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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course examines from both a theoretical and a practical standpoint the planning, execution, and evaluation of campaign communication strategies. It focuses mainly on modern presidential campaigns-the organization, the candidate, the audience, and the media. Forms examined include speeches, debates, television commercials, polling, news stories, and interpersonal contact. This course often has a co-requirement of A Com 297 for 1 credit. Prerequisite(s): junior or senior class standing, or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Course introduces students to fundamental areas of political communication, including campaigns, elected officials, the news media, popular culture, and citizen involvement in the political process.
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine the uses and effects of media content consumed by children and adolescents. Audience attention to several message domains will be examined, including television programs, movies, music, electronic games, advertising, and the Internet. Economic, political, and cultural influences on the production of child/youth media content also will be considered. Areas investigated will include governmental regulation of children's media, message design features of educational media content, and the commercialization of youth culture. Prerequisite(s): junior or senior standing, or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine cinema as a vehicle of persuasion. Cinematic themes will be analyzed for their manifest and latent advocacy of various positions and points of view. A variety of films will be critically evaluated, including those that raise issues about race, gender, power, and politics. Contemporary thinking about persuasivemessage design will be drawn upon to investigate the cinematic presentation of these and other issues. Prerequisite(s): junior or senior standing, or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
A Com 386Z is the writing intensive version of A Com 386; only one may be taken for credit.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Supervised participation in rhetorical or communicative practices. May be repeated for a total of 3 credits. This course is meant to provide practical experience and cannot be counted among the 12 additional credits in "A Com" courses at the 300 level required for majors. Open only to majors and minors in their junior or senior years with cumulative averages of at least 2.50. Prerequisite(s): A Com 265, and permission of undergraduate director. S/U graded.
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9.00 Credits
Supervised field placement in an approved setting. Cumulative average of at least 2.50 required. (Open only to rhetoric and communication majors and minors, except with permission of instructor.) Student attends a weekly seminar (A Com 393) and prepares a major project and weekly reports in conjunction with that seminar. Does not satisfy major or minor requirements. Internships are open only to qualified juniors and seniors who have an overall grade point average of 2.50 or higher. Co-requisite(s): A Com 393 or 393Z and permission of instructor. S/U graded.
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6.00 Credits
Advanced applications of rhetoric and communication theory. Participants will complete a major project describing in detail each segment of their work. Each participant will also complete five ten-page analytical papers in addition to a series of weekly seminar papers. (Open only to rhetoric and communication majors and minors, except with permission of instructor.) Yields credit toward rhetoric and communication major or minor. Co-requisites: A Com 392 and permission of instructor.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Directed reading and conferences on selected topics. Course may be repeated for a total of 6 credits. Prerequisite(s): A Com 265, and permission of instructor and department chair.
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1.00 Credits
In this course, students learn to develop oral communication skills needed to participate more effectively in civic culture, including political, organizational, and community contexts. Students practice a variety of discourse skills, which may include group discussion, public speaking, questioning and responding, persuasion, and debate. Students also respond to the contributions that others make as well as reflect on the criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of discourse practices. May not be offered in 2008-2009.
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