21 courses with the subject CMST, 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.
Meets GOAL 1. Includes selection and organization of materials, delivery of common types of speeches, listening skills, and analysis and evaluation of presentations. Grade only. Offered each semester.
Meets GOAL 1. This course introduces students to the concepts, models, and theories of human communication and their application to interpersonal, small groups, and public speaking situations. Students practice problem-solving, identify conflict-resolution strategies, and recognize leadership styles. Students also present informative, persuasive, and group presentations. Grade only. Offered each semester.
Meets GOAL 5. Explores how nonverbal messages create meaning in various interpersonal, group, and public contexts. Students examine how body movements, appearance, touch, space, environment, time, and objects communicate social and cultural identity. Students observe their own and other’s behavior and learn how to conduct basic social science research. Grade only. Offered annually. Course Registration
Meets GOAL 1. Explore and apply theories necessary for appropriate and effective communication in diverse professional and organizational settings. The course emphasizes group collaboration, and oral communication skills, including presentational speaking and the use of presentational technology. The course prepares students to interview for and work in organizational settings, internships, and consulting. Grade only. Offered annually. Course Registration
Meets GOAL 1 and GOAL 9. This course provides students the opportunity to develop skills related to communication and citizenship. Students will learn to conceptualize the formation of public attitudes through information access, different frameworks for communication ethics, patterns of reasoning, and power relations between people and institutions, as each relates to relevant civic issues. Students will learn and enact techniques that enable perspective-sharing, conversation, and constructive disagreement, including story circles, active listening, deliberation, and small-group facilitation. Grade only. Offered each semester. Course Registration
Meets GOAL 8. Analyzes domestic and international cultural variables as they relate to communication encounters in interpersonal, group, organizational, and online settings. Prepares students to communicate with people from other cultural groups, leading to empathic understanding and competent coordination of action across cultural differences. Grade or P/NC. Offered each semester. Course Registration
Meets GOAL 5. This course provides an overview of theories, as well as social scientific, interpretive, and critical approaches to research methods, in Communication Studies. Students will use communication theory to analyze, explain, critique, and problem solve interpersonal, group, cultural, health, and organizational issues related to communication. Grade or P/NC. Offered each semester. Course Registration
Meets GOAL 6 (Humanities). This course uses a cultural and theoretical approach to study gender identity and gendered communication styles. It explores the influence and media portrayal of gender in a variety of contexts including friendships, romantic relationships, families, healthcare and educational settings, and organizations. Topics may include the similarities and differences in interactions, language choice, nonverbal behavior, metaphors, and the interpretation of reality. Grade or P/NC. Offered each semester. Course Registration
Meets GOAL 7. Disability is a part of our lives, but unfortunately, society champions ableism, making it challenging to acknowledge that 25% of people in the U.S. have a disability. Students will learn about disability culture, the interpersonal aspects of life with a disability, and how businesses, healthcare, education, and media can either perpetuate or dispel myths about disability. This course is designed to take you from curiosity to awareness so that you can apply your new knowledge to your career and life. Grade only. Offered every third semester. Course Registration
Meets GOAL 7. Introduce students to individual and group differences (e.g., race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, etc.) and the society’s historical and contemporary responses to the differences; familiarize students with the communication skills necessary to manage diversity among cultural groups in the United States. Topics vary, including communication ethics and diversity and Asian American communication. This course may be repeated with different topics. Grade or P/NC. Offered alternate years or when demand warrants. Repeatable up to six credits as topics change. Course Registration
Meets GOAL 6 (Humanities) and GOAL 7. An analysis of the rhetoric of a co-cultural group(s) in the United States from a rhetorical/cultural perspective. Each course will focus on a specific culture or a cross-cultural topic. Grade or P/NC. Offered alternate years or when demand warrants. Repeatable up to 6 credits as topics change. Course Registration
(3 credits) Meets GOAL 5.
This course examines theories and practices of social media in communication contexts, such as relational, public, group, and organizational. The course provides an overview of different analytical and theoretical approaches to studying social media and surveying contemporary trends in social media marketing, policies, and platforms. Grade or P/NC. Offered annually (usually spring semester). Course Registration
Students will study and participate in a supervised work experience designed by the CMST internship director, student, and site supervisor.
Offers advanced students an opportunity to study independently in an area of special interest to them.
Source: Winona State University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
