Communication

Communication  - Undergraduate Courses 

CO 100 Human Communication (back to previous page)
Competencies and skills needed to communicate effectively in varied personal, relational, and professional contexts. Communication process, verbal/nonverbal communication, listening, persuasion, conflict management, and group decision-making are studied in interpersonal, public, mass, and organizational settings. Students are assisted in developing skills appropriate to real-life situations. Recommended for all students regardless of major. 3 credit hours.

CO 101 Fundamentals of Mass Communication (back to previous page)
Corequisite: CO 100. Introduction to the mass media of newspapers, film, magazines, radio, television, trade publications, and public relations. Course emphasizes media's impact on society. 3 credit hours.

CO 102 Writing for the Media (back to previous page)
A study of drills and exercises in writing television and radio news, news releases, speeches, public service announcements, and film documentaries. Emphasis is placed on firsthand practical experience assignments and criticism of completed copy. 3 credit hours.

CO 103 Audio in Media (back to previous page)
Concerned with sound as used in radio, television, and film. Course entails lectures, demonstration, and lab practice of sound production and transmission. Laboratory fee; 3 credit hours.

CO 109 Communication for Management and Business (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: CO 100. Introduction to the concepts and skills needed to communicate effectively in business and professional settings. Students develop communication competency by focusing on communication activities common to business and service organizations. Interpersonal communication, group and meeting communication, listening skills, interviewing, speeches, public and instructional presentations, and negotiation are stressed. 3 credit hours.

CO 114 Production Fundamentals (back to previous page)
Introduction to theory and technique in sound and video media. Several team projects will provide a fundamental production orientation in each medium as well as provide the environment to discuss goals and objectives of production. Laboratory fee; 3 credit hours.

CO 200 Theories of Group Communication (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: CO 100. Focus is on the dynamics of communication and group processes including leadership styles, team building, task and maintenance functions, problem-solving and decision-making, and conflict management. Students develop communication skills through class activities designed to maximize effective decision-making and evaluation. 3 credit hours.

CO 203 Radio Production (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: CO 103 or permission of instructor. Theory and practice of techniques involved in the function and operation of a radio station. Microphone techniques, engineering operations, transmitter readings, logging, and programming will be included. Laboratory fee; 3 credit hours.

CO 205 Intercultural Communication (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: CO 100. A theoretical and practical survey of intercultural communication processes. This course is concerned with the interpersonal dimensions of intercultural communication and will examine the distinctive cultural orientations, behaviors, expectations and values that affect communication situations. 3 credit hours.

CO 208 Introduction to Broadcasting (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: CO 101. General survey and background of broadcasting, cable, pay and premium TV services, and new technologies. Current changes, law, regulation, financing, and public input are examined. Emphasis is placed on current status and future potential of these industries. 3 credit hours.

CO 212 Television Production I (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: CO 114 or permission of instructor. Introduction to the mechanics, techniques, and aesthetic elements of television production. Course provides the basic grounding in the art and craft of the medium. Laboratory fee; 3 credit hours.

CO 214 Elements of Film (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: CO 114 or permission of instructor. Stresses the understanding of film as a creative form of communication. Student is introduced to basic techniques of motion picture production through lectures, audiovisual activity, and small-group involvement. Laboratory fee; 3 credit hours.

CO 220 Film Production I (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: CO 214. Involves the transformation of an original idea into film: initial analysis, proposed treatment plan, sequencing, film scripting, preproduction planning, nature of the production process. A short film is produced through team effort. Laboratory fee; 3 credit hours.

CO 300 Persuasive Communication (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: CO 100. Study of communication as social influence. Analysis of theories of attitude change. The use and effects of compliance-gaining strategies in interpersonal, public, and mass communication contexts. Students develop, present, and analyze persuasive messages. 3 credit hours.

CO 301 Communication Theory and Research (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: Junior status. Acquaints students with the nature of communication inquiry. Theories of communication effects are surveyed. Research methodologies relevant to advertising, journalism, broadcast media, public relations, and organizational communication settings are examined. 3 credit hours.

CO 302 Social Impact of Media (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: CO 101. Examines such problems as regulatory control of the media, law and ethics, and the behavioral aspects of mass and interpersonal communication. Students examine the variety of media writing and commence writing their own media messages. 3 credit hours.

