2019-2020 Undergraduate Course Catalog 
    
    Jun 25, 2024  
2019-2020 Undergraduate Course Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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Communication Design

  
  • CMD 550 - Communication Design Problems

    School of Design
    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    Individual instruction in various areas of editorial design. In mixed-level groups, students develop projects according to individual interests and abilities. Strategic planning based on research and marketing principles. CMD 450 students also develop writing and presentation skills.
    Repeatable

Cognitive Science

  
  • COG 100 - Selected Topics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-6 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
    Repeatable
  
  • COG 200 - Selected Topics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-6 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
    Repeatable
  
  • COG 301 - Introduction to Cognitive Science

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: NEU 301 
    Concepts and methods in the study and explanation of cognition. Knowledge that underlies such abilities as vision, language use, and problem solving. How it is represented and used. Comparison of methods in different disciplines studying cognition.
  
  • COG 490 - Independent Study

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    In-depth exploration of a problem or problems. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor or instructors and the department.
    Repeatable

Communications

  
  • COM 101 - Practical Grammar for Public Communications

    S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
    1 credit(s) Every semester
    Understanding how Standard American English is used in Public Communications and developing the skills to apply that knowledge to writing and speaking.
  
  • COM 107 - Communications and Society

    S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Mass media and their functions. Contemporary problems of the media; legal, social, economic, and psychological implications of their relationships with society. Required of all students in the school.
  
  • COM 117 - Multimedia Storytelling

    S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Working in collaborative teams, students write, design and produce short fiction and non-fiction stories using digital media and the Internet. Emphasis on how story structures change with audience and delivery system.
  
  • COM 180 - International Course

    S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
    1-6 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution’s practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student’s transcript.
  
  • COM 200 - Selected Topics

    S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
    1-6 credit(s) Irregularly
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
    Repeatable
  
  • COM 300 - Selected Topics

    S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
    1-6 credit(s) Irregularly
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
    Repeatable
  
  • COM 337 - Real News, Fake News: Literacy for the Information Age

    S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Critical-thinking skills to distinguish news from other information, such as commentary and propaganda, and to judge quality of news and sources. For non-journalism majors.
  
  • COM 344 - Diversity and Media Issues

    S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
    1 credit(s) Every semester
    Students will develop understanding of concepts such as social identity, stereotyping, ideology and hegemony. Apply concepts to areas such as news, sports media and contemporary music, through the use of case studies and online discussions.
    PREREQ: COM 107 
  
  • COM 346 - Race, Gender, and the Media

    S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Introduction of fundamental issues of diversity that confront media workers and audiences. Topics include roles, obligations, stereotypes, ownership of media in a multicultural society.
    PREREQ: COM 107 
  
  • COM 347 - Federal Government & the Media

    S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    How journalists affect the policies and actions of government and how government officials seek to inform, influence, and sometimes obstruct the media. Topics include an examination of ethics and outcomes of often flawed media efforts.
  
  • COM 348 - Beauty and Diversity in Fashion Media

    S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    The issues that arise in the fashion industry and the messages that it communicates to the public through its associated media outlets.
  
  • COM 400 - Selected Topics

    S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
    1-6 credit(s) Irregularly
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
    Repeatable
  
  • COM 408 - Advertising and Public Relations Law

    S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
    2 credit(s) Every semester
    A survey of legal issues relevant to advertising and public relations. Specific topics will include free speech, corporate speech, advertising regulations, political advertising, intellectual property, and defamation.
  
  • COM 411 - Social and Public Issues in Public Communications

    S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Problems in decision making for mass-media professionals and institutions in context of current social and cultural issues.
  
  • COM 427 - Social Media for Communicators

    S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Course examines strategic use of digital and social media platforms and tools for professional communication purposes, with emphasis on hands-on experience and skill. Students learn to analyze social media for communication industries.
  
  • COM 430 - Topics in Digital Media Content Strategies

    S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Double Numbered with: COM 630
    Students will develop skills that enhance a digital media property’s social media and distributed content. Leading media properties such as Buzzfeed will rotate by section as industry partner. Additional work is required of graduate students.
  
