Prerequisite course for 400-level human communication courses. Emphasis is on content strategies, alternate organizational patterns, speaking style, and use of language. Comm 311 Copyediting and Design 4 credits Instruction and practice in editing newspaper copy, writing headlines, and applying design techniques including use of photos, color, graphic elements, and typography. Includes desktop computer and paste-up experience. Comm 324 Nonverbal Communication 4 credits Nonlinguistic aspects of human communication.
Students review literature and use exercises to promote awareness of nonverbal message exchanges.
Comm 325 Advanced Interpersonal Communication 4 credits Focuses on how communication affects interpersonal relationships during relationship development, maintenance, and decay. Speaking 4 credits Theory of and practice in the oral presentation of literature. Emphasis is on developing verbal skills for presenting one's interpretation of various selections of prose and poetry. Culminates in the preparation and presentation of a manuscript speech. Comm 330 Interviewing and Listening 4 credits Examination and development of interviewee and interviewer skills in job selection interviews, as well as development of social scientific interviewing techniques.