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. Exposes students to theories of organizational communication and to methods used in their application. Emphasis is on solving actual business and organizational communication problems. Provides instruction about news reporting of public affairs, and covers such areas as crime and police, courts, government, politics, and education.
Students learn the common problems and techniques for covering public affairs agencies.
Survey of various forms of opinion writing. Includes instruction in writing and critiqued written assignments. Instruction in writing feature stories. Students study, write, and critique a number of kinds of stories, including recollections, profiles, issue stories, travel and leisure features, and trend articles. Examines journalism as both an institution and as a set of historically grounded social practices.