Practical experience in informative and persuasive speaking in contemporary speaker-audience situations. Evaluation by class members and instructor with the aid of audio and video tape. Assignments in a variety of prose forms aim to develop the student's control of logic, organization, rhetoric and usage. Development of word processing skills. A focus on current issues having to do with cultural interactions.
Students analyze cultural dynamics through ethnographic projects, films and simulations.
This course is designed as preparation for SST or for living in settings unlike one's native home. Course work includes assisting WGCS managers in such areas as programming, production, and operations. Comm 199, Intro to Radio. This course introduces students to the basics of producing in audio and video media. It explores the physical aspects of light and sound and the tools for capturing and using these elements in media production.