Communication Studies

Classes

COM 101: Introduction to Public Speaking

This course is designed to teach students how to write and deliver public speeches effectively. Students prepare a number of short talks for presentation in class. Emphasis is placed on audience analysis, research and the speech-writing process as well as delivery.

COM 204: Media Criticism

Students learn to analyze and critique contemporary genres of media, look critically at mass media institutions and how these institutions influence media content, and consider what kinds of larger implications the mass media have on our lives and culture.

COM 303: Writing about Sports

This is an advanced writing course in sports journalism which utilizes print, broadcast and digital formats. The components include game analysis, commentary, editorials, Op-Ed pieces, blog writing, quantitative research skills, public relations and investigative journalism.

COM 312: Writing About the Arts

Writing about the Arts focuses on the features aspect of print, broadcast and digital journalism, including interest or point-of-view stories, reviews, analyses and columns about the arts: works of art, artist profiles, recorded and live performances, broadcast and cable programming literature, claymation, anime, theater, photography, internet art and blog art reviews.