18 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.
A basic course in public speaking designed to provide both theory and practice in principles of effective speech composition and communication.
Overview of the history, organization, economics, content, control, and effects of mass communications on society. Examination of mass media industries, including print, broadcast, cable, film, telephony, and the internet. All Digital Media Majors must enroll in DIG 102 concurrently.
A survey course of the music, recording, and entertainment industries. Students study the development of these industries in the United States from an aesthetic, technical, and historical perspective. Topics include: artists, engineers, studios, live performance, songwriting and publishing, career paths, and contracts and copyrights.
A study of the theories of human and mass-mediated communication with an emphasis on research and writing. Topics include communication system theory, signs and languages, discourse, message reception and receiving, social and cultural realities, and critical theories.
Survey of the history, present, and future of media including television, radio, communication policy, online video, social media, and the Web. This course covers technological, social, and economic implications for users, producers, and distributors of traditional and new media.
This course provides an introduction to the skills, competencies, and understandings needed to communicate sensitively and effectively across cultural groups. Students will explore their own cultural identity and how cultural background influences the experiences, beliefs, values, and perspectives of themselves and others. Students will study ways to become culturally competent in a variety of contexts.
This course covers freelancing, business startup practices, branding, and social media marketing. Using a skill building approach, students learn how to create and promote a personal business using current tools and techniques. Additional topics include legal formation, client communication, pricing structures, and personal brand development. ×
This course builds upon the cultural skills and competencies needed to communicate contextually and effectively and explores the various communication modes that various cultural groups value and employ. Through cognitive learning, skills training, and experiential techniques, students will become culturally intelligent and competent communicators in a variety of cultural contexts. Communication through digital media, the arts, and organizational cultures will also be explored. Topics include: Context
This course will help students understand the skills needed for effective written and oral communication in the business environment. The course examines interpersonal and public communication skills.
This course will explore the creation of digital content through the lens of communication and a Christian worldview. Students will explore methods of communication like homiletics as well as art theory to better explore methods of expression. This course will ask the questions “Why should we, as Christians, create digital content?”, “What is the digital preacher?” and “How can we move forward the Great Commission of Matthew 28 through the modern paradigm of digital media?” Analyzing art, communicatio
This course helps students develop the intellectual skills necessary for analysis, understanding and creation of media messages in the many formats of today’s high-density visual environment. Students will be introduced to the syntax, grammar and rhetoric of visual communications. The course also surveys current trends in interactive media, marketing and advertising on the internet and various forms of e-commerce. Assignments explore information architecture and how visual design, writing style and na
This course will introduce principles of social media management, including social media planning, content development, insights and analysis. Students will explore current platforms and tools, as well as how to craft effective social media strategies. Communication and public relations theories and techniques will be explored through case Studies and real-world application.
Students will work on implementing digital techniques and skills including setting goals, crisis management, and customer service. Emphasis will be placed on Social Media Marketing, Search Engine Marketing, Search Engine optimization, and Analytics. Attention will be given not just to strategic planning but control content creation and the analysis of analytics for Social, SEM, SEO. Students will apply branding strategies and corporate narrative to a variety of projects.
This course will examine the theories and practice of small group communication, with an emphasis on Biblical perspective and practical application to give students the understanding, experience, and resources necessary to effectively function in a variety of small group settings in way that faithfully represents the love of Christ through their actions and group relationships.
Analysis of corporate, institutional and governmental conflict and crises. Consideration given to nature of social conflict, negotiation, problem-solving, crisis planning, news conferences and press releases.
An internship is designed to allow upper-level students to experience the professional world while they are still involved in their academic training. This provides them with both an understanding of the relationship of their academic preparation to their career aspirations and the demands that will be placed upon them in the professional world. One 3-credit internship is required between their junior and senior year. An additional 3-credit internship may be allowed with the approval of the Digital Me
Special topics of varied interest are offered as needed and as resources permit.
This course will ground students in communication theory orienting them to theoretical and ethical issues involved in strategic discourse. Students will trace historical and contemporary issues in the development of communication study. The course examines meaning-making and its consequences in various contexts.
Source: University of Valley Forge's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
