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2020-2021 Undergraduate/Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses

 

Computer Science
  

  • CSC 456 - Reliable Systems (3 cr.)

    The process of building high assurance systems and techniques for fault detection and recovery. System reliability will be discussed at the hardware, middleware, and application level.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CSC 223 , CSC 336 .
  

  • CSC 458 - Distributed and Autonomous Systems (3 cr.)

    An introduction to the theory and practice of creating systems with autonomous components. Topics will include modeling of distributed systems, interaction paradigms, and fundamental distributed algorithms.
    Liberal Arts
    Prerequisite(s): CSC 321  .
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring Odd Years
  

  • CSC 462 - Intrusion Detection (3 cr.)

    The defense in depth approach to network security, with a focus on the role of intrusion detection systems. Techniques of identifying, modeling, and reacting to unauthorized activity will be covered.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CSC 352 , CSC 357 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring, even-numbered Years
  

  • CSC 471 - Database Administration Studio (3 cr.)

    Installation, configuration, and optimization of a database management system.  Topics also include database security and recovery.
    Prerequisite(s): CSC 320 , CSC 341  or CSC 441   
    Semester(s) Offered: Every other Fall (odd years)
  

  • CSC 472 - Virtualization Studio (3 cr.)

    Creation of systems and services using a cloud for infrastructure and/or as a platform.  Students will deploy and manage virtual images in a cloud.  Students will gain experience with selected cloud application programming interfaces.
    Prerequisite(s): CSC 320  
    Semester(s) Offered: Every other Spring (odd years)
  

  • CSC 473 - System Administration Studio (3 cr.)

    Application of current system administration tools and techniques.  Students use virtual machines to gain experience with configuration management, continuous integration and delivery, monitoring, performance assessment, and the configuration of services.  
    Prerequisite(s): CSC 320  
    Semester(s) Offered: Every other spring (even years)
  

  • CSC 477 - Network Administration Studio (3 cr.)

    Configuration, monitoring, and administration of a local area network.
    Prerequisite(s): CSC 320  and CSC 357  
    Semester(s) Offered: Every other Fall (even year)
  

  • CSC 480 - Image Processing (3 cr.)

    An introduction to the representation, analysis, and processing of digital images. Topics covered will include image transformations, statistical description of images, image enhancement, image restoration, image segmentation and edge detection, and image processing for multispectral images.
    Liberal Arts
    Prerequisite(s): MAT 202  , CSC 217  , CSC 309  .
  

  • CSC 485 - Advanced Topics in Computing (1 to 4 cr.)

    A course on topics in computing of current interest (in a seminar format, lecture format, lab format or a combination). May be repeated for credit with a different topic.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): Vary with topic.
    Semester(s) Offered: Occasional
  

  • CSC 491 - Tech Startup: Project Lead (3 cr.)

    Technical and personnel management of a software project team.  Topics will include team formation, requirements, high level architecture, configuration management, and quality assurance.  Students will lead a team on a real-world software project.
    Prerequisite(s): CSC 391 , permission of Instructor
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CSC 495 - Undergraduate Research (2 to 6 cr.)

    Research project individually arranged between student and faculty member. May be repeated for credit.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): POI.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
  

  • CSC 496 - Instructional Practicum (1 to 2 cr.)

    Designed for students who will work under the supervision of a faculty member to assist in the instruction of a course. A contract specifying the responsibilities of each student will be filed in the department. May be taken twice for a total of six credits with chairperson’s permission.
    Prerequisite(s): POI.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CSC 497 - Computing Practicum (1 to 3 cr.)

    Participate in software development, system administration, or other applied computing experiences within the Computer Science Department. May be taken twice for a total of six credits.
    Prerequisite(s): Six credits in upper level CSC courses.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
  

  • CSC 498 - Internship in Computer Science (1 to 15 cr.)

    Computer science activity at an industrial or research facility.
    Prerequisite(s): Six credits in upper level CSC courses and department chair approval.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
  

  • CSC 499 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)

    Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
  

  • CSC 599 - Independent Study (3 cr.)

    Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.

Consumer Economics Mgmt
  

  • CEM 151 - Personal Resource Management (3 cr.)

    Theory and processes of personal resource management. Values clarification, priority setting, realistic goal planning and decision-making are incorporated into management activities. Managing change and planning for the future are emphasized.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): 2.5 GPA.
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring
  

  • CEM 199 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)

    Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
  

  • CEM 299 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)

    Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
  

  • CEM 361 - Personal and Family Finance (3 cr.)

    Financial activities of the individual and family including the development and management of income, expenditures, safeguarding assets and building a successful financial future.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): 2.5 GPA.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall
  

  • CEM 399 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)

    Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
  

  • CEM 496 - Teaching Practicum (0 to 3 cr.)

    Liberal Arts
  

  • CEM 499 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)

    Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.

Counseling
  

  • CLG 199 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)

    Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
  

  • CLG 210 - Understanding Leaders and Leadership (3 cr.)

    Exploration of general leadership concepts, personal skills development, leadership in organizations and contemporary leadership issues.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CLG 299 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)

    Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
  

  • CLG 310 - Peer Education (3 cr.)

    Designed to train students as peer educators by exploring leadership, communication skills and relevant developmental issues. Students will plan, deliver and evaluate educational workshops for a diverse campus community.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CLG 399 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)

    Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
  

  • CLG 402 - Introduction to Counseling Techniques (3 cr.)

    Theories and skills of counseling applied to the resolution of personal, educational and vocational problems of clients, with emphasis on interpersonal factors characterizing the counseling interaction.
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing, preference granted to HDF majors
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CLG 403 - Applied Counseling Techniques (3 cr.)

    An overview of the application of the most widely used counseling techniques for a variety of settings and clients.
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing, POI, preference given to HDF majors.
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring
  

  • CLG 426 - Special Topics in Counseling (1 to 3 cr.)

    Selected topics of special and/or emerging concern to students interested in entering the school, student affairs, or clinical mental health counseling fields.
  

  • CLG 496 - Teaching Practicum (1 to 6 cr.)
  

  • CLG 498 - Internship (1 to 15 cr.)
  

  • CLG 499 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)

    Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
  

  • CLG 501 - Life Span Development (3 cr.)

    Perspectives on the major psychological and socio-cultural issues in human development from birth through advanced age, with an emphasis on theory and applications in counseling.
    Prerequisite(s): clinical mental health counseling majors or POI.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall
  

  • CLG 502 - Career Development Counseling in Schools (3 cr.)

    Applications of career and lifestyle development theory, public policy, and resources to counseling and programmatic interventions in PK-12 schools. Emphasis on interventions and developmental approaches with individuals and groups to foster career/lifestyle exploration, self-assessment, choice, decision-making, and transitions.
    Liberal Arts
    Prerequisite(s): Majors only.
    Corequisite(s): CLG 510   or CLG 513  or CLG 540 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall
  

  • CLG 503 - Theories of Counseling (3 cr.)

    Survey of theoretical orientations of the counseling profession, including relevant research and factors considered in applications.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall
  

  • CLG 505 - Counseling Relationships and Skills (3 cr.)

    Experiential learning of basic counseling processes and skills with an emphasis on counselor understanding of his/her own and client characteristics that influence helping processes.
    Prerequisite(s): majors only.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall
  

  • CLG 506 - Student Affairs Practice (3 cr.)

    History, philosophy, purpose and function areas of student affairs in varied higher education settings. Student affairs services, issues, problems, and models for designing, implementing, managing, and evaluating student affairs programs.
    Liberal arts
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall
  

  • CLG 507 - Ethical Practice and Professional Orientation to Counseling (3 cr.)

    Aspects of professional functioning, including analysis of ethical standards, decision-making, history and philosophy, professional roles, functions, and self-care, credentialing, supervision, and current issues in the counseling profession.
    Prerequisite(s): Clinical Mental Health Counseling majors.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Summer
  

  • CLG 509 - Assessment in Counseling (3 cr.)

