19 courses with the subject CMM, 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.
CMM 101Interpersonal Communication3
This course is designed to enable a student to become a better communicator by developing a more sophisticated understanding of the communication process and the opportunities and challenges it presents. We will explore how the style and content of communication influences personal identity, relationships, and goal achievement. The ultimate objective is to enable the student to optimize his/her strategic communication competencies in order to be better prepared to identify and solve personal, relational, and organizational problems.
The ability to speak in public is a valuable tool in any career. This course examines fundamental principles of public speaking, focusing on informative and persuasive messages. Students will learn to choose interesting topics, research and organize content, and present speeches using effective vocal and nonverbal delivery skills. Other important elements of this course include an understanding of how to successfully address different audiences, how to effectively use presentation aids, and the role that public speaking plays in our world today.
This course examines fundamental principles of public speaking, focusing on informative and persuasive messages in virtual contexts. Students will learn to choose interesting topics, research and organize content, and craft and present digital speeches using effective verbal and non-verbal delivery skills and techniques.
The production, dissemination, and reception of mediated messages are examined across a variety of media platforms, including the internet, television, and print. Students will learn how to access, analyze, and evaluate mediated content to critically assess the underlying values and messages presented by media entities. In an era where news organizations are routinely charged with fake or biased presentations, students will also learn how to distinguish news from propaganda and opinion from fact.
The mass media play a significant role in your life. Books, newspapers, magazines, movies, music, radio, television, and the Internet are sources of information and entertainment that provide a shared cultural experience. The mass media have also historically shaped our economy and continue to be powerful channels for commerce. Introduction to Mass Communication inspires you to look at the mass media from a historical and critical perspective, and encourages you to become an informed consumer of media.
This course is the starting point for creating multimedia content. Students will get a hands-on introduction to the tools and techniques of multimedia production including video, audio, photography and non-linear editing. They’ll develop their skills through class assignments and online content management, and they’ll use them to create stories. The course involves extensive use of cameras, microphones and editing software.
CMM 203Oral History Performance: An Introduction to Critical Ethnography3
Students will conduct interviews with people who lived through a major historical event or social movement, consider their interviewee’s story in context, and perform the story of their interviewee, developing both critical thinking skills and practical oral communication skills.
While it is important to be knowledgeable about the various channels of media, it is just as valuable for students to understand the potential sociological and psychological impact the media has on the mass population. Introducing students to a variety of analytic methods will encourage students to think critically about the media. Basic semiotic, postmodern, psychoanalytical, Marxist, and feminist ideological methods will be applied to develop a cultured perspective of the media encoding process. Students will not only enhance their media literacy, but also become competent critical thinkers who are able to conduct research of the media and texts.
While each of us may enjoy speaking or typing our words, in media, the person receiving your words is thinking one thing: What are you trying to tell me? Media Writing helps you think critically about your writing as it relates to different platforms and audiences. You will consider both the content and structure of each composition- from a 140-character Tweet to a 500-word story. More importantly, Media Writing prepares you for the professional world with a focus on judgement, accuracy and fairness.
The written word serves as the foundation for all mass media production. While CMM 261 examines story structure and the importance for different media platforms, Media Writing Lab underscores the importance of word choice, sentence construction and meaning.
This course explores the opportunities and problems encountered when cultural differences complicate the communication process. This includes situations in which there are major differences in ethnicity and nationality, however problems also arise in communication between people who differ on other cultural dimensions, such as variations in gender, ethnicity, religion, social class, occupation, geography/place of origin, age, sexual orientation, and other significant cultural dimensions such as musical preference, and political affiliation. Particular attention will be given to contemporary sources of conflict and problematic relationships, and how to manage and resolve intercultural communication problems.
This course explores contemporary tourism in a broad context of communication and rhetoric. Tourism is a popular leisure pursuit, of course, as well as a booming multinational industry. But tourism is also a complex medium of transnational communication that is transforming daily life and the experience of being human. This course will challenge you to apply the knowledge and skills developed during your liberal arts education to solving problems in the field of tourism, one of the largest global economic sectors.
Individually supervised study that provides the opportunity to engage in original research or pursue scholarly investigations beyond the boundaries of established courses. Arranged by agreement between the student and the instructor. May be repeated up to six credit hours provided topics are not the same. Permission of Instructor required. Course may be reapted for up to 6 credits.
Subject
CMM
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
6
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated up to six credit hours provided topics are not the same.
Students will complete an on-site work experience relevant to the Communication and Media major. A minimum of 120-hours must be spent on-site during the semester. Students will also attend weekly one-hour class meetings that focus on career related issues such as resumes, cover letters, portfolios, job searching techniques, networking, interviewing, and negotiation. Prerequisite(s); if any: Instructor Permission Required.
The First Amendment to the United States Constitution provides individuals and society with cherished rights and protections, including freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and freedom of the press. The history, development, interpretation and application of the First Amendment is explored, as are areas for potential conflicts such as governmental restraint of speech, the right to access places and information, maintaining confidentiality of sources, obscenity, commercial speech, and the rights of a free press versus the right to a fair trial. Communication and media related issues such as libel, privacy, intellectual property and government regulation are also addressed.
The field of communication is so varied that it is important for students to prepare for graduation with a capstone experience that enables them to reflect on what they have learned and where that learning is going to take them in the future. Senior Seminar brings communication students with many interests together to talk about why they chose to study communication and what they plan to do with their degrees. Different areas of the field and various career options will be explored. Students will also develop a resume and a plan for finding a rewarding career.
Individually supervised study that provides the opportunity to engage in original research or pursue scholarly investigations beyond the boundaries of established courses. Arranged by agreement between the student and the instructor. May be repeated up to six credit hours provided topics are not the same. Permission of Instructor required. Course may be reapted for up to 6 credits.
Subject
CMM
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
6
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated up to six credit hours provided topics are not the same.
