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2021-2022 Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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Chemistry |
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CHEM 24000L - Inorganic Chemistry Lab Course Credit: 0.25
Maximum Credit: 0
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY LAB Prerequisite(s): CHEM-24000
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CHEM 31300 - Advanced Organic Chemistry Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
ADVANCED ORGANIC CHEMISTRY The course focuses on the experimental, instrumental, and theoretical methods by which the structure, reactivity, and electronic properties of organic compounds are determined. Various aspects of modern organic chemistry, including synthesis, mechanism, advanced spectroscopic methods, and computational chemistry may be covered. Historical and current case studies are taken from the chemical literature. Prerequisite(s): CHEM-21200, minimum grade C-.
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CHEM 31600 - Instrumental Analysis Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS Modern methods of chemical analysis are covered with an emphasis on spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, separations, and surface analytical techniques. Particular focus is placed on the use of instruments in chemical industry, clinical analysis, and environmental monitoring. Laboratory work involves multi-week independent projects. Three class hours and one three-hour laboratory period per week. Prerequisite(s): CHEM-21500, minimum grade C-.; Take CHEM-31600L
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CHEM 31600L - Instrumental Analysis Lab Course Credit: 0.25
Maximum Credit: 0
INSTRUMENTAL CHEMISTRY LAB Prerequisite(s): CHEM-31600
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CHEM 31800 - Physical Chemistry I Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY I Chemical thermodynamics and kinetics. Topics include chemical kinetics, rate laws, laws of thermodynamics, free energy and chemical equilibrium. Additional topics may include chemical dynamic models, X-ray diffraction, solid-state structure, and structure determination. Prerequisite(s): CHEM-11200, minimum grade C-; and MATH-11100 (or MATH-10700/10800), minimum grade C-.; CHEM-31800L Annually. [MNS, W]
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CHEM 31800L - Physical Chemistry I Lab Course Credit: 0.25
Maximum Credit: 0
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY I LAB Prerequisite(s): CHEM-31800 Annually.
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CHEM 31900 - Physical Chemistry II Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY II Quantum and statistical mechanics. Topics include quantum mechanical theory, quantum mechanical models for motion, the structure of atoms and molecules, molecular symmetry, molecular spectroscopy, and statistical mechanics and thermodynamics. Three class hours and one three-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite(s): CHEM-11200, minimum grade C-, and MATH-11200, minimum grade C-.; CHEM-31900L Annually. [MNS]
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CHEM 31900L - Physical Chemistry II Lab Course Credit: 0.25
Maximum Credit: 0
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY II LAB Prerequisite(s): CHEM-31900 Annually.
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CHEM 33400 - Biophysical Chemistry Course Credit: 1
(BCMB)
BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY This course examines the underlying physical principles and laws that govern the behavior of biological systems and biochemical reactions. The fundamental principles of molecular structure, chemical kinetics, and thermodynamics are explored in relationship to biological phenomena. Three class hours per week. Prerequisite(s): MATH-11100 or MATH-10800, minimum grade C-, and either BCMB-33100 or CHEM-31800, minimum grade C-.
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CHEM 34100 - Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
ADVANCED INORGANIC CHEMISTRY Advanced aspects of inorganic chemistry are treated, including the organometallic chemistry of transition metal compounds and the chemistry of catalysis. The course is designed to emphasize structure, bonding, and spectroscopy, as well as syntheses and reaction mechanisms. Prerequisite(s): CHEM-24000; or permission of instructor. Minimum Grade C- [MNS]
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CHEM 39901 - Organometallic Chemistry Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY This course uses principles of organic and inorganic chemistry to describe the structure and reactivity of compounds with metal-carbon bonds. These compounds have applications in advanced synthesis, catalysis, and other industrial processes. Students will learn the theoretical description of metal-carbon bonds, spectroscopy of organo-metallic compounds, and the mechanism of catalytic cycles. Three class hours per week. Prerequisite(s): CHEM-21200 and either CHEM-24000 or CHEM-34000–Minimum grade C-; or permission of the instructor.
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CHEM 40000 - Tutorial Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
TUTORIAL Advanced library and laboratory research problems in analytical, inorganic, organic, and physical chemistry and biochemistry. May be repeated. Annually.
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CHEM 40100 - Introduction to Independent Study Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
JUNIOR INDEPENDENT STUDY This course builds background knowledge and practical skills for independent scientific work. Activities in searching the literature, experimental design, drafting and revising scientific writing, and oral presentation culminate in a written research proposal for the Senior Independent Study project. Prerequisite(s): CHEM-21200; Minimum Grade C- Or Departmental Approval Annually.
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CHEM 41000 - Internship Course Credit: 0.25
Maximum Credit: 3
This course can only be added to your schedule by visiting the Registrar’s Office. If you do not visit the Registrar’s office, you cannot add this course to your schedule. Students are placed in research positions in non-academic laboratories. The normal schedule involves work during the summer months, in addition to either the fall or spring semester, on a research problem related to the function of the employing laboratory. The work is directed by scientists at the laboratory. Liaison is established by regularly-scheduled consultations with one or more faculty members of the Department of Chemistry. The student’s schedule is arranged only after consultation with the Chemistry chairperson. May be repeated. S/NC Prerequisite(s): CHEM-21200, CHEM-21500, CHEM-31800, and CHEM-40100; Junior standing.
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CHEM 43000 - Experience in the Discipline Course Credit: 0.25
Maximum Credit: 0
Experience in the Discipline A structured learning activity in which students use their academic knowledge to engage in an experience that has real-world implications. Incorporates best practices in experiential learning. Typically includes an off-campus component. May be repeated. S/NC
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CHEM 45100 - Independent Study Thesis Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
SENIOR INDEPENDENT STUDY–SEMESTER ONE An original investigation is conducted, culminating in a thesis and an oral defense of the thesis in CHEM 45200. During the Fall each student gives a research seminar on the Independent Study research topic. Projects are offered in selected areas of analytical, inorganic, organic, physical chemistry, and biochemistry. Prerequisite(s): CHEM-21200, minimum grade C-, and CHEM-40100, minimum grade C-; or approval by the Department. Annually.