    An overview of various psychological tests and inventories that are used by counselors in mental health, community, school, and student affairs settings. Review of statistical concepts for test selection, evaluation and interpretation.
    Prerequisite(s): Majors Only or POI.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall
  

  • CLG 510 - Professional School Counseling (3 cr.)

    Through lecture, in-class activities, and out-of-class activities, students will explore the role of the professional school counselor. Students will focus on learning the essential services of a comprehensive developmental school counseling program along the dimensions of academic, career, and personal/social development.
    Prerequisite(s): Majors only or POI.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CLG 511 - Leadership and Advocacy in School Counseling (3 cr.)

    This course will expose students to a variety of critical issues in school settings. Through experiential activities and research, school counselors in training will be required to create prevention and intervention strategies consistent with the developmental comprehensive school counseling program model.
    Prerequisite(s): CLG 510 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring
  

  • CLG 512 - Pre-Practicum (3 cr.)

    Experiential learning of counseling processes and skills with an emphasis on advanced skills and theories, beginning case conceptualization, psychosocial assessment and treatment planning; suicide assessment, prevention, treatment, and postvention; application of an eclectic framework; responses to crises, disasters and trauma.
    Prerequisite(s): CLG 503  and CLG 505 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CLG 513 - Counseling Practicum (3 cr.)

    This course is designed as a field clinical practicum for counselor education graduate students across all programs. Focus is on the theoretical and practical aspects of clinical training. Course promotes further counseling knowledge and skills, and counselor development through the supervised practice of individual and group counseling.
    Liberal Arts
    Prerequisite(s): Majors only; CLG 505 , CLG 509 , CLG 517 , CLG 527  (for all counselor candidates); and CLG 510  and CLG 536  (for school counselor candidates) and CLG 539  and CLG 547  (for clinical mental health candidates); faculty approval.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CLG 517 - Group Counseling (3 cr.)

    This course is designed as an introduction to group work and will provide both theoretical and experiential understandings of group counseling methods and types of groups utilized in counseling. Course will cover group purpose, process and practice including group ethics, development, dynamics, theories, intervention methods and skills, and awareness of other group approaches in a multicultural society.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): Majors only; CLG 505 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CLG 519 - Substance Abuse Counseling (3 cr.)

    Substance abuse counseling assessment, treatment planning, treatment and prevention practices. Includes a study of drugs of abuse, dependence, substance-induced disorders, patterns of abuse and recovery, and risks and challenges within prevention, treatment and recovery contexts.
    Liberal Arts
    Prerequisite(s): Counselor Education major; POI.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
  

  • CLG 522 - College Students and Environments (3 cr.)

    College students’ attitudes, characteristics, developmental processes, needs, and issues affecting development and functioning. Environmental considerations and impact; models for successful learning environments.
    Liberal Arts
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring
  

  • CLG 523 - Introduction to Couples and Family Counseling (3 cr.)

    This course serves as an introduction to the origins and development of conceptual approaches for counseling couples and families. There is an emphasis on theories, counselor skills, and techniques for providing family therapy. Experiential learning is a large component of this course and students engage in a variety of activities to practice the materials being studied. Involvement, application, and professionals are organizing themes in the course, as well as key components and expectations in student performance.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall
  

  • CLG 526 - Special Topics in Counseling (0 to 3 cr.)

    Selected problems of special concern to counselors.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
  

  • CLG 527 - Career Development Counseling (3 cr.)

    Career development theories and lifespan development. Applications of theory to counseling and programmatic intervention with individuals and groups to foster career/ lifestyle exploration, self-assessment, choice, adjustment, and transitions.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): Majors only or POI.
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring
  

  • CLG 535 - Facilitating College Student Development (3 cr.)

    Application of college student development principles in undergraduate learning environments.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CLG 522 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall
  

  • CLG 536 - Psychopathology and Counseling of Children and Adolescents (3 cr.)

