Attribute(s): NUpath Difference/Diversity, NUpath Interpreting Culture
- Subject
- CMN
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- Catalog 2026-2027
- Source
- catalog.northeastern.edu
51 courses with the subject CMN, 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.
Attribute(s): NUpath Difference/Diversity, NUpath Interpreting Culture
Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1103 with a minimum grade of D- or ENG 1105 with a minimum grade of D-
Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.
Prerequisite(s): CMN 1100 with a minimum grade of D- or CMN 1103 with a minimum grade of D- or CMN 2210 with a minimum grade of D-
Prerequisite(s): CMN 1100 with a minimum grade of D-
Prerequisite(s): CMN 1100 with a minimum grade of D- or CMN 1103 with a minimum grade of D- or CMN 2210 with a minimum grade of D-
Prerequisite(s): (CMN 1100 with a minimum grade of D- or CMN 1103 with a minimum grade of D- or CMN 2210 with a minimum grade of D- ); CMN 2310 with a minimum grade of D-
Examines how health-related organizations communicate internally and how health practitioners communicate to patients. Explores the theory, research, and practice in this emerging field.
Introduces students to a communication-planning methodology that supports an organization’s short- and long-term goals. Defining digital communication objectives, audiences, tactics, channels, and success indicators are all critical components of an effective strategy. Emphasizes content marketing and inbound marketing tactics and how they fit the voice of the customer and the voice of the organization.
Prerequisite(s): MKT 3010 with a minimum grade of D-
Prerequisite(s): CMN 3800 with a minimum grade of D-
Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.
Prerequisite(s): CMN 3800 with a minimum grade of D- Attribute(s): NUpath Capstone Experience, NUpath Integration Experience, NUpath Writing Intensive
Focuses on in-depth project in which a student conducts research or produces a product related to the student’s major field. May be repeated without limit.
Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.
and INT 6000 and Writing Lab
Focuses on comprehensive oral, reading, and written communication skills from both academic and professional perspectives. Emphasizes developing academic acculturation and improving academic English.
GST 6430 4
EDU 6184
Introduction to Organizational Communication (CMN 6000) is required for students who do not have any professional experience in communication. Students with professional communication experience begin the program with Strategic Communication Management (CMN 6010) and complete an additional elective to satisfy the required program hours.
Introduces the first two stages of an organizational communication program—research and strategy. Covers the information gathering a practitioner must perform, from organizational objectives to key stakeholder groups, to develop optimal communications solutions. Includes the three communications elements critical to achieving the desired communications outcomes—audience, message, and channel. Introduces methods for producing communications plans that support organizational performance. Offers students an opportunity to gain an understanding of the evolving roles and responsibilities of different communication functions.
Considers how internal and external communications networks through digital and nondigital media can be leveraged when designing and executing communication plans. Offers students an opportunity to construct multimedia signature stories to influence target audiences and to support organizational objectives. Explores stakeholder analysis, communication planning methodology, and the principles of persuasion. Students apply concepts by experimenting with various tools and platforms and learning from the experiences and reflections of their peers.
Focuses on demonstrating the value of communication activities to the organization. Explores an evaluative framework and measurement tools to make data-driven decisions and recommendations for improvement. Offers students an opportunity to apply the framework to assess a communications channel for real-world organizations.
Examines the need for communication professionals to understand the environment and context for the communications programs they develop and operate. Explores how ethical issues and intercultural communication both affect and are affected by organizational communication programs. Considers key questions when it comes to topics that can trigger strong stakeholder reactions. Through discussion, real-world scenarios, and case analysis, offers students an opportunity to apply the framework and principles to answer these questions and keep the organization’s communications on the right path.
Provides strategies for effective meeting preparation and facilitation. Examines challenges in the development, process, and effectiveness of organizational meetings and intervention techniques that leaders can use to reduce team tensions. Explores methods for managing both in-person and virtual meetings and team dynamics. Offers students an opportunity to develop skills in evaluating individuals’ behaviors using Team Emotional Intelligence strategies. A central part of the course involves participation in and evaluation of meeting interactions.
Introduces the techniques of dispute resolution. Emphasizes the processes of negotiation and mediation, along with strategies for cross-cultural facilitation and ethical negotiation. Examines techniques suggested by practitioners and researchers regarding best practices for effective negotiation to produce win-win solutions and positive business outcomes. Requires students to participate in and evaluate negotiation simulations. Includes case studies and role-playing with a variety of intergenerational, international, racial, and interdisciplinary scenarios. Students practice verbal and nonverbal communication to strengthen their diplomacy and public speaking skills.
Discusses methods to remedy the impediments to effective intercultural communication. Examines multiple levels of culture (e.g., ethnic, national, generational, socioeconomic) from three pillars: awareness, linguistics, and history/politics. Students investigate their personal identity and cultural awareness through two assessments. Offers students an opportunity to gain insights into communicating with different audiences by discussing the meaning of words across different languages. Examines the impact of history and politics on cultural groups and cross-cultural communication. Students develop a cultural audit connected to personal and/or career interests.
Introduces cultural communication within an organizational communication context. The lab’s experiential applications offer the learner an opportunity to discover the role and value of cultural resilience, along with the communication strategies and tools to promote cultural resilience. Three learning modules introduce students to data literacy, technological literacy, and human literacy. A cultural analysis self-reporting assessment (GlobeSmart or Cultural Intelligence CQ) offers important insights for learners' personal and professional cultural communication development. The lab project supports the learner’s exploration into trial and error methods to gather cultural data, analyze it, and develop a pilot or prototype cultural communications tool.
Examines how social media operates and how to setup personal and organizational social media accounts. Prepares students for more advanced social media courses and offers the opportunity to try out social media setup and posting in a safe setting. Designed for students interested in the study of social media who have minimal or no prior social media experience.
Emphasizes the role of social media in supporting organizational goals. Focuses on strategy identification; community management and influencers; competitive analysis; social listening; and crisis, organizational training, and governance considerations. Studies the importance of establishing goals and objectives to guide subsequent social media development and implementation. Students develop a strategic measurement plan to gain an appreciation for social media governance issues.
Introduces the best practices, strategies, and tactics necessary to achieve branding, marketing, and sales success. Uses a combination of real-world case studies and experiential learning to offer students an opportunity to learn how to harness the full power of social media through the curation and creation of content that is received favorably by audience members in both personal and professional circles.
Explores important concepts about consumer behaviors in online environments, including the social media environment and the electronic commerce environment. Covers consumer engagement with social media, electronic word of mouth, branding and advertising issues in social media, methodological perspectives on social media, consumers’ social media usage and online shopping behaviors, organizational use of social media marketing, and ethical issues in the social media and e-commerce environments.
Complete two of the following: 6
Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.
Prerequisite(s): CMN 6150 with a minimum grade of C- ; CMN 6230 with a minimum grade of C- ; CMN 6250 with a minimum grade of C- ; CMN 6300 with a minimum grade of C-
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