The Courses

(All courses carry 3 credits unless otherwise noted.)

101 Communication-First Year Introduction (both sem) 1 cr

191COMM1 First Year Seminar 1 cr

118 Introduction to Interpersonal Communication and Culture

121 Introduction to Media and Culture (both sem)

122 Introduction to Media Programming and Institutions (both sem)

125 Introduction to Rhetoric & Performance (both sem)

140 Introduction to Film Studies (both sem)

212 Cultural Codes in Communication (SBG) 4 cr

226 Social Impact of Mass Media

228 Visual Communication

231 Film and Television Production Concepts

250 Interpersonal Communication (SB) (both sem)

260 Public Speaking (both sem)

265 Democracy and Rhetoric

271 Humor in Society (SB)

287 Advertising as Social Communication 4 cr

288 Gender, Sex and Representation 4 cr

310 Social Influence and Persuasion

318 Comparative Communication Theory

319 Health Communication (1st sem)

320 Culture, Communication and Social Identities

331 Program Process in Television (both sem)

332 Convergent Media and Activism

334 Media History and Communication Policy

335 Media and Education 4 cr

336 Consumer Culture

338 Children, Teens, and Media

340 History of Film I (1st sem)

342 History of Film II

343 Women, Cinema of African Diaspora

345 Contemporary World Cinema

375 Writing as Communication (both sem)

387 Media, Public Relations and Propaganda 4 cr

390AH Race, Media & Politics

393C Issues in World Cinema

394AI Applied Communication: Professional Experience

394CI Communication Inquiry

394PI Peer Advising & Leadership Seminar I

394RI Race, Gender and the Sitcom

397AV Intercultural Communication

397B Introduction to Studio Directing

397PR Performance/Politics of Race

397SS Youth, Democracy & Entertainment Industry

397TV Studio Operation, Productin Design

414 Studying Everyday Talk

415 Humor and Public Culture

426 Media Violence

427 Media Literacy

433 Advanced Television Production and Direction (2nd sem)

437 Global Communication Theories & Issues

441 Principles and Techniques of Film-style Production (both sem)

444 Film Styles and Genres

445 Screenwriting

446 Film Documentary

491G Feminist Media Justice 4 cr

491S Introduction to Semiotics

491X Social Media and Political Communication

492G Cultures in Conversation

492N Nonverbal Communication

492P Conflict and Collaboration

493C Countercultural Films

493L Experimental Film and Video

493M Fashion, Media, Culture, Style

494AB Hollywood Film, Diversity and Adaptation

494AI Media and the Family

494EI Rhetoric, Ethics and the Good Life

494FI Food as Communication

494MI Music, Culture and Communication

494PI Horror and Public Culture

494R Intercultural Communication

494SI Future of the Information Society

494TI Talk in the Media

495A Performance Ethnography

497AD Cinematic Bodies/Cross Culture

497AK Communication, Ecology, Sustainability

497NM New Media Theory

497QP Queer Performance & Publics

497VP Video Production: Advanced Topics

514 Social Uses of Language

593D Advanced Screenwriting

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