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CHEM 45200 - Independent Study Thesis Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
SENIOR INDEPENDENT STUDY–SEMESTER The second semester of the Senior Independent Study project, which culminates in the thesis, the presentation of a poster, and an oral defense. Prerequisite(s): CHEM-45100 Annually.
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Chinese Studies |
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CHIN 10100 - Beginning Chinese Level I Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
BEGINNING CHINESE LEVEL I Introduces the fundamentals of modern Chinese. Objectives are attainment of proper pronunciation, with special emphasis on tones, basic grammatical patterns, and mastery of approximately 100 characters and compounds. Students are expected to memorize short skits. Five hours per week. Annually.
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CHIN 10200 - Beginning Chinese Level II Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
BEGINNING CHINESE LEVEL II A continuation of CHIN 10100 the course further develops the four basic skills of reading, writing, speaking, and listening comprehension; it introduces Chinese calligraphy, but the main emphases are oral proficiency and comprehension skills. Students are expected to memorize short skits. Prerequisite(s): CHIN-10100 Annually.
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CHIN 19900 - War and Culture in China Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(EAST)
WAR AND CULTURE IN CHINA This course explores experiences of and discourses about war in China, historically and in the present. Topics include war and memory, literary representations of war, the gendered nature of war experience, and the role of war in the formation of identities. [AH, C, D, GE, W]
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CHIN 20100 - Intermediate Chinese Level I Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(EAST)
INTERMEDIATE CHINESE LEVEL I A continuation of beginning Chinese, with more emphasis on vocabulary-building (over 400 characters and compounds) and reading comprehension. Students are expected to memorize short skits and to write short character essays regularly to express their thoughts. In addition, students are also reading short stories from outside the regular textbooks. Prerequisite(s): Take CHIN-10200 or equivalent Annually. [C]
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CHIN 20200 - Intermediate Chinese Level II Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(EAST)
INTERMEDIATE CHINESE LEVEL II A continuation of CHIN 20100 or the equivalent; in addition to textbooks, students will do exercises on language CDs and software applications such as Chinese e-mail or Chinese word processor. The syntactical and grammatical patterns are more complex than those taught in the first year. Students are expected to write and present their essays in Chinese weekly; in addition, students are also reading short stories from outside the regular textbooks. Required of minors. Prerequisite(s): Take CHIN-20100 or equivalent Annually. [C]
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CHIN 22000 - Women and Gender in China Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(CMLT, EAST, GLIS, WGSS)
WOMEN AND GENDER IN CHINA This seminar will provide an overview of contemporary China from a gender perspective. In discussing different conceptualizations of feminism, gendered effects of economic change, women’s relationship to politics, local and global processes of cultural reproduction which shape gender relations, marriage and sex across borders, changing masculinities, gendered identities, gender and public health, sexuality and intimate relations, gender and geopolitics, and the resurgence of gender inequality, the course will provide insight into the situation of women and the articulation of gender in transnational China, as well as extend our understanding of the dynamics of gender in the contemporary global world. [AH, C, D, GE, HSS]
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CHIN 22200 - Women in Chinese Literature Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(CMLT, EAST, WGSS)
WOMEN IN CHINESE LITERATURE Taught in English. A survey of women’s experience as represented in Chinese literature, ranging from philosophical texts, poetry, song lyrics, short narrative works, music and biographies to films from both pre-modern and modern periods, written about and by women. The course examines how women are depicted and how men and women define womanhood differently in various works of imagination. The primary texts and secondary readings that establish connections and comparisons among the different works include: The Red Brush: Writing Women of Imperial China, Teachers of the Inner Chambers: Women and Culture in Seventeenth-Century China, and Precious Records: Women in China’s Long Eighteenth Century. The theoretical focus is on the construction of femininity in a patrilineal society. Annually. [AH, C]
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CHIN 22300 - Chinese Cinema As Translation Culture Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(CMLT, EAST, FILM, GMDS)
CHINESE CINEMA AS TRANSLATION OF CULTURES Taught in English. What do Chinese people think of the social transformation of the past 30 years? What are their views and attitudes towards these changes that have affected their lives in profound ways? What are their dreams and fantasies about modernizations? What are their fear and hope when they look into the future? Divided into four groups: historical, rural, urban and Hong Kong and Taiwan, 24 narrative films are studied as auto-ethnographic texts in which the people in the PRC, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the Chinese diaspora try to negotiate their cultural identity and achieve a translated modernity. In these films of self-representation, China, its people, and its past all get reinvented. Annually. [AH, C]
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CHIN 22500 - Performance Traditions of China, Tradition in Chinese Literature Course Credit: 1
(CMLT, EAST)
PERFORMANCE TRADITIONS OF CHINA The course introduces topics in the rich panorama of oral and oral- connected performance traditions of China. Local traditions of professional storytelling, epic singing, folksongs, ritual, and local drama will be explored from an interdisciplinary perspective that will include folkloristics, vernacular and popular culture, performance studies, ethnopoetics, and translation studies. Taking a multi-ethnic approach, stress will be given to the idea that the performance traditions in China, rather than being parts of a monolithic “Chinese” tradition are better represented as diverse and distinct traditions with occasional similarities that exist or have existed within the modern borders of China. The course is not a comprehensive coverage of the hundreds of local traditions, but will alert students to the variety and nature of this vast corpus, in which much remains to be explored and documented. [AH, C]
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CHIN 22501 - China - Myth, Legends, Beliefs Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(EAST)
MYTH, LEGENDS AND BELIEFS IN CHINA This course will introduce students to the dynamics of myths, legends, and beliefs in China from ancient time up to the present. We will look at Chinese myths, legends, and beliefs from an interdisciplinary perspective that will include folklore studies, history, religion, literature, archaeology, art, performance studies, anthropology, etc. The goal of this course will be to situate the variety of Chinese myths, legends, and beliefs in specific political, social, and cultural contexts, and learn how various myths, legends, and beliefs are understood, represented, and/or practiced differently in Chinese culture. The class will be in discussion format and class readings include both primary materials in English translation and recent secondary scholarship. No knowledge of Chinese is presumed. [AH, C, R]
