COM 5401 Dynamics of Group Communication
3 sem. hrs.
This course gives the practical application of group procedures functioning under the principles of parliamentary order.
COM 5402 Listening
3 sem. hrs.
This course explores the concepts of active and critical listening and presents techniques to improve listening in a varied communication arena.
COM 5403 Negotiation
3 sem. hrs.
This course teaches the communication principles involved in conflict resolution. Students will have the opportunity to develop those skills in multiple contexts including business and non-business structures.
COM 5436 Television Workshop
3 sem. hrs.
Prerequisite: COM 336 or instructor’s consent
This course provides actual experience in writing, filming, and producing materials for commercial or educational television.
COM 5442 Communication Law
3 sem. hrs.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
This course examines legal rights, privileges and regulations of press, radio, television, films. The principles of libel, copy-right, and rights of privacy are explored.
COM 5443 Public Relations
3 sem. hrs.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
This course addresses the task of building and maintaining positive or neutral relationships with the public based upon performance and communications.
COM 5444 Practices in Public Relations
3 sem. hrs.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
This course is an advanced study of public relations and is designed to utilize case studies which allow the student to solve problems in public relations.
COM 5446 Media Sales
3 sem. hrs.
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
The course is designed to examine the fundamentals of media sales, promotions, and networks. It will also include an introduction into ratings, more in-depth research into selected topics, and refinements of presentation skills.
COM 5447 Media Programming and Management
3 sem. hrs.
This course is designed to introduce the student to programming principles and identify program sources, both local and syndicated. The course will further incorporate management principles unique to the media industry.
COM 5448 International Communication
3 sem. hrs.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
This course introduces the student to the study of international communication. Worldwide and domestic media systems will be examined from a personal and a business perspective. Cross-cultural differences will be discussed along with how these differences affect communication in international affairs.
COM 5449 Intercultural Communication
3 sem. hrs.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
This course will involve the student in the study of the complex issues of intercultural communication. The student will examine the manner in which various cultures and subcultures communicate in personal and professional settings. The course will focus on both foreign and domestic cultures. Various cultural communication patterns will be explored to prepare the student to be a leader in a global multi-cultural community.
COM 5450 Communication Theory
3 sem. hrs.
Prerequisite: COM 102 and graduate standing
This course is a study of modern communication theories as they relate to human communication. The course will introduce the student to delivery systems, cybernetics, and redundancies in a modern system of communication.
COM 5455 Science Communication
3 sem. hrs.
This course is designed to prepare science writers, budding scientists and academicians in communication and the sciences to convey science principles and knowledge to others in the sciences. It will also create awareness of the need to write so as to promote science understanding in lay people as well.
COM 6501 Communication Research
3 sem. hrs.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
This research course will introduce the student to content analysis, survey techniques, and other research techniques in the field of communication research. Students will read the communication journals and will learn to design a research project.
COM 6502 Process and Effects of Communication
3 sem. hrs.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
This course is designed to survey the major theories concerning process and effects. Applications to historical and contemporary issues as well as to social change may be explored.
COM 6504 Persuasion
3 sem. hrs.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
The course is a study of the communication principles and techniques for attitude and behavioral change of groups and society. The course examines persuasion techniques used in all forms of communication: interpersonal, group and media.
COM 6505 Rhetorical Communication Practicum
3 sem. hrs.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
This course is the graduate level rhetorical communication course which seeks to teach advanced oratory, speech-writing, and rhetorical criticism. Students are instructed in oratory through instruction, practice, correction, and repetition. Persuasive, informative, and celebratory address are examined. Students learn rhetorical criticism methodology and apply it through a research study.
COM 6510 Internship
3 sem. hrs.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
The student will perform a total of 160 contact hours with a client in the field of communication, mass media and public relations. Two graduate papers will be submitted as part of the course requirements.
COM 6512 Seminar In Current Mass Communication Topics
3 sem. hrs.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
This course will consist of readings and discussions, including such topics as communication and political campaigns, the impact of communication mergers and break-ups, satellite transmission and current first amendment cases. The instructor will assign readings and topics that are current.
COM 6513 Seminar In Current Interpersonal Communication Topics
3 sem. hrs.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
This course will consist of readings and discussions of such topics as communication and group interaction. Further it will address discourse within dyadic and group interactions as well as other current changes in interpersonal theory. The instructor will assign readings and topics to help students gain an understanding in current interpersonal and communication concepts.
COM 6563 Thesis I
3 sem. hrs.
