辅修传播学

This course is designed to help students develop the 技能 necessary to effectively communicate in public, 私人和专业设置. 本课程将着重于传播理论的广泛基础, 概念, and 技能 and offer students the opportunity to apply those 技能. 学生将探索几种交流模式, 包括说服性演讲和邀请性演讲, 对话, 以及人际沟通. Students will explore the foundations of the communication discipline and consider the importance of communication for our personal, 专业, 公民生活.

通常每学期提供.

The study of cultural differences that influence the exchange of meaning between individuals and groups of different cultural and/or racial backgrounds. The course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the uniqueness of cultures and the resulting variations in communication styles and preferences, and to provide strategies and 技能 for successfully communicating across cultural barriers. Students will spend at least 20 hours during the semester working with community agencies serving clients from different cultures.

(通常每学期提供.)

Students will explore theories and research questions investigated by social scientists interested in the processes of human communication.
前提条件:大二.
(通常每学期提供.)

This course will provide students a direct encounter with the culture of Italy. 具体地说, students will study cultural indicators of Florence such as verbal and nonverbal communication, 食物, 运输, 商业环境, 政治, 宗教信仰, 以及人际关系. 学生住在佛罗伦萨, 阅读文本, 听演讲/, 视图的艺术, 参加音乐会, 通过步行体验佛罗伦萨的文化, 看, 吃, shopping and navigating the city and reflecting on these experiences.
前提条件:导师许可和大二的成绩.
(通常在奇数个夏天提供.)

学生将探索领导理论的组成部分, 技能, 和行为, and will examine and practice effective communication behaviors as related to leadership processes and roles.

Family Communication is designed as an introduction to communication phenomena in the context of the family. The overall goal of the course is to help students understand how, 通过沟通, 我们开发, 维护, 增强, 或者扰乱家庭关系. Students will learn theories focusing on the communication patterns and practices that shape family life.

健康 Communication is the study and use of communication strategies to inform and influence individual and community decisions that 增强 health. We will be exploring a wide range of messages and media in the context of health maintenance and promotion, 疾病预防, 治疗和倡导. 通过阅读, 讨论, 写作业, along with shadowing and interviewing a variety of health care 专业s, you will learn theories focusing on the communication patterns and practices that shape health care in the U.S. 在其他文化中也是如此.
(通常在春季学期开设.)

对包括书籍在内的各种媒体发展的研究, 报纸, 杂志, 广播, 电视, 和电影. The interaction of these media and their impact on society and the individual are included.
(通常在春季学期开设.)

This course offers an exploration of the creation and perpetuation of gender and gender roles 通过沟通. Students will also consider the question of the impact of gender on communication. Students will examine gender in a variety of contexts including families, schools, and media.

The Sophomore/Junior-Level Communication Internship has been developed to provide an enriching, 学生主修或副修的应用学习经验. This elective internship can help the student determine the type and location of her or his future internships or 专业 activities. It is also a useful option as an elective credit in the student's senior year after the COMM 4970 Internship requirement has been filled.  
只通过/失败.
前提条件:大二 and permission of the internship coordinator or department chair.
(通常每学期和夏季提供.)

A study of theories and practices of persuasion within a variety of communication contexts. Students will be expected to apply these 概念 to out-of-class persuasive situations.
先决条件:初级职位.
(通常每学期提供.)

The course in Public Relations is a study of the nature of public relations, 涉及的人员, 它与公众舆论的关系, 以及所使用的沟通渠道. Special attention is given to the application of public relations strategies for particular events or organizations.
(通常每学期提供.)

This broad-based course overviews the history and criticism of advertising, 以及目标的基本方面, 定位, 媒体的选择, 创意策略.
(通常每学期提供.)

This course is designed to help students develop theoretical and practical understandings of dialogic communication. Students will develop the 技能 necessary to effectively participate in and facilitate transformational 对话. In addition to developing a comprehensive understanding of current dialogic research, students will have several opportunities to practice their facilitating 技能 by helping NWU and Lincoln community groups engage impasse through 对话.
前提条件:大二 and permission of the instructor.