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CHIN 29900 - Special Topics in Chinese Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
SPECIAL TOPICS IN CHINESE
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CHIN 29901 - Language in China: Linguistics & Culture Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
LANGUAGE IN CHINA: LINGUISTICS & CULTURE This course studies the relations between Chinese language and society. Topics include the evolution of Chinese scripts, dialects, language attitudes and identity, bilingualism and Internet vocabulary. We will examine the ways that the conceptions of “Chinese” shape the formation of cultural ideologies and practices. By the end of the course, students will develop both a macro understanding and an insider’s view of Chinese language and culture. Course will be taught in English with materials in English and Chinese. No knowledge of Chinese is required. Field trips are mandatory. The course is shared with students from Oberlin College and some meetings will occur with online technologies to collaborate with peers from Oberlin. [AH, C]
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CHIN 29902 - Food & Religion in China Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
FOOD AND RELIGION IN CHINA The course will explore the role of food in China’s religious traditions and the ways in which culinary arts, food, food sacrifice and eating are intertwined with religious discourse and practice in China. Food and eating unit or divide human society, the realm of ancestors, and the spirit world. Religious food culture is fertile ground for contesting voices and the development of spiritual alternatives. It is an important site for uncovering genealogies of material and discursive practices central to the production and maintenance of power at multiple scales; tensions between tradition and social and cultural change; and understandings of self, body, family, group, nation and other identities. [AH, C, R]
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CHIN 30100 - High Intermediate Chinese I Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(EAST, GLIS)
HIGH INTERMEDIATE CHINESE I Practice in listening, speaking, reading, and writing at an advanced level. Review of grammatical patterns and expansion of vocabulary for practical use outside the classroom setting. Use of multi-media resources (audio recordings, film, screenplays, newspapers, expository prose) to achieve proficiency. Introduction to cultural topics and intellectual currents most pertinent to contemporary China. Prerequisite(s): Take CHIN-20200 or equivalent Annually.
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CHIN 30200 - High Intermediate Chinese II Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(EAST, GLIS)
HIGH INTERMEDIATE CHINESE II Continuation of CHIN 30100. Additional, more intensive and extensive practice in listening, speaking, reading, and writing at an advanced level. Continued review of grammatical patterns and expansion of vocabulary for practical use outside the classroom setting. Use of multi-media resources (audio recordings, film, screenplays, newspapers, expository prose) to achieve greater proficiency. Continued discussion of cultural topics and intellectual currents most pertinent to contemporary China. Prerequisite(s): Take CHIN-30100 or equivalent Annually.
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CHIN 31100 - Advance Chinese 1: Journey to the West Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
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ADVANCED CHINESE I: JOURNEY TO THE WEST This class will center on reading selections from The Journey to the West, one of the greatest and most popular Chinese novels. The focus of the class will be on linguistic and literary analysis, with particular attention to the central religious/philosophical issues raised by the text - concerns about the value of desire, the role of fate in our lives, the nature of temptation, searching for meaning in life, and so on. Prerequisite(s): CHIN-30200, or equivalent Annually. [AH, C, R]
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CHIN 31200 - Literary Chinese Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(EAST, GLIS)
LITERARY CHINESE This course provides an introduction to classical Chinese, the shared written language of pre-20th century East Asia. The course focuses on reading and translating texts that circulated across East Asia. These texts may include Tang dynasty poetry; historical writings; biographies of monks and nuns; stories of the supernatural; and excerpts from Daoist and Confucian classics. Students will also be able explore classical Chinese texts unique to the Chinese, Korean, or Japanese traditions. Annually. [AH, C]
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CHIN 39902 - Teaching Chinese Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
TEACHING CHINESE In this course, you will develop (1) an inter-disciplinary understanding of the role language plays in human communication, (2) basic skills of teaching Chinese to speakers of other languages, and (3) a better knowledge of the Chinese language. This will be achieved through reading, discussion, and experiential learning, including making, implementing, and evaluating lesson plans and course materials, observing authentic Chinese language courses, teaching at least two sessions and hosting weekly office hours for upper-level Chinese language courses, reporting, and reflecting on teaching and observations. Prerequisite(s): CHIN-30200; or equivalent [AH]
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CHIN 40100 - Junior Independent Study Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
JUNIOR INDEPENDENT STUDY A one-semester course that focuses upon the research skills, methodology, and theoretical framework necessary for Senior Independent Study; the student proposes and produces a well researched study on a topic of his or her own choice, with weekly meeting with the faculty member and the chair. Annually.
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CHIN 41000 - Internship Course Credit: 0.25
Maximum Credit: 4
This course can only be added to your schedule by visiting the Registrar’s Office. If you do not visit the Registrar’s office, you cannot add this course to your schedule. A structured, usually off-campus experience, in which a student extends classroom knowledge to a work position within a community, business, or governmental organization. Student interns work and learn under the joint guidance of a host organization supervisor and a College of Wooster mentor. The student must arrange the internship in advance through the appropriate department or program. No more than six internships, and a maximum of four Wooster course credits, will count toward graduation. The form for registering for an internship and the Internship Learning Plan are available on the office of the Registrar website. May be repeated. S/NC Annually.
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CHIN 43000 - Experience in the Discipline Course Credit: 0.25
Maximum Credit: 0
Experience in the Discipline A structured learning activity in which students use their academic knowledge to engage in an experience that has real-world implications. Incorporates best practices in experiential learning. Typically includes an off-campus component. May be repeated. S/NC
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CHIN 45100 - Senior Independent Study Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
SENIOR INDEPENDENT STUDY–SEMESTER ONE The first semester of the Senior Independent Study project, in which each student engages in creative and independent research guided by a faculty mentor and which culminates in a thesis and an oral examination in the second semester. Prerequisite(s): CHIN-40100 Annually.
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CHIN 45200 - Senior Independent Study Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
SENIOR INDEPENDENT STUDY–SEMESTER TWO The second semester of the Senior Independent Study project, which culminates in the thesis and an oral examination. Prerequisite(s): CHIN-45100 Annually.