    An overview of the common mental disorders children and adolescents face from an integrated developmental and sociocultural perspective. Various theoretical perspectives are applied to assessing, conceptualizing, and treating childhood and adolescent developmental issues and mental disorders.
    Prerequisite(s): clinical mental health counseling majors or POI; graduate students only.
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring
  

  • CLG 537 - Gender Related Issues in Counseling (3 cr.)

    Problems and issues related to gender which are frequently encountered by counselors and clients, with identification of counseling approaches applicable to these issues.
  

  • CLG 539 - Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Consultation (3 cr.)

    Historical foundations of the clinical mental health and community counseling movements, types of counseling agencies and services, counselor roles, program procedures, organizational structures, report writing, recordkeeping, and counseling practice in clinical mental health and community counseling agencies.
    Liberal Arts
    Prerequisite(s): Majors only or POI.
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring
  

  • CLG 540 - Internship: School (3 to 6 cr.)

    Practical applications of the theories and techniques of school counseling, emphasizing the development of proficiency in the counseling process obtained through practice under supervision. May be a repeated for a total of six credits.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): School Counseling majors only; all non-elective program requirements, except CLG 554 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CLG 541 - Internship: Mental Health Counseling (3 to 9 cr.)

    Practical applications of the theories and techniques of mental health counseling, emphasizing the development of proficiency in the counseling process obtained through practice in the field under clinical supervision. May be repeated for a total of nine credits. Can be taken in combinations of 3 and 6 credits.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): clinical mental health counseling majors only and POI.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
  

  • CLG 542 - Internship: Student Affairs and Higher Education (3 or 6 cr.)

    Practical applications of the theories and techniques of the Student Affairs profession, emphasizing the development of proficiency in the field obtained through experiential learning and supervision. May be repeated for a total of 12 credits.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): Student Affairs and Higher Education majors only or POI.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CLG 545 - Cultural Contexts of Counseling (3 cr.)

    The cultural contexts of counseling in a multicultural and diverse world are studied. Such factors as culture, ethnicity, nationality, age, race, gender, sexual orientation, mental and physical characteristics, ability, education, family values, religious and spritual values, socioeconomic status, and unique characteristics or individuals, couples, families, ethnic groups, and communities are considered. Focus is on development of cultural competencies based on awareness and knowledge about self and others as cultural beings, as well as culturally sensitive application of counseling skills.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CLG 503 , CLG 505 .
    Corequisite(s): CLG 512 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CLG 547 - Psychopathology and Clinical Mental Health Counseling (3 cr.)

    Symptoms, behavioral dysfunctions and maladaptive responses associated with mental disorders. Focus on counselor’s role in effectively assessing, treating and providing related services to individuals experiencing mental disorders.
    Corequisite(s): CLG 505 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CLG 548 - Psychopharmacology in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (3 cr.)

    Course examines clinical mental health counseling in relation to the role of psychopharmacology in the treatment of psychological disorders. Applied psychopathology is studied in order to develop effective treatment planning. Clinical topics, including but not limited to crisis/suicide, eating disorders, trauma, self-harm, grief, anxiety, mood disorders are studied.
    Prerequisite(s): CLG 513 , CLG 547 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
  

  • CLG 550 - Leadership and Administration in Student Affairs (3 cr.)

    Models of leadership and management in higher education settings. Overview of business practices in higher education settings, including finance, ethics, crisis management, and program assessment and evaluation.
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring
  

  • CLG 554 - Research Design & Methods (3 cr.)

    Counseling research, program evaluation, and needs assessment methods and design.
    Liberal Arts
    Prerequisite(s): Majors Only or POI.
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring
  

  • CLG 556 - Thesis/Research Project Paper (3 cr.)

    Students will write a thesis or capstone project paper analyzing and synthesizing their knowledge on a specific topic within the field of Clinical Mental Health Counseling or Student Affairs and Higher Education. This topic will be agreed upon between the student and his/her thesis advisor/instructor. The student will present his/her final thesis or capstone project paper to a committee of faculty and/or professionals from the representative field of study.
    Prerequisite(s): POI; majors only.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
  

  • CLG 599 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)

    Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.

Communication Studies
  

  • CMM 101 - Introduction to Public Speaking (3 cr.)

