Credits: 3
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
This course examines types and qualities of civic infrastructure, civic engagement, and community leadership. Students are introduced to the methods and nature of community communication in varied contexts.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Explain important types and dimensions of community.
- Explain features of the communication that plays a role in facilitating, disrupting, and creating community and that are markers of weak and strong community communication.
- Analyze key elements of "civic infrastructure" and the individuals, roles, and careers in communities who contribute to and create infrastructure.
- Examine real life cases of community communication and evaluate the aspects that are healthy, dysfunctional/problematic, and challenging for those involved.