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Classical Studies |
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CLST 40000 - Tutorial Course Credit: 0.25
Maximum Credit: 1
TUTORIAL May be repeated.
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CLST 40100 - Junior Independent Study Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
JUNIOR INDEPENDENT STUDY This writing-intensive tutorial offers Classical Studies majors a firm grounding in the discipline, with an emphasis on the diverse materials, methods, and approaches that can be brought to bear on the study of Greco-Roman antiquity. Each student produces a junior thesis on the topic of his or her choice within the discipline of the major. Annually.
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CLST 41000 - Internship Course Credit: 0.25
Maximum Credit: 4
This course can only be added to your schedule by visiting the Registrar’s Office. If you do not visit the Registrar’s office, you cannot add this course to your schedule. A structured, usually off-campus experience, in which a student extends classroom knowledge to a work position within a community, business, educational, or governmental organization. Student interns work and learn under the joint guidance of a host organization supervisor and a College of Wooster mentor. The student must arrange the internship in advance through the appropriate department or program. No more than six internships, and a maximum of four Wooster course credits, will count toward graduation. The form for registering for an internship and the Internship Learning Plan are available on the office of the Registrar website. (0.25-4 course credits) May be repeated. S/NC
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CLST 43000 - Experience in the Discipline Course Credit: 0.25
Maximum Credit: 0
EXPERIENCE IN THE DISCIPLINE A structured learning activity in which students use their academic knowledge to engage in an experience that has real-world implications. Incorporates best practices in experiential learning. Typically includes an off-campus component. May be repeated. S/NC
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CLST 45100 - Independent Study Thesis Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
INDEPENDENT STUDY THESIS The first semester of the Senior Independent Study project, in which each student engages in creative and independent research guided by a faculty mentor and which culminates in a thesis and an oral examination in the second semester. The main fields of choice for a major with a concentration in Classical Languages are the literature, philosophy, religion, or ancient history. Suggested fields of specialization for a major with a concentration in Ancient Mediterranean Studies are archaeology, ancient history, mythology, classical or comparative literary criticism, philosophy. Prerequisite(s): CLST-40100 Annually.
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CLST 45200 - Independent Study Thesis Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
INDEPENDENT STUDY THESIS The second semester of the Senior Independent Study project, which culminates in the thesis and an oral examination. Prerequisite(s): CLST-45100 Annually.
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COMD 14000 - Speech & Language Clinic Practicum Course Credit: 0.25
Maximum Credit: 0
SPEECH AND LANGUAGE CLINIC PRACTICUM Procedures and practices in the assessment and management of persons who are speech and/or language impaired as applied under the direct supervision of ASHA certified and state-licensed speech-language pathologists in the Freelander Speech and Hearing Clinic. Four semesters required by majors and minors for credit toward graduation. Alternatively, students may complete three semesters of COMD-14000 and a fourth semester of COMD-14400. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): COMD-14100, COMD-14300, and COMD-14500, with grades of C- or better; or permission of instructor. Prerequisites may be taken concurrently with COMD-14000 Annually.
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COMD 14100 - Intro to Comm Sciences & Disorders Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND DISORDERS At the completion of this course, the student will possess knowledge of a host of speech, language and hearing disorders (including stuttering, voice, developmental language, aphasia, other neurogenic disorders, articulation/phonology, cleft palate and hearing disorders). The study of speech-language pathology and audiology and the nature of the clinical practices of these professions will also be addressed. Annually. [D, HSS]
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COMD 14300 - Phonetic Transcription & Phonology Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION AND PHONOLOGY Content areas to be addressed include anatomy and physiology of the speech mechanisms; speech acoustics and speech science basics; introduction to articulation, phonological and speech intelligibility testing; spoken language and communication differences (multicultural aspects of spoken language, including dialects of American English); and disordered speech. In addition, the course will prepare the student to be a skilled practitioner in phonetic transcription using the International Phonetic Alphabet. Prerequisite(s): COMD-14100; or permission of instructor Annually.
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COMD 14400 - Audiology Clinic Practicum Course Credit: 0.25
Maximum Credit: 0
AUDIOLOGY CLINIC PRACTICUM management of persons who have hearing concerns as applied under the direct supervision of ASHA certified and state-licensed audiologists in the Freelander Speech and Hearing Clinic. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): COMD-24400 (previously offered as COMM-24400), three semesters of COMD-14000 (previously offered as COMM-14000; or permission of the instructor Annually.
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COMD 14500 - Language Development in Children Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
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LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDREN At the completion of this course, the student will have comprehensive knowledge of the developmental process of children learning spoken language. Annually. [HSS]
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COMD 19900 - Special Topics Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
SPECIAL TOPICS
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COMD 19901 - Reading Across the Lifespan: Dev. & Dis. Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
READING ACROSS THE LIFESPAN- DEVELOPMENT AND DISORDER This course will examine the differences between spoken and written language, the stages of reading development, and the classification of reading disabilities with their clinical implications. Coverage includes phonemic awareness, word recognition, reading comprehension, spelling, and the writing process. Considerations for assessing and treating acquired reading disorders in adults will also be addressed.
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COMD 20000 - Deafness: to Sign Or to Speak Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
DEAFNESS: TO SIGN OR TO SPEAK This course will address the nature and ramifications of deafness among children and adults, the definitions, history, changing status, and future of Deaf Culture in the U.S. and other areas of the world, societal perceptions of the Deaf, and interpersonal, educational, and vocational ramifications of deafness. [W]
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COMD 20001 - Exceptionality and Technology Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
Exceptionality and Technology This course examines how technology has the potential to significantly improve the education and quality of life for people with disabilities. In this course, students will explore concepts such as coping and loss as they survey a range of disabilities (e.g., autism spectrum disorder, hearing loss, and neurogenic disorders). We will examine the advantages, limitations, and controversial aspects of using assistive technology to support individuals with disabilities from early childhood through adulthood. As part of our investigation, we will consider a full range of assistive technology, including both low and high technology options. [W]
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COMD 24400 - Audiology Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
AUDIOLOGY At the completion of this course, the student will have comprehensive knowledge, skills and abilities in the areas of both diagnostic and rehabilitative audiology. Prerequisite(s): COMD-14100; or permission of instructor Annually.
