Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)

CRN: 20979

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 203

  Bernard Armada

Preparation, presentation, and evaluation of original speeches by each student throughout the semester; special emphasis given to selecting and researching topics, organizing evidence, analyzing audiences, sharpening style and tone, communicating ethically and listening critically.

4 Credits

Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)

CRN: 20982

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 309

Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm

  Adrienne Christiansen

Preparation, presentation, and evaluation of original speeches by each student throughout the semester; special emphasis given to selecting and researching topics, organizing evidence, analyzing audiences, sharpening style and tone, communicating ethically and listening critically.

4 Credits

Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)

CRN: 20980

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 303

  Ellen Jordan

Preparation, presentation, and evaluation of original speeches by each student throughout the semester; special emphasis given to selecting and researching topics, organizing evidence, analyzing audiences, sharpening style and tone, communicating ethically and listening critically.

4 Credits

Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)

CRN: 20983

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 310

Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Sustainability (SUST)
     Writing to learn

  Debra Petersen

Preparation, presentation, and evaluation of original speeches by each student throughout the semester; special emphasis given to selecting and researching topics, organizing evidence, analyzing audiences, sharpening style and tone, communicating ethically and listening critically.

4 Credits

Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)

CRN: 20981

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 309

  Adrienne Christiansen

Preparation, presentation, and evaluation of original speeches by each student throughout the semester; special emphasis given to selecting and researching topics, organizing evidence, analyzing audiences, sharpening style and tone, communicating ethically and listening critically.

4 Credits

Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)

CRN: 20985

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 303

  Ellen Jordan

Introduction to basic communication theories and skills as they pertain to the business setting. Text, lecture, class discussion and exercises, and individual and group presentations will better prepare students to become more effective communicators at work. The course will focus on presentational skills, dyadic communication and interviewing, and group communication.

4 Credits

Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)

CRN: 20986

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 313

Requirements Met:
     Actuarial Sci. Major Approved
     Writing to learn

  Debra Petersen

Introduction to basic communication theories and skills as they pertain to the business setting. Text, lecture, class discussion and exercises, and individual and group presentations will better prepare students to become more effective communicators at work. The course will focus on presentational skills, dyadic communication and interviewing, and group communication.

4 Credits

Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)

CRN: 20987

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Narrative Medicine Minor Appr
     Family Studies Major Approved
     Family Studies Minor Approved
     Writing to learn
     WGSS Major Approved
     WGSS Minor Approved

  Audra Nuru

Theory and practice of interpersonal communication, including how self-concept, language, nonverbal communication, and relationships effect and are affected by communication. Common problems in interpersonal communication, options for managing these problems, and ethical issues in interpersonal communication are examined. Students apply theory and concepts through class exercises, simulations and individual projects.

4 Credits

Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)

CRN: 20988

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 305

Requirements Met:
     Sports Management Minor
     Sports Studies Minor
     Writing to learn

  Debra Petersen

This course examines how we communicate about sport, how sport is communicated to us, what is communicated by sports, and what sport communication careers are available. This course provides a survey of the many communication approaches to sport, focusing on interpersonal, mediated, organizational, and public communication to assist us in understanding historic and contemporary sport communication. Guest presenters will provide insights into sport communication careers.

2 Credits

Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)

CRN: 20989

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 202

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

  Bernard Armada

This course focuses on building a range of communication skills through improvisation activities. Students explore theatrical techniques that teach listening, collaboration, spontaneity, team building, emotional intelligence, storytelling, and confident public speaking with connections to academic, professional, and personal situations. In addition to participating in improvisation activities, students will read the works of expert theorists and practitioners of applied improvisation in corporate and professional settings. No previous improvisation experience necessary.

2 Credits

Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)

CRN: 20990

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 202

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

  Bernard Armada

Building Communication Skills through Improvisation II is the second of the two-course sequence that introduces you to the world of applied improvisation. It is a cutting-edge course designed to help you continue building on the communication skills acquired and developed in COMM 246: Building Communication Skills through Improvisation. Unlike its predecessor, COMM 248:Building Communication Skills through Improvisation II is tailored more specifically for the professional world, training students to use improvisation as a tool for human communication, business, and organizational development. It uses different readings, higher-level assignments, and more complex improvisational techniques while maintaining its core focus on teamwork, creative problem-solving, oral communication, nonverbal communication, audience analysis, clarity, and adaptability.

2 Credits

Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)

CRN: 20991

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 209

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

  Bernard Armada

This is a course for anyone wishing to thrive in public and professional life. Business, science, engineering, and health professionals have always used stories to improve their communication with a variety of audiences such as employees, patients, investors, clients, consumers, and other key stakeholders. However, in recent years, the role of storytelling in professional settings has become even more critical. Today it is one of the most important tools at the disposal of people working in business, science, engineering, and health professions. This course invites students to explore, illustrate, and apply narrative theory to inform practice. Students will learn how stories can enhance clarity and optimize persuasion, how they can foster synergy and motivation, and how they may build healthy organizational cultures. Students also will explore, illustrate, and apply how stories can design brand identity, attract investors, allay concerns, and help resolve crises. Equipped with the practical power of storytelling, students will develop skills that will help their careers and enable them to effectively advance the common good.

