Examines the historical development of communication forms, tools, technologies and institutions (orality, writing, printing, photography, film, radio, television, computers, internet); their influence on culture (forms of expression and social relationships); and their impact on social and individual experience. Applies knowledge of communication history to contemporary social issues and problems in media and society, domestically and internationally.
Provides a comprehensive survey of the ideas, events, and individuals that determined the design of information, objects, culture, and commerce across societies. Students will examine the social, political and cultural contexts that have shaped media design and the ideologies and relationships of similar movements in art and architecture. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of APRD 1001 and APRD 1002 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to Strategic Communication (STCM) majors only.
Surveys the history of information technologies and modern techniques of information production, storage, transmission and retrieval. Equips students with an understanding of technological transformations in interpersonal, organizational and mass communication. Emphasis is on the technological, social and political changes that underlie the movement toward a digital society.
Investigate historical and cultural discourses in the formation of media practices. Examines practices such as performance media; cinematic media, media art, and their aesthetic alignment to cognate movements throughout history.
Provides direct experience analyzing complex social systems of systems and develops students' ability to learn to listen for (and mediate among) diverse, discordant voices and values within larger communities, organizations and institutions. Employs a variety of qualitative research techniques in the studio, including interviewing, participant observation and ethnographic reflections on differences in communities of practice. Requisites: Requires enrollment in corequisite course of INFO 2132.
Surveys key concepts and theories in Information Science, fusing on the ways that communities, organizations and institutions influence the design and use of information. Students will critically examines texts, systems and interpretations of data from multiple disciplinary perspectives that speak to the complex interactions among the people and technologies that surround us and the ecosystems form by and through data. Requisites: Requires enrollment in corequisite course of INFO 2131.
Surveys techniques for representing data and expressing relationships among data, both at small scales (for example, via programmatic data structures) and at large scales (for example, in various kinds of database systems). Introduces fundamentals of algorithm analysis and the trade-offs involved in managing data using different approaches, tools and organizing principles. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of INFO 1201 or CSCI 1300 or CSCI 1310 (minimum grade C-).
Introduces intermediate-level methods for quantitative data analysis, focusing on foundational concepts in probability and statistical inference along with complementary computational skills and tools. The course will cover basic probability concepts, common probability distributions and methods for estimating their parameters, multivariate regression with applications to forecasting and classification and a variety of methods of statistical significance testing. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of INFO 1201 and INFO 1301 (all minimum grade C-).
Introduces concepts in rhetoric and argumentation that are used to explain significant social and political changes in our society. The goal is to show how social actors use rhetoric to promote some social goals and hinder others. Recommended prereqs., COMM 1210 and COMM 1600. Requisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) only.
Builds students' ability to watch, reflect on, and write about media images. The course will be grounded in the analysis of media practices with special focus on media style and storytelling techniques. Explores media aesthetics from formal, cultural, and theoretical perspectives. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of CMDP 1400 (minimum grade D-).
Examines how aspects of talk (e.g., turn-taking, speech acts, narratives, dialect, and stance indicators) link with identities (e.g., ethnic and racial, age, gender, work-related, and personal). Considers how communication is central to constructing who people are and examines social controversies related to talk and identities. Approved for GT-SS3. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity.
Explores the ways in which issues of gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity and religion play out in news coverage and how news organizations approach coverage of marginalized groups in society.
Working in design groups, students will explore the expressive potential of media through the production of short projects, discussions, readings, formal analysis, and critique. Provide a basic introduction to media practices as an extension of "visual thinking" and through approaches to storytelling, and hybrid media forms. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of CMDP 1400 (minimum grade D-).
Focuses on basic processes in face-to-face interaction, including verbal and nonverbal messages, coordination in conversation, messages about self and others, and communication in personal relationships. Emphasizes theory and concepts rather than skills. Recommended prereqs., COMM 1210 and COMM 1600. Requisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) only.
Training in narrow topics of media practices. Requisites: Restricted to College of Media, Communication and Information (CMCI) or Arts and Sciences (ARSC) majors only.
Focus on developing an understanding of the principles, forms and aesthetics of media production. Working in design groups on small-scale media preproduction and production exercises, screenings and critiques, students learn creative solutions to problems in realizing expressive media projects. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of CMDP 1400 and CMDP 2500 (all minimum grade B-).
Provides a communicatively based definition of formal organization and deals with individual-organizational relationships. Addresses topics such as organizational theory, organizational culture, power, technology, decision making, teamwork, leadership, diversity, gender, socialization, and ethics. Recommended prereqs., COMM 1210 and COMM 1600. Requisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) only.
Explores creative approaches to idea formation, conceptualization, and organization for the moving image employing critical thinking, improvisation, and visual storytelling techniques. This course includes forms of creative writing, storytelling, and preproduction techniques and strategies. Requisites: Restricted to College of Media, Communication and Information (CMCI) or Arts and Sciences (ARSC) majors only.
Explore computer animation in the making of short projects that may address topics such as: nonfiction, immersive environments and digital compositing. Designed to develop the student's understanding of movement, timing, scripting, editing and color composition. Through screenings and discussions students will gain an appreciation of history and practices of animation. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of CMDP 2500 (minimum grade D-).
Investigates documentary cinema and media practices through class discussions, research papers, hands on exercises and the screenings. The course cross-references documentary photography and moving-image documentary in the production of short digital projects. We will likewise explore the distinctive contributions of digital technologies to documentary image making. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of CMDP 2500 (minimum grade D-).
Explores the concepts of culture and gender from an anthropological perspective through media. By experiencing texts, images and sounds about other ways of life, students will learn the basic concepts of cultural anthropology and learn to think critically about documentary and ethnographic media material.
Provides an overview of the recording process from the performer's perspective from soundcheck through final mastering, addressing contemporary issues in technology, web, and performance media. Uses recorded material from in-class sessions. Department consent required. Same as MUSC 2081. Requisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUSCU) or Department of Critical Media Practices (DCMP) undergraduate students only.
Provides hands-on instruction in various sound recording techniques. This course addresses acoustics, sound reinforcement, studio maintenance, and troubleshooting. This course is taught through labs and individual recording projects. Department consent required. Same as MUSC 2091. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of CMDP 2860 or MUSC 2081 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to College of Music (MUSCU) or Department of Critical Media Practices (DCMP) undergraduate students only.
Explores both strategic and creative thinking and examines approaches to narrative storytelling as a tool for telling overarching brand stories. Students use the foundation to develop creative briefs and advertising campaigns. Instructor consent required. Similar to JOUR 3503. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of APRD 2003 or APRD 2003 (minimum grade D-). Requires a corequisite course of APRD 3001. Restricted to Strategic Communication (STCM) majors only.
Explores select issues in communication. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours on different issues. Recommended prereqs., COMM 1210 and COMM 1600. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
