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3.00 Credits
Independent Study
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1.00 Credits
This uses dual mock trial cases, one criminal and one civil, to engage students in combining communication theory and practical decision making, in turn honing their understanding of concepts and theories examined in other communication studies courses. Course materials are drawn from communication studies, psychology, and legal journals and texts. Legal practitioners, including judges and practicing attorneys, provide in-class guidance on employing theoretical principles in the courtroom. Course work includes preparation and presentation of written and oral arguments for use in the mock trials and a research paper. Prerequisite: junior standing. Fall semester.
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1.00 Credits
This course introduces students to qualitative communication research methods and emphasizes those methods grounded in the human sciences tradition. We examine the kinds of questions researchers ask, the assumptions about human experience that are beneath those questions, and the relevance of the research findings to our everyday lives. Working alone or in small groups, students conduct research projects using unstructured interviews, lived-experience descriptions, and/or participant-observation. There is a strong emphasis on the process of writing up qualitative research. Prerequisite: COM-117 or COM-237. WRITD, Fall semester.
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1.00 Credits
This course examines the role of social movement activity in the political life of the United States. It is designed to foster a broad and basic understanding of social movement theory and the rhetorical implications of a wide range of social movement tactics. The course will use a case study method wherein students will analyze theoretical material in the context of the activities of a particular movement. The course is organized around a variety of theoretical questions, including: 1) How can social movements be defined and studied 2) What factors constitute membership in a social movement 3) How do social movements interact with their publics (i.e., movement members, members of the media, potential recruits, allied organizations, mass audiences, adversaries, etc.) 4) How does leadership emerge in a social movement setting and 5) How do social movements influence the public policy process As an upper-level writing course, students will also be expected to submit and revise several papers culminating in the completion of a sophisticated final paper. Prerequisite: COM-240 or COM-258 or permission of instructor. WRITD, Fall semester, odd years.
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1.00 Credits
There are important content and structural issues related to the mass media today, especially as changing technologies cause society to rethink past policy directions. Students will consider mass communication processes, especially as they relate to media organizations, audiences, and mediated messages. In other words, we will investigate the encoding and decoding of mass messages as well as the attribution of political, cultural, social, and economic effects to the media. Students will read, discuss, and conduct critical or empirical research on current media topics. Prerequisite: COM-235, COM-258 or COM-259. WRITD, Fall semester.
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1.00 Credits
Political communication has been defined as "the process of negotiating a community orientation through the interpretation and characterization of interests, of power relationships, and of the community's role in the world." This course seeks to impart a broad and basic understanding of political communication with an emphasis on either presidential or congressional campaign messages. The course examines the use of symbols in political communication, the impact of the media in defining and enunciating salient campaign issues, and the structural and theoretical characteristics of political campaign communication. In addition to acquiring a more sophisticated understanding of the history and evolution of political communication, students will develop an enhanced ability to appreciate and critique political messages. As it is an upper-level writing course, students will also be expected to demonstrate sophisticated critical writing and research skills in a discipline-specific context. Prerequisite: COM-240, COM-245, or COM-258 or permission of instructor. WRITD, Fall semester, even years
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1.00 Credits
The course focuses on communication in organizational settings, which can include business organizations and non-profit, social, task-oriented, or other types of organized groups. The development and use of organizational communication principles are traced from the classical perspective to the present. A major component of this course is the analysis of organizational communication case studies through the use of a variety of metaphors. Prerequisite: COM-237. WRITD, Spring semester.
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1.00 Credits
This course provides an exploration of feminist criticism in communication studies. The main focus will be on feminist rhetorical criticism, but feminist media criticism and feminist issues and theories in other areas of the field will also be covered. Theories and issues will be examined through scholarly readings of various feminist theories and analyses. A final project will utilize theories to build a comprehensive and developed work of criticism. WRITI, Fall semester.
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1.00 Credits
This course surveys contemporary theories on rhetorical practice, with critical application of these theories to examples of contemporary public address. Prerequisite: COM-240 or COM-245 or COM-258. WRITD, Fall semester.
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1.00 Credits
This course explores how gender and sex are constructed, challenged and reconstructed through our everyday communicative Interactions. We focus on how the human subject is defined through discursive practices, and identify the specific perceptual, interactional and micropolitical activities that contribute to our individual performances of gender and sex. Through our examination of intersecting subject positions (including race, class and sexual orientation), we analyze these categories of identity, the institutions on which they are manifest, and their various implications for social power. Prerequisite: COM-117 or COM-237. Spring semester.
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