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2019-20 Hamilton Holt Undergraduate 
    
2019-20 Hamilton Holt Undergraduate [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS


 

Topics Courses Spring 2020

  
  • BUS 395 H1X - Topics: Digital Marketing


    Credit(s): 4
    How can a brand stay relevant in an ever changing digital space? What is the current digital landscape like? How can a marketer prepare to not only compete in the present landscape but succeed in the future? This course attempts to provide its participants an overarching digital marketing framework while diving deep into each of the components of the said framework with a real-world lens. Topics include: Social Media Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Search Engine Marketing, Display Advertising and Digital Marketing Analytics among others. (Offered Spring 2020)

    Prerequisite(s): Prereq: MGT 330 or INB 337
  
  • BUS 395 H2 - Topics: Innovation & New Product Development


    Credit(s): 4
    (Offered Spring 2020)

    Prerequisite(s): Prereq: MGT 101 or INB 200
  
  • CMC 395 H1X - Topic: Cinema & Modernism


    Credit(s): 4
    This course will explore the broad relationship between cinema (a medium created in the late 19th century) and the Modernist cultural movement-one that reached its apex precisely as the art of film came of age. First, we’ll attempt a theoretical and historical overview of the term Modernism and confront the controversy of whether or not the cinema is inherently Modernist (either because of its ontological nature or its chronological positioning). Next, we’ll consider issues foregrounded in discussions of Modernism including primitivism, modernization, politics and propaganda, nationalism, commodification, etc. Under each topic, we’ll study an important film that relates to the subject as well as works from other arts and media: literature, painting, decorative arts, advertising, etc. FIL elective. (Offered Spring 2020)

  
  • CMS 295 H1X - Topics: Tech Leadership & Career Prep


    Credit(s): 2
    (Offered Spring 2020)

  
  • CMS 395 H1X - Topics: Graphics


    Credit(s): 4
    (Offered Spring 2020)

    Prerequisite(s): Prereq: CMS 270
  
  • CMS 495 H1X - Topics in CS: Modern Networking


    Credit(s): 4
    (Offered Spring 2020)

    Prerequisite(s): Prereq: CMS 270
  
  • ENV 395 H1X - Topics: AgroEcology


    Credit(s): 4
    (Offered Spring 2020)

  
  • HUM 395 H1 - Topics: Hot for God


    Credit(s): 4
    We all want to be happy. But what do we find happiness in? Pleasure? Success? Relationships? God? We will join Plato, Cicero, Augustine & Boethius as they attempt to elevate everyday life via critical reflection on human desire and our experience of the world, turning music into science and re-purposing poetry for philosophical ends. We will approach the traditional liberal arts not as a static block but a dynamic, evolving tradition. This will give us the critical perspective to creatively re-imagine our own education. (Offered Spring 2020)

  
  • INAF 395 H1 - Topics: The Sovereign Individual


    Credit(s): 4
    (Offered Spring 2020)

  
  • MGT 395 H1X - Topics: Managing Hospitality Organizations


    Credit(s): 4
    (Offered Spring 2020)

    Prerequisite(s): Prereq: BUS 245 and third year students
  
  • MUS 395 1X - Topics: Master Orchestra Audition


    Credit(s): 4
    (Offered Spring 2020).

  
  • MUS 395 2X - Topics: Music Technology 2


    Credit(s): 4
    (Offered Spring 2020).

    Prerequisite(s): Music Technology I; Instructor consent.
  
  • MUS 395 3X - Topics: Music Business & Marketing


    (Offered Spring 2020).

