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  • 1.00 Credits

    This course explores a specific genre in media. The selected genre will be examined, in both depth and scope with an eye, to its relevance to human experience. The course is an analysis of how the genre both reflects and impacts humanity. The chosen genre will be analyzed from a number of angles including: motion images (film, TV), literature (novels, short stories, comic books), new media (video games, AR and VR). A student may apply no more than six credits toward graduation. The specific topic will be named after the colon. (3 lect.) HUM Prerequisite:    Currently Not Available Corequisite:    Currently Not Available
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is designed to introduce the student to different facets of everyday business at a radio station. The course will focus on the progression of the radio business. Topics will include terminology, production, sales, and future trends. On-air presentation, including operation and voice tracking, will be discussed and demonstrated. The course will culminate with a DJ shift which includes on-air presentation, operation, and voice tracking. (3 lect.) Prerequisite:    Currently Not Available Corequisite:    Currently Not Available
  • 3.00 Credits

    This survey course focuses on the development of operations and programming practices in broadcasting/telecommunications. The class will cover the early practices of broadcasting facilities as well as the current methods and trends. The students will also study audience research, social aspects of telecommunications and some of the global roles of broadcasting. (3 lect.) Prerequisite:    Currently Not Available Corequisite:    Currently Not Available
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course introduces students to the people involved in a film production crew. Students will explore the range of careers in film production as well as the entertainment industry. The course will examine the demands and creative aspects of the jobs within these careers. Students explore employment opportunities in the career of film production. The course focuses on the people behind the scenes in film production and their department classifications. Corresponding positions in television, theatre, concerts, trade shows and events will also be covered. (3 lect.) Prerequisite:    Currently Not Available Corequisite:    Currently Not Available
  • 1.00 Credits

    This course is designed for students who are starting their third semester of competition in intercollegiate speech activities such as debate, platform, oral interpretation, and limited preparation events sponsored by the American Forensic Association (AFA), Phi Rho Pi, and National Parliamentary Debate Association (NPDA). Students enrolled in this course continue to advance their skills in the appropriate strategies for research, literary criticism, communication analysis, speech composition, speech deliver, and critical thinking. In addition, students will learn the process of tournament function and students are introduced to coaching practices and principles. Because of the academically rigorous environment in which students will participate, students should expect to dedicate ten to fifteen hours per week for preparation, of which five to ten hours per week will be with the instructor and the remaining hours are outside of the classroom. Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor and complete 2 credits of CO/M 1060. (2 lab) Prerequisite:    Currently Not Available Corequisite:    Currently Not Available
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is a blend of lecture, discussion, and application exercises to familiarize students with theories and practices of persuasion. Major topics include: the importance of persuasion, the cognitive approach to persuasion, the source of persuasive messages, ethical concerns, purpose and audience, organization, reasoning, language, persuasion in advertising, and persuasion in political messages.(3 lect.) Prerequisite:    Currently Not Available Corequisite:    Currently Not Available
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is designed to acquaint students with non-linguistic form of communication. It explores the theories and elements of nonverbal communication such as physical appearance, smell, proxemics, gestures, paralanguage, and the effects these elements have in the communication process. Students analyze diverse communication contexts and discuss communication strategies and appropriate nonverbal behaviors in such contexts. Prerequisite: Completion of CO/M 1030 or CO/M 1040. (3 lect.) Prerequisite:    Currently Not Available Corequisite:    Currently Not Available
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is designed to help the student develop effective human relations skills for the workplace and personal life. The student will explore human relations from a personal, interpersonal, and organizational perspective. The course will enhance a student's ability to solve problems and think critically about relationships with peers, co-workers, supervisors, and in one's personal life. The course will provide the student with human relations skills critical for successful leadership in a changing environment. A student earning credit in this course may not earn credit in MGT 2130. (3 lect.) ORAL Prerequisite:    Currently Not Available Corequisite:    Currently Not Available
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course explores the many ways that gender and communication intersect and affect each other. Students will consider how gender attitudes and practices, past and current, influence personal notions of what it means to be female and male, and beyond that, what it means to be feminine and masculine. This course is a blend of lecture, discussion, and application exercises to familiarize students with the concept of gender and its role in communication. (3 lect.) HUM Prerequisite:    Currently Not Available Corequisite:    Currently Not Available
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is designed to provide a theoretical framework for studying the principles of argumentation through understanding fundamental argumentation theories and the foundations of structuring propositions. Successively, emphasis will be on the ability to distinguish between proposition and claim types, the development of informal logic, strategies for research, the capacity to distinguish acceptable for spurious evidence, and case construction. Practical application will result with the students successfully creating an effective speech presentation generating belief and conviction. (3 lect.) Prerequisite:    Currently Not Available Corequisite:    Currently Not Available