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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
SPRING The foundational course for the study of relational communication. Students will study the role of communication in family systems, self-identity, intimate relationships, gender issues and non-verbal contexts. Specific topics include listening, self-disclosure and conflict management. Prerequisite: COM 140
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3.00 Credits
SPRING Focuses on the dual responsibilities of creation and reception in persuasive messages. Theoretical considerations include credibility, proofs and argumentation. Practical applications will highlight personal influence, public campaigns and media techniques. Offered alternate years (Spring 2010)
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3.00 Credits
SPRING An in-depth exploration of how the media of mass communication both reflect and influence our culture. The relationship between our environment, our social interaction and various communication channels will be examined. Students will be challenged with the task of using communication forms to transform popular culture rather than being uncritically transformed by it. Offered alternate years (Spring 2010) Prerequisite: COM 140
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3.00 Credits
FALL In every encounter between persons of different cultures, verbal and nonverbal factors facilitate or impede effective communication. This course focuses on observing, describing and interpreting these factors. Designed for students who plan to minister interculturally or cross-culturally within North America as well as for those with career plans in foreign missions. (Also ANT 339X and ICS 339X).
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3.00 Credits
FALL An overview of web page design including a conceptual understanding of the various uses of the internet as well as practical lab experience in designing web sites and pages. Elements include the planning and implementation of website designs, use of static and dynamic pages, and the basics of static, dynamic, and streaming media. Offered alternate years [Fall 2009]
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3.00 Credits
SPRING An overview of video production including a conceptual understanding of the various uses of video as well as extensive non-linear video editing lab experience. Elements include planning, taking and capturing footage, using desktop systems for editing, and outputting to analog and digital media.
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3.00 Credits
FALL An overview of print layout and graphic design including a conceptual understanding of the various uses of print and graphic elements. Page layout and graphic software programs as well as the basics of digital photography will be used in developing skills for production. Offered alternate years (Fall 2008)
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2.00 Credits
Rivulet ( 2 CR.) SPRING This course introduces students to literary editing through reading, discussion, analysis of published literary magazines, review of submissions, decision-making about the school magazine content and layout, and final editing. Students will develop attentiveness to literary form, style, voice, and originality in writing as well as develop an understanding of group-based decision making in a publishing context. The students in this class will produce the literary magazine Rivulet. Prerequisites: ENG 131, ENG 132, ENG 341, or instructor consent.
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3.00 Credits
Spring Advanced work in scene study, character analysis, and individual performance skills are the focus of this acting class. Prerequisite: COM 248 Fundamentals of Acting
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3.00 Credits
FALL An intensive study of ethical approaches to relational and mediated communication. Using the case method, issues such as fairness, privacy, and taste are explored for right and wrong interaction within various communication contexts. Students will then consider the biblical perspectives of ethical communication. Prerequisite COM 140
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