follow from identifying with or rejecting the discourses presented in a given film. Content Discussion and application of a variety of approaches to contemporary criticism, including but not limited to semiotic analysis, psychoanalytic criticism, Ideologiekritik, and critical feminism. Taught Alternate years. Prerequisites COM 103 and COM 215, or permission of instructor. Credit 3 hours.
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3.00 Credits
Goal To explore, appreciate, and understand the changing conceptions of media and its consequent theorization over the course of the twentieth century. Content Discussion of primary readings in media theory as it was advanced by the Chicago and Frankfurt schools and as it is now conceived in the traditions of Cultural Studies and postmodernism. Taught Alternate years. Prerequisites COM 103 and COM 215, or permission of instructor. Credit 3 hours.
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3.00 Credits
Goal To study group communication theory through such issues as group membership, member perceptions, group development, group processes, and group outcomes. Content Discussion of various theories, models, and leadership styles; investigations of roles and norms that regulate the behavior of any effective group. Taught Alternate years. Prerequisite Junior-level status or permission of instructor. Credit 3 hours.
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