5 courses with the subject COM, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
A study of interpersonal communication designed to examine, develop, strengthen, and maintain interpersonal relationships. Discussions focus on nonverbal (proxemics, territoriality) and verbal (semantics, paralanguage) communication. Presentations, class discussions, and group techniques are used in class.
An introduction to basic principles of speaking in public and the development of confidence and poise in the speaker. Performances include informative and persuasive speeches, and speeches using visual aids. The course also encompasses basic research, analysis, and outlining.
Performance techniques through reading various forms of literature to an audience. A written analysis is required for each reading.
A study of speaking skills appropriate to a business setting. This course includes presenting oral reports, conducting information- gathering interviews, establishing goodwill through motivational talks, and participating in group decision making.
A survey and critical analysis of the mass media, including newspapers, news shows, television, digital sources, advertising, film, recorded music, and audience reactions to the framing of messages. With an emphasis on oral presentation, students consider the role of facts, opinion, cultural trends, public relations, the power of persuasion and the function of emotion and perception in media operation through an examination of the history, influences and ethics of mass media in the digital age.
Source: Berkshire Community College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
