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PEDC 1003 - TAE KWON DO 2
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
A continuation for students in Tae Kwan Do 1. Learn to compete olympic style. Competition and advanced style defense techniques will be taught. New students must have a yellow belt.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Credit Laboratory
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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PEDC 1006 - JIU JITSU
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
Jiu jitsu is a method of defense without weapons using hand, foot, and hip techniques combined with grappling and choke holds designed to render your attacker helpless and to help you gain more self-confidence. Jiu jitsu is not a contest of muscular strength. When practiced properly a smaller person can easily defend themselves against a larger person.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Credit Laboratory
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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PEDC 1141 - FITNESS FOR INSTRUCTORS
Minimum Credits: 2
Maximum Credits: 2
Fitness for instructors will teach the student the major elements of fitness. How to assess fitness levels, deter mine fitness goals, design fitness programs and facilities. The course will be a combination of classroom, exercise, and practical experiences.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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PEDC 1211 - ATHLETIC INJURY PREVENTION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed to provide the student with an introduction to the athletic training profession. Topics include medical terminology, mechanisms of injury, and recognition and treatment of common athletic injuries to major body parts.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: CREQ: PEDC 1212
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PEDC 1212 - ATHLETIC INJURY PREVENTION LAB
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
An introduction to basic taping techniques and injury evaluation techniques used in the profession of athletic training. Basic supportive strappings and paddings for immediate care and competition are presented as well as basic joint evaluation procedures, massage, and crutch fitting.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Clinical
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: CREQ: PEDC 1211
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PEDC 1233 - PRIN OF STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING
Minimum Credits: 2
Maximum Credits: 2
Instruction is provided describing the principles for development of pre-season, in-season and off-season strength and conditioning programs. Laboratory experiences will include the theory and techniques of operating strength training equipment.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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PEDC 1300 - NUTRITION IN EXERCISE AND SPORT
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
This course will provide the student with basic nutritional information as it pertains to sport and exercise performance. Topics of discussion include weight reduction and management, nutritional requirements for athletic performance and maintenance of a healthy lifestyle, proper eating habits, diet fads, disordered eating, and supplementation.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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PEDC 1488 - WEIGHT MANAGEMENT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Minimum Credits: 2
Maximum Credits: 2
This course is designed for students who meet the clinical criteria for being overweight (body mass index > 25 kg/m2) and who desire to lose weight, improve their nutrition, and increase their exercise. This course will combine instruction on behavioral techniques to lose and maintain weight loss along with supervised cardiovascular and resistance exercise. Students will be assessed at the beginning and end of the course to monitor changes in weight, body composition, fitness and other factors.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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CGS 0092 - MASTERING THE UNIVERSITY: ACADEMIC AND CAREER EXPLORATION 1
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
This course is the first of a two course series aimed at helping students develop both academically and professionally. In this first course, students will explore strategies, techniques, and processes aimed at improving their critical thinking and communication skills, which ultimately will serve them well in both academic and professional environments. Additionally, students will examine elements of university culture and university policies with the aim of providing them with perspectives that can enhance their academic success and build their on-campus network. Ideal for transfer students and anyone looking to boost their academic performance.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
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CGS 0093 - FROM CLASSROOM TO CAREER: ACADEMIC AND CAREER EXPLORATION 2
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
As the second course of a two course series on academic and professional development, this course asks students to further examine the ways that their academic plans and career goals align. Students will identify their current competencies and those they still need to acquire in order to succeed in identified careers. Building on their new understanding of their competencies and interests, students will develop strategies to reach their identified career goals, such as obtaining the internships, informational interviews, and job shadowing experiences necessary to attract prospective career opportunities and build their professional network. Ideal for career launchers and career changers, no prerequisites needed.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
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CGS 0095 - CAPSTONE COURSE: IMPLEMENTING YOUR CAREER PLAN
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
This is primarily an on-line course, requiring weekly on-line participation, in addition to three in-person workshops. This course will provide students the opportunity to connect their academic competencies with their career goals. Students will utilize professional communication skills in order to effectively position themselves for appropriate career opportunities. Students will master career development techniques such as: practicing interviewing skills, writing professional documents, developing networking contacts, identifying job/graduate school opportunities and compiling a professional career plan, in order to conduct a well-organized job search or prepare for graduate school.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
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CGS 1900 - CHOOSING YOUR PATH: INTERNSHIP SEMINAR
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 6
This is an undergraduate course offered through the College of General Studies for student interns in CGS majors such as Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Media and Professional Communications, Dental Hygiene, and Health Services, as well as several CGS certificate programs. Students enrolled in this internship engage in formal and reflective writing, journaling, and analysis about their work experience and how it relates to their academic and career pursuits. Class workshops and group discussions provide further opportunities for debriefing and consolidation of ideas and skills. This is a hybrid course with one in-person workshop and faculty authorization is required. Students must be registered for the internship course at the time they are completing the internship in order to earn credit.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Internship
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
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CGS 1901 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 6
Allows advanced students to pursue topics and research of special interest which are not otherwise available.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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CSD 1020 - NATURE OF LANGUAGE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course provides an overview of linguistics and psycholinguistics including phonologic, morphologic, syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic aspects of linguistic theory and behavior. Topics may also include neurolinguistics, developmental psycholinguistics, and the relationship between cognition and language.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010 or 0200
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CSD 1021 - LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Students in this course become acquainted with current models and empirical evidence concerning the process of language acquisition.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: CSD 1020 or LING 1000; PLAN: Communication Science (BA, BPH) or Not Candidate for Degree CDS
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CSD 1022 - TRANSCRIPTION PHONETICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The study of the phonemics of American English and of broad and narrow phonetic transcription, utilizing the international phonetic alphabet. Attention will also be paid to the transcription of abnormal speech patterns.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PLAN: Communication Science (BA, BPH)
