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Discipline: Degree: AA-T - Communication Studies - A0325
Course Name Course Number
Beginning Writing and Reporting for the Mass Media JOUR 101
  • Students will demonstrate news judgment.
  • Students will understand AP style.
  • Students will be able to identify and write summary and other leads.
Argumentation and Debate SPCH 20
  • Students will perform in front of a live audience.
Critical Thinking and Writing ENGL 1C
  • In conversation with multiple texts, whether assigned by the instructor or chosen by the student, students will write a formal argument.
  • Students will evaluate the soundness of arguments.
Critical Thinking and Writing - Honors ENGL 1CH
  • In conversation with multiple texts, whether assigned by the instructor or chosen by the student, students will write a formal argument.
  • Students will evaluate the soundness of arguments.
Forensics: Debate Team SPCH 17
  • Students will apply techniques from multiple genres of speech communication
Forensics: Fundamentals of Contest Speech and Debate SPCH 15
  • Students will compete in an intercollegiate forensics tournament.
Forensics: Reader's Theater Team SPCH 18
  • Students will perform for a live audience.
  • Students will collaborate to stage and perform multiple selections of literature as a group.
Group Communication SPCH 6
  • Students will perform a group presentation in front of a live audience.
Intercultural Communication SPCH 7
  • Students will feel more confident.
  • Students will define culture.
Interpersonal Communication SPCH 26
  • Students will evaluate their self concept.
Introduction to Communication Theory SPCH 30
  • Students will analyze the relationship between social, political, and/or economic institutions and human behavior.
  • Students will assess various areas of the communication field and choose one specific area for further study.
  • Students will conduct research using a communication database.
  • Students will construct a literature review on one aspect of communication studies.
  • Students will evaluate theoretical components of communication theories.
Introduction to Mass Communications JOUR 100
  • Students will be familiar with basic mass media law and ethics.
  • Students will understand the respective functions of the fields that comprise the mass media, advertising, and public relations.
Performance of Literature SPCH 4
  • Students will be able to analyze modes of artistic expression.
  • Demonstrate effective use of voice, body, facial expressions, focal points, emphasis, and integration of manuscript during performance
Professional and Organization Speaking SPCH 8
  • Students will understand the need to adapt communication style to acknowledge the differences in others
  • Students will conduct an employment interview.
Professional and Organizational Speaking - Honors SPCH 8H
  • Students will feel more confident.
Public Speaking SPCH 1A
  • Students will incorporate strategies to reduce speech anxiety.
  • Students will engage in audience adaptation.
  • Students will construct a keyword and full sentence outline using a speech organizational pattern, with credible research and attribution.
  • Students will critically evaluate public speeches, including perspectives, evidence, and arguments with reasoning and support.
  • Students will perform basic speaking skills using a variety of delivery methods.
Public Speaking - Honors SPCH 1AH
  • Students will critically evaluate public speeches, including perspectives, evidence, and arguments with reasoning and support.
  • Students will incorporate strategies to reduce speech anxiety.
  • Students will construct a keyword and full sentence outline using a speech organizational pattern, with credible research and attribution.
  • Students will engage in audience adaptation.
  • Students will perform basic speaking skills using a variety of delivery methods.
Survey of Communication Studies SPCH 2
  • Students will solve a problem as a group.
  • Students will evaluate their self concept
  • Students will examine the relationship between culture and communication.
  • Students will perform three speeches
Voice and Diction SPCH 3
  • Students will demonstrate vocal expressiveness.
  • Students will examine the relationship between culture and communication.