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An introduction to the elements of the communication process in its personal and social aspects with special attention given to skill building in public speaking and group process. Writing skills will be emphasized through specific assignments.
Understanding, appreciating and interpreting for public performance of prose, poetry and drama, together with the training of the vocal mechanism for optimum expressiveness. Prerequisite: COMM 110. Offered each Spring.
This course covers the history and development of mass media and their effects on the economic, social, and political aspects of American culture. It includes a survey of new technologies and how these media interact and/or reinforce each other. Students will develop a critical perspective of cultural values, attitudes, and ethics in mass media industries. Awareness of current events and access to media forms will be an integral part of the course.
An overview of the history of the field of communication and the predominant theories which guide scholarship. Students will develop a working knowledge of theories that explain a wide range of communication phenomena, explore applications of those theories and examine the relationships among different theoretical positions. Prerequisites: COMM 110; junior or senior standing. Offered each Fall.
This course is intended to provide students with a basic understanding of how groups function and to explore the application of this understanding to everyday situations. The nature of the course is experiential and is designed to give students the opportunity to apply knowledge of concepts such as group goals, norms, roles, functions and decision making to the processes functioning within groups. Prerequisite: COMM 110. Offered each Fall.
An introduction to the design theory, techniques, materials and processes employed in scene and lighting design with consideration to theatre styles. Experience in creating elevations, ground plans, scaled models, light plots and renderings. These techniques can also be applied to television production. Offered Spring 2002 and alternate Spring semesters.
A study of the federal and state laws governing print and electronic media, beginning with English common law, continuing through United States constitutional law and concluding with recent Supreme Court rulings involving the media. Students will be assigned case studies for analysis and evaluation. Required of all students who choose journalism or media communication concentrations. Offered each Fall.
Laboratory training in the basic techniques of directing for the stage including rehearsals, scheduling, production management and working with actors and technicians. These techniques can also be applied to television. Offered Fall 2002 and alternate Fall semesters.
This course is a survey of rhetorical and psychological theories of persuasion. Students are prepared to critically consume and produce persuasive messages. Frameworks for ethical persuasion are developed. Prerequisite: COMM 110. Offered Fall 2001and alternate Fall semesters.
This course introduces students to examples and practice of research in communication including critical, quantitative and qualitative methods of investigation. Students will write research questions, select methodology, collect data, analyze data, and present results. Prerequisites: COMM 110; COMM 312; PSYC/SOSC 240. Offered Spring 2003 and alternate Spring semesters.
Practical, off-campus experience in Journalism, Media Communication, Public Relations, Speech or Theatre. May be repeated once. Prerequisites: BRCT 320 or COMM 360; JOUR 320, 330 or CMST 330, 332 or THEA 320. Enrollment is limited to students who have a signed contract (see department chair for contract). Signatures of the internship supervisor and the department chair are required.
COMM 442 Intercultural Communication (3)
In this course students will identify and explore the relationshiop between communication and culture. An emphasis will be placed on factors that affect the quality and processes of communicaion between persons of different cultures and co-cultures. Students will consider various theories and practices regarding issues of intercultural communcation. Offered Fall 2008 and alternate Fall semesters.
Individual or small group study. Open only to junior or senior majors in this area who have completed or are taking regularly scheduled courses. Selected topics from areas in communications, such as media ethics, television and Christian drama workshops. Enrollment by permission of the Department Chair.
This seminar course is one method of summative evaluation of the major and of a communication student’s overall college experience. It is designed to integrate learning in a number of different areas by examining significant issues of communication in contexts of work, culture, and media. Prerequisites: COMM 230; JOUR 220; SPCH 220; THEA 220; senior standing. Offered each Spring.
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