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CSD 1023 - ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF SPEECH
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
An overview of the anatomy and physiology of the system involved in speech production including respiration, phonation, articulation, resonation, and nervous system.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PLAN: Communication Science (BA, BPH)
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CSD 1024 - ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF HEARING
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Study of the anatomy of the outer and middle ears, the middle ear transformer action, and acoustic reflex. Review of cochlear anatomy and theories of the transducer function of the inner ear. Study of central auditory pathways and binatural hearing.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: CREQ: CSD 1029
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CSD 1025 - HEARING SCIENCE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Fundamental concepts in normal audition. Review of acoustics, anatomy, and physiology of auditory system, psychophysical methods and subjective correlates to auditory stimulus.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: CSD 1024 and CSD 1029; PLAN: Communication Science (BA, BPH) or Not Candidate for Degree CDS
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CSD 1026 - SPEECH SCIENCE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
An introduction to speech physiology, acoustics, perception, models of speech production, research methodology and current topics in the area of speech science.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: CSD 1023 and CSD 1027; PLAN: Communication Science (BA, BPH) or Not Candidate for Degree CDS
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CSD 1027 - LAB IN ANAT/PHYSIOLOGY OF SPEECH
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
This is a one credit required experience for all students enrolled in the CSD 1023: Anatomy and physiology of speech. Includes opportunites to review and enhance understanding of lecture material, utilizing additional drawings, anatomical models and actual specimens.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Credit Laboratory
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: CREQ: 1023
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CSD 1028 - LAB IN HEARING SCIENCE
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
This is a one credit required experience for all students enrolled in “Hearing Science”.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Credit Laboratory
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: CSD 1024 and 1029; CREQ: CSD 1025; PLAN: Communication Science (BA, BPH) or Not Candidate for Degree CDS
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CSD 1029 - LAB IN ANAT/PHYSIOLGY OF HEARING
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
This is a one credit required experience for all students enrolled in the “Anatomy and Physiology of Hearing” course (1024).
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Credit Laboratory
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: CREQ: 1024
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CSD 1030 - LAB IN SPEECH SCIENCE
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
An introduction to speech physiology, acoustics, perception, models of speech production, research methodology and current topics in the area of speech science.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Credit Laboratory
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PLAN: Communication Science (BA,BPH)
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CSD 1099 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 3
Provides advanced students an opportunity to explore in depth an area of particular interest to them. It is the student’s responsibility to find a faculty member willing to undertake such a tutorial.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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CSD 1101 - INTRO TO CLINICAL PROCESSES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course overviews the clinical processes employed in the diagnosis and treatment of speech, language and hearing disorders. Videotaped observations of clinical sessions will be reviewed and discussed, with students preparing detailed observational reports.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: CSD 1232; CREQ: CSD 1230
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CSD 1102 - INTRODUCTION TO PROFESSIONAL AND CLINICAL ISSUES IN COMMUNICATION SCIENCE & DISORDERS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course provides an introduction to professional issues related to clinical practice in speech-language pathology and audiology. It includes an introduction to issues that affect service delivery across settings, incorporating guided observation and learning activities to facilitate integration and application of knowledge.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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CSD 1111 - AURAL REHABILITATION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Principles and practices of aural habilitation and rehabilitation of children and adults. The effects of hearing loss on communication, social and emotional well-being, cognition, and participation in life activities will be addressed. Basic knowledge of treatment approaches and methods, as well as, resources (including technology) to help clients/patients and their family members, will be discussed.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences students only.
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CSD 1230 - INTRODUCTION TO SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed to introduce students to the field of communication disorders, by acquainting them with the major disorder types as well as the major activities conducted by speech-language pathologists.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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CSD 1231 - EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF COMMUNICATION DISEASES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course provides students with information concerning identification, assessment, and treatment of clients exhibiting various communication disorders.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PLAN: Communication Science (BA, BPH)
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CSD 1232 - INTRODUCTION TO AUDIOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A pre-professional course that introduces elements of the basic audiometric/impedance test battery, advanced tests of diagnostic utility, evaluation of special populations, and the role of the clinical audiologist in aural rehabilitation.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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CSD 1233 - INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course provides an introduction to research methods in speech, language, and hearing sciences and communicative disorders. Students will learn how to read and critique research articles more effectively. They will also learn to generate research questions and to develop strategies for collecting data and evaluating experimental effects.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PLAN: Communication Science (BA, BPH)
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CSD 1234 - WRITTING PRACTICUM FOR CLINICAL METHODS IN COMMUNICATION SCIENCE & DISORDERS
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
A one-hour recitation section will be held weekly that will be dedicated to developing writing skills. Students will be required to produce samples of writing in many formats (article summaries and reviews, diagnostic reports, progress reports, and research reports) to prepare them to be effective communicators in the field of communication science and disorders. Students will be required to critique their own products as well as those of their peers.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PLAN: Communication Science (BA, BPH)
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CSD 1235 - CLINICAL METHODS IN COMMUNICATION SCIENCE & DISORDERS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course provides an introduction to clinical approaches and methods reflected in the management of communication and swallowing disorders across the lifespan. Emphasis is placed on diagnostic and treatment processes and the use of an evidence-based framework to guide clinical decisions.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences students only.
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CSD 1237 - INTRO TO NEUROSCIENCE OF COMMUNICATION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course describes the fundamentals of human brain structure and function as relevant to human communication. Methods used to probe the neural bases of speech, language, and hearing function along with current research findings are addressed. An understanding of how the brain processes speech and language provides insight into neurological disorders that affect communication.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences students only.