  
  • PSY 395 H1 - Topics: Psychology of Prejudice


    Credit(s): 4
    Psychology of Prejudice will examine the prejudices that are prevalent in today’s society. The development of prejudice will be examined from social cognitive standpoint. Focus will also be given to the experience of prejudice, old fashioned and modern forms of prejudice, the social context of prejudice, turning prejudice into discrimination, and how to reduce prejudice, among other topics. We will examine discrimination in a variety on contexts, including social and work environments. These topics will be reinforced with class discussions, debates, films, newspaper articles and experiential activities. (Offered Spring 2020)


Art

  
  • ART 110 - Two-Dimensional (2D) Foundations


    Introduces students to various methods and concepts in the visual arts practice. Projects incorporate drawing, painting, printmaking, mixed media, and basic color theory. Required first course for studio art majors and minors. Appropriate for non-majors who wish to explore various media and basic visual art concepts.

  
  • ART 120 - Three-Dimensional (3D) Foundations


    Introduces fundamentals of three-dimensional (3D) design with an emphasis on spatial awareness, problem solving, and the development of ideas related to traditional and non-traditional approaches to making art. Readings, discussions, and group critiques complement the studio work.

    Suitable for majors and non-majors.
  
  • ART 221 - Drawing and Composition


    Expands the basic drawing skills of intermediate students with an emphasis on form and concept. Examines universal and personal themes in contemporary drawing.

    Required for majors, but suitable for nonmajors.
  
  • ART 222 - Introduction to Design


    Provides a foundation for painting, sculpture, and graphics. Discusses applied design and pure design principles.

  
  • ART 223 - Graphic Design I


    Presents basic concepts and techniques associated with computer-based design. Emphasis is placed on the process of creative problem solving, research, and idea generation. Students will develop technical skills in this primarily computer based course using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator commercial software applications.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 110 and ART 120, or instructor consent.
  
  • ART 230 - Introduction to Digital Media


    Introduces students to digital workflow related to the studio art process. Students will work with Photoshop, and various web design, video editing, and blog applications to create studio projects addressing aesthetic, formal, and conceptual issues.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 110 and ART 120, or instructor consent. Suitable for majors and non-majors. Continuous access to a digital camera required.
  
  • ART 232 - Special Studies in Painting and Drawing


    Fosters technical improvement and critical thinking among intermediate and advanced painters and drawers. Studio work, individual and group critiques, and individual research.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 221  or consent
  
  • ART 241 - Sculpture I


    Introduces three-dimensional techniques and issues as a foundation for later specialization. Highlights addition and subtraction in traditional figurative studies, relief sculpture, and still lifes.

    Required for majors, but suitable for nonmajors.
  
  • ART 243 - Human Figure Drawing I


    Challenges intermediate and advanced students to incorporate human figures into artwork. Stresses studio exercises, such as gesture drawings and in-depth anatomical studies, as well as individual and group critiques, and discussions with individual research.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 221  or Consent.
  
  • ART 251 - Introduction to Painting


    Drills the basics (technical aspects of medium, design elements, and compositional methods) as the foundation for individual creativity. Intensive studio work, individual and group critiques, and individual research.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 221  or consent.
  
  • ART 285 - Photo I - Technique, Form & Content


    Introduces technical best-practices in digital photography including camera and software operation, while simultaneously developing formal and conceptual image-making strategies. Emphasizes the practice of photography as a fine art through reading and discussion covering the medium’s history. Previously offered as ART 295.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 110 and ART 120, or instructor consent. Suitable for majors and non-majors.
  
  • ART 293 - Photography I


    Introduces camera operation, films, papers and developers, and darkroom printing. Considers visual, stylistic and conceptual issues of contemporary photography.

    Suitable for majors and nonmajors.
  
  • ART 300 - Digital Color Photography


    Introduces digital photography and the dry darkroom. Explores stylistic and conceptual directions in contemporary color photography. Includes digital camera images and scanned images, management and enhancement of images utilizing PhotoShop, and printing from digital printers.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 293  or equivalent (with instructor consent).
  
  • ART 300 - Photo II


    Advances development of photographic technique and practice formed in Photo I through intensive semester-long, individual projects. Applies the rigorous study of critical theory through seminar discussions to enhance conceptual understanding of the role of lens-based media in contemporary practice.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 110 and ART 120, or instructor consent.
  
