24 courses with the subject COM, 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.
This course introduces students to theories in the field of communication. Students will survey the seven traditions of communication, covering classical topics as rhetoric, modern examinations of language with semiotics, and postmodern analyses of critical theory. The course will cover contemporary research to discuss paradigms, methods, and theories.
The effects of mass communication on individuals and society, particularly as they relate to values and ethics, are examined. The course emphasizes the history and structure of the mass media.
The course introduces students to theories of culture and identity. Students will examine how culture and identity give people their sense of self. Students will also examine contemporary approaches to gender, race, and sexuality in international contexts. The course includes a term-long project emphasizing empirical research.
Special topics.
Qualitative Research Methods refer to a collection of approaches focused on understanding the ways people experience their worlds. There is an emphasis on multiplicity that attempts to comprehend and represent the diversity of the human experience. Such approaches utilize interpretation as a form of analysis situated in the narrative paradigm.
This course introduces students to socio-psychological theories that measure and quantify communication. Students will focus on attitudes, behaviors, and values to identify cause-and-effect relationships. As a writing-intensive course, students will develop a term-long project that demonstrates interaction and influence.
This is an introduction to journalistic writing and editing for print and the Web. Students will explore lede writing, interviewing and structuring stories in a variety of styles. They also will learn Associated Press style. At the core of the class is an emphasis on ethics and news judgment.
This PRO course is designed to give students hands-on training in the various roles that work together to make a multiplatform newsroom function by fulfilling a staff position with the Communiqué. Students will develop skills related to developing/ pitching story ideas, beat reporting, story budgets, print newspaper design and digital journalism.
This course will give students hands-on training in the roles that work together to make a multiplatform newsroom function, with an emphasis on newsroom management. By fulfilling a staff position with The Communiqué, students will work CHATHAM UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2026-2027 255
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This course is designed to introduce students to the interdisciplinary departments that make up a strategic communication agency by completing client-focused projects. The course will explore the role of strategic communication in the nonprofit sector vs. corporate sector and connect students with projects that align with Chatham’s mission and values.
Film & Digital Technology Concentration
This PRO course is designed to give students hands-on training in skills and organizational processes that make up an integrated communication agency and business strategies involved in managing and promoting an agency. Students will complete client-focused projects related to public relations, marketing, design, and social/digital media and develop professional portfolios.
Communication: Public Relations Minor CHOOSE THREE WRITING COURSES
CHOOSE ONE 100-LEVEL ELECTIVE
CHOOSE THREE PRODUCTION COURSES
Film & Digital Technology and Photography Dual Concentration
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CRM: CRIMINOLOGY
Source: Chatham University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