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CSD 1902 - DIRECTED STUDY
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed to enable students to explore an area of particular interest in depth. The student(s) and instructor agree on the topic area, method of study, requirements and evaluation procedure at the outset of the course.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Directed Studies
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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CSD 1903 - USA IRELAND: SURVEY OF HEALTH, SOCIAL SERVICES, EDUCATION AND CULTURE
Minimum Credits: 2
Maximum Credits: 2
This a required course for students who have been offered a place in the summer SHRS multi-disciplinary study abroad program in Ireland, CSD 1904. In this seminar-based course, students will explore the history of ireland and the political and economic structure of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. This will serve as a foundation for further study of the health, educational and social service polices of each country and a basis for comparison with the US. Students will also review the medical, rehabilitation and educational sites to be visited during the summer program and become familiar with the conditions and disorders of the individuals served at each of these facilities.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Directed Studies
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
Course Requirements: School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences students only.
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CSD 1904 - SHRS STUDY ABROAD IN IRELAND
Minimum Credits: 6
Maximum Credits: 6
This is an interdisciplinary study abroad opportunity offered through the department of communication science and disorders.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: CSD 1903
Course Attributes: Pitt Class
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CSD 1905 - SOCIAL AND HEALTH ISSUES IN EAST AFRICA
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences students only.
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COMMRC 0300 - COMMUNICATION PROCESS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is an introduction to basic theories, models, and concepts in interpersonal, small group, organizational and intercultural communication.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Attributes: DSAS Social Science General Ed. Requirement
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COMMRC 0310 - RHETORICAL PROCESS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This is an introductory course designed to give students a sense of the role rhetoric plays in the construction of our social, political, and cultural worlds, and to introduce students to traditional and contemporary approaches to the analysis of rhetorical discourse. Students will prepare a series of short performances for presentation in the recitation sections.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Attributes: DSAS Literature General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Phil. Think or Ethics General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Ethical/Policy GE. Req., SCI Polymathic Contexts: Humanistic GE. Req.
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COMMRC 0311 - RHETORICAL PROCESS HONORS RECITATION
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
The honors recitation section is an extension of the COMMRC rhetorical process course, with special emphasis on 1) the formulation of productive questions, 2) deliberate, informed invention, and 3) the conception of student-driven projects that leverage students’ academic expertise and lived experience for the generation of collaborative analyses and solutions to social, political, economic, and cultural problems. In pursuing these goals, students will examine and, through their individual coursework, enact the dialectic of Aristotelian and sophistic understandings of rhetoric: the discernment of the means of persuasion available to them and the capturing of possibilities in opportune moments.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Credit Laboratory
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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COMMRC 0320 - MASS COMMUNICATION PROCESS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed to introduce students to the basic concepts of mass communication research and to the history and development of various media (TV., Radio, newspapers, magazines, etc.).
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Attributes: DSAS Historical Analysis General Ed. Requirement, DSAS The Arts General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Humanistic GE. Req., SCI Polymathic Contexts: Soc/Behav. GE. Req.
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COMMRC 0500 - ARGUMENT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course introduces students to fundamental principles of argument, and develops argumentative skills through practice analysis and criticism.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Attributes: DSAS Creative Work General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Creative Work General Ed. Requirement, SCI Expression: Communication General Ed. Req., SCI Expression: Communication General Ed. Req., SCI Polymathic Contexts: Humanistic GE. Req., SCI Polymathic Contexts: Humanistic GE. Req.
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COMMRC 0501 - ARGUMENT HONORS RECITATION
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
Students taking the three-credit COMMRC Argument 0500 course in fall term 2014 can enroll in this supplemental one-credit honors section that will meet separately for 75 minutes each week. The honors sidecar will provide high-achieving and motivated students the opportunity to explore class content in extra depth, through seminar-style discussions and assignments, such as public debate and advocacy projects, designed to cultivate and apply advanced argumentation skills and develop capacity for independent critical thinking. The one-credit sidecar is open to students with honors course eligibility (3.25 GPA or instructor permission).
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Credit Laboratory
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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COMMRC 0510 - DEBATE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course offers academic credit for preparation for, and participation in, intercollegiate debate.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Attributes: SCI Expression: Communication General Ed. Req.
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COMMRC 0520 - PUBLIC SPEAKING
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed to help students develop increased skill in public speaking by means of theory and practice. This course covers research, organization, style, delivery, and criticism of informative, deliberative, and ceremonial speeches.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Attributes: DSAS Creative Work General Ed. Requirement, SCI Expression: Communication General Ed. Req., SCI Polymathic Contexts: Humanistic GE. Req.