  • ART 310 - Introduction to Video Art


    Introduces the medium of digital video with primary focus on locating video art in contemporary fine arts contexts, as opposed to and/or in conversation with broadcast media. Discusses the medium’s history alongside the larger categories of other time and lens-based media such as film and photography, and covers concepts and theories related to these media. Basic image capture and editing techniques taught using industry standard software.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 110 and ART 120, plus ART 230 or  ART 285 or ART 300, or instructor consent. Suitable for majors and highly motivated non-majors.
  
  • ART 323 - Graphic Design II


    Intermediate graphic design course stressing creative problem solving as applied to single and multiple page layout, as well as typography and website design. Strengthens students’ graphic design portfolios while introducing Adobe, InDesign, and world wide web development software.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 223, ART 110 and ART 120, or instructor consent.
  
  • ART 342 - Sculpture II


    Builds upon concepts covered in Sculpture I. Explores different techniques, styles, and materials, many not traditionally associated with sculpture. Combines perceptual and conceptual study of form.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 241  or consent.
  
  • ART 392 - Digital and Mixed Media Printmaking


    Reinforces the concept of printmaking through integration of traditional and non-traditional processes and tools. Mixed media projects develop students’ visual design skills through integration of Adobe, Photoshop, traditional intaglio techniques, and lithographic printmaking. Suggested for majors, but suitable for non-majors. Basic knowledge of Adobe, Photoshop is required.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 110 and ART 120, or instructor consent.

Art History

  
  • ARH 101 - Introduction to Visual Culture


    Focuses on thematic and critical rather than historical approaches to visual arts and architecture. Slide lecture.

  
  • ARH 110 - Introduction: Ancient-Medieval Art


    Examines the history of art and architecture in connection with the development of western cultures from Antiquity to the Middle Ages.

    Suitable for non-majors.
  
  • ARH 120 - Introduction: Renaissance-Modern Art


    Examines the history of art and architecture in connection with the development of western cultures from the Renaissance to the present.

    Suitable for non-majors.
  
  • ARH 140 - Introduction to Global Art


    Introduces art from the Islamic world, South and Southeast Asia, China, Korea, Japan, Oceania, Africa, and the native Americas from early times to the present. Examines sculpture, painting, architecture, pottery, book arts, textiles, photography, and other visual art forms, emphasizing the relationship between form and function within an historical context.

    Suitable for non-majors.
  
  • ARH 145 - Introduction to African Art


    Introduces archaeological, historical, modern, and contemporary works of African art in their aesthetic, cultural, and historical contexts. Examines sculpture, masquerade, textiles, painting, photography, architecture, and personal objects. AAAS elective.

    Suitable for non-majors.
  
  • ARH 201 - Introduction to Art History I


    Outlines the history of Western visual art, architecture, sculpture, and painting from ancient times through the Middle Ages. Includes illustrated lectures, discussions, and outside reading reports.

  
  • ARH 202 - Introduction to Art History II


    Outlines the history of Western visual art from the Renaissance to the present. Includes illustrated lectures, discussions, and outside reading reports.

  
  • ARH 219 - Medieval Art


    Covers architecture, sculpture, painting and minor arts, c. 300-1300, including deline of classical art, emergence of early Christian and Byzantine art, and relationship between arts of East and West.  Examines development of Romanesque and Gothic syles as symbos of human life, belief, and ideas.

  
  • ARH 230 - Italian Renaissance Art


    Focuses on art and architecture in Italy from 1400-1530, with attention to social influences on the subject and style of the artists and with emphasis on Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo.

    Formerly ARH 311.
  
  • ARH 231 - Northern Renaissance Art


    Follows evolution of painting techniques and styles during fifteenth and sixteenth centuries north of the Alps. Touches upon iconography and analogies between visual arts and contemporary humanist ideas.

    Formerly ARH 310.
  
  • ARH 240 - Baroque and Rococo Art


    Pursues seventeenth century Baroque style in Italy, Holland, Flanders, France, England and Spain from Renaissance and Mannerist sources, through termination in eighteenth century Rococo style, circa 1750.