  • COM 434 - Trendspotting in Digital Media

    S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Double Numbered with: COM 634
    Students analyze current and future technologies, searching for innovative and disruptive new media, platforms, and careers. They will learn strategies to recognize potential trends. Additional work is required of graduate students.
  
  • COM 470 - Experience Credit

    S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    Participation in a discipline- or subject-related experience. Students must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Limited to those in good academic standing.
    Repeatable
  
  • COM 490 - Independent Study

    S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    In-depth exploration of a problem or problems. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor or instructors and the department.
    Repeatable
  
  • COM 499 - Honors Capstone Project

    S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
    1-3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Completion of an Honors Capstone Project under the supervision of a faculty member.
    Repeatable 2 time(s), 3 credits maximum
  
  • COM 500 - Selected Topics

    S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
    1-6 credit(s) Irregularly
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
    Repeatable
  
  • COM 505 - Communications Law for Journalists

    S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Survey of communications law emphasizing First Amendment issues: libel, privacy, confidentiality, access to information, etc. for journalists. Students may not receive credit for more than one of the following: COM 505,506,507.
  
  • COM 506 - Communications Law for Television, Radio, Film

    S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Survey of communications law emphasizing First Amendment and regulatory law as they pertain to television, radio, film. Students may not receive credit for more than one of the following: COM 505,506, 507.
  
  • COM 507 - Communications Law for Advertising and Public Relations

    S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Survey of communications law emphasizing applications to advertising and public relations. Students may not receive credit for more than one of the following: COM 505,506,507.
  
  • COM 509 - Communications Law for Public Communicators

    S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    The course covers the First Amendment; systems of media regulation; corporate speech and election-related speech; commercial speech (advertising regulation); defamation; privacy; access to places, documents and meetings; reporter/source confidentiality; and intellectual property.
  
  • COM 515 - History of Media in the United States in the Modern Age

    S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Print and electronic media in the United States in the context of social and political developments in the 20th century.
  
  • COM 527 - International Communications

    S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Communication of news and opinion among nations and under varying types of social, political, and economic systems. Roles of mass media, news agencies, governments, and communications systems. Offered at SU Abroad Centers in London and Strasbourg.

Counseling

  
  • COU 101 - Developmental Issues of College Age Adults

    School of Education
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Issues of college students such as time management, identity development, intimacy, sexuality, alcohol and drug use, conflict management, interpersonal communications, dealing with diversity, choosing a major and a career.
  
  • COU 585 - General Counseling Methods

    School of Education
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    For non-majors, introduces students to fundamental components of the practice of counseling for application in a variety of professional settings. This course cannot be used to waive a required course for a master’s program in Counseling and Human Services.

Computational Science

  
  • CPS 100 - Selected Topics

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    1-6 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
    Repeatable
  
  • CPS 155 - Introduction to Cyber Security

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Introductory concepts of: network organization and operation security. Differentiate among physical, organizational and personal security. Introduce mechanisms and history of software, hardware and OS security. Significant hands-on laboratory component with demonstrations and projects.
  
  • CPS 181 - Introduction to Computing

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Organization of computers, elementary programming, and problem solving. Applications in such areas as calculation and visualization, communication, databases, graphics, and artificial intelligence. Origins of the modern digital computer, future trends, social impact, abuses. Includes lab.
  
  • CPS 185 - Introduction to Animation and Game Development

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    This course provides a visual introduction to computer programming. Students will learn the basics of programming and high-level 3-dimensional animation together, while programming animations and games for assignments and an integrative final project.
  
  • CPS 196 - Introduction to Computer Programming

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Basic computing concepts, data representation, problem definition, algorithms and flow charts, programming exercises. Students may not receive credit for both CPS 196 and ECS 102 .
  
  • CPS 234 - Introduction to Computational Thinking

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Computational-thinking skills developed through team-based problem solving. Fundamental concepts of computation, including algorithms, data organization, and computational strategies. Application of those concepts to solve problems from multiple settings and disciplines.
  
