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Prerequisite: Comm 211. The First Amendment coupled with our marketplace of ideas mentally requires that competent communicators get and practice criticalthinking skills. Argumentation and Advocacy explores these skills in tandem with the public discourse vehicle. Students are required to examine and deploy various approaches in making and evaluating arguments in a public setting. Theories explored include transmission models of communication, Stephen Toulmin's model of argumentation and critical theory as it is applied to communication studies and the professions.
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Prerequisites: COMM 215, COMM 221, COMM 231. A writing-intensive course where students learn to produce various PR tools to achieve an organization's communication goals. Tools for media relations are emphasized including news releases, pitch letters and media kits. Students will develop skills in information gathering, editing, critical thinking and audience analysis.
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Prerequisites: advertising majors: COMM 341, and COMM 421; public relations majors: Com 354, and Com 431. "Campaigns" is the culminating professionalexperience for advertising and public relations majors. Using a case study created by a real-world client, the course gives students the opportunity to integrate previously acquired knowledge and skills in the area of integrated marketing communications. Student teams model an agency setting to develop a comprehensive campaign plan to be presented both orally and in plans book form.
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Prerequisites: COMM 215, COMM 351. The culminating experience for speech communication majors. Rhetorical Criticism is a writing- intensive course that teaches students how to critically analyze and evaluate public discourse. Attention is given to the logical, aesthetic and political components of public discourse designed to influence belief, affect social change and craft cultural identities. Topics include the scope and function of rhetoric in contemporary culture, various approaches to rhetorical criticism, and contexts for criticism including politics, religion and social movements. Same as PLSC 442.
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Focuses on the conduct of interviews, gathering of physical evidence, sensitivity to the needs of victims and non-offending parents, and special legal considerations as they pertain to the investigation of child abuse.
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on effective intervention and investigation of family dysfunctional incidents using a multidisciplinary approach. Emphasis on protection of the victim and return of the family to a healthy state.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide installation law enforcement, emergency medical services, medical, fire fighting, Emergency Operations Center and emergency rescue personnel the basic skills and knowledge needed to react to terrorist chemical, biological or radiological threats or attacks. Topics include agent characteristics and effects, first aid procedures, detection, protective measures, decontamination, incident command and hazard containment.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: CRIM 102. A study of ethical thoughts and issues facing the criminal justice professional. Topics include constitutional ethics and professional code of conduct.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: CRIM 102. Considers the major methods of the social sciences, including applied statistics. Topics include: research design, surveys, secondary data and other unobtrusive methods, evaluation research, sampling and research reports. Same as PSYC 200, SOCI 200.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: CRIM 102. Considers social, cultural and political forces which influence the formation of laws and legislative processes. Theories of the origins of law are discussed and then applied to historical legal cases.
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