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  • COMM 520: Critical Media Studies

    3.00 Credits
    University of Michigan-Dearborn

    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 (eg., media and politics, gender and media, media and minorities). Students cannot receive credit for both COMM 420 and COMM 520. (F, W).
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  • COMM 530: International Communications

    3.00 Credits
    University of Michigan-Dearborn

    Course covers key concepts and debates in international communications, including interculturalism, media globalization; international news, coverage; flows of data and cultural programming across national boundaries; and the control of communication resources. Students cannot receive credit for both COMM 430 and COMM 530. (F, W).
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  • COMM 540: Public Relations Writing

    3.00 Credits
    University of Michigan-Dearborn

    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.
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  • COMM 550: Prin of Organizational Comm

    3.00 Credits
    University of Michigan-Dearborn

    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 shorter papers (practical and analytical) on assigned topics. Areas of focus include persuasion, decision-making, conflict resolution, problem solving, and the role of communication in leadership, motivation, small group activity, organizational change, and job satisfaction. (AY)
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  • COMM 555: Gender and Media Studies

    3.00 Credits
    University of Michigan-Dearborn

    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 gender and 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.
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  • COMM 564: Contemporary Rhetorical Theory

    3.00 Credits
    University of Michigan-Dearborn

    An examination of contemporary rhetorical theories through study of representative practitioners in related developments in linguistics, philosophy, and psychology. (OC)
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  • COMM 570: Adv Technical and Prof Comm

    3.00 Credits
    University of Michigan-Dearborn

    Review and practice of advanced professional communication skills, especially audience analysis, assessment of organizational contexts and field-specific conventions, document design, varieties of formal and informal report writing, proposal writing, abstracting, editing, and documentation. Students will study specialized formats and communication issues specific to their professional needs, and will develop their abilities to present technical and complex information to a variety of audiences, both general and specialized, in a variety of professional contexts. Appropriate for graduate students in professional degree programs, such as engineering, management, public administration, and education. Undergraduates must have permission of instructor.
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  • COMM 577: Professional Comm Ethics

    3.00 Credits
    University of Michigan-Dearborn

    An examination of professional communication in the organizational context, focusing on important issues, problems, and concepts. This course is designed to help students become conscious of the role of values in a wide range of professional communication situations; to locate organizational behavior in an ethical framework based on considered definitions, standards, perspectives, and criteria for evaluation and analysis; to consider individuals as well as organizations as moral agents in a changing and complex universe; and to analyze topical cases on emergent issues in communication ethics. (YR)
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  • COMM 581: Gender and Globalization

    3.00 Credits
    University of Michigan-Dearborn

    Mass media, politics, and academia are full of references to globalization, and a future "world without borders." This interdisciplinary course considers the implication of globalization for women's lives, gender relations, and feminism. Topics covered include the global factory, cross- cultural consumption, human rights, global communications, economic restructuring, nationalism, and environmental challenges. Rather than survey international women's movements, this course explores how globalization reformulates identities and locations and the political possibilities they create. Students cannot receive credit for both COMM 481 and COMM 581. (AY).
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  • COMM 590: Topics in Communication

    1.00 - 3.00 Credits
    University of Michigan-Dearborn

    Examination of problems and issues in selected areas of Communications. Titles listed in the Schedule of Classes will change according to content. Course may be repeated for credit when specific topic differs. Only offered for graduate credit. (OC)
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