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This course will be taught in English, and will focus on the influence of Italian literary models for the construction of female literary types as well as female voices in France and Italy from 1300 to about 1600. Italian authors studied include three very influential Florentines, Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio, as well as Castiglione and Ariosto. We will read women poets, patrons, prostitutes and queens from Italy and France such as Veronica Gambara, Isabella di Morra, Vittoria Colonna, Christine de Pizan, Louise Labe, and Marguerite de Navarre. At last issue will be women's roles and women's images in city and court culture during the early modern period, and the interaction of their writings with the literary canons of Italy and France. (OC). 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Internet/E-mail Language,Culture&Communication Department Course Attributes: Upper Division
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Course covers historical, economic, theoretical and research foundations of various mass media of communication: newspapers, magazines, radio, television and others. Includes study of the functions of media, and their creative and destructive potential in society. Textbook study and critical analyses of media products: advertisements, news stories, TV programs. (F,W). 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Internet/E-mail Language,Culture&Communication Department Course Attributes: Lower Division
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Explores how public relations, as an area of communications management and production, can contribute to an organization's success. Provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of public relations, including: history and contemporary professional status of the public relations practitioner; role of public relations as a management discipline; major areas of public relations work, including media relations, public affairs, issues management, lobbying, organizational relations, development; techniques of public relations production - planning and presentation - with attention to the uses of specific tools available to practitioners, i.e., news releases, brochures, multimedia, Internet communications, special events. (YR). 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Internet/E-mail Language,Culture&Communication Department Course Attributes: Lower Division
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COMM 290 (Practicum) provides introductory instruction and practice in a number of practical communications skills, with the field and focus changing each time the course is offered. (AY). 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Language,Culture&Communication Department Course Attributes: Lower Division
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3.00 Credits
Gives detailed view of landmark research studies in the field. Acquaints students with logic of research inquiry, design and analysis, including questions of validity, reliability, causation, etc. Imparts basics of various research methods used in the communication field, such as survey interviews, depth interviews, focus groups, content analysis, and rhetorical analysis. Students design and conduct at least one study in communication, individually or in groups. (F,W). 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Lecture Language,Culture&Communication Department Course Attributes: Upper Division
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3.00 Credits
This course will confront and complicate the following key questions: what does it mean to be an American? What is American culture? Participants in this course will respond to the questions central to the American Studies field by reading and discussing historical, sociological, literary, artistic, material culture, political, economic, and other sources. Students will use this interdisciplinary study to examine the multiple identities of Americans - as determined by factors such as gender, race, class, ethnicity, and religion. While emphasizing the diversity of American culture, participants will consider some core values and ideas uniting America both in historical and contemporary society. Students will be invited to seek out and share fresh narratives of the American experience. 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Language,Culture&Communication Department Course Attributes: Upper Division
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COMM 317 offers both practical and conceptual studies in technical writing and is open to non-technical as well as technical students. The course offers in-depth treatment of the communication problems and various document designs common to technical writing professionals. Instructional format includes lectures and discussions based on case material derived from actual events, followed up by preparation of written documents. Topics include document design, language barriers, and the role of the technical documents in product liability. (F,W,S). 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Language,Culture&Communication Department Course Attributes: Upper Division
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3.00 Credits
Course introduces the technical, social, legal and ethical practice of online research, focusing specifically on reporting (i.e. research and interview) skills required by journalists and others. Students use new media technology to generate ideas, to research subjects, and to develop general-audience writing projects in their areas of interest. Course covers the use of Web search engines, directories and databases; finding sources and interviewing people online; evaluating the credibility of online sources and information; using Lexis-Nexis to access archives and public records; and using spreadsheet and database programs. 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Language,Culture&Communication Department Course Attributes: Upper Division
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3.00 Credits
Course covers essential skills of professional written and oral communication within the organization; the purpose, process, and problems of professional communication; the influence of organizational structure; audience analysis; the writing and editing of reports (formal and informal, including memo reports) and of professional correspondence; the preparation of graphics; and the planning and delivery of oral presentations. May count toward Communications minor. (F,W,S). 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Language,Culture&Communication Department Course Attributes: Upper Division
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3.00 Credits
In Writing for Civic Literacy, students will study how politicians, the media and critical citizens use language to engage with the broader community. Students themselves will learn to use language to become more active, well-informed citizens. They will study rhetorical awareness, audience analysis and persuasive writing techniques and put those lessons to use in community settings. They will perform community service at agencies of their choosing and use those experiences as objects of analysis, researching the social context in which those agencies operate and writing analytically about the agencies. Further, students will synthesize classroom lessons and real-world experience by executing writing tasks for and with the agencies (these tasks might include editorials for the local press, informational webpages and fundraising materials). 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Seminar Language,Culture&Communication Department Course Attributes: Upper Division
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