28 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.
COM 102Media Writing4
This course is designed to review and reinforce the basic principles of grammar, introduce elements of style (ex. AP style), and organization unique to writing in communication-related professions. Students will also be introduced to basic communication theory that can be applied when writing content for print, online, and broadcast outlets, as well in persuasive pieces used in public relations and advertising. The course also discusses the structure of the news, public relations, and advertising industries in order to demonstrate how they are related, and to discuss how this industries influence society.
The growing presence of technology is changing the way people communicate. This course examines how technology and social communication are creating a new paradigm of human interaction. Students will develop a plan for managing their personal brand/reputation and use online tools such as LinkedIn and blogs for professional enhancement.
Designed to examine communication between two people. This class provides opportunities to understand the dynamics of human communication, to assess your own weaknesses and strengths as a communicator, and to learn to make good communication choices as you encounter challenging real-life situations. Meets Social Thought and Tradition Intellectual Perspective requirement (ST).
This course examines effective small group communication. Topics include member characteristics, roles, norms, cohesiveness, leadership, problem solving, conflict resolution, and decision making. The course requires students to complete group projects and exercises and present them in a variety of possible forms, including panel discussions, forums, and symposia. Meets Social Thought and Tradition Intellectual Perspective requirement (ST).
This course is an advance public speaking course designed to offer students the opportunity to develop presentations in their field (business, public relations, education, etc.). Advanced speaking techniques are cultivated in a variety of speaking occasions.
An introductory analysis of problems, criticisms, and structure of mass media in the United States. Emphasis will be placed on the nature, impact, consequences, and roles of print media, broadcasting, motion pictures, advertising, and auxiliary media. Meets Humanity and Culture Intellectual Perspective requirement (HC).
An analysis of communication and leadership in organizations, this course material focuses on interviewing skills, office communication media and choice-making, and sensitivity to evolving standards of “appropriate” behavior in the workplace. A variety of communication contexts are examined, including: interviews; written, electronic, and oral correspondence; and meetings, lunches, and parties.
The creation of content in any form for digital and social media requires a deliberate process of planning, execution and review. This class will focus on developing content for actual digital and social media usage and proven strategies meant to maximize reaching one’s intended audience.
This is a foundational course providing students with an analytical examination and reflection of core leadership concepts and practices. Students will explore various leadership styles, create positive environments, develop key soft skills crucial to effective leadership, and will deal with individual, team-based, and organizational obstacles. Effective communication and ethical decision-making are key success drivers associated with the foundations of leadership and professional development.
This course allows the student the ability to examine how organizations can effectively use social media to communicate with various constituencies. Not only will there be opportunity to learn about social media theory but the application of this theory will be an integral part of the course experience.
This course adapts sales and persuasion theories through practical sales exercises. Students make actual sales calls as part of class. Sales theories are then adapted to other persuasive opportunities, such as selling your ideas to others in a business setting or selling yourself in a job interview.
This course covers a variety of topics in the field of sport communication-which ranges from newspaper sports sections and all-sport cable channels to sports satellite radio and sports blogs. Students will explore topics ranging from communication skill enhancement and sports writing to Web site management and sport media relations. This macro analysis of sport communication is accomplished through an examination of the field from interpersonal, intra- and inter-organizational, and external perspectives. The class is organized to provide students with a foundation for pursuing a career in the field or simply for acting as prudent consumers of sport communication.
This course is designed to investigate the interrelationship of communication and free speech. The course will provide opportunities to understand ethical communication in various contexts, assess weaknesses and strengths as an ethical communicator, and apply theories of communication ethics to the major course of study. Meets Social Thought and Tradition Intellectual Perspective requirement (ST).
Analysis of the nature of the commu¬nication process in contexts ranging from intrapersonal through mass communica¬tion. The course includes coverage of a broad range of theories, from classical to postmodern, that attempt to explain communication phenomena.
This course will introduce students to advanced rhetorical theory, explore historical uses of political communication, and examine how political communication has evolved under the influence of new media.
The Advanced Topics course provides in-depth study of communication regarding a particular issue. Specialized topics include such areas as health-care communication, communication in teaching, free speech and censorship, communication and personality, environmental communication, semantics, family communication, and intercultural communication.
This course discusses the importance of Audience research for planning and evaluating programs of action and communication. The course will focus on research methods used to 1) identify and segment various social groupings (interest groups, stakeholders, coalitions); 2) Ascertain to the impact of the action and information on communication participants; and 3) evaluate the results of such action and communication activity against desired outcomes.
