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4.00 Credits
Family Communication is a course dedicated to applying a wide range of communication theories and practices to an experience shared by all persons-family life. Few relationships are more important to people's well-being than their family relationships. And while these relationships are often defined by genes and marriages, they are built, maintained, and destroyed by communication. No two people have the same familial experience, and this course offers students the opportunity to examine how diverse families function and their specific members interact with each other. Patterns of intimacy, rituals, roles, decision-making, and conflict are included as significant issues forming family patterns. Historical and other cultural familial relationships are also included to open perspectives beyond the students' immediate experiences. Classroom discussions, experiential activities and field projects are designed to help students gain insight into the people with whom they share their lives, as well as the workings of well-functioning or "normal" family.
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3.00 Credits
Critical approaches to literature to discover meaning and to appreciate the emotional effect of the work is the focal point of this course. Students will use various forms of literature for interpretation and study. Emphasis is placed on principles of reading a work aloud to communicate its intellectual and emotional meaning. Presentations will possibly be an integrated or adjunct aspect of this course. Also listed as Theatre Arts 224.
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3.00 Credits
This course is devoted to the study of nonverbal communication in our intimate, social, and working relationships. Nonverbal cues found in (a) the communication context, (b) the communicator's physical characteristics, and (c) his/her body movement and position (gestures, posture, touching, facial expressions, eye and vocal behavior) are explored alone and in conjunction with the total communication system to better understand how nonverbal behavior helps accomplish various communication goals (for example, closeness, identity, and deception). Students will be introduced to contemporary research studies as well as key works from the past to develop a theoretical perspective of the subject. Field experiments, observational studies, and classroom exercises are an integral part of the course and give students an opportunity to increase their sensitivity to messages communicated via nonverbal channels in a variety of natural settings.
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4.00 Credits
Argumentation and advocacy are examined as reasoned discourse in formal and informal decision-making situations. An examination and evaluation of proofs, types and tests of evidence, proposition analysis, and their uses in the advocacy process. Students will assume the role of advocates in informal and formal contexts.
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3.00 Credits
An exploration of the messages of international speakers as representatives of a global rhetorical environment. Students will examine selected international speakers through a problem-solving approach looking at each speaker's rhetorical problem(s), the extrinsic and intrinsic factors affecting the discourse, and the rhetorical strategies employed to ameliorate rhetorical problem/s. Emphasis will be on examining each speaker as a product of his or her culture. Students will do a case study of a selected speaker.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines presidential discourse as reflected in speeches, interviews, letters, and press conferences. Students will learn a critical framework for analyzing this genre of discourse, and they will write a critical paper on a selected presidential rhetoric.
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3.00 Credits
See Communication 244 for a description of this course. Also listed as English 234 and History 234.
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2.00 Credits
This course involves the basic strategies of video production, which include pre-production planning, storyboarding, directing, producing, and postproduction of the program. Students will have experiences in the studio and field and develop an acquaintance with the elements of camera, sound, switcher, tilter, lighting, set construction and editing. These practical experiences will be linked to writing and copyrighting skills, along with the important issues of privacy and media responsibilities. The theoretical underpinnings for this course can be gained through a variety of disciplines, such as communication, theatre, and visual art. Permission of the instructor is required to ensure adequate preparation.
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2.00 Credits
This course builds on the first production course and requires the student to work independently or with a small group on a significant video project. This course will emphasize the complete development of an idea through conceptualization, visual representation, and critical review. This course assumes mastery of the basic concepts and skills from the first course into a well-integrated process and product. Prerequisite Communication 238.
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4.00 Credits
This course examines the contemporary professional journalistic field, particularly the areas of writing for media, design, layout, public relations and advertising. It provides students with practical experience and also an understanding of ethical and legal problems facing contemporary journalism. By examining the way First Amendment principles have translated in different political and social arenas, it also addresses how effectively journalism serves its various constituencies. Also listed as Writing 240.
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