  • CPS 290 - Independent Study

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    1-6 credit(s)
    Repeatable
  
  • CPS 300 - Selected Topics

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    1-6 credit(s) Irregularly
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
  
  • CPS 333 - UNIX Operating System and Internet

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s)
    UNIX operating system: commands, hierarchical file systems, editors, windowing, networking, security, administration. Emphasis on shell programming, awk scripts, sed, e-mail, newsgroups, Internet, telnet/ftp, search tools (Archie, Gopher, WAIS, Mosaic). For non-majors in computer science.
  
  • CPS 335 - JAVA programming for the Internet

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s)
    Introduction to JAVA, object-oriented programming concepts and windows programming. Variables and data types, expression evaluation, control, stand-alone programs, inheritance, polymorphism, applets, graphics classes, arrays and strings, interfaces, threads, windows, widgets, animation, sound, libraries.
  
  • CPS 430 - Topics in Computational Science

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    A variety of subjects surveyed or a particular subject in depth.
    Repeatable 3 time(s), 12 credits maximum
  
  • CPS 490 - Independent Study

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    1-6 credit(s)
    In-depth exploration of a problem or problems. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor and the department.
    Repeatable
  
  • CPS 501 - Selected Topics

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    0 credit(s) Irregularly
  
  • CPS 504 - Introduction to C++

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s)
    Object oriented programming in C++: classes, derived classes, data abstraction, inheritance, and access control. Substantial programming assignments. For students not majoring in computer science.
    PREREQ: CPS 196 
  
  • CPS 506 - Introduction to C

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s)
    Programming in C: data types, control structures; the preprocessor; arrays and pointers. Substantial programming assignments. For students in computer science.
  
  • CPS 551 - Computer Organization & Operating System Design

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Fundamentals of computer organization and operating systems design. Computer organization topics: CPU & pipeline architecture, data representation and memory hierarchies, assembly language and instruction sets. Operating system concepts: system calls, processes, threads, synchronization, memory management, input-output, traps, and file systems.
    Repeatable 1 time(s), 3 credits maximum

Creative Leadership

  
  • CRL 100 - Selected Topics

    University College
    1-6 credit(s) Irregularly
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
  
  • CRL 200 - Selected Topics

    University College
    1-6 credit(s) Irregularly
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
  
  • CRL 300 - Selected Topics

    University College
    1-6 credit(s) Irregularly
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
  
  • CRL 301 - Introduction to Creative Leadership

    University College
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Introduction to concepts of creative leadership. Principles related to foundational competencies of creative problemsolving; divergent thinking; gathering and using data to make informed decisions; and strategic and visionary thinking.
  
  • CRL 311 - Professional Issues in Creative Leadership

    University College
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Emphasizes leadership in the 21st century that requires creative skills to seek opportunity, anticipate the unexpected, redefinition of excellence, innovative practices, and skills to build and share momentum in multi-generational teams.
  
  • CRL 313 - Strategic Leadership in Professional Studies

    University College
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    A macro view of the important role of the strategic leader in today¿s world; entails making informed, purposeful decisions. A framework that examines the personal, communal, organizational, and broad environmental realms a leader operates in.
  
  • CRL 400 - Selected Topics

    University College
    1-6 credit(s) Irregularly
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
  
  • CRL 490 - Independent Study

    University College
    1-6 credit(s)
    In-depth exploration of a problem or problems. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor or instructors and the department.
    Repeatable

Communication and Rhetorical Studies

  
  • CRS 100 - Selected Topics

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    1 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
  
  • CRS 125 - Law and Legal Communication

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) Only during the summer
    Introduction to basic concepts in the criminal justice system. Principles of argumentation, persuasion, and legal communication as a part of mock trial preparation.
  
  • CRS 181 - Concepts & Perspectives in Communication Studies

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Overview of everyday interaction and extent to which content and forms of communication shape social realities. Broad introduction to field of communication.
  
  • CRS 183 - Concepts and Perspectives in Rhetorical Studies

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    History of rhetorical studies from classical antiquity to contemporary times. Explores conceptualizations and understandings which serve as a method of recognizing, analyzing, and evaluating persuasive impulses.
  
