| NOTE: |
Academic Credits - The number of academic credits for each course
is the number of credits earned in one semester with successful completion
of that course.
Prerequisite and Corequisite - “Prerequisite” means that
the listed course[s] must be successfully completed with the indicated grade.
A “corequisite” may be taken in the same semester. |
| Course
# |
Course
Description |
Credits |
|
COM 101
|
Fundamentals of Public
Speaking -- Prerequisites: "C" or better in ENG 025,
ENG 032, or assessment/waiver. Introduces fundamental concepts
and skills for effective public speaking, including audience
analysis, outlining, research, delivery, critical listening and
evaluation, presentational aids, and use of appropriate technology.
3 lecture hours.
|
3
|
| |
|
|
COM 102
|
Introduction to Interpersonal
Communication -- Prerequisites: "C" or better in ENG
025, ENG 032, or assessment/waiver. Focuses on the process of
interpersonal communication as a dynamic and complex system of
interactions. Provides theory, actual practice, and criticism for
examining and changing human interactions in work, family, and
social contexts. Includes topics such as perception, self-concept,
language, message encoding and decoding, feedback, listening
skills, conflict management, and other elements affecting
interpersonal communication. 3 lecture hours. |
3
|
| COM 201 |
Introduction to Mass Communication --
Prerequisites: "C" or better in ENG 025, ENG 032, or
assessment/waiver. A survey of the print and electronic mediums
which compose the mass media industry. Included in the survey are
the history, technology, utilization and influence of each of the
mediums as well as their symbiotic relationship to each other. 3
lecture hours.
|
3 |
| COM 202 |
Small Group Communication -- Prerequisites:
"C" or better in ENG 025, ENG 032, or assessment/waiver. An
introduction to communication principles and practices that enable
small groups, such as committees, conferences and public
discussions, to function effectively as well as the practices which
limit small group effectiveness. The course is pragmatic in
approach, and the student will learn small group dynamics through
participation. 3 lecture hours. |
3 |
| COM 203 |
Oral Interpretation of Literature --
Prerequisites: COM 101, ENG 111. A course desgined to
develop the students’ ability to communicate literature to an
audience and to augment the students’ appreciation of
literature. 3 lecture hours. |
3 |
|
COM 204
|
Voice and Articulation --
Prerequisites: "C" or better in ENG 025, ENG 032, or
assessment/waiver. A course designed to assist students to
understand the anatomy and function of their own voice mechanism.
Emphasis will be placed on breathing, phonation, resonation and
articulation in acceptable American speech. This course will
require students to learn the International Phonetic Alphabet and
evaluate their own speech characteristics such as quality, rate,
pitch and volume. 3 lecture hours. |
3
|
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