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COMMRC 0530 - INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to theories and models of human communication in the face-to-face communication context. Focus of learning is on skill development; lecture, discussion, and practice of communication skills are used to facilitate student learning.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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COMMRC 0540 - DISCUSSION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed to increase skills in critical thinking, decision making, and small group discussion. Students are introduced to theories of group process and practice step-by-step group problem solving related to contemporary issues.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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COMMRC 0550 - SPEECH COMPOSITION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The course deals with the theory and practice of preparing manuscript speeches. Students will focus on several principles of speech composition, including stages of speech development, general analysis of the occasion, maintaining attention, sources of persuasion through argument and qualities of effective style.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: ENG 0102 or ENGCMP (0002 or 0006 or 0020 or 0200 or 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0210 or 0212) or ENGFLM 0210 or FP (0003 or 0006)
*Applies to all WRIT Courses*
Course Attributes: Writing Requirement Course
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COMMRC 0575 - INTRODUCTION TO RADIO PRODUCTION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed to cover basic theory and techniques of radio and audio production as well as some basic radio station practices. The course consists of lectures as well as studio sessions featuring equipment demonstrations and production exercises in a professional environment.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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COMMRC 1013 - RELIGION RIGHT NOW: MEDIA AND RELIGIOUS NEWS IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICA
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
It is apparent that Americans devote enormous media attention to the coverage of celebrities, movies and sports, but deal much less skillfully with news coverage of religion. Yet, a glance at any daily news source, print or digital, reveals the pervasiveness of news that involves religious beliefs, conflicts, and practices, and that requires basic knowledge of religious traditions. The purpose of this course is to develop student skills at reading and interpreting current news stories about religious topics in print and visual media (newspapers, journals, blogs, polls, and television) in order to increase understanding of important religious issues in the contemporary United States, including American coverage of international religious events and leaders. Instruction will include lecture, discussion, film, and small group exercises to report on current events.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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COMMRC 1067 - GLOBAL AND US WOMEN’S RHETORIC
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course informs students of how global and US women use rhetoric (speeches, writings, symbols and images) to advance their rights and agenda. Students will first read about feminist foremothers’ writings as touchstones for understanding how contemporary US women in sports, medicine, science and law negotiate gender equality and rights. Then students will learn about global women’s rhetoric. For example, they will examine how women in Africa mobilize for liberation, how Chinese women mediate feminism in a market economy and how women in the Middle East wage everyday resistance against male dominance and clamor for self-autonomy. In addition to reading feminist critical theories and testimonial narratives, a variety of interdisciplinary objects of study such as theater, feature and documentary films, webinar, guest lecture, folk songs and poetry will be incorporated into the course.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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COMMRC 1070 - UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROSEMINAR
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The Undergraduate research experience opens horizons for students to envision pursuing scholarship as a profession. What does it mean to be a professional scholar? How have such conceptions changed through time, and what might the future hold for those who aspire to a ‘life of the mind’? The academic research profession increasingly calls on scholars to explain their work to researchers from other fields, frame their research findings as useful contributions to society, and interact with public audiences. Hence a communication-based perspective provides a useful point of departure for students from the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities alike to explore these opportunities and challenges in a collaborative, interdisciplinary seminar setting.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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COMMRC 1101 - EVIDENCE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course examines the nature and structure of evidence and reason-giving in everyday discourse. Students develop critical skills in evaluating argument and reasoning by examining the evidential requirements of argument in specific rhetorical contexts; science, philosophy, and politics.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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COMMRC 1102 - ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Students in this course are provided with an overview of the relationship between communication and organizing processes. The course emphasizes theories, principles, and concepts of organizational communication. Students learn to analyze the communication which occurs in organizations to recognize sources of communication breakdown and develop an awareness of strategies for prevention and/or resolution of communication on breakdown.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (COMMRC 0300 or 0030 or 0100 or 0101 or 7300) and [ENGCMP 0200 or (ENGCMP 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0250 or FP 0003 or 0006 or ENGCMP 0004 or 0006 or 0020 or ENG 0102)]
Course Attributes: SCI Expression: Communication General Ed. Req.
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COMMRC 1103 - RHETORIC AND CULTURE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course explores the constitutive role that rhetoric plays in the formation of culture. Cultural texts and events will be examined both as reflecting and signifying practices. The course focuses on rhetoric’s relation to ideology, power, and desire, as well as to class formations and sexual divisions. Selecting two of the above perspectives, students will examine how cultural practices constitute and are constituted by rhetoric.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (COMMRC 0310 or 0320 or 0081 or COMM 0102) and ENG 0102 or ENGCMP (0002 or 0006 or 0020 or 0200 or 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0210 or 0212) or ENGFLM 0210 or FP (0003 or 0006)
Course Attributes: Writing Requirement Course
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COMMRC 1104 - POLITICAL COMMUNICATION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course examines the way methods of symbol use are employed in the political arena. Persuasive techniques will be studied as they are used in public debates over issues of policy. Rhetorical criticism will be the primary mode of analysis.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (COMMRC 0310 or 0320 or 0081 or COMM 0102) and [ENGCMP 0200 or (ENGCMP 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0250 or FP 0003 or 0006 or ENGCMP 0004 or 0006 or 0020 or ENG 0102)]
Course Attributes: University Honors Course
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COMMRC 1105 - TELEVISION AND SOCIETY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course explores the relationship between television and society. It familiarizes students with the history of the broadcast industry along with related legal, political, and economic issues. The course focuses on analyzing various television programs as constitutive of and constituted by social relations (class, gender, and race).
