Students create a complex publication using many of the features essential to professional desktop publishing. Includes elements of design and typography. Comm 342 Persuasion 4 credits Study and practice of persuasive communication. Examines social and psychological foundations, ethical issues, and contemporary theory and practice. Comm 343 Argumentation, Debate, and Critical Thinking 4 credits Explores critical thinking and its direct application to propositions of value and public policy.
Students participate in two debates.
Includes writing, editing, photography, production, advertising, and sales. Students need not be enrolled to be a member of newspaper staff, but must be enrolled to receive academic credit. No more than 6 credits may be applied toward major. Comm 361 Reporting 4 credits Focuses on reporting governmental affairs, specialized reporting, and investigative reporting. Analyzes budgets and information gathering techniques.