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COMM 1310	Fundamentals of Communication	COMM 1310 Fundamentals of Communication (3-0). Introductory communication course focusing on oral communication theory and skills needed by game and communication designers. Course emphasizes team work utilizing the SCRUM technique interviewing concept pitching and oral reports that would be found in the gaming and communication design industries.
COMM 1315	Public Speaking	COMM 1315 (SPCH 1315) Public Speaking (3-0). This course is designed to develop effective skills in public speaking critical thinking research writing and conscientious listening. Topics will include cultural conventions of speech perceptions of others verbal and nonverbal messages and techniques of informative and persuasive speech presentation. Students will learn how to research outline and deliver short informal presentations as well as longer speeches.
COMM 1318	Interpersonal Communication	COMM 1318 (SPCH 1318) Interpersonal Communication (3-0). An introductory course designed to raise student awareness of the complexity and power of the communication process in daily life; to provide students with personally relevant concepts of interpersonal communication; and to help students develop their interpersonal communication skills. Prerequisite: COMM 1311
COMM 1320	Business and Prof Comm	COMM 1320 (SPCH 1321) Business and Professional Communication (3-0). This course focuses on multiple modes of communication in business government industrial and not-for-profit or service organizations ranging from routine messages memos and email to letters and professional presentations. Course highlights persuasion as a key component of all business and professional messages. It will include an analysis of the organizational structures of the workplace as well as job-oriented interviewing from the standpoint of the employer and employees. Meets oral communication requirement.
COMM 1325	Intro to Film Studies	COMM 1325 Introduction to Film Studies (3-0). This course focuses on viewing films as literature and promotes understanding the `story within the story?. It serves as an introductory course in film theory and criticism with some global cinema perspectives.
COMM 1335	Intro to Comm Studies	COMM 1335 Introduction to Communication Studies (3-0). An introductory survey of the discipline of communication studies and its major fields. Course will cover a broad range of communication concepts and their application such as communication in the workplace effectively using social media and improving interpersonal relationships. New and prospective majors will be exposed to the four emphasis areas of the program and students will also be exposed to the career opportunities associated with communication studies.
COMM 2306	Basic Video Production	COMM 2306 Basic Video Production (3-1). Theory and practice of video production and television station operation. Lab practice in studio operations scriptwriting fundamental production skills (cameras microphone lighting editing etc.) studio and field assignments. Includes one-hour production lab.
COMM 2309	Communication & Sport	COMM 2309 Communication and Sport (3-0). This course surveys several fields within the discipline of communication studies as they approach sport as a context. The course includes discussions of sport across a wide range of topics including gender crisis communication parent-child interactions race and ethnicity performing identity commodification sport fan cultures and more. Prerequisite: COMM 1311
COMM 2333	Discuss Small Group Comm	COMM 2333 (SPCH 2333) Discussion && Small Group Communication (3-0). Emphasis on effective group interaction in task-oriented situations. Course will focus on elements of small group structures and communication styles which influence the problem- solving process. Includes small group participation and analysis of group communication.
COMM 2335	Visual Communication	COMM 2335 Visual Communication (2-1). This course is an introduction to visual communication using perceptual physiological psychological cultural and semiotic concepts. The course focuses on visual awareness and processing as key elements in effective communication. This course studies the principles theories and language of visual communication emphasizing the evaluation and use of images both mediated and face-to-face. Prerequisite: ENG 1301
COMM 3302	Broadcast News Gathering	COMM 3302 Broadcast News Gathering (3-1). Theory and practice of electronic journalism. Lab practice in writing and editing new copy studio and field operations reporting preparation of newscasts and stories studio and field assignments. Includes one-hour production lab.
COMM 3304	Critical Reasoning	COMM 3304 Critical Reasoning (3-0). This course is designed to provide an introduction to ideas about rationality and criticism. Through the study of the practical reasoning process students will learn how to articulate the stages through which actual arguments and discussions go. Class discussion and exercise assignments are used to explore the human transaction known as reasoning.
COMM 3305	Mass Communication & Culture	COMM 3305 Mass Communication and Culture (3-0). This course is designed to provide an introduction to the history and theories of mass communication for students majoring in communication and as a general education for students from other disciplines who seek to understand the processes and impact of mass communication. The history and cultural impact of individual media examined will include print media film television radio and news media.
COMM 3307	Studies in Film	COMM 3307 Studies in Film (3-0). Students will be exposed to classic methods of film analysis (e.g. historical content psychological genre studies liturgical and cultural et al.). Utilizing a combination of full length films and film on film students will gain an understanding of film and related mass media. Course may be repeated for credit when film topic changes (e.g. Women in Film; Minorities in Film; Family in Film; et al.).