  
  • ARH 250 - Eurpoean Art: Royalty and Revolution


    Overview of the major artistic movements and theories of 19th-century Europe, primarily France, Great Britain, and Germany. Movements include Neoclassicism, Romanticism, the Pre-Raphaelites, Impressionism, and Symbolism. Examines the emergence of photography. Situates the arts in their social and political contexts.


Business

  
  • BUS 230 - Financial and Managerial Accounting


    This course introduces domestic and international theories and methods of using accounting systems information technology to solve problems and evaluate performance throughout the business lifecycle. The course explores financial and managerial accounting topics emphasizing the analysis of financial statements and managerial decision techniques.

    Prerequisite(s): MGT 101  
  
  • BUS 233 - Micro & Macro Economics


    This course Introduces economic theory and analysis as they apply to personal and organizational decision-making. Examines economic concepts used to describe, explain, evaluate, predict, and address key social, political, economic problems of domestic and international businesses.

  
  • BUS 236 - Statistics for Business


    This course introduces the uses of information technology (MIS, Big Data) for data gathering, organization, and analysis. Covers descriptive statistics, probability, and inferential statistics. Includes measures of central tendency, dispersion, skew, probability distributions, interval estimation, hypothesis testing, correlation, regression, and multiple regressions.

    Prerequisite(s): MGT 101  
  
  • BUS 245 - International Organizational Behavior


    International Organizational Behavior (IOB) focuses on the attitudes, behavior, and performance of people cross-cultural and multinational work arrangements. We focus on understanding and managing individual, group, organizational, and cultural factors. We will explore applications of IOB concepts to performance, conflict, and change management.

    Prerequisite(s): MGT 101  
  
  • BUS 317 - Personal Finance


    Personal Finance is the process of sourcing and using funds to achieve personal objectives. The course outlines a wide variety of financial instruments available for managing money. Applications include: personal financial statements, insurance, social security, investments, tax, retirement, estate planning, and personal financial planning as a profession.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior status.
  
  • BUS 320 - Entrepreneurial & Corporate Finance


    Finance is the process of sourcing and using funds to achieve business objectives. This course introduces theories, concepts, and tools for financial planning, analysis, evaluation, and decision making in businesses, nonprofits, and social enterprises.

    Prerequisite(s): BUS 215 or BUS 233  and BUS 230 .
  
  • BUS 330 - Entrepreneurial Marketing


    This course examines the marketing-entrepreneurship interface including opportunity recognition, taking and managing risks, innovation and value co-creation aimed at solving problems, whether for the customers in the marketplace or for people confronting complexities of social issues. Key concepts of situational-market analysis, segmentation, new product-solution development, pricing and channels of distribution and convention/digital communication strategies are integrated. Focuses on development of self, reflective practice, and skills for True Teamwork.

    Prerequisite(s): BUS 215 or BUS 233 .
  
  • BUS 331 - Financial Statement Analysis


    The objective of this course is to develop the students ability to think critically about the information presented in financial statements. While the focus on this class will not be financial accounting rules, students will be expected to know or learn enough about accounting rules and regulations in order to properly interpret the information for analytical purposes. The ability to read, interpret and properly analyze financial data will ultimately be used to assess a firm’s current position, forecast future performance, develop financial plans/budgets, and evaluate corporate valuation.

    Prerequisite(s): BUS 230  
  
  • BUS 332 - Family Business Financial Management


    The goal of this course is to provide the student with a basic understanding of the unique characteristics and financial management practices of a family-owned business.  Family businesses comprise 85% of the private sector employment in the United States. Many of our students either come from families with an existing business or intend on establishing one. After completing this course, the student will have a better understanding of the unique financial challenges and opportunities within this specific business environment. 

    Prerequisite(s): BUS 230  
  
  • BUS 334 - Family Business Planning


    Credit(s): 4
    Focusing on the challenges and rewards of family businesses, this course explores unique issues including officer selection, tax considerations, estate planning, family conflict management, employee and leadership development, training, and succession planning. Being aware of these unique issues will better prepare students for success in family and non-family firms.