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (COMMRC 0320 or COMM 0102) and [ENGCMP 0200 or(ENGCMP 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0250 or FP 0003 or 0006 or ENGCMP 0004 or 0006 or 0020 or ENG 0102)]
Course Attributes: Childrens Literature
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COMMRC 1106 - SMALL GROUP COMMUNICATION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Principles of small group communication are examined in this course. In particular, the examination will reveal the principles of group entry, group formation, group cohesiveness, group verbal and nonverbal message exchanges, group leadership, group problem solving and discussion, and group performance and satisfaction. Individual beliefs, attitudes and behaviors will be compared and contrasted with group beliefs, attitudes and behaviors.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (COMMRC 0300 or 0030 or 0100 or 7300 or COMM 0101) and [ENGCMP 200 or (ENGCMP 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0250 or FP 0003 or 0006 or ENGCMP 0004 or 0006 or 0020 or ENG 0102)]
Course Attributes: Urban Studies
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COMMRC 1109 - NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The purpose of this course is to examine the ways we communicate nonverbally. By nonverbal communication is meant that form of communication wherein messages are sent by virtue of an agent’s physical characteristics, adornment, eye behavior, design and selection of environment, spatial relationships, utilization of time, touching behavior, body movements, the choice of objects to fill space, and vocal behavior. Principles and applications of nonverbal communication are discussed.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (COMMRC 0300 or 0030 or 7300 or COMM 0101) and [ENGCMP 0200 or (ENGCMP 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0250 or FP 0003 or 0006 or ENGCMP 0004 or 0006 or 0020 or ENG 0102)]
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COMMRC 1110 - THEORIES OF INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the ways in which researchers conceptualize and study interpersonal communication. Emphasis is upon the various issues which different conceptualizations raise in the study of human relationships. Students will have the opportunity to test the relevancy of insights each conceptualization provides for understanding the communication practices found in natural interactions and personal experience.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (COMMRC 0300 or 0030 or 0100 or 7300 or COMM 0101) and [ENGCMP 0200 or (ENGCMP 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0250 or FP 0003 or 0006 or ENGCMP 0004 or 0006 or 0020 or ENG 0102)]
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COMMRC 1111 - THEORIES OF PERSUASION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course surveys theories of persuasion that have been articulated during the twentieth century. It seeks to compare and contrast research about how the spoken word and the visual image influence public belief and action.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (COMMRC 0310 or 0320 or 0081 or COMM 0102) and (COMMRC 0520 or 0052 or COMM 0104) and [ENGCMP 0200 or (ENGCMP 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0250 or FP 0003 or 0006 or ENGCMP 0004 or 0006 or 0020 or ENG 0102)]
Course Attributes: Global Studies
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COMMRC 1112 - THEORIES OF RHETORIC
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to major theories of rhetoric ranging from the sophists to some modern theorists.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (COMMRC 0310 or 0081) and (COMMRC 0520 or 0052 or COMM 0104) and ENG 0102 or ENGCMP (0002 or 0006 or 0020 or 0200 or 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0210 or 0212) or ENGFLM 0210 or FP (0003 or 0006)
Course Attributes: Writing Requirement Course
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COMMRC 1114 - FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND PRESS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The purpose of the course is to provide students with a critical understanding of the historical themes and contemporary issues involved in the debate over free speech. This course examines philosophies of expression from Plato through the most recent supreme court decisions. Study focuses on cases, major doctrines, and competing interpretations of the first amendment to explore the freedoms and limits of individual expression and regulation of communication industries.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (COMMRC 0310 or 0320 or 0081 or COMM 0102) and [ENGCMP 0200 or (ENGCMP 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0250 or FP 0003 or 0006 or ENGCMP 0004 or 0006 or 0020 or ENG 0102)]
Course Attributes: West European Studies
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COMMRC 1115 - AFRICAN AMERICAN RHETORIC
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The purposes of this course are; a historical-critical re view of scholarship in African American rhetoric; and a theoretical-conceptual framework for the study of African American rhetoric. This course places considerable emphasis on the African roots of African American rhetoric, but the ultimate concern is with African Americans’ behavior. The course covers consequences of African and European inter actions in America, factors that forged the distinctive aspects of African American rhetoric. The effects of culture, racism, colonialism, and social class on communication.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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COMMRC 1116 - RHETORIC OF THE AMERICAN COUNTERCULTURE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is concerned with social protest and the modern conception of the outsider, people and groups who choose to separate themselves, or are unwillingly separated, philosophically and ideologically from the society within which they live. One of the most recognizable examples of living the life of the outsider was embodied in the beat generation of the 1940’s and 1950’s, who embraced self-indulgence as well as literary themes of disenchantment and disengagement. A second example is the counterculture of the 1960’s, the hippie generation, who tended to express themselves more in mass countercultural themes like student anti-war activism, popular, socially activist music, and film. Requirements include: discussion participation, 3 short papers (3 pages), 3 longer papers (8 pages), and one class presentation.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: ENG 0102 or ENGCMP (0002 or 0006 or 0020 or 0200 or 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0210 or 0212) or ENGFLM 0210 or FP (0003 or 0006)
*Applies to all WRIT Courses*
Course Attributes: Writing Requirement Course
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COMMRC 1117 - 21ST CENTURY PUBLIC ARGUMENT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The course examines selected moments in American public rhetoric in the 21st century by examining artifacts, speakers and social movements that characterize the U.S. During this period.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (COMMRC 0310 or 0320 or 0081 or COMM 0102) and [ENGCMP 0200 or (ENGCMP 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0250 or FP 0003 or 0006 or ENGCMP 0004 or 0006 or 0020 or ENG 0102)]
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COMMRC 1119 - PRESIDENTIAL RHETORIC 2
