Study of visual and verbal aspects of mass media communication using various critical frameworks, including rhetorical, ideological, semiotic, argumentation, and narrative analysis. 3 cr. hrs. Investigates the dynamics of human communication in building, maintaining, or altering interpersonal relationships. Relevant interpersonal communication theories will be used to analyze human relationship behaviors. 3 cr. hrs.
Course provides an introduction to the dynamics of intercultural communication.
Content includes the importance of understanding one's own culture, the culture similarities and differences in communication, relationships, and the workplace, and the ability to adapt to various cultures. Advanced course exposes students to theories of organizational communication and to methods used in their application. Emphasis on solving actual problems is applied wherever possible to organizations in which the students participate. Study of human and technical communication systems in organizations. Emphasis on using communication audits to assess organizational system needs, then designing and implementing systems to meet those needs.