COMM 3308	Video Workshop	COMM 3308 Video Workshop (1-4). This course is designed for students interested in applying basic television knowledge and skills to the production of individual and group video projects and productions. Emphasis will be placed on creative use of the video medium. Prerequisite: Communication 2306 or instructor's permission. Course may be repeated for credit but not more than once for credit toward Communication major or minor.
COMM 3309	Family Communication	COMM 3309 Family Communication (3-0). The family unit is studied from a communication perspective considering in-depth the communication processes within the family as well as the extent to which they affect and are affected by the interdependence of family members.
COMM 3311	Gender Communication	COMM 3311 Gender Communication (3-0). This course is designed to teach students how gender is socially constructed and sustained in cultural life. Students will be encouraged to expand their communication skills by utilizing styles historically associated with both genders rather than a single gendered form of speech.
COMM 3313	Advanced Video Production	COMM 3313 Advanced Video Production (3-1). Continued study of camera lighting and sound techniques. Pre-production and post-production elements also included. Course will focus on producing program content to be aired on campus television station. Prerequisite: Communication 2306.
COMM 3315	Organizational Communication	COMM 3315 Organizational Communication (3-0). This course provides an examination and exploration of applications of communication theories within the framework of an organization. Attention will be given to strategies for diagnosing communication problems and affecting change in communication behaviors through an analysis of organizational communication theories and methods and a study of organizational culture and communication patterns.
COMM 4301	Persuasion	COMM 4301 Persuasion (3-0). This course focuses on our dual roles as producers and consumers of persuasive messages. Students will examine persuasion in a variety of texts and contexts as well as examine persuasive elements in human interaction and behavior. Topics covered include characteristics such as expertise trustworthiness and likeability; the use of emotions such as fear and humor; and the sequencing of massages for maximum impact. The course explores how psychological theories about consistency conformity and reciprocity help us understand what is persuasive.
COMM 4302	Comm Theory & Research	COMM 4302 Communication Theory and Research (3-0). QEP MAPPED COURSE This course covers a broad exploration of communication theory and research practices. The course introduces various theories of communication and research methods in and across communication contexts. Emphasis is placed on understanding human communication as a symbolic process that creates maintains and alters personal social and cultural identities.
COMM 4305	Relational Communication	COMM 4305 Relational Communication (3-0). This course examines social scientific research and theory on the role of communication in developing and maintaining interpersonal relationships. Nature of interpersonal communication relationship change processes interpersonal control through communication and personal communication networks.
COMM 4310	Senior Capstone	COMM 4310 Senior Capstone (0-3). The Senior Capstone is the culminating course in the Communication major sequence. Each Capstone is implemented by students with the help and encouragement of an academic advisor. Capstone experiences allow each student to demonstrate the capacity to bring information skills and ideas acquired from the major to bear on one significant project. It is aimed at providing students with the opportunity to integrate the knowledge and skills they have acquired as communication majors as well as provide experiences for students to exhibit competent communication skills learned during their program of study in order to prepare for a career in communication.
COMM 4315	PR Campaigns	COMM 4315 Public Relations Campaigns (3-0). A comprehensive study of case-method and campaign planning as they pertain to strategic communications in a modern society. Students learn the professional approach to the practice of strategic communication that includes all media print electronic Social Networking and broadcast/radio and how to evaluate its creative strategy and media selection. Prerequisite: CSAT 2323
COMM 5304	Advanced Film Production	COMM 5304 Speech Communication Workshop (1-4). Advanced study and analysis of speech communication performance areas. Course may be repeated for credit.
COMM 5304	Relational Communication	COMM 5304 Speech Communication Workshop (1-4). Advanced study and analysis of speech communication performance areas. Course may be repeated for credit.
COMM 5304	Sp Comm Wkshp Cinemtography	COMM 5304 Speech Communication Workshop (1-4). Advanced study and analysis of speech communication performance areas. Course may be repeated for credit.
COMM 5304	Speech Comm. Wrkshp Family Com	COMM 5304 Speech Communication Workshop (1-4). Advanced study and analysis of speech communication performance areas. Course may be repeated for credit.
COMM 5304	Workshop: Critical Reasoning	COMM 5304 Speech Communication Workshop (1-4). Advanced study and analysis of speech communication performance areas. Course may be repeated for credit.
COMM 5304	Workshop: Gender Communication	COMM 5304 Speech Communication Workshop (1-4). Advanced study and analysis of speech communication performance areas. Course may be repeated for credit.
COMM 5304	Wsp:Advanced Video Production	COMM 5304 Speech Communication Workshop (1-4). Advanced study and analysis of speech communication performance areas. Course may be repeated for credit.