  
  • BUS 339 - Marketing Analytics


    Marketing analytics is both an art and science to understand internal or external data patterns and predict and improve marketing performance. Students will learn what analytics is, some of the analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics, Facebook Ads, Talkwalker, Tableau) and the benefits of taking an analytics-based approach to decision making.

    Prerequisite(s): INB 337 and MGT 330
  
  • BUS 348 - Investments


    Explores theories and techniques of investing, especially in the stock and bond markets. Highlights basic security analysis and portfolio management, as well as financial planning in a changing economic environment.

    Prerequisite(s): BUS 320  and Junior status.
  
  • BUS 369 - Global Business


    Details strategies U.S. firms can use to compete globally. Course will covers international competition, competitive advantage, international trade, international political economy, importing, exporting, licensing, foreign direct investment, and globalization.

    Prerequisite(s): MGT 101  and third-year standing.
  
  • BUS 375 - Advertising and Promotion


    Advertising, promotion, publicity, public relations, direct selling, and personal selling are processes for communication with current and prospective customers. Using problems and cases this course examines the marketing communication process, message development, media selection, management of the process, and evaluation of communication effects on consumer behavior.

    Prerequisite(s): BUS 330  and Junior status.
  
  • BUS 376 - Personal Selling


    Interactive class that focuses on sales processes, sales strategies and sales skills needed to be successful in any product or service business. Course will help students understand the customer calls “value” and the importance of developing relationships.

    Prerequisite(s): BUS 245  and junior standing.
  
  • BUS 390 - Special Topics in Business


    Course deals with significant economic, political, social, and ethical problems facing global businesses. Conducted as a seminar, discussions will be based on current journal articles.

    Prerequisite(s): BUS major and Junior status.
  
  • BUS 450 - Global Business Strategy


    Taking a strategic approach to the challenges of managing the organization as a whole, this course examines the process, problems, and consequences of creating, implementing, and evaluating business strategy on a global scale.

    Prerequisite(s): MGT 320, MGT 330, MGT 350 .

Communication

  
  • COM 100 - Introduction to Communication Studies


    This course provides an overview of the history, practices, and key areas of research that inform the discipline of communication studies. Students will be introduced to the applied concentrations within the major and will develop an understanding of various research methods and theories relevant to the discipline.

  
  • COM 130 - Event Planning and Communication


    Provides a comprehensive overview of elements and factors involved in the planning, production, and assessment of special events as well as the communication factors that dominate each phase of the process. Through a review of the literature, interaction with guest presenters, interviews with professionals including site visits, and a class produced half-day conference; students will learn both the components of a successful event and the required communication skills.

    Prerequisite(s): COM 100 .
  
  • COM 203 - Communication Ethics


    Develops the cognitive flexibility required to appreciate, explore, dissect, and defend ethical arguments and behaviors within communication-related contexts. Formerly numbered COM 303. Students with credit for COM 303 may not receive credit for COM 203.

  
  • COM 210 - Public Speaking


    This course explains research, organization, writing, delivery, and critical analysis of oral presentations with attention to individual needs.

    (Formerly COM 110.)
  
  • COM 212 - Persuasion Theory


    Examines persuasion at the intrapersonal, interpersonal, small group, organizational, and mass media levels. Based on an understanding and application of classical and contemporary empirical research, students design practical persuasive media. Formerly numbered COM 312. Students with credit for COM 312 may not receive credit for COM 212.

  
  • COM 220 - Interpersonal Communication


    This course explores communication strategies to interact more effectively in everyday, one-on-one relationships with family, friends, and co-workers.

  
  • COM 230 - Listening


    The study of the art of listening and its importance in our personal and professional lives. Students learn to analyze, assess, and improve their own listening abilities.

    (Formerly COM 305.)
  