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COMD 31600 - Anatomy & Physiology of Spch Mechanism Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE SPEECH This course will provide students with an understanding of the anatomy and physiology of the speech mechanism systems to be covered include respiration, laryngeal, articulator, nervous, and circulatory. Prerequisite(s): COMD-14100; or permission of instructor Alternate Years.
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COMD 34400 - Speech and Hearing Sciences Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
SPEECH AND HEARING SCIENCES At the completion of this course the student will possess a knowledge of the physics and biology related to speech perception and production; the anatomy and physiology of the auditory systems (conductive, sensorineural and central auditor mechanisms); and the relationship between speech perception, audibility and speech production. Clinical application to populations with disordered hearing will be addressed. Prerequisite(s): COMD-14100 and COMD-24400 Alternate Years.
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COMD 34500 - Advanced Seminar in Comm Sci & Disorders Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
ADVANCED SEMINAR IN COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND DISORDERS A series of courses to focus on current topics of interest in the fields of speech, language and hearing sciences and disorders. Prerequisite(s): COMD-14500; or permission of the instructor
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COMD 37000 - Auditory Rehabilitation Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
AUDITORY REHABILITATION This course will address the implications of hearing loss in children and adults including educational, vocational, social, and legislative concerns of children and adults with hearing impairments; hearing sensory technology; and assessment tools and intervention techniques used in order to maximize the communication skills of people with hearing impairment and their communication partners. Prerequisite(s): COMD-24400; or permission of instructor Annually.
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COMD 40100 - Junior Independent Study Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
JUNIOR INDEPENDENT STUDY The course examines how scholars conduct communication research and culminates with students writing a Junior Independent Study thesis under the direction of a faculty advisor. Topics include the selection of a research question or purpose; the use of the library for scholarly communication research; a broad overview of humanistic and social scientific methods; the evaluation of scholarly research; and guidelines for scholarly writing. The course involves a number of writing assignments as well as the drafting and revision of thesis chapters, in order to help students clarify their goals and articulate their research findings in a coherent way. Prerequisite(s): COMD-14100, minimum grade C-; COMD-14500, minimum grade C-; COMD-24400, minimum grade C-; COMM-35300; and completion of a W course. Annually.
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COMD 43000 - Experience in the Discipline Course Credit: 0.25
Maximum Credit: 0
Experience in the Discipline A structured learning activity in which students use their academic knowledge to engage in an experience that has real-world implications. Incorporates best practices in experiential learning. Typically includes an off-campus component. May be repeated. S/NC
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COMD 45100 - Independent Study Thesis Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
INDEPENDENT STUDY THESIS The first semester of the Senior Independent Study project, in which each student engages in creative and independent research guided by a faculty mentor and which culminates in a thesis and an oral examination in the second semester. Prerequisite(s): COMD-40100 Annually.
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COMD 45200 - Independent Study Thesis Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
INDEPENDENT STUDY THESIS The second semester of the Senior Independent Study project, which culminates in the thesis and an oral examination. Prerequisite(s): Take COMD-45100 Annually.
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COMM 11100 - Introduction to Communication Studies Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
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INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATION STUDIES This course examines the significance of communication in human life and introduces students to fundamental principles and processes of communication in a variety of contexts: intrapersonal, interpersonal relationships, small groups, public settings, and the mass media. Students will learn to think critically about communication and will apply the knowledge they gain through a variety of means: class exercises, a group project of limited scope, message analysis, and a public speech. Annually. [HSS]
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COMM 15200 - Public Speaking Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(COMD, COMS, EDUC)
PUBLIC SPEAKING The course involves the study of public address and the performance of various types of speeches. The course examines public speaking theories from classical to contemporary times and makes use of model speeches to help students learn to write and deliver better public presentations. [Elective for the major] Annually. [AH]
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COMM 19901 - Introduction to Media Studies Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
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INTRODUCTION TO MEDIA STUDIES Introduction to Media Studies is designed for students who have grown up in a rapidly changing global multimedia environment and want to become more literate and critical consumers and producers of culture. Through an interdisciplinary comparative and historical lens, the course defines media broadly as including oral, print, theatrical, photographic, broadcast, cinematic, and digital cultural forms and practices. The course looks at the nature of mediated communication, the functions of media, the history of transformations in media and the institutions that help define media’s place in society.
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COMM 19902 - Intro Global Media & Digital Studies Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(COMS, FILM)
Introduction to Global Media & Digital Studies This course broadly explores the production, distribution and reception of digital media across the globe. Beyond the historical background, the course will explore the various approaches used to understand the global flows of digital media, from cultural imperialism to hybridization. Specifically, it will examine theories and issues related to the global function of the news media, entertainment industry and telecommunication sector. Students will also come to appreciate how global media shapes our understandings of global dynamics such as geopolitics.