  • CRS 225 - Public Advocacy

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Principles, practice, and criticism of informative, persuasive, and ceremonial speeches. Enhances student capacity to respond appropriately to a variety of speaking situations.
  
  • CRS 230 - Intergroup Dialogue

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Crosslisted with: CFE 230 , SOC 230 , WGS 230  
    Guided intergroup communication skills. Cycle of socialization; social identities, and social structures that create and maintain inequality; power of dynamic of racism, sexism, and other systems of oppression. Students explore conflict and enact collaboration to deepen understanding.
    Repeatable 1 time(s), 6 credits maximum
  
  • CRS 270 - Experience Credit

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    1-6 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Participation in a discipline- or subject-related experience. Students must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Limited to those in good academic standing.
    Repeatable, 6 credits maximum
  
  • CRS 287 - Foundations of Inquiry in Human Communication

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Introduction to the various issues, arguments, positions, and concerns that frame the research methods and techniques that guide the study of communications.
  
  • CRS 290 - Independent Study

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    1-6 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    In-depth exploration of a problem or problems. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor or instructors and the department.
  
  • CRS 313 - Nonverbal Communication

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Nonverbal message systems in interpersonal communication. Factors affecting the nature and quality of interaction: spatial, temporal, gestural, artifactual, tactile, and cultural.
  
  • CRS 314 - Performance Studies

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Performance as a political project that privileges the body as a site of knowledge. The politics, implications, and possibilities of personal narratives.
  
  • CRS 315 - Emerging Domains in Communication Studies

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Double Numbered with: CRS 615
    This course explores developing areas of human and non-human communication in academic and applied contexts, especially in relation to digital culture. Focus on the how and why of communication transformation, and its socio-cultural and political implications. Additional work for graduate students.
  
  • CRS 316 - Introduction to Visual Culture

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Crosslisted with: ART 316 , TRM 316 
    Introduction to critical approaches that illuminate how modes of visual culture function as rhetoric, commerce, art, and ideological expression. Examines how institutional frameworks shape global image circulation.
  
  • CRS 317 - Innovation in Communication and Rhetoric

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Double Numbered with: CRS 617
    Understanding innovation as a communication and rhetorical phenomenon, and to identify how innovation emerges from different communication and rhetorical practices.
  
  • CRS 323 - Communication and Gender

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Exploration of assumptions underlying different approaches to gender and communication. Gender and power implications of understanding communication as socially constructing identity and societal structures.
  
  • CRS 325 - Presentational Speaking

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Conceptual and practical dimensions of formal presentations in organizational settings. Analysis, adaptation, strategic arrangement and development of ideas, verbal and nonverbal presentational skills.
  
  • CRS 327 - Speechwriting

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: CRS 627
    Principles and practices of writing ceremonial and persuasive speeches for clients. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: CRS 225  OR CRS 325 
  
  • CRS 328 - Dialogue and Experience

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Introduction to the notion of dialogue as a way of embodying the world. It highlights the various concerns, issues, and ideas that surround the evolution of dialogue.
  
  • CRS 331 - Interpersonal Communication

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Application of communication theory to a wide variety of social situations. Assessing communication competence, problem solving, and relationship management.
  
  • CRS 333 - Small Group Communication

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Group communication as a decision making process. Problem solving. Critical and creative thinking, presentational skills. Designed to improve decision quality through discussion skills and the strategic application of group decision theories and techniques.
  
  • CRS 334 - Introduction to Argumentation

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Theoretical grounding for an argument-field approach. Includes critical understanding and use of evidence and reasoning in argument. Brief writing, cross-examination, argument construction and organization, issues analysis, and refutation and rebuttal.
  
  • CRS 335 - Leadership/Stewardship Communication

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Leader-follower relations as they are constituted communicatively in partnerships. Communication competencies emphasized include empowerment, innovation, ethics, conflict, and influence.
  
