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Legal Communication explores key issues and topics in the practice of trial law: speech presentations of statements, client-based listening, voir dire and the role of media in trials.  Issues in client-based communication are explored, as well. Students learn about research related to expert testimony, jury deliberation, and judicial instruction.  The course also provides an applied approach to bargaining, negotiation, and mediation, the practice of Restorative Justice, and mock trial simulations.  The course is specific to communication but uses an interdisciplinary approach to explore issues in the field of law.

Examines the law governing mass media as well as ethical dilemmas in media. Explores the process of establishing high standards as well as understanding choices to be made when faced with legal and ethical decisions regarding mass media.

Explores basic concepts, principles, and skills for improving interpersonal interaction among persons from different backgrounds.  Examines the impact of a variety of domestic and global contexts on human communication.

Emphasizes central role of persuasion in developing professional presentations for live and media audiences.

Focuses on advertising from a managerial viewpoint. Includes administration, advertising research agency relationships, media selection, budget regulation and campaign planning. 

Study of assertive communication skills to diagnose and solve personal and professional communication problems, develop persuasive interviewing skills, listen and respond creatively, give and take productive criticism and use feedback to analyze and enhance communication.

Broadcast, public relations, communication or other appropriate and relevant internship with a commercial or public radio, television station or at other businesses or services concerned with mass media, public relations, or an aspect of business communication. Provides opportunities to apply concepts, ideas and techniques acquired in class. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

Continuation of COM 41063 Internship: Communication. Broadcast, public relations, communication or other appropriate and relevant internship with commercial or public radio, television station or at other businesses or services concerned with mass media, public relations, or an aspect of business communication. Provides opportunities to apply concepts, ideas and techniques acquired in class. Prerequisite: COM 41063 Communication Law and Ethics and consent of instructor.

Course applies concepts of speech and conflict theory.  Topics include enhancing skills in group facilitation, democratic deliberation, advanced argumentation strategies, and working with real communities to solve real problems through dialogue and deliberation.

White-Collar Crime focuses on a wide range of criminal activity that is committed by people who hold some privilege or are in an advantaged economic and political position .  We will explore how such crimes are socially defined and what is the background of the perpetrators and their victims while examining the social contexts that promote them. How do corporate and white-collar crime's economic, social, and political costs compare to street crime ? This course explores crimes such as embezzlement, fraud, and theft perpetrated within enterprises, including “underground” economic activities. The course also examines criminal violations of antitrust and environmental laws, securities fraud, fiduciary fraud, market crimes, and corrupt relationships between business and government. This course provides an examination of theory and research in the field of white-collar crime. Classic theoretical works and contemporary writings will be considered.

This is a laboratory coaching course in applied intercollegiate Forensics.  Both the coaching and pedagogical focus of the course explores competitive forensics in both high school and college.  Students gain practical experience in coaching individual events and various formats of debate.  Students will be expected to develop a pedagogical position, create a DEI statement, gain experience in judging, practice budgeting for speech and debate teams, as well as assisting with tournament planning and administration.

Capstone course that guides student in applying key communication theories and research to students' chosen specialization. Emphasis on pivotal role of communication professionals in organizations.

Capstone course culminating in a project or paper fulfilling senior comprehensive examination requirements for a specific communication emphasis area. Must be taken in final semester of attendance.

This interdisciplinary course explores the interaction between people and media technologies. Itanalyzes the mediaticlanguagewhile conceptualizing how it definespopular culture using research-based Applied Psychology and Communication concepts.It is only possible to understand the world around us today byconsideringthe impact of digital interactions in shaping our belief systems, life goalsand expectations, behaviors at work, lifestyle choices, intimate relationships, body image, and personal and collective identity. This coursewill scrutinizehow people’s emotions affect how we use media and how the implicit or explicit messages conveyed by the mediarepresent ourindividuality or act as a demarcation tool to define popularculture. At its core, this course will teach students the ethical implications of the proper and improper representations of individual and collective cultural identity in media, including gender constructs, sexual orientation images, racial and ethnic symmetry, and cultural (mis)appropriation. This course is recommended for students interested in Applied Psychology,Counseling, Communications, Education, Advertising, Journalism, Digital Art, and Business, specifically, Market Studies, MarketingResearch, and Consumer Behavior. This course may also interest students who wish to understand the impact of digital culture in the world around us and within us.