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Students will evaluate the impact of mass communication in a global society from a social and cultural aspect. Throughout the course, students will utilize communication technologies and understand personal and professional virtual spaces as places to develop, foster, maintain connections and engage with others. The interrelationship between various forms of communications including digital, interpersonal, professional, verbal, and visual will be explored and discussed. Students will analyze the legal aspects of ethical communication, evaluate the history, interpret theory, critique media and apply communication technologies to practice. This curriculum develops students’ communication competencies and builds essential skills for virtual and face-to-face interactions. Pre-requisite(s): None. Co-requisite(s): None. 5 quarter hours

In this course, students explore key components of applied communications with focus on storytelling across genres and writing for publication. Students build their foundational skills in writing and synthesizing assigned materials into discussions. This course promotes engaging conversations as well as stimulating writing and interviewing tasks, including a final project. Students exercise their critical thinking skills and creativity as they explore communications as storytellers—written and verbal. This is a gateway course into the B.A. in Communication and Media and the Communication minor. Pre- requisite(s): ENG 101 and ENG 201 with a grade of a C or better or equivalent as determined by advisor. Co-requisite(s): None. 5 quarter hours