7 courses with the subject COMM, 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.
COMM 1710Fundamentals of Public Speaking3
This course covers the basic principles of preparing, researching, and delivering informative, persuasive, impromptu, and extemporaneous speeches. Instructional methodologies instruct students on computer-mediated communication issues as well as international audience analysis and multi-cultural demands of public speaking venues. In addition, this course will include audience analysis and suggestions for overcoming speech anxiety. Students will analyze and evaluate the arguments and rhetorical methods used in public communication. 3C/3/0/0
This course focuses on the practical and theoretical concepts of human communications and the styles used in personal, social and professional environments. Students will also acquire skills in critical thinking, perception, listening, verbal and non-verbal expressions and conflict resolution. Students will evaluate their individual strengths and weaknesses in depth and develop techniques to improve interpersonal relations. 3C/3/0/0
This course will study the influence of cultural differences on communication from both the sender and receiver of information. The course views the human communication process as it is influenced by nationality, ethnicity, linguistic development, and gender. The course will explore the ways in which culture can shape the view of “reality” held by its members and influence communication patterns and cross-cultural relationships. Specifically the United States cultural orientations will be compared to those in other regions of the world. 3C/3/0/0
The influence of mass media communications on today’s culture is an important issue in the United States and throughout many parts of the world. Students will research the influence of mass media on society. Topics include: advertising, propaganda, ethics, First Amendment issues, the role of government, literacy requirements of a digital world, and problems and criticisms of media. 3C/3/0/0
READ 0722 or READ 0724 or EAPP 0900 with a grade of “C” or better, or appropriate assessment score Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal Area(s): Goals 5 & 9
COMM 1750Small Group Communication3
In this course students will study communication in small groups. Topics include effective group communication theory and skills; group leadership, cohesion, and roles; conflict-resolution and decision-making; planning and conducting meetings and parliamentary procedure. The course explores group functioning in a variety of settings including the workplace. There is an emphasis on the practical application of the content and the practice of oral communication skills. 3C/3/0/0
This course centers upon the human communication process from within the contextual dimensions of diverse family units. Elements of study include family patterns and functions, which drive communication, relationship development and its barriers and family role definitions and functions. The course is designed to provide a sense of understanding of how a family communicates, and the forces which influence the family unit, from both the inside and outside of various family configurations. 3C/3/0/0
This course explores the many interconnected aspects of gender communications; enabling students to experience how gender, within communication and culture, creates, maintains, and changes interpersonal relationships. Various communication contexts covered in the course will include family, friendships, education, the media and the workplace, and other markers of identity. 3C/3/0/0