    Students are introduced to communication theory and ethics before developing the public speaking, writing, listening and interpersonal skills necessary for communicating effectively. Students will comprehend and cultivate basic communication skills by researching, organizing, writing and delivering a minimum of five speeches. Students learn to manage communication apprehension through presenting informative, persuasive, impromptu and special occasion speeches.
    Liberal arts
    General Education Category: Oral Expression
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CMM 118 - Media and Society (3 cr.)

    Examines the development of various communication media including both the traditional forms of mass communication and new digital media. Theories on how different mediated realities are created by distinctive characteristics associated with each medium, usage and exposure patterns of the media consumers, functions and effects of media in transforming human behaviors in social, political, cultural public spheres.
    Liberal arts
    General Education Category: Social Sciences
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CMM 199 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)

    Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
  

  • CMM 202 - Communication Practicum (0 to 8 cr.)

    An individualized learning experience through participation in one or more supervised communication activities. Participation in the Forensics Team, student publications, and/or a special research project qualifies as an appropriate experience.
    Prerequisite(s): POI
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CMM 209 - Broadcast Announcing Practicum (1 cr.)

    Learn broadcast announcing and radio operations. Explore theoretical aspects through weekly lectures and contribute to WARP radio through on-air shifts–delivering music, news, sports, weather, and public service announcements. Research music formats and create air check tapes. No prior radio experience needed. May be repeated for a total of three credits.
    Fees: Tape Fee $25.00
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CMM 210 - Radio Announcing Practicum (1 cr.)

    Explore additional radio announcing techniques through weekly lectures and contribute to WQKE radio through on-air shifts - delivering music, news, sports, weather, and public service announcements. Recorded shows are analyzed in class sessions as a means to assist students to develop their radio portfolios.
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 209 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CMM 226 - Introduction to Human Communication (3 cr.)

    An introduction to the discipline of communication, its history from the ancient rhetorical tradition to the present, and the process of communication inquiry. A survey of the communication field including: perception, verbal and nonverbal language, listening, interpersonal communication, culture, small group communication, organizational communication, rhetoric, mass media, and emerging technologies.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 101 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CMM 229 - Basic Video Planning & Production (3 cr.)

    A hands-on introduction to the principles and practices of single-camera video field production and post-production linear editing for students with little or no prior experience in video production. Students will be assigned to work as part of a production crew for shooting/editing assignments outside of class time.
    Fees: Tape Fee $25.00
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CMM 232 - Basic Audio Production (3 cr.)

    A hands-on production course introducing audio techniques, covering the basics of writing, producing, and engineering audio in radio, television, film, field recording, and live sound environments. Besides traditional analog recording techniques, students gain experience with the basic elements of digital audio recording and processing. Intended for students with little or no prior audio experience. Lecture/Lab
    Fees: Tape Fee $25.00
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
  

  • CMM 233 - Television Station Operations (3 cr.)

    A hands-on experience as a working member of a television station. Students will be required to perform as a technical crew member and/or on-air talent in the operation of a television station. In addition, students will evaluate PSTV programming each week by breaking down program content and production value. Critical evaluation of each program will be discussed and suggestions implemented to improve the production and program experience. May be taken three times for a total of 9 credits.
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 229  and CMM 232 , or POI.
    Fees: Tape Fee $25.00
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CMM 242 - Basic Web Design (3 cr.)

    This course addresses an important skill requirement for the department’s Digital Media concentration by introducing students to the fundamentals of Web design. In addition to HTML and Web authoring software, students will learn basic digital typography, color theory, layout, and image editing and compositing.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CMM 288 - Fundamentals of Electronic Media (3 cr.)

    The history and development of various electronic mass media: radio, television, cable, the Internet, and other new technologies. In-depth study of the structure, technology, organization, economics, media sales, media law and ethics, mass media theories, and programming practices of broadcasting and new media industries.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 118 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CMM 298 - Summer Internship Training Experience (3 cr.)

