COMMUNICATION

COMM 101 - CRITICAL READING

The study of extracting and analyzing information. Content includes recognition of such concepts as analogies, metaphors, organizations and arguments. Issues from popular culture and politics are used as examples of how messages are tailored to influence us. Emphasis on critical thinking skills, the recognition and avoidance of logical fallacies.

3 credits (3 credit hours), fall semester

This course satisfies the Liberal Arts and Sciences requirement.

COMM 111 - INTRODUCTION TO SPEECH

Speech as communication. Composition and delivery of informative and persuasive speeches. Practice in ad-dressing a group in order to develop confidence and proficiency. Lectures and discussion of techniques of organization and presentation ideas.

3 credits (3 lecture hours), fall or spring semester

This course satisfies the Liberal Arts and Sciences requirement and the SUNY General Education Requirement for Basic Communication.

COMM 121 - THEORIES OF INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION

This course examines dyadic communication and the major variables that impact it. Some issues which will be examined are issues of gender, power, conflict, and culture. Nonverbal communication and the impacts of technology will also be included. Students are given opportunities through in-class exercises and writing assignments to learn new theories, apply them and to assess their competence in using them.

3 credits (3 lecture hours), spring semester

This course satisfies the Liberal Arts and Sciences requirement and the SUNY General Education Requirement for Humanities.

COMM 131 - SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION

Introduction to the organization and behavioral characteristics of group interaction in oral decision making. Content includes the analysis of leadership, conflict and consensus, systems theory, and other issues in task-oriented groups. The course will closely examine the impact of communicating over distances on modern small group theory. The impact of technology on modern group theory will also be a covering concept throughout the semester.

3 credits (3 lecture hours),   fall   or spring semester 

This course satisfies the Liberal Arts and Sciences requirement.

COMM 300 - VISUAL COMMUNICATION

This is a survey course that examines the evolution of visual communication from the invention of the printing press to the development of the World Wide Web. Students will learn the many ways information is produced and consumed in a modern, media-rich society. Typographic, graphic, informational, cartoon, still, moving, television, and computer images are analyzed within a framework of personal, historical, technical, ethical, cultural and critical perspectives.

Prerequisite: C or better in COMP 101 and junior or senior standing, or permission of instructors

3 credits (3 lecture hours), fall or spring semester

This course satisfies the Liberal Arts and Sciences requirement and the SUNY General Education Requirement for Basic Communication.