  • CRS 336 - Communication and Organizational Diversity

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Diversity issues in organizations. Self reflection on assumptions about difference. Organizations and differences as communicatively constituted.
    PREREQ: CRS 181 
  
  • CRS 337 - Race, Ethnicity and Communication

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    This course explores the social, cultural, and political intersections of race, ethnicity, and communication through interdisciplinary theory, critical analysis, and applied practices. 
  
  • CRS 338 - Communication in Organizations

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Principles and practices of organizational communication, including methods of assessing communication practices. Various communication perspectives are applied to case studies and organizational activities.
  
  • CRS 339 - Communication, Space and Design

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Examination of spaces and designs as rhetorical and communication phenomena. How we organize space and, in turn, how the organization of our spaces shapes how we interact, organize, and relate to others and the world.
  
  • CRS 345 - Topics in Debate

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Examines the influence of debates in political contexts. May examine presidential, legislative, judicial or public forum debates and influence of debating in political communication.
  
  • CRS 347 - Mindful Communication Skills

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Develop communication skills including awareness of self-talk, anxiety/stress, listening and speaking habits, and sense of self that create and affect communication patterns. Responding rather than reacting in communication episodes.
  
  • CRS 355 - Political Communication

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Investigates the relationship between communication and politics. Highlights communication-related issues involved in political processes and focuses on the extent to which communication is an essential aspect of political systems.
  
  • CRS 360 - Communication and Rhetorical Studies in Perspective

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Development of theories of communication and rhetoric that enhance the understanding of their impact on human behavior.
    Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
  
  • CRS 368 - Rhetoric of Social Change

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    This course considers the role of rhetoric in the creation, definition, development, function, and study of social movements.
  
  • CRS 375 - Rhetoric and Public Memory

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Investigates the rhetoric of public memory, or the ways that communities create and communicate knowledge of the past from one generation to the next.
  
  • CRS 377 - Communication, Nature & Sustainability

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    How does communication mediate the relationship between people and nature? What are the different environmental discourses and rhetorics which affect how we conceive our place in nature? Are these sustainable?
  
  • CRS 383 - Rhetorical Dimensions in Popular Culture

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Introduction to rhetorical approaches to popular culture.  Examines objects and practices of everyday life with particular attention to their symbolic and cultural messages.
    PREREQ: CRS 183  
  
  • CRS 384 - Discourse and Society

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    This course examines how discourse and social interaction works to constitute our social realities. Topics covered: meaning, context, sequence, narrative, politeness/face, talk-in-interaction, identity, power, dialects, and various language controversies.
  
  • CRS 423 - Contemporary Rhetorics of Gender and Sexuality

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Advanced exploration of rhetorics of gender and sexuality in contemporary contexts, emphasizing intersectionality of identities. Considers representations of feminism and queerness in popular and political discourses.
  
  • CRS 425 - Advanced Public Speaking

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Students create and deliver manuscript speeches on subjects of social, political, and philosophical interest. Emphasizes rhetorical style and concepts of eloquence.
    PREREQ: CRS 225  OR CRS 325  
  
  • CRS 426 - Persuasion

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Contemporary behaviorist, cognitive, and language-based theories of persuasion. Modes of inquiry used to investigate persuasion. The behavioral compared and contrasted with the rhetorical perspective.
  
  • CRS 430 - Intercultural Communication

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: CRS 630
    Principles and applications. Approaches and issues pertinent to effective communication across cultures and in multicultural societies. Verbal and nonverbal patterns. Culture shock.
  
  • CRS 432 - Political Communication: Inside the DC Beltway

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) Only during the summer
    Double Numbered with: CRS 632
    An examination of politics and communication as a mediated process
  
  • CRS 435 - Interviewing

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Dyadic communication principles. Adaptation of interpersonal communication to interviewing situations: in-depth informational, resume-based employment, and problem solving. Analysis of student-designed survey questionnaires. Normal and stressful interpersonal relationships.
  
  • CRS 436 - Feminist Rhetoric(s)

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: WGS 436 , WRT 436 
    Double Numbered with: CRS 636
    Feminist rhetoric from both a historical and global context, utilizing both primary and secondary readings in order to gain a sense of breadth and depth in the field of feminist rhetoric. Additional work required of graduate students.
 

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