    The Department of Communication Studies provides students with the option to explore a variety of career awareness opportunities through its Summer internship program. Students apply for Summer internships at agencies in the field as a form of experiential learning that gives students the opportunity to gain valuable experience in the professional fields they are considering for career paths. The internship experience must be directly related to one of the majors in the Communication Studies Department. Requires completion of the Learning Contract and Internship Proposal form and approval by the Internship Coordinator, Academic Advisor, Department Chair, and Academic Dean.
    Prerequisite(s): 2.5 major GPA (minimum).
  

  • CMM 299 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)

    Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CMM 301 - Communication and Culture (3 cr.)

    The intersection of gender and sexuality with other categories of cultural identity such as class, race, religion, and nationality by focusing on communicative practices in everyday life. Examines the social and symbolic construction of culture in mediated (e.g. film, social networks, music, fashion) and non-mediated communication contexts. Examination of the ways people (re)create cultural communities or resist cultural norms, commodification and dominant ideologies.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 101  and CMM 226 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring
  

  • CMM 302 - Global Media and Communication (3 cr.)

    Survey of media globalization, the free flow of communication and national sovereignty including political, economic, legal and technological factors. Study of cross-cultural and cross-national mass communication including structure, content, values and impact on various societies and nations; evolution and development of global media giants.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 118 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CMM 303 - Health Communication (3 cr.)

    A survey course that explores health communication as an emerging and exciting specialty in communication studies and covers the basic theories and principles of communication in health care contexts. Health care settings are a rich environment that allows students to conceptualize the different perspectives and systems of health and health care. Includes an overview of health communication theories and incorporates practical applications (e.g., skill development) into its curriculum.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 101  and sophomore standing.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CMM 304 - Business and Professional Communication (3 cr.)

    Discussion of principles of practice associated with public speaking in a range of professional settings. Designed to explore the techniques of effective oral and written communication applicable to both business and professional leaders. Emphasis on creation and delivery of effective career-oriented presentations, such as employment interviews, sales/proposal pitches, and routine and persuasive messages. Speakers hone skills in audience analysis/adaptation, structure and arrangement, manuscript and extemporaneous delivery, and the use of multi-media presentational aids.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 101 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CMM 307 - Argumentation and Reasoning (3 cr.)

    Methods for reasoning and techniques of argumentation. Evaluation and selection of evidence, effectiveness of various forms of organization to present an idea or to resolve conflict.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 101 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall
  

  • CMM 310 - Small Group Communication (3 cr.)

    Discussion of small group communication theory and skills. Students participate in decision making, problem solving, and discussion groups. Emphasis is on groups in organizational contexts although groups such as families, learning groups, and activity groups are addressed.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 226 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
  

  • CMM 312 - Fundamentals of Multimedia Production (3 cr.)

    A hands-on production course introducing students to the basic elements of multimedia production (including Web site), an overview of the different types of multimedia applications, and the discovery of the effective uses of templates and interactivity involved in the construction of communication messages in a multimedia environment. Computer proficiency not required.
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 118  and sophomore standing.
    Fees: Tape Fee $25.00
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
  

  • CMM 315 - Applied Media Aesthetics (3 cr.)

    This course involves the study of aesthetic principles as applied to television and film images. Topics include the applications of light, color, two and three dimensional fields, time, motion and sound as agents of aesthetic energy. Students will come to understand and appreciate how aesthetic elements help clarify, intensify and interpret media events.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 118 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring
  

  • CMM 316 - Intercultural Communication (3 cr.)

    Drawing upon various theories and empirical generalizations about how cultural differences manifest, the course examines various roles that the concept of culture plays in a human communication process. After reviewing differences and similarities in communication behaviors as demonstrated by individuals belonging to a variety of different cultural and sub-cultural systems, the course analyzes a variety of different patterns of interaction among those individuals both in the culturally-diverse United States and in the rapidly-globalizing world community.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 226  or CMM 288  or ANT 102  or POI.
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring
  

  • CMM 323 - Mass Media Propaganda, 1945-present (3 cr.)

