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Credits: 3 Prerequisites: 04:189:101, 04:192:200, 04:192:300, Open only to Major Corequisites: None
In this course we examine how relationships and identities are constructed in communication. We focus on specific practices of interaction – the basic building blocks for communication – to discover those practices through which communicators build their actions and sometimes thereby, their relationships and identities.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Identify basic features of interaction (such as turn-taking, action sequence organization, action formation, repair organization, etc.).
- Describe the actions interactants are engaging in, and the specific practices they use to implement these actions.
- Analyze communication practices through which relationships are produced and managed through interaction at the family dinner table.
- Identify when and how relationships and identities become salient for, and/or come to be managed and/or produced by interactants.
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Credits: 3 Prerequisites: 04:189:101, 04:192:200, 04:192:201, 04:192:300; Open only to Major Corequisites: None
Exploration of communication demands of health care and the development of effective communication strategies and skills for use in health care practice.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Identify the fundamental theoretical concepts associated with health communication.
- Explain the relationship between communication theories and health communication practices.
- Analyze health communication interactions utilizing communication theories and concepts.
- Apply concepts, definitions, and ideas discussed in class to their own individual behavior, interactions, and relationships (explaining and identifying healthy and unhealthy behavior and/or interactions).
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Credits: 3 Prerequisites: 04:189:101, 04:192:200, 04:192:201, 04:192:300; Open only to Major. Corequisites: None
Design, implementation, and evaluation of public communication campaigns designed to change health behavior of individuals, groups, and entire populations.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Explain and assess the relationship among assumptions, method, evidence, arguments, and theory in social and historical analysis.
- Identify and critically assess ethical issues in social science and history
- Apply concepts about human and social behavior to particular questions or situations.
- Communicate effectively in modes appropriate to a discipline or area of inquiry.
- Evaluate and critically assess sources and use the conventions of attribution and citation correctly.
- Analyze and synthesize information and ideas from multiple sources to generate new insights.
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Credits: 3 Prerequisites: 04:189:101, 04:192:200, 04:192:201, 04:192:300, 04:192:365; Open only to Major Corequisites: None
Analysis and preparation of case studies in industry, labor, education, government, and trade organizations, and the application of public relations techniques.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Employ a range of advanced searching and identification techniques, analysis and problem solving, and synthesizing tools to achieve specific goals.
- Analyze and synthesize information and ideas from multiple sources to generate new insights.
- Employ current technologies and techniques to access information, conduct research and to communicate with key publics.
- Perform a critical self-assessment comparing skills and interests to further study or pursuit of a professional career.
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Credits: 3 Prerequisites: 04:189:101, 04:192:200, 04:192:201, 04:192:300, Open only to Major Corequisites: None
This course links communication theory to the practice of marketing and media planning. Students work to analyze current trends in media and marketing while applying skills learned in previous communication courses.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Evaluate current trends in the media and marketing industries, and distinguish between trends in each of the respective subfields.
- Explain and articulate how popular communication theories and topics relate to the media and marketing industries.
- Apply key communication theories and research to plan and produce a basic marketing communication plan.
- Analyze advertising and marketing campaigns to assess the communicative choices made by industry professionals.
- Demonstrate a deeper awareness of the degree to which communication theories informs the creation and design of society through advertising and marketing.
- Demonstrate proficiency in presenting ideas effectively in a class presentation.
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Credits: 3 Prerequisites: 04:189:101; 04:192:200; 04:192:201; 04:192:300; and either 04:189:102 or 103. Corequisites: None
This course examines the processes through which organizations handle and disseminate information to the public with a specific emphasis on crisis communication.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Analyze and practically implement the current communication theories associated with managing information in public organizations.
- Interact with media representatives in order to effectively represent their organization and provide information to the public.
- Develop and identify the components of an effective crisis communication response.
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Credits: 3 Prerequisites: 04:189:101; 04:192:200; 04:192:201; 04:192:300 Corequisites: None
This course introduces students to the organizational structure of media and advertising organizations and focuses on the central role of communication particular to media and advertising. The course is designed to expose students to core concepts and principles of organizational theory as they apply to these organizations. Students will learn how to navigate modern media and advertising organizations in the current technological landscape.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Apply the principles and concepts of management as they apply to
media organizations. - Describe how media organizations function in the context of
traditional theories of management and organization. - Evaluate the choices that managers in media organizations are
making today. - Use evidence to illustrate the complexity of organizational
ecosystems and the impacts of ongoing disruption. - Navigate the challenges of managing a diverse workforce in today’s
business environment.
- Apply the principles and concepts of management as they apply to
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Credits: 3 Prerequisites: 04:189:101, 04:192:200, 04:192:201, 04:192:300; Open only to Major Corequisites: None
Theory and pragmatics of intrapersonal, interpersonal, and small-group process analysis, intervention, and facilitation.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Process knowledge of the role of communication training and development as an area of human resource development.
- Define communication competence and conduct a needs assessment to determine whether a workshop is warranted.
- Understand principles of the design and delivery of effective training programs, and skill in developing a program evaluation to document the success of the training effort.
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Credits: 3 Prerequisites: 04:189:101, 04:192:200, 04:192:201, 04:192:300; Open only to Major Corequisites: None
This course analyzes communication technologies, their consequences for society and individuals, and the social forces that affect their form and function. It critically examines the impact of communication technology on society through in-depth seminars and independent research.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Examine how social, cultural, and political environments are changing with the emergence of new technologies.
- Address contemporary controversies about the impact of new technologies on society.
- Develop analytical tools for understanding the relationship between new technologies and society.
- Build a critical awareness of the influence of new technologies on themselves, other individuals, institutions, and societies.
- Design and implement original research on the relationship between communication technologies and society.
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Credits: 3 Prerequisites: 04:189:101,04:192:200, 201, 300. Open only to Major Corequisites: None
This course features critical exploration of the theory and research regarding personal and community experiences of social support, its influences on interpersonal relationships and health, and its social functions.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Construct a nuanced definition of social support, including consideration for its various types and how scholarly understanding of social support has evolved over time and across disciplines.
- Identify and explain how social support influences our interpersonal relationships as well as individual outcomes (including health and well-being).
- Compare advanced perspectives on key movements, themes, and thinkers in the study of social support and its relationship with various outcomes.
- Analyze "big ideas" (abstract theoretical concepts) and how such conceptualizations have been extended and applied in contemporary research on supportive communication.