2 Credits

Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)

CRN: 20992

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 212

Requirements Met:
     Sports Studies Minor

  Anna Kudak

The subject matter of these courses will vary from year to year, but will not duplicate existing courses. Descriptions of these courses are available in the Searchable Class Schedule on Murphy Online, View Searchable Class Schedule

2 Credits

Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)

CRN: 22192

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 306

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just

Other Requirements Met:
     Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
     Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert

  Kristen Einertson

This course focuses on the creation and use of rhetoric in public persuasion settings, including social movements and political campaigns. The diversity of rhetorical acts examined may include campaign ads, speeches, films, advertisements, music, memorials, architecture and other nonverbal strategies. Topics of study may include: The rhetoric of domination and resistance, national identity formation, and the rhetoric of public memory.

4 Credits

Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)

CRN: 20993

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 305

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just

Other Requirements Met:
     Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
     Narrative Medicine Minor Appr
     Writing in the Discipline
     WGSS Major Approved
     WGSS Minor Approved

  Debra Petersen

This course focuses on theories and research of the historical and contemporary correlation between gender, race, class, and communicative practices, including rhetorical practice and mass communication content. It includes the influence of gender and racial stereotypes on public speech and debate, political campaigns and communication, organizational leadership, news coverage and advertising. Topics include: gendered perceptions of credibility; who is allowed to communicate and who is silenced due to class and racial privilege; and the impact of gender, race and class stereotypes about human nature, expertise, and abilities on individuals and groups that want to participate in public culture and communication. Students analyze and evaluate their own communicative styles in light of course readings and activities.

4 Credits

Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)

CRN: 20994

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Requirements Met:
     Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
     Family Studies Major Approved
     Family Studies Minor Approved
     Writing Intensive

  Pamela Nettleton

This course provides an overview of documentary television and film as part of American culture. Class sessions will focus on how to analyze and interpret claims particular documentaries make, while providing a foundation for understanding aesthetic, rhetorical, and political economic conventions that help shape the meaning of each documentary. To this end, this course will center on current theoretical dilemmas and debates in documentary filmmaking, including questions of how to define documentary, what constitutes the ethical treatment of documentary subjects and subject matter, and how documentaries construct and position audiences. We will explore the concepts of reality, truth and authority, through a variety of readings and viewings.

4 Credits

Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)

CRN: 20995

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 306

Online

Requirements Met:
     Writing Intensive

  Kristen Einertson

Study of the various strategies used to influence choice in modern society, including sources, content (such as evidence and argumentation) and audience factors (such as beliefs, attitudes, and values) that influence the persuasive process. Ethical consideration of persuasive tactics will be discussed. Students apply theory through analysis of, and practice in, written, mediated and oral forms of persuasion. A final project in applied persuasion is developed in the course.

4 Credits

Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)

CRN: 20996

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 414

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Narrative Medicine Minor Appr
     Writing to learn
     WGSS Major Approved
     WGSS Minor Approved

  Anna Kudak

This course examines the influence of culture on our own and others’ communication. Students will be introduced to different aspects and levels of culture, including basic principles and theories that explain cultural differences on the group level, and challenges in intercultural communication, such as stereotypes, ethnocentrism, conflicting ethical standards, and racial disparities. Through lectures, discussions and first-hand practice, students are expected to form global perspectives and become more competent in intercultural communication. Students are advised to take the course either during or after the sophomore year.

4 Credits

Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)

CRN: 20997

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 414

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Narrative Medicine Minor Appr
     Writing to learn
     WGSS Major Approved
     WGSS Minor Approved

  Anna Kudak

This course examines the influence of culture on our own and others’ communication. Students will be introduced to different aspects and levels of culture, including basic principles and theories that explain cultural differences on the group level, and challenges in intercultural communication, such as stereotypes, ethnocentrism, conflicting ethical standards, and racial disparities. Through lectures, discussions and first-hand practice, students are expected to form global perspectives and become more competent in intercultural communication. Students are advised to take the course either during or after the sophomore year.

4 Credits

Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)

CRN: 20998

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 210

Requirements Met:
     [Core] Signature Work
     Writing to learn

  Bernard Armada

This capstone seminar for graduating seniors explores ethical issues that confront communication professionals and audiences. Students explore theoretical perspectives on communication ethics, work from case studies to understand professional ethical standards, discuss current ethical issues in communication, work in teams to perfect oral and written ethical analysis skills, and write an individual thesis paper. Prerequisite: senior standing

4 Credits