    Examines the role of mass persuasion in global affairs from the end of World War II to the present day. The topics include propaganda’s role in the Cold War, the wars in Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War, war in Iraq and the war on terrorism.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 101  and CMM 118 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring
  

  • CMM 325 - Communication Theory (3 cr.)

    Exploration of the nature, history and goals of communication theories and theorists. Criteria for evaluating communication theories is discussed and applied. Communication research as it relates to theory and lived experience is addressed.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 226  or CMM 288 , and junior standing.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall
  

  • CMM 328 - Rhetorical Theories (3 cr.)

    Examination of Western rhetorical theories from classical, neo-classical, and contemporary periods. Critics to these rhetorical theories are discussed. Students read rhetorical analyses to understand how rhetorical theories are used in political, social, and cultural discourses.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 226  or CMM 288 , and junior standing.
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring
  

  • CMM 329 - Interpersonal Communication (3 cr.)

    Focus on interpersonal communication theories to help understand dyadic communication. Theories of effective interpersonal communication are examined and applied. Specific topics that will be addressed include meaning and interpretation, verbal and nonverbal processes, gender and cultural identity, listening and speaking skills, conflict management, new technologies & online dating, and relationship formation, maintenance, and deterioration.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 101  and CMM 101 ; and CMM 226  or CMM 288 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall
  

  • CMM 330 - Criticism of News Media (3 cr.)

    A comprehensive examination of the processes through which journalists “reconstruct” social realities in the form of “news products” and how media consumers make use of those products. Reviews a variety of factors influencing these processes in order to help students develop critical perspectives both as future practitioners of journalism and critical consumers of journalistic products.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 226  or CMM 288 ; and junior standing.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall
  

  • CMM 333 - Writing for Broadcast Journalism (3 cr.)

    A hands-on study of gathering, writing, and editing of news for broadcast media. Emphasis is placed on broadcast formatting, writing in a broadcast news style, and news gathering. This course satisfies the department’s advanced writing requirement for the Broadcast Journalism major.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 229  and ENG 101 .
    Meets Advanced Writing Requirement
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring
  

  • CMM 334 - On-Camera Performance (3 cr.)

    Introduces the principles and concepts used in on-camera performance, specifically television performance. Includes writing and voice instruction; studio etiquette and weekly performance in a studio setting; enhanced by additional field work. Weekly instructor evaluations enable student performers to concentrate on developing personal styles and techniques.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 229  or POI.
    Fees: Tape Fee $25.00
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall
  

  • CMM 335 - Writing for Radio and Television (3 cr.)

    Examination of the techniques, styles, formats, and theories involved in writing for radio and television. Students will practice writing news stories, commercials, radio dramas, television episodes and short form films. Approved AWR.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 288  and ENG 101 .
    Meets Advanced Writing Requirement
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
  

  • CMM 338 - Understanding Film (3 cr.)

    A technical, aesthetic, and theoretical approach to film study as a unique art form with its own grammar and language. Individual topics such as directing styles, genres, characterization, mise-en-scene, editing, and sound techniques will be examined in the context of individual films and film segments viewed in class.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall
  

  • CMM 348 - Media and Communication Ethics (3 cr.)

    Examine a range of ethical theories relevant to the field of media and communication; explore major ethical dilemmas and issues that media and communication professionals face in their day-to-day decision-making.
    Liberal arts
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 118 .
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
  

  • CMM 350 - Media Convergence (3 cr.)

    This course is designed to introduce students to the history, trends, and impact of media convergence. Students will explore the integration of new technology with traditional media, the evolution of participatory media culture, impacts of social media, and contemporary media regulation. Students will maintain a blog or website and incorporate a discussion of related convergent media topics within it.
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 118 .
  

  • CMM 351 - Social Media Communication (3 cr.)

    In today’s rapidly-evolving media landscape, social media has not only become a fundamental tool for communication, but a must-have skill in a multitiude of industries.  The course will help students understand that the ubiquity of social media comes with its own set of influences on politics, economics, culture, and social practices.
    Prerequisite(s): CMM 118  
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall
 

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