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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Theory and practice for the advanced student interested particularly in psychology and method of persuasion. Useful for professional fields which deal in persuasion, or for anyone interested in better understanding the world of persuasion in which he or she lives.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to assess each student's public presentation abilities, teach them how to refine their presentation skills, and give them multiple opportunities to practice these skills. Students will have an opportunity to develop their public presentation skills in a variety of different situations including extemporaneous speeches, employment interviews, and speeches of public advocacy. Students will also give speeches having a variety of goals including transferring information, changing attitudes, challenging others' ideas, and responding to unanticipated situations.
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3.00 Credits
Practical training in speeches for informal and formal business/professional settings. Practice in sales presentations, technical reports, impromptu speaking, and speeches for special occasions. Special focus on use of visual and graphic support, message organization and delivery. Extensive use of videotape to record and evaluate student performances. P: COM 151 or 152.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an introduction to key theoretical concepts and perspectives in rhetoric and public culture (glossing the history of rhetoric and focusing on contemporary rhetorical theory). After considering how and why one might study rhetoric in contemporary public culture, emphasis is placed on how to critically analyze artifacts of public culture.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to the basic theories, research, and methods of effective communication needed in the organizational setting. Review of the strategies of spoken and written communication to increase understanding and to affect the actions of others. Topics include theories of management, models of communication, formal and informal communication networks, the elements of superior-subordinate communication, and communication styles and problems.
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3.00 Credits
Examination of person-to-person communication. Topics include perception, motivation, language and meaning, nonverbal communication, and listening.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the need for communication within and between groups within the organization. Theory and practice in methods for improving communication within and between groups, including leadership, conflict management, and decision-making.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the process by which students can use the principles of interpersonal and group communication to create and sustain healthy family relations. Course seeks to enable students to create and sustain cohesion and adaptability as two prerequisites for successful family relations. Topics covered include communication patterns and family meaning, the communication of intimacy, the communication of family roles, decision making in families, family conflict resolution, and communication strategies for reducing family stress.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to human resources management and practices in business and non-profit settings. Topics include role of human resources in organizational settings,equal employment opportunity; analyzing and staffing jobs; employee recruitment and selection; training and development; employee appraisal; and human resources administration as a career path.
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3.00 Credits
Motion pictures as a distinctive medium of communication and as an art form; film language; film history; film appreciation; critical assimilation of film content. 2R, 3L.
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