15 courses with the subject SPE, 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.
SPE 1000Survey of Communication3
(s) Hours: 3 hrs. An introductory survey of the principles, concepts, theories, models, and methods that define the study of communication. Attention is given to the history of the field, verbal and nonverbal communication, communication research, and research methods. Students will examine the filed in a variety of contexts, including interpersonal, organizational, public, intercultural, and mediated communication. Flexible Core: Creative Expression (Group C) Department: Communications and Performing Arts
(s) Hours: 3 hrs. An introductory course in listening and speaking including the basics of human communication, verbal and nonverbal communication, and elements of listening with an emphasis on critical listening. Students will develop and deliver several presentations as well as evaluate the presentations of their peers Prerequisite(s): Not open to students at ENG 2400 level. Flexible Core: Creative Expression (Group C) Department: Communications and Performing Arts
(s) Hours: 3 hrs. The communicator's development of self-concepts, ability to understand and project a comfortable and confident self-image. Methods to improve and use this knowledge when interacting and communicating with other individuals and with groups. Flexible Core: Individual and Society (Group D) Department: Communications and Performing Arts 579
SPE 1600Survey of Speech, Language and Hearing Disorders3
(s) Hours: 3 hrs. A survey of speech, language and hearing disorders. Students gain an understanding of communication disorders and their effects on those with the disorders. Department: Communications and Performing Arts
(s) Hours: 4 hrs. Introduction to the scientific study of language, including the analysis of word, sentence, and sound structure. This survey course presents some of the major areas of the formal study of linguistics, including morphology, phonetics, phonology, syntax and semantics. In addition, this course introduces the applied fields of language acquisition and sociolinguistics. Department: Communications and Performing Arts
(s) Hours: 3 hrs. Health communication is a field of study that encompasses theories, research, and applications of the symbolic processes by which people, both individually and collectively, understand, share ideas about, and accommodate to health and illness. This course is designed to introduce students to a wide range of scholarship in health communication beginning with a basic introduction to the field of health communication and then moving through the key topics, definitions, theories and perspectives. The course will examine how individuals' health behavior is framed by the contexts and modes in which we communicate including narratives, individual, interpersonal, art, organizational, community, media, cultural and public policies. Students will learn the basics of clear, purposeful and compassionate communication across multiple channels, strengthening their health literacy skills and by becoming more informed health citizens. Flexible Core: Individual and Society (Group D) Department: Communications and Performing Arts
(s) Hours: 3 hrs. Family provides some of our first communication experiences, it can shape our communication perspectives, and it also presents us with communication challenges. This course explores the communication processes and functions of the family with focus on key family communication and relationship experiences (e.g., sibling relationships, power dynamics, family stories/identity, illness/crisis, marriage, divorce, negotiating gender, culture, and sexuality). The concept of family is continually evolving so this course will use diverse, practical, and critical perspectives informed by current scholarship for thinking through issues related to family Flexible Core: Individual and Society (Group D) Department: Communications and Performing Arts 580
(s) Hours: 3 hrs. The basic elements for clear and effective public speaking. Practice and study in skills such as organizing information, researching and outlining speeches, developing ideas for a particular audience, using media for clarification and amplification of ideas, and speaking extemporaneously. Students will review the history of public speaking, analyze speeches and bring together all basic elements of public speaking through their own presentation of formal and informal speeches to inform and persuade. Flexible Core: Creative Expression (Group C) Department: Communications and Performing Arts
(s) Hours: 3 hrs. Communication skills used most frequently in the professions, business and industry. Speaking logically and expressing ideas creatively. Theories of interpersonal communication and practice in such speaking situations as job interviews, small group presentations, business meetings, conferences and platform speaking, use of clear and acceptable speech. Department: Communications and Performing Arts
(s) Hours: 3 hrs. Principles and techniques of group interaction. Conference leadership and participation skills are learned through reading, discussion, practice, observation and evaluation of group discussions. Focus is on how learned concepts may be applied to educational, social and business situations. Flexible Core: Individual and Society (Group D) Department: Communications and Performing Arts
(s) Hours: 3 hrs. How culture shapes the communication process, similarities and differences in cultural representations, linguistic practices, non-verbal communication, and societal norms and meanings. Acquiring competence in intercultural communication settings is emphasized. Flexible Core: World Cultures and Global Issues (Group A) Department: Communications and Performing Arts 581
(s) Hours: 3 hrs. Students learn to recreate and communicate what writers and poets say in various types of literature. Through guided preparation, analysis, presentation and evaluation of individual readings of material ranging from simple reports to poetry, practical skill and enjoyment in reading aloud is developed. Recommended to Performing Arts and Radio Broadcasting students. Flexible Core: Creative Expression (Group C) Department: Communications and Performing Arts
(s) Hours: 3 hrs. A course designed for students who wish to learn about the theory of voice production and the formation of the sounds of speech as illustrated by English varieties and other languages. This course is particularly useful if you are interested in becoming a speech language pathologist, language teacher, linguist, speech scientist (developing software for speech recognition and synthesis), or speech coach. Department: Communications and Performing Arts
(s) Hours: 4 hrs. Introduction to different aspects of phonetics and their relationship to language. The sounds of English and the International Phonetic Alphabet which symbolizes those sounds will be included. Theoretical foundations of phonetics will be explored as they relate to normal and abnormal language development as well as speech correction and improvement. Department: Communications and Performing Arts
(s) Hours: 3 hrs. An understanding of normal language development including issues of speech and hearing. Aspects of second language development as it relates to first language acquisition will be included. Language development will be discussed as it relates to motor, perceptual, cognitive, emotional and social issues. Department: Communications and Performing Arts 582