Prerequisite: Obtain approval of prospectus and display satisfactory progress toward completion of thesis. (Eligible for grade of PR only until COM 6564 is completed; the permanent grade for 6563 and 6564 will be assigned when the thesis is approved.)
COM 6564 Thesis II
3 sem. hrs.
Prerequisite: Complete thesis and successfully defend a thesis to a thesis committee. (Eligible for temporary grade PR only until thesis is completed; a permanent grade will be assigned when the thesis is completed.) A binding fee must be paid to the business office.
COM 6591, 6592, 6593 Field Studies
1, 2, or 3 sem. hrs., respectively
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
COM 6599 Convocation Paper
1 sem. hr.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
All Graduate Students in the Master of Science in Communication Program will present one convocation paper at the Spring Convocation.
JOU 5434 Journalism II
3 sem. hrs.
Prerequisite: JOU 333 and graduate standing
This course builds upon the writing principles developed in Journalism I: story research, interviewing, and the crafting of a news or feature story.
JOU 5435 Interviewing and Reporting
3 sem. hrs.
Prerequisite: JOU 333 and graduate standing
This course is designed to teach skills in finding formation and gathering facts through observations and interviewing. Emphasis is placed on reporting and arranging the interview into a news story.
JOU 5452 Professional Writing
3 sem. hrs.
Prerequisite: JOU 333 and graduate standing
The study of and practice in techniques of business, technical, and general professional composition.
JOU 5453 Writing for Periodicals
3 sem. hrs.
Prerequisite: JOU 333 and graduate standing
This course is an indepth study of the techniques used in writing articles for publications in popular periodicals. The course covers practice in writing and preparing manuscripts for publication. Information about markets, query letters, and photography is
addressed.
JOU 5454 Public Relations Writing
3 sem. hrs.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
This course is an integral part of the jounalism and public relations concentrations and is designed to assist in preparing the student to write for public relations as a professional.
JOU 6510 Journalism Internship
3 sem. hrs.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
This course provides a variety of opportunities for hands-on experience in journalism. The student will apply classroom training to practical situations.
JOU 6512 Seminar in Journalism Ethics
3 sem. hrs.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
This course is designed to give students at this Christian-based institution the opportunity to be faced with their ethical responsibilities to themselves, to their supervisor and to their audiences.
THE 5450 Design and Stagecraft
3 sem. hrs.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
The student will study design, construction, painting, lighting of the scenery for the stage and television.
THE 5451 Play Directing
3 sem. hrs.
Prerequisite: THE 125 and graduate standing
This course is designed to present the theory and techniques of directing a play and to give actual experience in the process of play
performance.
THE 5452 Advanced Play Directing
3 sem. hrs.
Prerequisite: THE 125 and graduate standing
This course is designed to give the student practical experience in directing a dramatic presentation. The student will, under supervision of the instructor, cast, design and produce a one-act play and will perform all the tasks necessary to direct actors, produce programs, build sets and publicize the production.
THE 5454 Stage Movement
3 sem. hrs.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
This course is a basic introduction to movement for the stage. The student actor will learn exercises to free the body for interpretation of character and to perform in modern and period dramatic literature. Units of study may include relaxation, movement for actors, period dance & gesture, mask, stage combat, Stanislavski method, Laban, Tai Chi, and Bogart’s “viewpoints.” The study of the voice as it relates to movement is introduced through Alexander and Linklater techniques.
THE 5456 Technical Theatre: Makeup & Costume
3 sem. hrs.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
This course is an introduction to chronological history of stage make-up and costume design, along with a study of various stage makeup techniques and period costuming to enhance meaning and communication in the theatre experience. This course is designed to familiarize the student with the principles, methods and procedures of researching and creating concepts for makeup and costuming a theatrical production.
THE 6507 History of Theatre
3 sem. hrs.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
This course is designed to give the serious student of theatre the historical development of the art form. Since theatre is an extremely complex institution as it encompasses playwriting, directing, acting, costume, makeup, scenery, lighting, properties, theatre architecture, machinery, special effects, management, audiences and criticism, this course looks at each of these elements in a more systematic and indepth manner than an introductory course.
THE 6508 Advanced Oral Interpretations
3 sem. hrs.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
This course is designed to give an historical overview of the progression of acting styles and techniques through the eras of the theatre of the Western World using both performance and research. Special attention will be given to the vocal aspects of those styles and techniques. The course will increase the individual student’s proficiency in articulation and pronunciation; increase the individual student’s vocal flexibility and capability. The course will add to the student’s experience in creating the peculiar ambiance of major styles of acting and will increase the student’s proficiency in research and scholarly writing in the discipline.
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