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Development of skills in the analysis, application and evaluation of argumentative communication.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Discussion of and practice in reporting about public affairs and social issues, plus examination of copy editing and headline writing for traditional and new media.

Graduation Requirements:

Writing Intensive

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Interpersonal communication skills are applied to psychological, social, and cultural theories of leadership to investigate how to successfully achieve goals through the establishment of relationships with others. Strategies of social influence, relational competence, equity and inclusion are discussed relative to the roles formal and informal leaders play across society.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Creation of photo, audio, video, and written content for multi-platform distribution. Includes critical consideration and application of content creation tools, social media management tools, and legal and ethical issues.

Graduation Requirements:

Writing Intensive

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Film and Media Studies (BA) | Health Communication (BS) | Public Relations (BS)

This is an advanced course in public presentation focused on improving presentational skills of speech delivery and language choice.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Computer Application Development (BAS)

Planning, writing and delivering of broadcast news.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Film and Media Studies (BA)

Students explore storytelling and other communicative practices to create and sustain the communities in which we live. Students explore rituals, symbols, and places perceived as mundane. Students analyze and reconstruct why community practices make up the foundation of our civic lives.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Advocating for Social Justice Minor | Media Studies (BA)

Special interest courses devoted to specific topics within the field of communication studies. Topics vary, and course may be retaken for credit under different topic headings.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Instruction in the fundamental concepts, terminology, techniques and applications of digital imaging in mass communication. Development of the basic skills necessary to design, create, manage and distribute photographic and video digital images in mass communication.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Film and Media Studies (BA) | Media Studies (BA) | Public Relations (BS)

Addresses the principles and practices of advertising, emphasizing creative media strategies; strategic decision-making; and historical, social, legal, and economic influences. Students will research and develop an advertising implementation plan.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Film and Media Studies (BA) | Public Relations (BS)

Practicum in typography, design, layout and production processes, including job budgeting and estimating, for newspapers, magazines, newsletters, brochures, posters, annual reports, direct mail and related print materials used public relations and journalism. Emphasis on graphic design software.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Film and Media Studies (BA)

Communication impacts every facet of our experience of health and well-being. This course introduces students to the subdiscipline of health communication, its key concepts, and important theories and research in the field.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Health Communication (BS) | Health Communication Minor

An introduction to musical creativity using technology, audio recording, and computer-based music. Explore audio processing, routing, and live sound design drawing from experimental cinema, electoacoustics, EDM, and contemporary music. Ability to read music is not required.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Music (BA) | Music Industry (BS)

Introduces students to multiple areas of the music industry through hands-on experience in music-related projects including concert promotion, record releases, social media marketing, community activation, and other related professional areas.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Music Industry (BS)

Explores and analyzes theories of game studies through examination of games, their development, history, representation, study, and industry toward considering their impacts on society.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Curricular Practical Training: Co-Operative Experience is a zero-credit full-time practical training experience for one summer and an adjacent fall or spring term. Special rules apply to preserve full-time student status. Please contact an advisor in your program for complete information.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Students engage in an applied research or creative group project in a faculty member's area of interest. The project is led by the faculty member. The course may be repeated in different projects.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Communication and Media (BS)

A focus on the theory and practice of developing advocacy campaigns. Topics include audience research, message creation, message distribution, network analysis, and campaign effectiveness.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Advocating for Social Justice Minor | Film and Media Studies (BA) | Health Communication (BS) | Public Relations (BS)

This course is an overview of key performance studies concepts, including cultural performance, performance of everyday life, theories of play, social influence, and identity performance. Students will develop and present performances as a means to understand theoretical concepts.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Special interest courses devoted to specific topics within relationship communication. Topics vary, and course may be retaken for credit under different topic headings.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

This course is designed to develop an understanding of communication studies in the organizational context. The course will aid each individual in working more effectively within any type of organization through exposure to major theories and works in the area of organizational communication.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Public Relations (BS)

An overview of the Music Industry including music publishing, copyright, public relations, audience development, financial management, fundraising, donor development, and grant writing.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Music (BA) | Music Industry (BS)

Special interest courses devoted to specific topics within the intersecting fields of rhetoric and culture. Topics vary, and course may be retaken for credit under different topic headings.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Special interest courses devoted to specific topics within field of American Public Address. Topics vary, and course may be retaken for credit under different topic headings.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

This is a special interest course devoted to the development of students' understanding of the strategies and practices of communication in cultural contexts. The course is an experiential course involving travel, typically outside the United States.

Graduation Requirements:

Diverse Cultures - Gold

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Music Industry (BS)