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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
(Fall, Course Offered Every Year) Theory and research in nonverbal communication, including environment, space, physical appearance, body movement, eyes and facial expressions, and social cues. Nonverbal communication in personal, workplace, and cultural settings.
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3.00 Credits
(Fall and Spring, Course Offered Every Year) Effects of gender on the interpersonal communication process. Explanations of gender differences, communication about women and men via language and media, and interpersonal communication.
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3.00 Credits
(Spring, Course Offered Every Year) This course introduces students to some of the ethical issues that are involved in interpersonal, public, and mass communication. The course begins with a study of the major ethical philosophers including Aristotle, Kant, Buber, and Habermas. Specific issues and case studies emphasize First Amendment rights, censorship, libel, slander, defamation of character, media regulation, and what can and cannot be said in the public arena. Students engage in a review of ethical theories as they relate to communication and ethical problem solving.
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(Fall and Spring, Course Offered Every Year) This course offers students a survey of contemporary scholarship related to processes of intercultural communication. The course will consider the important role of contexts (social, cultural, historical) in intercultural interactions. We will examine the complex relationship between culture and communication from several conceptual perspectives, concentrating on three: social/psychological, interpretive, and critical. By applying these perspectives students will come to appreciate the complexities and tensions involved in intercultural interactions. This learning process should enhance self-reflection, flexibility and sensitivity in intercultural communication. Offered as CORE 403.
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3.00 Credits
(Fall and Spring, Course Offered Every Year) Seminars will investigate a specific topic from a communication perspective, and address the various communication contexts that are the basis of current pedagogy in the field. These contexts include rhetorical criticism, mass communication, interpersonal communication, and organizational communication. Examples of specific topics include conflict management, persuasion, and mediated communication. May be taken on multiple occasions when topics vary.
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2.00 Credits
(Fall and Spring, Course Offered Every Year) A guided individual project combining research in some area of communication studies with significant practical application of communication skills (e.g. a major public address, performance, workshop, video, lecture, etc.). This project will be approved in advance and implemented under the supervision of the instructor. A detailed outline and annotated bibliography is required by midterm.
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3.00 Credits
(Spring, Course Offered Every Year) A critical look at the role of contemporary mass media in our society. It examines the relationship of communication media and popular culture. Topics include media mergers, obscenity and indecency issues in television and radio, "reality" TV programming, current advertising andpublic relations issues, messaging and imaging in media, and changes in FCC regulations.
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3.00 Credits
(Spring, Course Offered Every Year) An advanced course focusing on the theories of interpersonal relationships by exploring the developmental, maintenance, and deterioration stages. Explores both verbal and nonverbal messages, listening, and conflict resolution. Prerequisite: COM-260.
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3.00 Credits
(Fall and Spring, Course Offered Every Year) An advanced course focusing on various contemporary theories of interpersonal communication. There will be an emphasis on the theoretical foundations of the study of interpersonal communication in a variety of contexts. Prerequisites: COM-225, COM-260.
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3.00 Credits
An honors thesis involves a scholarly scientific project selected by the communication major in consultation with her advisor and subject to departmental approval, which will involve conducting a pilot study focusing on her area of specialization. Research, observation, writing and interpreting results will all be conducted by the student. In addition, the student is required to present her thesis orally in an appropriate setting to an audience.
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