CO 306 Public Relations Systems and Practices (back to previous page)
This course makes students aware of the depth and sensitivity of the role public relations plays in today s business environment. Orients students to career paths utilizing communication, journalistic, and management skills as well as skills acquired in business and English courses. Use of the lecture/discussion, case study, and guest speaker approach to teach all students the historical, theoretical, practical, and technical applications of public relations. 3 credit hours.

CO 308 Broadcast Journalism (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: CO 102 or permission of the instructor. Entails practice in news gathering, editing, writing, and use of news services and sources. Creating documentary and special event programs through film for television news, on-the-spot film and video-tape reporting are included. 3 credit hours.

CO 309 Public Relations Writing (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: CO 102. Examines the elements of good writing as applied to the public relations field. Students research and identify general and specialized audience needs and create messages to satisfy those needs. They plan and execute projects within selected media such as newspapers, magazines, TV, radio, and film, as well as speeches for public appearances. 3 credit hours.

CO 310 Pictorial Journalism (back to previous page)
The study of photography and media design as an active observation and interpretation of events in the print media. 3 credit hours.

CO 312 Television Production II (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: CO 212. An intermediate course designed to provide the student with the opportunity to coordinate the many areas of TV production. Videotape and live production techniques are employed. Laboratory fee; 3 credit hours.

CO 317 Advanced Writing for the Media (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: CO 102. Planning and writing longer forms of scripts, emphasizing documentary and dramatic writing for production. 3 credit hours.

CO 320 Film Production II (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: CO 220. The creative process involved in translating the screenplay into a narrative film is explored. Narrative form, structure, and production technique are examined through examples of short and feature-length films. Students produce short narrative films by team effort. Laboratory fee; 3 credit hours.

CO 335 Advertising Media (back to previous page)
This course covers the characteristics of major media and the impact of advertising on the demand for products and services. It will provide students with a critical study of communication principles and concepts as applied to advertising copy. Emphasis will be on how consumers use media; media planning and evaluation; copywriting styles; coordination of visual and verbal concepts; and the principle problems of building, implementing, and evaluating advertising programs. 3 credit hours.

CO 340 The History of Film (back to previous page)
A survey of the historical development of the film medium consisting of lectures, discussions, and the screening of films which demonstrate the interrelationships between the historical development and the establishment of the film medium as a powerful communicative art form. Laboratory fee; 3 credit hours.

CO 399 Media Campaigns (back to previous page)
Examines the role played by the mass media in political campaigning. Students look at historical perspectives and study current trends. FCC laws regarding advertising, lowest unit cost, section 315, and other regulations will be examined. Students view videotapes of past political media campaign examples and have the opportunity to participate in and produce hypothetical political media campaigns. 3 credit hours.

CO 400 Communication in Organizations (back to previous page)
Communication examined in formal organizational contexts such as school, industry, hospitals, and government. Students will be prepared to function more effectively in organizations dynamic communication systems, and to solve problems relative to the interaction of organizations with the environment via the interactions of people and messages. 3 credit hours.

CO 410 Management Communication Seminar (back to previous page)
Open to all upper-division students, regardless of major. Involves structure and function of communication in organizations. Practice in understanding and managing interpersonal differences. Emphasizes concepts and principles needed for effective management of organizational communication processes. 3 credit hours.

CO 412 Advanced Television Production (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: CO 312. Essentials of budgeting, marketing, and regulatory policies and rules. Produc-tion teams are formed to produce sophisticated local television programs under close supervision. 3 credit hours.

CO 415 Broadcast Management (back to previous page)
Involves the administrative and personnel problems of television and radio studio management, broadcast engineering, local sales, continuity, and programming. Discussions will include scheduling and the development of facilities. 3 credit hours.

CO 420 Communication and the Law (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: Junior status. This course will trace the freedom and control of the print, broadcast, cable. and telecommunications industries and the effect on the public. 3 credit hours.

CO 435 Advertising Seminar (back to previous page)
Prerequisites: CO 335 and senior standing. Strategic approaches to managing an advertising campaign related to a specific area, topic, or product are developed. Emphasis on market research, determining consumer target markets, media selection, creation of copy, development and control of budgets, and evaluation and presentation of advertising. 3 credit hours.

CO 450-459 Special Topics (back to previous page)
Topics in communication which are of special or current interest. 3 credit hours.

