Communication
Communication
115 Bingham Hall, CB# 3285
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First Session, 2024
COMM 100 Communication and Social Process (3)
Addresses the many ways our communication–including language, discourse, performance, and media–reflects, creates, sustains, and transforms prevailing social and cultural practices.
COMM 113 Public Speaking (3)
Theory and extensive practice in various types of speaking.
COMM 120 Introduction to Interpersonal and Organizational Communication (MNGT 120) (3)
An introduction to communication theory, research, and practice in a variety of interpersonal and organizational contexts. This course examines the role of communication in both personal and professional relationships.
COMM 140 Introduction to Media History, Theory, and Criticism (3)
An introduction to the critical analysis of film, television, advertising, video, and new media texts, contexts, and audiences.
COMM 150 Introduction to New Media Credits (3)
MAYMESTER. An introduction to the design, aesthetics, and analysis of various forms of digital media. Hands-on experience with different modes of creation, including graphics, web-based communication, and social media.
COMM 160 Introduction to Performance Studies (3)
As the introductory course in performance studies, students will explore and experiment with performance as ritual, performance in everyday life, and the performance of literature.
COMM 170 Rhetoric and Public Issues (3)
Examines the basic nature and importance of rhetoric and argumentation. Attention is devoted to interpreting the persuasive function of texts and their relation to modern forms of life.
COMM 223 Small Group Communication (3)
Permission of the instructor for non-majors. Introduction to the theory and practice of communication in the small group setting. Topics may include group development, conformity and deviation, gender, problem solving, and power and leadership.
COMM 224 Introduction to Gender and Communication (WGST 224) (3)
Examines multiple relationships among gender, communication, and culture. Explores how communication creates gender and shapes relationships and how communication reflects, sustains, and alters cultural views of gender.
COMM 450 Media and Popular Culture (3)
Permission of the instructor for non-majors. Examination of communication processes and cultural significance of film, television, and other electronic media.
COMM 453 The History of New Media Technology in Everyday Life (3)
The starting point for this course, chronologically and conceptually, is the emergence of popular media technology. Our purview includes transformative innovations in mediated communication, such as telephony and e-mail, alongside familiar media technologies such as televisions and computers.
Second Session, 2024
COMM 100 Communication and Social Process (3)
Addresses the many ways our communication–including language, discourse, performance, and media–reflects, creates, sustains, and transforms prevailing social and cultural practices.
COMM 113 Public Speaking (3)
Theory and extensive practice in various types of speaking.
COMM 120 Introduction to Interpersonal and Organizational Communication (MNGT 120) (3)
An introduction to communication theory, research, and practice in a variety of interpersonal and organizational contexts. This course examines the role of communication in both personal and professional relationships.
COMM 140 Introduction to Media History, Theory, and Criticism (3)
An introduction to the critical analysis of film, television, advertising, video, and new media texts, contexts, and audiences.
COMM 160 Introduction to Performance Studies (3)
As the introductory course in performance studies, students will explore and experiment with performance as ritual, performance in everyday life, and the performance of literature.
COMM 170 Rhetoric and Public Issues (3)
Examines the basic nature and importance of rhetoric and argumentation. Attention is devoted to interpreting the persuasive function of texts and their relation to modern forms of life.
COMM 171 Argumentation and Debate (3)
Analysis of issues, use of evidence, reasoning, brief making, and refutation. Argumentative speeches and debates on legal cases and on current issues. Designed for prospective law students public policy students, speech teachers, and college debaters.
COMM 224 (WGST 224)Introduction to Gender and Communication (3)
Examines multiple relationships among gender, communication, and culture. Explores how communication creates gender and shapes relationships and how communication reflects, sustains, and alters cultural views of gender.
COMM 393 Internships (1–3)
Permission of the department. Majors only. 2.5 cumulative grade point average required. Individualized study closely supervised by a faculty advisor and by the departmental coordinator of internships. Cannot count toward the COMM major.
COMM 450 Media and Popular Culture (3)
Permission of the instructor for non-majors. Examination of communication processes and cultural significance of film, television, and other electronic media.
COMM 521 Communication and Social Memory (3)
Permission of the instructor for non-majors. An investigation of psychological aspects of communication, particularly the perceptual and interpretive processes underlying the sending and receiving of messages.
COMM 690 Advanced Topics in Communication Studies (3)
Permission of the instructor for non-majors. A special topics course on a selected aspect of communication studies. May be repeated. Available for Hollywood internship students (COMM 393).