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course focuses on the rhetorical analysis of presidential addresses as well the communication styles and methods of U.S. Presidents from Dwight Eisenhower through and including George W. Bush it is important to understand that while the primary focus of the course is on the analysis of the political communication style of the presidents, in order to be able to analyze and evaluate the complex nature of both style and content of the addresses and comments, it is necessary to have an awareness of the background, history and events of the day as each may have impacted and/or precipitated the addresses/comments. Thus, an overview of those critical areas as well as basic communication theory and audience analysis will be an integral part of the course. Course components will include two written projects, speech analyses, one of which will serve as the basis for an individual oral presentation; one group project, a midterm and a final exam.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (COMMRC 0310 or 0320 or 0081 or COMM 0102) and [ENGCMP 0200 or (ENGCMP 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0250 or FP 0003 or 0006 or ENGCMP 0004 or 0006 or 0020 or ENG 0102)]
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COMMRC 1120 - RHETORIC OF COLD WAR
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Course examines selected moments in rhetorical aspects of the cold war with a focus on language, perceptions, arguments and the formation of public policy.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (COMMRC 0310 or 0320 or 0081 or COMM 0102) and ENG 0102 or ENGCMP (0002 or 0006 or 0020 or 0200 or 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0210 or 0212) or ENGFLM 0210 or FP (0003 or 0006)
Course Attributes: Russian & East European Studies, Writing Requirement Course
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COMMRC 1121 - HISTORY OF MASS MEDIA
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course provides an in-depth historical examination of U.S. Media (newspapers, magazines, radio, television and/or advertising). Emphasis is placed on the media’s technological, political and cultural impact. Topics may vary depending on the particular historical period to be examined.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (COMMRC 0320 or COMM 0102) and [ENGCMP 0200 or (ENGCMP 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0250 or FP 0003 or 0006 or ENGCMP 0004 or 0006 or 0020 or ENG 0102)]
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COMMRC 1122 - MEDIA CRITICISM
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed to introduce students to major trends in media criticism (e.G., Psychoanalysis, genre analysis, feminist theory, and cultural studies). Course readings and discussions will focus primarily on television texts.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (COMMRC 0320 or COMM 0102) and ENG 0102 or ENGCMP (0002 or 0006 or 0020 or 0200 or 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0210 or 0212) or ENGFLM 0210 or FP (0003 or 0006); MIN GRADE ‘C’ for all listed courses
Course Attributes: Childrens Literature, DSAS Diversity General Ed. Requirement, Global Studies, SCI Diversity General Ed. Requirements, Writing Requirement Course
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COMMRC 1123 - RHETORICAL CRITICISM
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The course on rhetorical criticism focuses on the history, methods, and practice of rhetorical criticism in American universities during the twentieth century. The course has been designed to help the student become acquainted with contemporary methods of rhetorical criticism through a combination of lectures, discussions, and practical applications. In addition, the course has been designed to help the student improve his or her writing abilities.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (COMMRC 0310 or 0520 or 0052 or 0081 or COMM 0104) and ENG 0102 or ENGCMP (0002 or 0006 or 0020 or 0200 or 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0210 or 0212) or ENGFLM 0210 or FP (0003 or 0006)
Course Attributes: Writing Requirement Course
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COMMRC 1125 - MEDIA THEORY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course examines the major theoretical approaches in contemporary media studies. Emphasis is placed on understanding the basic tenets of these theoretical models and how they are applied in analyses of media texts.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (COMMRC 0320 or COMM 0102) and [ENGCMP 0200 or (ENGCMP 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0250 or FP 0003 or 0006 or ENGCMP 0004 or 0006 or 0020 or ENG 0102)]
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COMMRC 1126 - MEDIA AND CONSUMER CULTURE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will examine consumer culture in the twentieth and twenty-first century us. It examines advertising, the rise of the brand, and their roles in the commercialization of mass media. Of particular importance will be the role that race, class, and gender have played in shaping consumer culture (and vice versa), as well as the significance of the shift from a society based on an understanding of citizens based on democratic practices to one based on consumerist practices.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (COMMRC 0320 or COMM 0102) and [ENGCMP 0200 or (ENGCMP 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0250 or FP 0003 or 0006 or ENGCMP 0004 or 0006 or 0020 or ENG 0102)]; MIN GRADE ‘C’ for all listed courses
Course Attributes: DSAS Diversity General Ed. Requirement, SCI Diversity General Ed. Requirements
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COMMRC 1143 - KNOWLEDGE, POWER, AND DESIRE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course examines issues of power, desire and knowledge in the work of Michel Foucault, and contrasts them with ideas of knowledge production in contemporary Anglo-American philosophy of science.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (COMMRC 0310 or 0081) and ENG 0102 or ENGCMP (0002 or 0006 or 0020 or 0200 or 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0210 or 0212) or ENGFLM 0210 or FP (0003 or 0006)
Course Attributes: Writing Requirement Course
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COMMRC 1147 - THE RHETORIC OF SCIENCE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The course examines how scientists persuade and dissuade each other and broader publics in the creation and dissemination of knowledge. It addresses such topics as: rhetoric and the production of scientific findings, communication of scientific knowledge to various publics, persuasive influences on funding decisions, how the public might better understand or influence scientific processes, and the intersection of science and public policy. These will be studied in the context of major science-related controversies of the recent past.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (COMMRC 0310 or 0081) and ENG 0102 or ENGCMP (0002 or 0006 or 0020 or 0200 or 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0210 or 0212) or ENGFLM 0210 or FP (0003 or 0006)
Course Attributes: Global Studies, Writing Requirement Course