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COMM 20000 - Issues in Communication Course Credit: 1
(COMD, COMS)
ISSUES IN COMMUNICATION A topical seminar that focuses on special issues within communication studies or communication sciences and disorders. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): COMM-11100; Minimum grade C- Annually. [W]
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COMM 20002 - Global Issues in Deafness Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(COMD, COMS)
GLOBAL ISSUES IN DEAFNESS This course will address the nature and ramifications of deafness among children and adults, the definitions, history, changing status, and future of Deaf Culture in the U.S. and other areas of the world, societal perceptions of the Deaf, and interpersonal, educational, and vocational ramifications of deafness. Prerequisite(s): COMM-11100; Minimum grade C- [W]
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COMM 20004 - Collective Memory & Public Forgetting Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
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COMMUNICATION, COLLECTIVE MEMORY, AND PUBLIC FORGETTING This course investigates the role that communication plays in creating collective memories of particular events, people, and eras, and how those collective memories may sustain us, lead us astray, and/or promote conflict. Moreover, the class will examine how communication can lead to forgetting that is not always negative, but can even be positive in nature. Case studies will include messages as divergent as Lincoln’s Gettysburg address, Slobodan Milosevic’s speech on the Battle of Kosovo, as well as public messages related to the Holocaust, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, post-Apartheid South Africa, post-9/11 nationalism in the United States, Tiananmen Square and post-genocide Rwanda. Prerequisite(s): COMM-11100, Minimum grade C- [W]
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COMM 20005 - Communication and Aging Course Credit: 1
(COMS)
COMMUNICATION AND AGING This course is an empirically based consideration of emotions, behaviors, beliefs, and attitudes related to aging and the process of communicating with older adults. Topics include: approaches to communication and aging, current evidence about communication and the aging population, interpersonal and intergenerational communication, mass communication and aging, health and healthcare interactions (patient-physician communication, etc.), older adults and technology, and cultural change. Prerequisite(s): COMM-11100, minimum grade C-; or 1 completed course in COMD [W]
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COMM 20006 - Environmental Communication Course Credit: 1
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ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATION This course will examine how different groups have symbolically constructed and discussed the environment. Over the course of the semester, the class will cover topics such as public participation in environmental decisions, conflict resolution and collaboration in environmental disputes, media and the environment, risk communication, environmental advocacy campaigns, environmental justice campaigns, messages about the environment from science and industry, and the phenomenon of green marketing and corporate advocacy campaigns. Prerequisite(s): COMM-11100, Minimum grade C- Alternate Years.
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COMM 20007 - Communication & Conflict Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(COMD, COMS)
COMMUNICATION AND CONFLICT The course is designed to facilitate practical, theoretical, and critical analyses of the role of communication in interpersonal conflict. This will involve exploring a variety of approaches to conflict and conflict management in friendships, romantic relationships, families, social groups, and work groups. The course will also include an examination of the role of technology and media in conflict. Prerequisite(s): COMM-11100, Minimum grade C-
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COMM 20008 - Communicating Public Policy Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
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COMMUNICATING PUBLIC POLICY In this course, students critique, design, and defend public policies from across the world. We will focus on the role of rhetoric in public policy as we investigate how communities analyze a public problem and create and justify policies to address the problem. The course will feature regular brief writing assignments, an in-class debate, and a final project in which students design a policy that makes a positive difference in their communities Prerequisite(s): COMM-11100, Minimum grade C-; or one completed course in COMD Alternate Years. [W]
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COMM 20010 - Difference in the Age of Trump Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
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DIFFERENCE IN THE AGE OF TRUMP This course will ask students to consider the implications of mediated communication within America’s current political and cultural climate. Specifically, students will utilize critical rhetorical methods in order grapple with the concept of difference in current case studies ranging from the controversy surrounding Colin Kaepernick to the display of violence in Charlottesville, VA. Students will apply theoretical perspectives like whiteness, intersectionality, and Black feminist thought to examine examples of mediated difference. Prerequisite(s): COMM-11100, Minimum grade C-; or 1 course from COMD
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COMM 20011 - Family Communication Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
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Family Communication This course examines the interactions within family contexts, primarily focusing upon traditional and emergent definitions of family, types of families, and roles within the family. Topics include influences on family communication such as culture, religion, media, work, health, death, power, and intimacy. Additionally, this course will explore families in transition, storytelling in families, and the dark side of family communication. Prerequisite(s): COMM-11100,Minimum grade C- [W]
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COMM 22100 - Interpersonal Communication Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(COMD, COMS)
INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION This course examines the form, content, and consequences of communication between two people, primarily focusing upon informal contexts, such as the communication between parent and child, siblings, romantic partners, and friends. Topics include communication rules, self-disclosure, cultural and intercultural influences, gender similarities and differences, nonverbal communication, compliance-gaining, relational stages and strategies, relational conflict, and ethics and power in interpersonal communication. [Relational Communication subarea] Prerequisite(s): COMM-11100, Minimum grade C- Alternate Years. [HSS]
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COMM 22200 - Family Communication Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
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FAMILY COMMUNICATION This course examines a range of theoretical perspectives that have been developed to understand family communication, including systems theory, dialectical approaches, and narrative views. This course is designed to help you learn to analyze communication within family relationships from a theoretical perspective and to provide insight about how family relationships impact our experience of self and our understanding of others. It should also provide an opportunity for you to examine how our cultural expectations about family shape the way we enact and experience family life in the United States. [Relational Communication subarea] Prerequisite(s): COMM-11100 [HSS]
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COMM 22300 - Communication, Gender & Sexuality Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(COMS, WGSS)
COMMUNICATION, GENDER, & SEXUALITY This course explores the ways in which gender is constructed and performed and how communication influences these processes and performances. We will focus on the construction and deconstruction of gender including cultural, legal, political, and ethical issues. We will also explore historical perspectives and theories related to gender and communication. We will examine how our gender identities have been structured within different modes of communication and how our gender identities intersect with other aspects of our cultural identities (race, ethnicity, nationality, class, sexual orientation, and age). Therefore, this course takes critical/cultural studies perspectives to interrogate the notion of gender. [Communication and Culture subarea] Prerequisite(s): COMM-11100; or permission of instructor [AH, D]
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COMM 22400 - Globalization & Identity Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(COMS, GMDS)
