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  • COMM 366: Public Comm and Culture Stdies

    3.00 Credits
    University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

    This gateway course provides the theoretical and methodological foundation to embark on the study of three key interrelated spheres of communication: Public and Organizational Culture, Public Advocacy and Democratic Culture, and Intercultural Communication and Global Culture. Students will have the opportunity to examine salient societal issues within each of the major areas, and explore connections between the different areas. Through a variety of class exercises and both individual and collaborative projects, the course will help students to acquire an analytical and practical "toolkit" enabling them to function effectively as communicators in culturally diverse organizations and civic contexts. 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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  • COMM 390: Topics in Communication

    3.00 Credits
    University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

    A course in nonfiction narrative that focuses on memoir writing, emphasizing technique. Students will read book-length examples by Azar Nafizi, Nelson Mandela, Frank Conroy, Mar Karr, Susanna Kaysen, Frank McCourt, Ann Patchett and Joan Didion, examining these books as models for writing. 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 397: Communications Thesis

    3.00 Credits
    University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

    A thesis project that is the culmination of the Communications major. Students will choose the project area and write a thesis (40-50 pages) under the direction of a Communications faculty member. The thesis option is available only to students with substantial practical experience in the communication field, and requires the approval of Communications faculty. 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study Language,Culture&Communication Department Course Attributes: Upper Division
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  • COMM 398: Independent Studies-Comm

    1.00 - 3.00 Credits
    University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

    Readings, supervised practice, or analytical assignments in Communications, determined in accordance with the needs and interests of those enrolled. May count toward Communications minor. (F,W). 1.000 TO 3.000 Credit hours 1.000 TO 3.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study Language,Culture&Communication Department Course Attributes: Upper Division
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  • COMM 420: Critical Media Studies

    3.00 Credits
    University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

    Course presents various critical approaches to the study of the media. Perspectives include political economy, cultural studies, critical theory of the Frankfurt school and feminism. Focus of seminar portion will be on a particular medium or a particular societal issue (e.g., media and politics, gender and media, media and minorities). (YR). 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 430: International Communications

    3.00 Credits
    University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

    Course covers key concepts and debates in international communications, including the politics of a New World Information Order; international news coverage; flows of data and cultural programming across national boundaries; and the control of communications resources such as satellite spectrum. (F or W). 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 440: Public Relations Writing

    3.00 Credits
    University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

    Course covers skills and strategies of writing for organizations in a public/employee relations capacity. Applications include setting up a public relations program for an organization; writing backgrounders, position papers, newsletters and brochures; and compiling a media kit. Topics include crisis management and communication, the role of document design in creating a positive organizational image, and analysis of various publics. Students cannot receive credit for both COMM 440 and COMM 540. (YR). 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 442: 20th Centry Public Argument

    3.00 Credits
    University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

    This class is a survey of American public address in the 20th Century. Students will examine and critically analyze several of the most significant speeches and rhetorical movements of the last one hundred years. Through lectures, discussions, and analysis of speeches and other artifacts, we will focus on the relationship between rhetoric and history, and how theories of rhetorical action help us appreciate the role of discourse in the effective functioning of a democratic system. Students will learn to utilize several critical perspectives as a means of understanding both historical and contemporary political discourse. (W). 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Discussion, Lecture Language,Culture&Communication Department Course Attributes: Upper Division
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  • COMM 450: Principle of Organization Comm

    3.00 Credits
    University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

    Course examines how communication networks function in organizations. Purpose: to provide an organizational context and conceptual framework for the practice of professional writing and speaking skills. Writing projects include a research report, a case study, and several shorter papers, practical and analytical, on assigned topics. Students cannot receive credit for both COMM 450 and COMM 550. (OC). 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 455: Gender and Media Studies

    3.00 Credits
    University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

    The course will focus on several feminist approaches used in understanding the media and attempting to create social change through the media. The role of media in the definition and reproduction of gender-based hierarchies and in the renegotiation of gender boundaries will both be explored. To this end, both mainstream and women's media will be examined. The course will take a multicultural and international perspective, incorporating concerns of class, race, ethnicity, and nation as these intersect with the study of genderand media. Mainstream and alternative media will be analyzed through readings, films, case studies, in-class collaborative exercises and longer term projects. News, entertainment, and advertising genres will be examined in a variety of media such as the printed press, television, video, film, and the Internet. (W). 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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