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COMMRC 1148 - RHETORIC AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course focuses upon discourse about human rights—both the affirmation and the denial of human rights. The course also examines the practice of rhetorical criticism.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (COMMRC 0310 or 0081) and ENG 0102 or ENGCMP (0002 or 0006 or 0020 or 0200 or 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0210 or 0212) or ENGFLM 0210 or FP (0003 or 0006)
Course Attributes: DSAS Diversity General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Phil. Think or Ethics General Ed. Requirement, Global Studies, SCI Diversity General Ed. Requirements, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Ethical/Policy GE. Req., Writing Requirement Course
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COMMRC 1149 - ENVIRONMENTAL RHETORIC
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The primary purpose of this course is to introduce upper division undergraduates to some of the most important rhetorical resources utilized by various participants in contemporary American environmental controversies. The first unit of the course is devoted to various historical and contemporary cross-cultural conceptions of the natural world and the place of humans within what to those in our culture is called the natural ‘environment.’ In this unit we compare briefly European, Asian and native-American conceptions and the various rhetorics used in each in the attempt to persuade those with differing views. The second unit quickly reviews the development of American environmental rhetorics from the early European settlement of the new world, through the colonial period, the early national era and into the late 19th century, by which time many of the signal concepts and rhetorical resources which continue to inform 21st century American discourse on wildness, nature, environment and ecology were first elaborated. Unit three examines some of the most significant and contention environmental disputes of the 20th century; including wilderness preservation, the human causes of the great ‘dust bowl’ devastation of farmland in the 1930s, the sudden relevance of the old science of ‘ecology,’ the huge influence of Rachel Carson’s rhetorical masterpiece, silent spring, exposing the dangers of wide scale use of the pesticide DDT, and the growth of new movements against nuclear, chemical, and biological contamination as well as air, water, oceanic, solid waste, and many other forms of pollution, including even the at first ridiculed dangers of noise and light pollution. Unit four then looks at the environmental movement as it becomes truly global, beginning symbolically with the first ‘earth day’ activities, protests and teach-ins in 1970, which have continued annually to this day. Unit five will look at the acrimonious 1980s dispute between the new ‘deep ecology’ movement and the more mainstream environmental lobbying organizations like the sierra club, the nature conservancy etc. which focus primarily on lobbying congress for environmental reforms, rather than advocating a complete revolution in the way each individual human lives. Unit six will then treat some of the many enormous new environmental challenges of the 21st century, from still unrestrained global warming, to ozone depletion, to the depletion of fish stocks, to deforestation and desertification, to increasing human population, to widespread species extinctions, to the depletion of natural resources, from oil, to arable land, and even potable water, and so forth. Students should leave the course with a rigorous understanding of where contemporary environmental rhetorical resources come from and how they continue to operate in all manner of contemporary environmental and ecological controversies.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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COMMRC 1151 - BRITISH BROADCASTING TODAY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
To examine the variety and range of programme genres broad cast on British TV and radio. Reference will be made to the philosophy and industry structures which nurture them. New developments in technology, regulation and international markets will be considered as will scheduling issues. The cultural underpinnings of the system will be analyzed and internal industry and political debates will be addressed.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Attributes: West European Studies
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COMMRC 1156 - ETHICS AND MEDIA
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will address the principal ethical issues facing print and broadcast journalism. It will consider the practical dilemmas reporters and editors have to deal with and relate them to a moral framework. The focus will be on the real time arguments that arise almost daily in media coverage of matters of public controversy - crime, war, privacy and the like. The course objectives are to learn how to evaluate the performance of the media and to help students develop their own ethical philosophy. Problems of regulation and codes of practice will also be examined. Students will be able to take advantage of London’s global importance as a media hub and the distinctive media culture of the UK through a program of case studies, visits and guest lectures by practitioners.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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COMMRC 1160 - VISUAL RHETORIC
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course centers on research concerning visual rhetoric. It will concentrate primarily on a range of interpretive and critical approaches for studying instances of visual communication. Students will write three papers demonstrating their ability to analyze and interpret visual texts. The method of instruction includes lecture, discussion, film and practice workshops. Considerations of gender, sex, race, sexuality, and class will be interwoven throughout the course materials and discussions.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: ENG 0102 or ENGCMP (0002 or 0006 or 0020 or 0200 or 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0210 or 0212) or ENGFLM 0210 or FP (0003 or 0006) and (COMMRC 0310 or 0081)
Course Attributes: DSAS Diversity General Ed. Requirement, SCI Diversity General Ed. Requirements, Writing Requirement Course
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COMMRC 1161 - COMMUNICATION ETHICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Contemporary society offers a wide variety of topics for ethical consideration: deception, lying, fidelity in relationships, hate speech, harassment, privacy, intellectual property, pornography and many others. This class examines the ethical dimensions of communication through the prism of case studies. Students are introduced to traditional forms of ethical reasoning as well as emerging concerns raised by the internet and digital media. One major question that the course addresses is the following: do the internet and new information technologies represent qualitatively new ethical challenges or are these versions of traditional ethical dilemmas? The bulk of class time uses discussion and case studies to emphasize the practice of ethical deliberation and the ability to reason about ethical issues and problems.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: ENG 0102 or ENGCMP (0002 or 0006 or 0020 or 0200 or 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0210 or 0212) or ENGFLM 0210 or FP (0003 or 0006)
*Applies to all WRIT Courses*
Course Attributes: Writing Requirement Course
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COMMRC 1162 - INVENTION: WHERE DO GOOD IDEAS COME FROM?