GLOBALIZATION & IDENTITY What is globalization? How has it transformed our world? How has it shaped our cultural identities. This course explores several answers to these questions by focusing cultural identity formations and performances in the context of globalization. We will explore the diverse economic origins of global capitalism, investigate the relationship between early modern trade and imperial power, explore the cultural forces that underlay the movement of early global goods, and study how globalization processes have been shaping cultural identity. Therefore, this course is a theoretical exploration of identity performances across and in/between cultures in the context of globalization. The course draws mainly upon cultural studies, postcolonial theory, literary theory, critical globalization theory, and intercultural communication theory to provide a multidisciplinary understanding of how cultural identities are constructed, negotiated, and performed in different cultural contexts. Finally, in this course we will explore the ways in which these ideas regarding the connections between globalization and cultural identity are enacted and embodied in areas that might include gender identity, generational identity, citizenship, sexuality, online communities, disability, family roles, identity politics, and more. [Communication and Culture subarea] [AH, GE]
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COMM 22500 - Small Group Communication Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
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SMALL GROUP COMMUNICATION In everyday life we often find ourselves participating in groups, identified as members of groups, and relating to others on the basis of group affiliation. In this class we will investigate the theories and concepts related to small groups. You will gain experience applying the theories and concepts through group work, exercises, and observation. Finally, you will have an opportunity to improve your small group communication skills. [Relational Communication subarea] Prerequisite(s): COMM-11100, Minimum grade C- Alternate Years. [HSS]
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COMM 22600 - Organizational Communication Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
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ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION This course analyzes the form, content, and consequences of communication in organizations. It focuses on the dynamics of communication exchanges and the role of power and privilege in organizational settings. Topics include the structures and processes of organizations, types and functions of organizational communication, power dynamics among organizational members such as those between workers and employers, emotional work versus emotional labor, organizational diversity, corporate cultures, identification, leadership, assimilation, the experience of work, an organization’s public image, and ethics in organizational communication. [Relational Communication subarea] Prerequisite(s): COMM-11100 [D, HSS]
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COMM 22700 - Intercultural Communication Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
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INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION This course provides an introduction to communication between people from different cultures and examines the processes and politics of intercultural communication in both domestic and international contexts by focusing on the application of intercultural communication theory and research. Students will enhance their intercultural awareness by exploring differences in identity construction, identity management in intercultural settings, intergroup relationship development and conflict resolution, and intercultural communication competence and ethics. Class assignments and exercises examine everyday encounters with individuals from different races, ethnicities, religions, genders, ages, sexual orientations and physical abilities. [Communication and Culture subarea] Prerequisite(s): COMM-11100, Minimum grade C- Alternate Years. [C, D]
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COMM 22800 - Communication & Queer Studies Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
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COMMUNICATION & QUEER STUDIES The class draws on work in communication studies and film, sociology, history, media studies, gender studies, politics, performance studies and literary studies to examine queer discourse. With its point of departure in feminist critiques of sexuality as well as gay and lesbian studies, queer studies has expanded the interrogation of identity to focus on many other salient categories, such as race, class, religion, and nationality. This course frames the introduction to communication and queer studies, emphasizing the intersectionality of race and class, that problematizes, while still familiarizes students with, texts in queer theory/studies as they intersect with communication studies. [Communication and Culture subarea] Prerequisite(s): COMM-11100 [AH, D, SJ]
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COMM 23300 - Mediated Gender, Race, and Sexuality Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(COMS, GMDS, WGSS)
MEDIATED GENDER, RACE, AND SEXUALITY This course will examine and evaluate the construction and representation of gender, race, and sexuality in contemporary American society; the relationship between commercialized systems of representation; and the way that gender, race, and sexuality are thought of and organized in the culture. In particular, we will look at how visual imagery impacts gender, racial, and sexual identity, and the process of identity construction and socialization. [Media Studies subarea] Prerequisite(s): COMM-11100, Minimum grade C- Alternate Years. [D, HSS]
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COMM 23500 - Media, Culture and Society Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(COMS, FILM, GMDS)
MEDIA, CULTURE AND SOCIETY This course provides an introduction to the social and cultural roles of mass media in contemporary society. It focuses on how media and their surrounding economic framework affect cultural, political, and ideological processes. We will examine a range of media forms in their social historical context (including print, telegraphy, cinema, broadcasting, cable, and computing), and will also consider different theoretical approaches to the study of media influence, the formation of meaning, cultural production and consumption, and cultural power. [Media Studies subarea] Prerequisite(s): COMM-11100, Minimum grade C- Alternate Years.
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COMM 23700 - Visual Rhetoric Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
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VISUAL RHETORIC This course analyzes the production, composition, circulation, and reception of visual texts such as photographs, posters, portraits, sculptures, maps, and memes. It focuses on training students to analyze how images construct visual arguments and perform rhetorical actions such as resisting, commodifying, authorizing, and memorializing. Through regular reading response papers, a visual museum project, a video panel discussion, and two examinations, students will learn to critique the visual arguments constructed by an image and formulate cogent written and oral arguments about the role of visual texts in public life. The course also fulfills in part the College’s writing requirement for graduation. [Rhetoric and Politics subarea] Prerequisite(s): COMM-11100 [AH, W]
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COMM 25000 - Rhetoric & Civic Engagement Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
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RHETORIC & CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. This course surveys basic concepts of rhetoric or persuasive symbol use and their intersection with civic life. The course interweaves classical and contemporary concepts to examine how words, images, narratives, and arguments shape our social and cultural identities and impact public life through their influence on our perceptions of social reality, our communication about social and political issues, and the civic and rhetorical roles of a range of publics, from dominant groups to dissenting groups to transnational publics. Topics include: rhetoric as symbolic action; language, visual rhetoric, argument, and narrative as forms of symbolic action; and rhetors, audiences, rhetorical situations, and publics and counterpublics as components of symbolic action. [Rhetoric and Politics subarea] Prerequisite(s): COMM-11100, Minimum grade C- Alternate Years. [AH, D, SJ]
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COMM 25100 - Communication & Social Protest Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(COMS)
COMMUNICATION & SOCIAL PROTEST This course focuses on how social justice movements–both in the U.S. and globally, use communication to further their cause. In the class, we will examine how power and privilege lead to inequities that social justice movements attempt to remedy; how establishment figures, institutions, and sometimes other social movements use their resources and overcome obstacles and achieve their goals. Students will also gain practical skills to help them better analyze messages about social justice and to inform and advocate on its behalf. [Rhetoric and Politics subarea] Prerequisite(s): COMM-11100 [AH, D, SJ]
