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Communication Studies 1 information, see the Certificate in Leadership Studies in the Communication Catalog. Studies Programs Chair Undergraduate Programs of • Kembrew McLeod Study Undergraduate major: communication studies (B.A.) Major Undergraduate minor: communication studies • Major in Communication Studies (Bachelor of Arts) Graduate degrees: M.A. in communication studies; Ph.D. in communication studies Minor Faculty: https://clas.uiowa.edu/commstudies/people Website: https://clas.uiowa.edu/commstudies/ • Minor in Communication Studies Communication creates meaning and builds worlds. The Graduate Programs of Study mission of the Department of Communication Studies is to explore the central role that communication plays in shaping Majors our relationships, institutions, and societies. The department prepares students to serve as innovative scholars, engaged • Master of Arts in Communication Studies citizens, effective communicators, and visionary leaders in all • Doctor of Philosophy in Communication Studies of the communities they inhabit. Facilities Forensics/Debate The Samuel L. Becker Communication Studies Building Students in the forensics/debate program have the is designed to meet the department's research and opportunity to participate in on-campus debates, in technological needs. developmental programs designed to improve speech activities in the state, and as members of competitive intercollegiate debate teams. Forensics scholarships are Courses available. Students interested in debate should enroll in COMM:2813 Practicum in Debate. Courses numbered below 5000 are intended primarily for undergraduates; those numbered 5000 and above are for Related Minor and Certificates graduate students. Graduate students may take courses numbered 3000-4999 for credit, with their committee's Minor: Religion and Media approval. The Departments of Communication Studies and Religious Not all courses are offered each semester. Studies collaborate to offer the minor in religion and media Registration in COMM:1000 First-Year Seminar is open to that emphasizes the study of religion and the study of media first- and second-semester students regardless of grade-point in contemporary culture. It is a course of study for students average. interested in the importance of religion in public life, the digital humanities, and the shaping role of media in public and religious culture. For more information, see the minor in Communication Studies Courses religion and media in the Catalog. COMM:1000 First-Year Seminar 1 s.h. Small discussion class taught by a faculty member; topics Certificate: Event Management chosen by instructor; may include outside activities (e.g., The Departments of Communication Studies, Health and films, lectures, performances, readings, visits to research Human Physiology, and Marketing, and the School of facilities). Requirements: first- or second-semester standing. Journalism and Mass Communication collaborate to offer the COMM:1112 Interpersonal Communication 3 s.h. undergraduate Certificate in Event Management. Students Introduction to face-to-face communication in social who earn the certificate will know and be able to demonstrate and personal relationships; maximizing communicative the basic principles of organizing a successful event. They effectiveness in relationships with knowledge about how will gain a robust understanding of the diverse field of communication functions; analysis of one's own and others' event management and careers in the event management communication practices and experiences. industry. For more information, see the Certificate in Event COMM:1117 Theory and Practice of Argument 4 s.h. Management in the Catalog. Public arguments as practiced in law, politics, science, and Certificate: Leadership Studies other public arenas; improvement of skills in researching, constructing, organizing, and presenting arguments on The Certificate in Leadership Studies is an interdisciplinary disputed subjects; analyzing and refuting arguments of program supported by the Tippie College of Business, others; developing a better understanding of how scholars the Colleges of Education and Liberal Arts and Sciences, apply tools of formal and informal logic in a variety of and the Center for Student Involvement and Leadership. disciplines to improve quality of academic argument. GE: The certificate provides a structure for involvement and Quantitative or Formal Reasoning. commitment to leadership. It introduces students to leadership concepts and offers them hands-on leadership experiences. The certificate is coordinated by the Pomerantz Career Center and housed in University College. For more 2 Communication Studies COMM:1130 The Art of Persuading Others 3 s.h. COMM:1818 Communication Skills for Leadership 3 s.h. Basic theoretical concepts of effective public communication; Practice and understanding of essential communication skills employ knowledge of concepts in analyzing texts; definition for leadership; skills-based curriculum promoting application and influence of rhetorical situation, different elements of of knowledge; topics include relationship skills, collaboration persuasion (message logic, appeal to feelings, character of skills, presentation skills, and writing skills; emphasis on speaker), ability of speakers to invent arguments; issues of leadership throughout each section of the course. judgment, public discourse, identity, and agency. COMM:1819 Organizational Leadership 3 s.h. COMM:1168 Music and Social Change 3 s.h. Introduction to nature of leadership, styles of leadership What makes popular music important for people; music's that are most effective, and ways in which obstacles may be power to change culture; production, distribution, reception of overcome in groups or organizations; different approaches popular music in cultural and historical contexts. GE: Diversity to qualities of leadership, role of visions and motivation, and Inclusion. interpersonal and decision-making skills, meeting preparation COMM:1170 Communication Theory in Everyday and evaluation, and related communication skills. Life 3 s.h. COMM:1830 Communication Skills for Community General overview of everyday life communication, theories Engagement 3 s.h. and research techniques used to understand it; sheer depth Communication at the heart of public problems and solutions; and complexity of processes in communication that occur in critical 21st-century skills (writing for a general audience, everyday lives and which appear to be trivial; how to observe facilitating dialogue); valuable community service experiences conversations and identify what is really happening in them; as an introduction to the interdisciplinary field of dialogue ways in which scholars explain everyday communication and and deliberation; focus on a complex local issue, such as how it works; applications of theoretical thinking to explain affordable housing, flood planning, or excessive drinking; processes of everyday communication. GE: Social Sciences. partnering with local organizations to research a local COMM:1174 Media and Society 3 s.h. problem, plan community-based solutions, and study the art Processes and effects of mass communication; how mass of facilitating public discussions; topics include issue analysis, media operate in the United States; how mass communication deliberative inquiry, convening meetings, and community scholars develop knowledge. GE: Social Sciences; Values and organizing. Culture. COMM:1840 Introduction to Media Production 3 s.h. COMM:1305 Understanding Communication: Social Foundation of electronic media and digital television Scientific Approaches 3 s.h. production skills using industry-quality technology; high- Social scientific methods used to generate knowledge about definition camera operation, audio recording and editing, communication processes; basic tools necessary to conduct digital switcher operation, nonlinear editing, studio lighting and evaluate communication research; epistemological techniques, and more; introduction to questions surrounding perspectives, research procedures, and data analysis; the impact of media production on artistic expression, readings and hands-on activities. audiences, and society. COMM:1306 Understanding Communication: COMM:1845 Short-Form Media Production 3 s.h. Humanistic Approaches 3 s.h. Basics of short-form media creation including public service Humanistic methods and theories used to generate knowledge announcements, commercials, promotional videos, and more; about communication processes; basic tools necessary to entire production process from creation to production to post- conduct and evaluate communication research in humanities production; assumes basic knowledge of studio and field subdisciplines; epistemological perspectives, research production techniques, nonlinear editing. procedures, and critical practices; readings and hands-on COMM:1898 Introduction to Latina/o/x Communication activities. and Culture 3 s.h. COMM:1809 Social Marketing Campaigns 3 s.h. Introduction to fundamentals of communication by and about Introduction to theory, development, and practice of social Latina/o/x in the U.S.; Latina/o/x as one of the fastest growing marketing campaigns; public service announcements, political demographics; how Latina/o/x history, politics, and culture action to change smoking laws, community-led initiatives to remain little understood despite a longstanding and growing increase availability of local foods; communication-centric presence in Iowa and across
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