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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
COMM 212 -- Principles of Journalism (3) History of journalism, emphasizing essential relationship to democratic society. Principles of reporting, news writing; processes of printing. Yearly.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
COMM 245 -- Interpersonal Communication (3) Theoretical understanding and practical skills for examining and altering interpersonal communication. Yearly. Gen Ed: SA & WI credit.
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3.00 Credits
COMM 301 -- Media Law and Media Ethics (3) This course examines the legal and ethical dimensions of modern mass media. Students are introduced to various ethical theories and models, which provide a basis for the critical and systematic analysis of case studies and arguments. Students study current, relevant mass media law, emphasizing precedent-setting court cases in the United States. Topics addressed include: libel, slander, defamation, sedition, pornography, indecency, blasphemy, obscenity, privacy, intellectual property, copyright, propaganda, and commercial speech. As demand warrants. Gen Ed: PI credit.
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3.00 Credits
COMM 308 -- Writing for Mass Communication (3) Focuses on ethical practices in research, writing and editing for various media and purposes. Basic news writing is emphasized. Intended to help students develop portfolios of published (or publishable) work. Yearly. Gen Ed: PI & WI credit.
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3.00 Credits
COMM 311 -- Small Group Communication (3) Development of individual skills in decision-making groups. Focus on conclusions emerging from small group research concerning leadership, cohesion, roles and norms. Topics: analysis of controversy and group presentational skills. Oral class presentations required. Fall and Spring. Gen Ed: SA, SI, & WI credit.
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3.00 Credits
COMM 320 -- Film Studies: Form and Culture (3) Involves viewing a variety of classic and contemporary films while reading theoretical, critical and technical approaches to aesthetic, communicative, psychological, and sociological aspects of film in our history and contemporary experience. Some experience in aspects of pre-production is also provided. Yearly. Gen Ed: AC credit.
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3.00 Credits
COMM 324 -- Persuasive Speaking (3) Developing, delivering and evaluating persuasive speeches. Fall and Spring. Gen Ed: SI credit.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
COMM 350 -- Family Communication (3) An investigation into family communication. The family is a unique context for communication, in part because family membership is involuntary for most of us, in part because families are fascinating minicultures with unique histories, communication codes, and social realities whose grip on members is strong and enduring. Yearly. Gen Ed: SA & WI credit.
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
COMM 370 -- Contemporary Political Communication (3) An examination of domestic (U.S.) politics in order to better understand how 'political reality' is constructed through communication. To that end, the course will examine communication during particular political events, acts of governance, and particular campaigns. As demand warrants. Gen Ed: SI credit.
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3.00 Credits
COMM 375 -- Environmental Communication (3) In relation to an era of mounting environmental crisis, this course examines how we use language to construct, describe, and test environmental issues, and to consider how rhetoric can help to resolve environmental disputes. To understand how environmental communication that addresses a broad public audience must draw upon the rhetorical resources of more than one kind of discourse, the genres considered will range from scientific studies and public policy documents to journalism, nonfiction essays, and word-and-image rhetoric in film, graphic arts, and commercial advertisement. As demand warrants.
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