CO 500 Seminar in Communication Studies (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: Senior communication major. This capstone course will integrate current and developing trends with the individual student's interest and perspectives. Students will present for discussion and examination issues of interest within a unifying theme. 3 credit hours.

CO 597 Practicum (back to previous page)
Prerequisites: CO 301 and senior standing.  A course of study designed especially for the supervised practical application of previously studied theory in a group setting.  Done under the supervision of a faculty sponsor and coordinated with a business or media organization.  3 credit hours.

CO 598 Internship (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. On-the-job learning in selected organizations in production, public relations, journalism, or advertising. 3 credit hours.

CO 599 Independent Study in Communication (back to previous page)
Prerequisites: consent of faculty member and department chair. Opportunity for the student under the direction of a faculty member to explore an area of interest. 1-3 credit hours per semester with a maximum of 6 credit hours.

Communication  - Graduate Courses 

CO 620 Applied Communication in Organizations (back to previous page)
This course is a survey of communication theory as applied to the organizational environment. Special attention will be directed toward management communication styles, conflict, disagreement, change in organizations, formal v. informal power and communication, people in organizations, structure of organizations, motivations, barriers to effective communication, and competencies involved in effectively communicating to the organizations internal and external publics.

CO 621 Managerial Communication (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: MG 637 or MG 640 or P 619 or PA 601. Major emphasis on the role of communication in a democracy and the effects of communication content. Brief treatment of content analysis techniques, person-to-person communication and barriers to the flow of communication.

CO 623 Communication in Health Care (back to previous page)
Examination of the diversity of communication encounters and contexts in which allied health professionals may be involved; emphasis on development of competencies and skills necessary to communicate effectively with staff, patients and the community. Influence of interpersonal communication and mass media in staff development, patient care and the marketing of health care. Students will develop a communication campaign aimed at internal and external audiences.

CO 631 Public Information Dynamics (back to previous page)
How the executive can best present the organization in an accurate and favorable light to the news media. Training techniques for the public relations person who will work with executives giving corporate messages internally and press statements externally.

CO 632 Contemporary Public Relations Issues (back to previous page)
Using the case-study approach, the course concentrates on the problems facing management and public relations executives in businesses and other institutions. The problems change from year to year, in tune with developments in society.

CO 640 Communication Technologies (back to previous page)
An in-depth examination for nontechnical students of technologies used with visual, voice data and character information for communicating at a distance, for storing and subsequently retrieving information, and for processing information to improve communication efficiency.

CO 641 Competition and Regulation in Telecommunication (back to previous page)
A study of proceedings before state public utility commissions and the Federal Communications Commission delineating the boundaries between those activities in the telecommunication field subject to regulation, those open to competition with restrictions and those cleared to be fully competitive. The course will include discussion and analysis of contemporary legal proceedings affecting this topic.

CO 642 Management of Telecommunication Organizations (back to previous page)
A study and comparison of managerial systems and practices in users, manufacturers, distributors and common carriers of telecommunication facilities. Identification of criteria necessary for developing and maintaining effective telecommunication organizations. Case problems will relate largely to specific instances from this field.

CO 643 Telecommunication Policy and Strategy (back to previous page)
Examination of management policies and strategies for the complex telecommunication organization operating in a dynamic environment, from the viewpoint of the top-level executives of the organization. Development of analytic frameworks for the management of numerous elements involved in assuring the fulfillment of the goals of the total organization. Integration of the student's general business knowledge with the content of the course. Emphasis is placed on the examination and discussion of cases drawn largely from the telecommunication industry.

CO 670 Selected Topics (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: Permission of adviser. An in-depth examination of a topic in the field of communication which reflects the special research of a faculty member or the special interest of a group of students. May be taken more than once.

CO 693 Internship (back to previous page)
A program of field experience, approved by the program adviser, under the tutelage of a professional in the field of communication.

CO 695 Independent Study I (back to previous page)
A planned program of individual study or research in communication under the supervision of a member of the faculty.

CO 696 Independent Study II (back to previous page)
A continuation of Independent Study I.

CO 698 Thesis I (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: 15 graduate hours. Periodic meetings with the adviser for discussion of the individual student's progress in the preparation of a thesis.

CO 699 Thesis II (back to previous page)
A continuation of Thesis I.