  • COM 240 - Intercultural Communication


    Examines concepts/constructs, theories, and empirical research pertinent to communication within and between cultures, with primary foci on contexts and relationships.

    (Formerly COM 306.)
  
  • COM 285 - Research Methods in Communication


    Introduces the fundamentals of communication research. Topics include the scientific method, quantitative and qualitative approaches, research ethics, hypothesis testing, measurement issues, survey design, data analysis, and more.

    Previously offered as COM 295
  
  • COM 295 - Topics in Communication


    Provides an introduction to selected areas of communication studies. Topics for consideration are at the
    discretion of the instructor and will change with each course offering.

    Previously offered as COM 215
  
  • COM 301 - Designing Effective Organizations


    The study of organizational design and its impact on the efficiency and effectiveness of modern organizations. Students explore and discuss issues such as strategic planning and management, organizational effectiveness, power and politics, organizational culture and communication, and the designing of organizations for the information age.

  
  • COM 302 - New Media and Public Relations


    This course will explore current communication practices, including blogs, wikis, and social media (i.e. Facebook, and Twitter) to deconstruct the communication and business impact of these techniques and the impact on Public Relations.

  
  • COM 310 - Family Communication


    This course explores communication within the family unit, specific family relationships, and elements inherent in relationships. Activities are designed to improve specific communication skills and positively guide family communication behavior.

    Previously offered as COM 395  Topic.
  
  • COM 311 - Conflict and Communication


    Studies human behavior with particular attention to the role of conflict across various contexts (interpersonal relationships, group/team, organizational settings, and multi-cultural settings). Formerly numbered COM 412. Students with credit for COM 412 may not receive credit for COM 311.

  
  • COM 313 - Mass Media and Society


    This course is a study of the impact of the media on the habits, customs and thinking of our times. Students explore topics that include:the relationships between mass media and society, social and ethical issues, and the media’s role in the nation’s history.

    Formerly COM 315K.
  
  • COM 316 - Training and Development


    Credit(s): This is offered on credit/no credit basis only
    Focuses on the role of communication in the training and development of human resources. Topics include: the role of training and development; identifying training needs; adult learning theory; instructional design; training evaluation; and approaches to work-force development. Case analysis and work in small groups is used extensively.

  
  • COM 318 - Contemporary Public Relations


    The course explores the study of public relations principles applied to organizations. This course examines the ways in which public relations theories and principles are applied to specific business situations.

  
  • COM 319 - Leadership and Effective Communication


    The course is the study of leadership, leadership styles, and leadership effectiveness in organizations. Students explore the connection between leadership and organizational communication.

  
  • COM 321 - Organizational Communication


    Analyzes the role and importance of communication in organizations with special emphasis on corporations, not-for-profit institutions, government agencies, and other structures in which people work. Formerly numbered COM 421. Students with credit for COM 421 may not receive credit for COM 321.

  
  • COM 322 - Computer Mediated Communication


    This course addresses the study of the communication processes affected by our interactions with technologies. Students analyze the benefits and challenges that modern technology creates for effective human communication.

  
  • COM 324 - Self-Leadership and Communication


    This course explores the many ways that self-leadership skills may be enhanced through effective communication principles, strategies and techniques. Topics to be discussed include rebuilding personal infrastructures, establishing high standards and wide boundaries, eliminating tolerations in life, competing with the past, developing reserves, making the present perfect, becoming a problem-free zone, and much more. Offered on a credit/no credit basis only.

  
  • COM 325 - Communication Campaigns


    Introduces the planning, organizing, implementation, and evaluation of various educational, health, political, religious, and commercial campaigns. Communication campaigns are focused, large-scale efforts to exert social influence.

  
  • COM 327 - Servant Leadership


    Designed to introduce students to the study and application of servant-leadership, including concepts and tools that allow the serving leader to empower and equip all stakeholders of the organization.

  
  • COM 330 - Health Communication


    Introduces theory and research on communication in health and illness contexts, focusing on how messages from interpersonal, organizational, and media sources affect health belief and behavior.

