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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
4 hours. An overview of television and radio broadcasting and advertising in the United States. The course examines how a variety of factors--historical, cultural, political, legal, economic, and technological--affect the content and character of American broadcasting.
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4.00 Credits
Public relations is the values-driven management of relationships with groups of people that can influence an organization's success. This course examines how organizations can ethically and systematically build productive, mutually beneficial relationships with such groups. To accomplish this, we discuss: (1) the historical antecedents and contemporary practice of public relations in America; (2) the day-to-day tasks and communication responsibilities of public relations practitioners; and (3) the various challenges PR practitioners encounter in their careers. No prerequisite; COMM 205 recommended.
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4.00 Credits
4 hours. This course offers a broad introduction to gender communication. Topics covered include the impact of sex, race, class, ethnicity, and sexuality upon communication style and social behavior. (Cross-listed as WMST 306)
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4.00 Credits
4 hours. This course provides majors in communication studies and related areas with a foundation for rhetorical thinking. Critical issues in persuasion are addressed, along with a historical survey of rhetorical philosophy and theory. Students successfully completing the course will know expert opinions on issues concerning face-to-face persuasive communication. (Cross-listed as CRIT 309)
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4.00 Credits
4 hours. This course provides an opportunity for students to build on the public speaking skills they first learn in COMM 101 - Introduction to Communication Studies. Concepts covered include the history of rhetorical theory, ethics, and methods of analyzing public address. Students also write and present a variety of speeches.
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4.00 Credits
4 hours. An exploration of questions raised by the introduction of new communication technologies with particular emphasis on the social, economic, and aesthetic impact of these emerging technologies, and their roles in education and national development. Prerequisite: junior/senior standing, or permission of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
4 hours. An exploration of the communicative dimensions of media artifacts: magazines, newspapers, films, television programs, and popular music recordings. Analyses are conducted from rhetorical, semiotic, genre, auteur, feminist, psychoanalytic, and Marxist perspectives. Prerequisite: junior/senior standing, or permission of instructor. (Cross-listed as CRIT 404)
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4.00 Credits
4 hours. TV Criticism examines the medium by analyzing its industrial purposes, narrative structures, and the application of mise-en-scene, videography, editing, and sound. Students will familiarize themselves with several critical approaches such as semiotics, genre study, ideological criticism, gender and race studies. Prerequisite: COMM 110. (Cross-listed as CRIT 405)
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4.00 Credits
4 hours. This course introduces students to major concepts regarding communication in organizations, including the professional environment.
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4.00 Credits
4 hours. An exploration of ethical perspectives that pertain to communication in a variety of contexts, including interpersonal, small group, organizational, public and mass. Students learn to become more responsible senders and receivers of communication. Prerequisites: COMM 101 and COMM 110. (Cross-listed as CRIT 410)
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