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• COMM 139: Foundations of Academic Discovery

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  Foundations of Academic Discovery serves as the entry point to the Rock Integrated Studies Program. With its strong faculty-student interaction, the course promotes intellectual inquiry, critical and creative thinking, and academic excellence. Through varied content, the course introduces students to academic discourse and information literacy while exploring topics such as diversity and inclusion and global awareness. This course will set students along the path to becoming engaged with issues and scholarship important to a 21st century education while they learn about themselves and their place in the world.
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• COMM 170: Communicology

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course will introduce students to the methods of social science inquiry with an emphasis on how to analyze social trends and propose solutions to social problems facing our world within local, national, and/or global communities. Students will learn about social scientific concepts, theories, and research as they investigate the dynamic processes of understanding and sharing meaning in diverse contexts. (3 credits). No prerequisites.
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• COMM 190: Experimental

  1.00 - 3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  A unique and specifically focused course within the general purview of a department which intends to offer it on a "one time only" basis and not as a permanent part of the department's curriculum.
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• COMM 195: Workshop

  1.00 - 6.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  A workshop is a program which is usually of short duration, narrow in scope, often non-traditional in content and format, and on a timely topic.
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• COMM 198: Selected Topics

  1.00 - 3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  A Selected Topics course is a normal, departmental offering which is directly related to the discipline, but because of its specialized nature, may not be able to be offered on a yearly basis by the department.
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• COMM 200: Civil Discourse: Theory & Practice

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  Theory and practice of promoting shared understanding and the common good through civil discourse as related to the development and presentation of oral messages. Students will be expected to develop an understanding of the principles and practices of public speechmaking that constitute civil discourse, how the First Amendment enables it, its history and role in problem-solving, and the influence of mediated discourse on democracy.
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• COMM 201: Digital Imaging

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course exposes students to the use and manipulation of electronically generated images through hands-on experience with digital cameras and scanners. Market specific imaging software is used to further enhance and manipulate imagery. Course topics include visual aesthetics, composition, image layering, photo-retouching, spatial relationships, compression techniques, digital painting, editing, color adjustment, filtering, image capture and file formatting.
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• COMM 204: Environmental Communication

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  In this course, students will learn about the theoretical and applied concepts that guide the discipline of environmental communication including rhetoric & discourse, media, public participation, social marketing, collaboration & conflict resolution, risk communication, and pop culture. Students will demonstrate understanding and show application of materials for successful environmental communication in a variety of protected areas and conservation settings.
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• COMM 205: Audio Production

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  An introduction to the aesthetic and technical production of audio for a variety of media and disciplines. Course topics include principles of hearing, sound, acoustics, and psychoacoustics, field and studio recording techniques, tools and applications for single and multi-track production and editing; and the development of vocal techniques associated with on-air announcing for radio, television and online productions.
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• COMM 215: Small Group Communication

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  Communication problems and processes in small groups. Topics include role and nature of the small group, communication structure, problem-solving techniques, and leadership.
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