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course helps us investigate questions that will be crucial for tomorrow’s communities of inquiry. How should we understand creativity, imagination, and invention? What are the conditions most conducive to innovation? What can histories of creative individuals and creative groups tell us about the origins of, to use the TED lingo, “ideas worth spreading”? This course examines creativity in a variety of contexts, both scientific and artistic. It draws on the best work in a number of disciplines, principally rhetoric but also philosophy of science, literary theory, economics, and intellectual history. And students will have the opportunity to develop projects on case studies of their choosing. The course satisfies three credit hours toward the interdisciplinary core seminar coursework requirement in the Honors College Certificate in Undergraduate Studies. Students without the GPA or course prerequisites designated by the UHC may also enroll with the permission of the instructor.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: ENG 0102 or ENGCMP (0002 or 0006 or 0020 or 0200 or 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0210 or 0212) or ENGFLM 0210 or FP (0003 or 0006)
*Applies to all WRIT Courses*
Course Attributes: Writing Requirement Course
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COMMRC 1170 - CROSS CULTURAL COMMUNICATION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will increase the understanding of basic concepts and principles regarding communication between people from different racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds within Australia, including aboriginal, and immigrant populations. The course will use theory and research in the area of intercultural communication, and will help you develop this knowledge in understanding and improving human interaction in both the study abroad environment and international contexts. It will develop effective intercultural communication skills for learning abroad in Australia, and focus on a study of the social, structural and historical dimensions of relations between and among racial, ethnic and gender groups in contemporary Australian society. This course is designed to increase student’s awareness and appreciation for the complexity of intercultural communication skills in everyday situations. It offers a critical perspective on current theory and research in intercultural communication. The primary objective of the course is to develop cultural relativist attitude.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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COMMRC 1175 - COMMUNICATION AND GLOBAL COMPETENCE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
With the rise of global mobility and communication, encountering people from a variety of cultures, and the need for effective communication, is commonplace. This course explores the interaction between culture and communication and introduces students to the knowledge and skills necessary to attain global competence. In addition, this course introduces the construct of global competence; creates the opportunity to analyze and evaluate how our own cultural identity influences communication with others; engages interaction with the host culture; and prepares the students with knowledge and skills to be effective and ethical intercultural communicators. This class is held in Dublin and will include lectures, class discussions, simulations, interactive examples, case studies, media presentations cultural encounters, and field experiences.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Attributes: Study Abroad
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COMMRC 1520 - ADVANCED PUBLIC SPEAKING
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course teaches students advanced skills needed in the preparation, delivery, and evaluation of formal public address. Advanced public speaking extends what was learned in the introductory public speaking course by examining more advanced theories and strategies of public address, critically evaluating public discourse in a variety of settings and sharpening the extemporaneous delivery skills of the student.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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COMMRC 1710 - SENIOR THESIS IN COMMUNICATION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Research on a special project in rhetoric, communication, or media. The study will be embodied in a thesis supervised by the instructor and approved by additional departmental faculty.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Thesis Research
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
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COMMRC 1730 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN COMMUNICATION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course covers a specialized topic in communication. Topics vary every semester.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (COMMRC 0300 or 0030 or 0100 or 7300 or COMM 0101) and ENG 0102 or ENGCMP (0002 or 0006 or 0020 or 0200 or 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0210 or 0212) or ENGFLM 0210 or FP (0003 or 0006)
Course Attributes: Writing Requirement Course
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COMMRC 1731 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN RHETORIC
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course covers a specialized topic in rhetoric. Topics vary every semester.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (COMMRC 0310 or 0081) and ENG 0102 or ENGCMP (0002 or 0006 or 0020 or 0200 or 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0210 or 0212) or ENGFLM 0210 or FP (0003 or 0006)
Course Attributes: African Studies, Writing Requirement Course
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COMMRC 1732 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN MASS COMMUNICATION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course covers a specialized topic in mass communication. Topics vary every semester.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (COMMRC 0320 or COMM 0102) and ENG 0102 or ENGCMP (0002 or 0006 or 0020 or 0200 or 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0210 or 0212) or ENGFLM 0210 or FP (0003 or 0006)
Course Attributes: Writing Requirement Course
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COMMRC 1900 - COMMUNICATION INTERNSHIP
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 3
Internships provide practical work experience related to the student’s course of study.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Internship
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
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COMMRC 1901 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 3
Independent study is a program of academic reading and research taken under the direction of a faculty sponsor.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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COMMRC 1904 - UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING EXPERIENCE IN COMMUNICATION
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 3
Provides an opportunity for qualified Undergraduate students, under the guidance of a classroom teacher, to have a first-hand experience with peer mentoring and classroom instruction as a UTA. Participation is by instructor invitation only.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
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COMMRC 1905 - DIRECTED RESEARCH
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 3
A course for upper level students who have completed at least 45 credits (12 credits in COMMRC) who wish to conduct field research in communication. The course is an opportunity for students to create a semester-long self-designed project resulting in a body of advanced work. Regular progress reports and critiques are scheduled with the instructor individually.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Directed Studies
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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COE 0031 - LINEAR CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS 1
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
The analysis of linear circuits. Electric variables and circuit elements; kirchoff’s and ohm’s law; mesh and node equations; thevenin and norton equivalent circuits; first and second-order circuits; time domain analysis.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: (MATH 00150 or 0230 or 0231 or 0235) and (PHYS 0152 or 0175 or 0202 or 0476); PLAN: Computer Engineering (BSE)
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COE 0035 - LINEAR CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS LAB FOR TRANSFERS STUDENTS
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Credit Laboratory
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (MATH 0150 or 0230 or 0231 or 0235) and (PHYS 0152 or 0175 or 0202 or 0476); PLAN: Computer Engineering (BSE)
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COE 0041 - LINEAR CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS 2
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Sinusoidal steady-state analysis, network functions, real and reactive power, three-phase circuits, laplace transform method, two-port networks, and fourier series.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: ECE 0031 or COE 0031; PROG: Swanson School of Engineering
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COE 0132 - DIGITAL LOGIC
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Introduction to digital systems, boolean algebra, minimization of logic functions, combinational and sequential circuit design.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: (MATH 00150 or 0230 or 0231 or 0235) and (PHYS 0152 or 0175 or 0202 or 0476); PLAN: Computer Engineering (BSE)
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COE 0147 - COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course provides a detailed introduction into the basics of computer design common to most computer architectures including topics of digital computer data representation, arithmetic and logic units, instruction formats, control, microprocessor architecture, and memory systems. This course includes a heavy focus on MIPS assembly language and its interaction with a RISC computer architecture. This course satisfies the prerequisite to CS/COE 1541 computer architecture.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: COE 0132 or ECE 0132; CREQ: COE 0445 or CS 0445; PLAN: Computer Engineering (BSE)
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