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• COM 240: SURVEY OF COMMUNICATION THEORY

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is designed to explore humanistic and scientific approaches to communication studies that have led to its current status as an intellectually vibrant, socially relevant area of study and practice. Students learn about the functions of communication theory, leading them to gain an appreciation of the complex, multifaceted process of communication. An understanding of how communication theories function in different contexts is essential to analyzing communication processes. This course provides that understanding.
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• COM 241: PR:PROCESSES & TECHNIQUES

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course will build on the basic understanding of public relations and its place in society that was gained from COM 170, Introduction to Public Relations, to explore practical application of the theory as carried out in modern PR operations. Exercises, in which students will produce working PR tools, will put a further practical perspective on the profession.
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• COM 243: SOCIAL GAMES & COMMUNICATION

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course will provide a space in which to explore players' lived experience of social games and social gaming. Using communication theory, practice, and a research basis, this class will provide insight into the social structure of various games and genres, exploring the impact on socialization behaviors, interpersonal relationship formation and maintenance, groups and teams, and spectatorship. We will discuss the characteristics and features of popular game genres, as well as theories and concepts related to identity and identification, socialization and communication in the game space, game culture, and the broader gaming community.
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• COM 245: NEW MEDIA & COMMUNICATION

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is a broad survey of how new media affect communication practices in various fields like: education, business, law, politics, and personal identity. Interactive media, like online social networking and gaming, exhibit characteristics of both mass and interpersonal communication. This complexity has transformed human communication patterns by expanding personal and professional communication possibilities. We will examine current trends and the future development of communication as the world responds to the new media.
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• COM 248: NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  Students will explore some facets, principles, implications, and effects of non-verbal communication. The course will focus on non-verbal codes such as kinesics (body movement), paralanguage (vocalic communication), facial expressions and eye movement, proxemics (space), haptics (touch), and chronemics (time), and artifacts (including art and architecture but also jewelry, clothing, hairstyles, and body modification). Student presentations will highlight how communication is a 'package' of symbols.
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• COM 261: INTRO/HEALTH COMMUNICATN

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is designed to introduce students to the field of health communication. It will explore health-related communication as it applies to the dissemination, interpretation, and impact of health-related messages. Students will learn about communication between health-providers and patients/clients, health education initiatives and campaigns, as well as communication dynamics in health organizations. Students will gain both knowledge and experience in the use of communication to promote individual and public health.
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• COM 266: MONSTERS & MYTH POP CULTURE

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course explores how monsters and myths are portrayed in television shows, film, fiction, video games, and other forms of popular culture. Students will learn how to analyze monsters and mythic figures such as centaurs, dragons, zombies, vampires, and aliens in relation to the concepts of gender, class, race, sexuality, and disability. The course focuses on how a culture's monsters and myths reflect political realities, social change, and cultural anxieties and fantasies.
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• COM 271: SEXUALITIES&COMMUNICATION

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is an introduction to the study of sexualities and communication in everyday life. The course is designed to develop a student's ability to think critically about and analyze issues of sexualities in multiple theoretical and often overlapping-perspectives used by scholars to explore and understand sexualities in the broad field of communication.
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• COM 274: ORGANIZATIONAL COMM

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course explores communication within the context of the organization. It attempts to develop competencies in the areas of organizational communication knowledge, organizational sensitivity, communication skills that benefit communication in the organization, which contributes to organizational excellence. Specifically, the course examines the nature and structure of organizations, communication systems and channels, and the relationship of communication to how the organization functions.
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• COM 285: GENDER COMMUNICATION

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course provides a study of gender as it influences verbal and nonverbal communication, and shows how gender communication impacts the lives and experiences of women and men. The course will explore multiple ways communication in schools, family, media and society in general creates and perpetuates gender roles.
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