  
  • COM 331 - Communication and Social Change


    This course approaches the study of communication and social change through direct community engagement activities. It uses communication theories and practices to demonstrate how communication strategy can help individuals and organizations advocate for social change.

  
  • COM 336 - Communication Across the Lifespan


    This course adopts a communication perspective of development over the lifespan. We examine what it means to age, the impact of aging on relationships and organizations, and communication patterns in contexts impacting and involving older adults.

  
  • COM 340 - Health Policy and Advocacy


    This course introduces concepts and strategies for policy changes to improve health based on current health issues. Course will include situational analysis, communication strategies, and messaging to advocate for policies affecting health.

  
  • COM 345 - Leadership, Film, and Communication


    The course initiates a thoughtful consideration of the nature of leadership as depicted in film. Through seeking understanding in dialogue with fellow learners, students are encouraged toward greater discernment of the person, the collective, and the context with regard to the dynamic systems involved in leadership. Film provides unique insights to investigate character and motive, as well as culture, allowing us to access meaning and significance through theoretical, analytic and dialogic inquiry.

  
  • COM 351 - Writing for Public Relations


    Teaches students the basic principles of writing public relations materials for a diverse audience using diverse media. Students will practice gathering, organizing, and checking information to write a variety of PR documents.

  
  • COM 355 - Global Health Communication


    Introduces important issues and key concepts of communication in global health. Focus will be placed on determinants of health, the burden of disease, health disparities, risk factors, and communication strategies.

  
  • COM 395 - Topics in Communication Studies


    Provides intensive study with selected areas of communication studies. Topics for consideration are at the discretion of the instructor and will change with each course offering.

    Previously offered as COM 315
  
  • COM 397 - Internship


    Provides on-the-job experience. Students may choose internships from approved list provided by Career Services, or they may make own arrangements within established guidelines by Career Services.

  
  • COM 398 - Independent Project


    Offers an opportunity for specialized study and to encourage intellectual curiosity, initiative, and sustained effort. Independent Studies must be sponsored by a faculty member, and approved by an academic department. Proposal forms for Independent Studies are available (in electronic form suitable for download) on the Student Records website.

  
  • COM 400 - Advanced Project in Communication Studies


    This course will give students an opportunity to develop advanced research skills necessary to design, execute, write, and present communication research in a particular area of interest identified by individual students.

    Prerequisite(s): COM 285  or instructor consent.
  
  • COM 418 - Advanced Public Relations


    This course addresses the advanced study of the discipline of public relations. Students learn the basic communication theories and professional practices necessary in a wide range of roles from publicity to promotion to public information, counseling and management. Students develop skills in written and oral communication, critical thinking, problem solving, research, and strategic planning.

    Prerequisite(s): COM 318  or consent.
  
  • COM 480 - Senior Seminar in Communication


    This capstone course, taken in the senior year by students majoring in Organizational Communication or Communication Studies, provides an end-of-the-program opportunity for the advanced study of communication in multiple everyday contexts.

    Prerequisite(s): Senior status and major in Communication Studies.
  
  • COM 480 - Senior Seminar in Communication


    This capstone course, taken in the senior year by students majoring in Organizational Communication or Communication Studies, provides an end-of-the-program opportunity for the advanced study of communication in multiple everyday contexts.

    Prerequisite(s): Senior status and major in Communication Studies.

Dance

  
  • DAN 135 - Freedom to Move


    Covers a variety of techniques that lead to more efficient use of the body. Methods learned will include various forms of dance and may also include Body Mapping, Alexander Technique, Nia, Laban, Body-Mind Centering, yoga, and Feldenkrais. Suitable for all students, particularly actors, dancers, singers, instrumentalists, and athletes.

  
  • DAN 155 - Musical Theatre Dance


    Provides an understanding of the structure of musical stage choreography and an insight into the skills necessary to perform that choreography. Students will expand their technical abilities by studying and learning a variety of choreographic styles of major musical theatre choreographers.

 

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