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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on communication law principles and practices essential to professional communicators in many fields. Topics include, but are not limited to, the role of the first amendment, defamation, privacy, protection of sources and journalists, access to government places and documents, and a particular emphasis on examining the impact of the digital technology on both national and international laws protecting intellectual property. Pre-requisite: CMST 126 or CMST 111, POLS 211, and a minimum of 60 undergraduate credits.
Prerequisite:
CMST126 OR CMST111 AND POLS211 AND ENGL103
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the various viewpoints and theories on mass media and communication ethics. The course investigates the correspondence and discussions between the scholars and professionals involved in various subdivisions of communication and ethics. The course aims to study and explore the philosophical bases of decisions, empirical studies, and literature dealing with mass media content and the behavior of practitioners in journalism, broadcasting, public relations, advertising, and other mass communication disciplines.
Prerequisite:
CMST126 AND CMST250 OR PHIL110
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3.00 Credits
This course will provide a pedagogical simulation to develop a potential public relations campaign. Students will follow the professional and theoretical steps of research, planning, communication and evaluation in a public relations campaign process. Campaign topics will usually be selected from the national case study competition by the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA).
Prerequisite:
CMST126 AND CMST250 AND ENGL205 OR ENGL215 AND CMST255 AND ENGL305 AND CMST355 OR CMST365
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3.00 Credits
This course covers the role of rhetoric and persuasion in the diffusion of innovation. Using theories of diffusion of innovation and contagion, students will examine rhetorical strategies and communication channels and their influence on diffusion including adoption, rejection, discontinuance, and reinvention of innovations. Innovations covered include emerging industries, businesses, products, and ideas.
Prerequisite:
CMST111 AND CMST250 OR CMST329 OR CMST350 OR MGT200 OR MGT204 OR HRTM101
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3.00 Credits
This course is an interdisciplinary seminar which explores the phenomena of cultural scapegoating and witchhunting. The primary perspectives will be rhetorical, historical, and psychological. By focusing on various targeted individuals and groups, past and present, the seminar will culminate in a synthesized view based on the instructors' various disciplines.
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3.00 Credits
Gendered identification shapes our sense of self, the way we communicate, the way we are perceived by others, and the manner in which we act in the world. Through a variety of readings, this seminar will explore the nature and implications of gender and the way it shapes our interactive lives. This course is designed as an interdisciplinary Honors Junior-level seminar.
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1.00 Credits
This course consists of directed research and study on an individual basis. Open to a limited number of students who are juniors and seniors or who have completed 12 credit hours in Communication Studies and who receive departmental approval. A student engaging in Independent Study will complete a minimum of five (5) hours per credit of exclusive conference time with the faculty member in charge of the Independent Study relative to the design, consultation, and evaluation of the study. The student must demonstrate competencies appropriate to the level of the course. The standards shall include performance in the subject, explication of that work by written or oral reports, and evidence of a willingness to meet the commitments of the discipline.
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1.00 Credits
Field experience gained through placement in a practical on-the-job situation under professional supervision. Credits from an internship cannot be applied to the elective requirements of the department's degree programs.
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3.00 Credits
The course consists of discussion and research of selected topics in communication theory, criticism, and application. It is designed to further those research methods characteristic of professional competence in the field of Communication.
Prerequisite:
CMST365 AND ENGL203
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1.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide the student with an opportunity to work with a faculty member in the student's primary Arts and Sciences discipline during the student teaching experience. The course will enhance the student's ability to understand and maximize the relationship between disciplinary subject matter and pedagogy.
Prerequisite:
PSED430 OR PSED431
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