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2020-2021 Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Communication Studies, B.A.
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TENURED AND TENURE-TRACK FACULTY:
Denise Bostdorff, Chair
Ahmet Atay
Michelle Johnson
Rohini Singh
Communication Studies focuses on how messages in various media (spoken, written, printed, photographic, electronic, digital) are produced, used, and interpreted within and across different contexts, channels, and cultures. Communication Studies examines how people arrive at shared meanings through an interchange of messages or, in other words, the symbolic processes through which meanings and social realities are created and performed. The origin of Communication Studies goes back to ancient times and, in the past, the discipline emphasized public speaking alone. Today the discipline studies symbolic processes - whether oral, written, nonverbal, or mediated/visual - in a variety of contexts: interpersonal communication, groups, and organizations; politics and public policy; social movements; environmental communication; intercultural communication; health contexts; conflict; gender and sexuality; globalization; and visual rhetoric, media, and digital communication. The department encourages students to engage in the complex relations between communication and culture. Communication Studies majors learn how to be more effective communicators and how to be critical analysts of communication, thereby preparing them for life as enlightened citizens, dedicated advocates, and savvy professionals in a variety of career paths in business, politics, media, education, law, healthcare, religion, and the nonprofit sector.
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Major in Communication Studies
Consists of ten courses. No more than 2 courses (including 11100) at the 100-level may be taken to fulfill the minimum requirements of the major:
Special Notes
- Majors in the Communication Studies track must complete the first of their two methods courses (COMM 35100 , COMM 35200 , COMM 35300 or GMDS 30000) no later than the spring of their junior year. Majors should also complete the theory course (COMM 31100 ) prior to the first semester of Senior Independent Study (COMM 45100 ); normally, this will entail registration in COMM 31100 in the fall of the junior year.
- In addition to demonstrating proficiency in research and writing through Independent Study, a major in the Communication Studies track must demonstrate proficiency in public speaking, as certified by all faculty members in the Department of Communication, based upon the student’s oral presentation of their Senior Independent Study proposal. These public presentations will typically be scheduled for the early spring semester, and students will be provided with specific guidelines to follow. The faculty also encourages majors to seek the help of their advisers in preparing their presentations.
- No more than two Communication Studies and/or Communication Sciences and Disorders courses can be applied toward the general education requirements.
- No courses may be taken for the major on a S/NC basis.
- Only grades of C- or better are accepted for the major or minor.
Cross-listed Courses Accepted for Communication Studies Credit
Africana Studies
AFST 24200. Martin, Malcolm & Mandela [C, HSS, AH, D, SJ]
AFST 24600. Africana Popular Culture [AH, C, D]
English
ENGL 29901. Serials and Social Justice/ Digital Age [AH, C]
History
HIST 20101. History of the News [HSS, W]
Political Science
PSCI 21200. Presidential Leadership in Am Politics [HSS]
PSCI 21501. Topics in Constitutional Law andAppellate Advocacy [W]
PSCI 21900. Voice of the People, Opn & Voting [HSS, QL]
Psychology
PSYC 21500. Psychology of Women & Gender [HSS]
PSYC 22000. Stereotypes & Prejudice [C, HSS, D]
Sociology and Anthropology
SOCI 20900. Inequality in America [HSS]
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