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COMM 25200 - Argumentation & Persuasion Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
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ARGUMENTATION AND PERSUASION The course examines both the theoretical and pragmatic aspects of argumentation as they relate to decision-making and the persuasion of both self and others. The goals of the course are to familiarize students with the basic concepts of argumentation and reasoning, to teach students how to articulate cogent arguments in both written and oral form, and to improve students’ abilities to analyze the arguments of others. [Rhetoric and Politics subarea] Prerequisite(s): COMM-11100, Minimum grade C- Alternate Years. [AH, SJ]
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COMM 25400 - Political Rhetoric Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(COMS)
POLITICAL RHETORIC This course examines the role that rhetoric plays in constructing and shaping our political realities. Topics include the nature of political rhetoric, rhetoric and issue construction, campaign discourse, political rhetoric and the news, domestic issue management, foreign policy rhetoric, issue advocacy and the disenfranchised, and the ethics of political discourse. The course aims to sharpen students’ critical skills in analyzing and evaluating political rhetoric, and to provide students with a greater awareness of both the artistry and potential manipulation of political discourse. [Rhetoric and Politics subarea] Prerequisite(s): COMM-11100, Minimum grade C- Alternate Years. [AH, SJ]
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COMM 25600 - Asian Political Rhetoric Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
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ASIAN POLITICAL RHETORIC This course introduces students to the features of argumentation and public address in Asian countries. Students will apply perspectives from Asian and Western rhetorical canons to critique political messages by leaders of Asian countries and connect themes in historical speeches to contemporary Asian politics. Through reading responses, speaker case studies, analyses of speech texts, a Rhetorics of Asia museum project, and a semester research project, students will engage with topics such as values and practices in Asian argumentation, the identity paradoxes of Asian female orators, transnational oratory, and the rhetorics of independence in Asian countries. [Rhetoric and Politics subarea] Prerequisite(s): COMM-11100 [AH, GE]
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COMM 25700 - Communication & Collective Memory Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
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COMMUNICATION & COLLECTIVE MEMORY This course investigates how communication helps create collective memories of events, people, and eras, and how those memories may sustain us, lead us astray, and/or promote conflict. Moreover, the class examines how communication can lead to “forgetting” that may be negative and/or positive in nature. We will examine topics ranging from the American Civil War to Tiananmen Square to post-Apartheid South Africa. As part of our exploration, we will strive for greater intercultural competence in understanding messages and responses to messages about memory, and will focus on how power, privilege, and culture shape the way in which events are remembered. [Communication and Culture subarea] Prerequisite(s): COMM-11100 [AH, D, W]
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COMM 25900 - Communicating Public Policy Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(COMS)
COMMUNICATING PUBLIC POLICY This course draws on communication principles to craft and critique public policies in settings ranging from European and Asian metropolises to rural Appalachia. It focuses on the role of rhetoric in public policy, that is, the language and symbols that are used to persuade people to take action on a certain public problem. In particular, the course will investigate how governments, businesses, activists, and the news media use symbols, images, arguments, issue frames, and numerical data in ways that shape our perceptions of public problems and their likely solutions. [Rhetoric and Politics subarea] Prerequisite(s): COMM-11100 [HSS, SJ]
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COMM 26000 - Environmental Communication Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(COMS, ENVS)
ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATION This course examines how different groups have symbolically constructed and discussed the environment and the consequences of such symbolic frames. Over the course of the semester, the class will cover topics such as public participation in environmental decisions, conflict resolution and collaboration in environmental disputes, media and the environment, risk communication, environmental advocacy campaigns, environmental justice campaigns, messages about the environment from science and industry, and the phenomenon of green marketing. Students will also gain practical skills to help them better analyze messages about the environment and to inform and advocate on its behalf. [Communication and Culture subarea] Prerequisite(s): COMM-11100 (Except for ENVS majors) [AH, SJ]
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COMM 26200 - Communication and Conflict Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(COMS)
COMMUNICATION & CONFLICT This course is designed to provide students with knowledge about the major theories, models, principles and research findings regarding interpersonal conflict. In addition, this course will examine interpersonal conflict in a variety of contexts such as conflict in organizations, groups, families and romantic relationships. [Relational Communication subarea] Prerequisite(s): COMM-11100, Minimum grade C- [W]
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COMM 26300 - Health Communication Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(COMS)
HEALTH COMMUNICATION This course will investigate the nature of health communication through theory, research, and skills associated with communicating in various care contexts. This will include communication among providers, family caregivers, patients, healthcare organizations, and in mediated messages of health information and the politics of health care. We will examine the social, cultural, political, and personal aspects of health in order that you may become more mindful, educated, and effective health communicators. In addition, this course will examine a variety of theories used in health communication and explore such national health issues as health disparities, health literacy, patient safety, and healthcare reform. [Relational Communication subarea] Prerequisite(s): COMM-11100 [HSS]
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COMM 26400 - Communication & Technology Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(COMS)
Communication and Technology This course is an introduction to contemporary issues in communication technologies. We will explore the social, political, cultural, and economic impacts of new technology. This course examines the relationship between communication, technological, and social change. The course will survey key historical technologies and focus on key aspects of the Internet and other new media technologies. We will discuss new media industry trends, regulatory and digital divide issues, impacts of new technologies on the telecommunications industry and society. Technology is a cause and response to larger social changes. We will discuss such changes at the individual, organizational and societal level. [Media Studies subarea] Prerequisite(s): COMM-11100 [AH]
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COMM 29901 - Serials and Social Justice / Digital Age Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(COMS, ENGL)
SERIALS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN THE DIGITAL AGE This team-taught writing seminar will begin by surveying serial storytelling techniques as well as the history of the form, beginning with Dickens’s nineteenth-century novels and moving through the wide range of media-art, comics, film, television, podcasts, and so on that have adopted and adapted the serial form. What functions do serials serve for consumers? For producers? How are plots configured to extend across time while meeting the (perceived) needs of diverse audiences? How does the genre, and the ways in which it is constructed, represent social diversity and engage with questions of social justice? Students will develop a critical vocabulary to assess the serial genre while analyzing the economic and cultural issues surrounding serial production and consumption. In the last half of the course, students will apply their learning by writing and producing a serial narrative of their own. Prerequisite(s): COMM-11100, Minimum grade C- [AH, C]
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