UG Course Descriptions

Emerging communication technologies are drastically changing the current representations of the organizational environment. Constructs of identity, community, physical space, transparency, expediency of information dissemination, and the means through which it is expressed have all been altered reflecting the impact of the digital age and its processes. This course will explore the role of effective communication in the organization with an emphasis on learning current best communication practices, anticipating future communication developments in the digital age, and bridging the communication gap between younger generations inured in technology and those continuing to adapt to the frenetic changes such technologies inspire for organizations. The course will assess and practice implementing how new communication technologies affect the organization, its evolving culture, processes, and decision-making choices in light of this ever mutable digital age.

This course will give professional writing majors, and more specifically, professional writing majors with a creative writing concentration, another diverse genre of writing to engage in with strong insights into the freelance and publishing company pursuits of such writing.

Advanced research in a chosen area of communication study or advanced writing in a specific mode. (Agreed upon by the student and instructor, with permission of the department.)

Advanced research in a chosen area of communication study or advanced writing in a specific mode. (Agreed upon by the student and instructor, with permission of the department.)

This course is for junior and senior communication students who wish to gain practical, curriculum-related experience in the field of communications. Students will complete a 145-hours of practical experience within a communication under professional supervision and with the support and feedback of their fellow peers completing similar internships. This course can be taken multiple times for credit but not at the same organization. Internship hours run concurrently with the course and students must complete internship paperwork prior to enrolling. Communication Field Experience I and II must be with taken with different organizations. (Prerequisites: COM 305 and Instructor Permission)

Practical experience in play direction or stage management under the supervision of the faculty director.

Practical experience in play direction or stage management under the supervision of the faculty director.

The course is specifically designed for the senior communication student to gain greater insight as to how a specific field of communication may be best contextualized within a theory or principle of communication. COM 406 is designed to enable interaction with both supervisors and peers in order to garner constructive understanding in the field which will allows for feedback, heightens the 145-hour internship experience and places the overall effort in a position that contributes to a comprehensive communication senior seminar paper and artifacts for their professional portfolio. Internship hours run concurrently with the course and students must complete internship paperwork prior to enrolling. Communication Field Experience I and II must be with taken with different organizations. (Prerequisites: COM 305 and Instructor Permission)

This course will provide an overview of normal and disordered speech, language, and hearing across the life span. 10 hours of observation.

This course examines the phonemics of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Students learn to produce, recognize, and transcribe English speech sounds. The course will also focus on acoustic and articulatory properties of the sounds systems of human languages.