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• COM 344: Rhetorical Criticism

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course explores a variety of approaches for analyzing and explaining messages and symbols. Topics include historical foundations for the study of rhetoric, contemporary critical methods, and public address. Prerequisite:    COM 344 requires prerequisites of C or higher in COM 209 (or SPK 208 for internal and external transfer students), COM 211, and COM 213.
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• COM 345: Communicating Gender and Sexuality

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course explores how gender and sexuality are shaped by and reflected in human communication. Primary focus is given to classic and contemporary studies of interactional patterns related to gender and/or sexuality as well as intersecting identities, types of social relationships (e.g., friendships, romantic relationships, kinship, and family) and a variety of communicative contexts. Prerequisite:    COM 345 requires prerequisites of C or higher in COM 209 (or SPK 208 for internal and external transfer students), COM 211, and COM 214.
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• COM 348: Rhetoric & Popular Culture

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course explores the rhetorical tradition as a way of understanding and interrogating popular culture in terms of what it does and how it contributes to the construction of our social reality. Topics include the rhetorical tradition, Neo-Aristotelianism, critical theory, feminism, Marxism, dramatism, and visual rhetoric. Prerequisite:    COM 348 requires prerequisites of C or higher in COM 209 (or SPK 208 for internal and external transfer students), COM 211, and COM 213.
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• COM 349: Event Planning

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course explores the communication strategies relevant to event planning and production. Topics covered include the rhetorical situation, persuasion strategies, event proposal presentation techniques, event agenda management and agenda communication, rhetorical foundations of audience-centered invitations and thank you letters, audience analysis for event production, professional client communication, as well as managing and communicating in regard to event production. Prerequisite:    COM 349 requires prerequisites of C or higher in COM 209 (or SPK 208 for internal and external transfer students), COM 211, and COM 213.
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• COM 375: Discourse & Everyday Talk

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course explores how language is used as a practical tool for accomplishing basic social actions, constructing and managing identities, and linking ourselves to a range of social and cultural realities. Course topics will focus on discourse, defined as everyday talk and conversation, and various concepts and frameworks for how to analyze features of social interaction across a range of public, private, and technologically-mediated contexts. Prerequisite:    COM 375 requires prerequisites of C or higher in COM 209 (or SPK 208 for internal and external transfer students), COM 211, and COM 214.
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• COM 380: Health Communication

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course explores communication in health care settings. Topics covered include the changing perceptions of medical encounters, the language of illness and health, the roles of patients and caregivers, and health communication in historical, cultural, organizational, technological, and medical contexts. Prerequisite:    COM 380 requires prerequisites of C or higher in COM 209 (or SPK 208 for internal and external transfer students), COM 211, and COM 214.
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• COM 385: Family Communication

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course explores the ways in which families are built, maintained, and destroyed by communication. Family communication is a complex phenomenon, so it is not surprising that approaches to studying the family have spanned disciplines including communication, psychology, child development, sociology, and anthropology. In this course, students will be exposed to a sampling of interdisciplinary research and theories on families, but the main emphasis of the course will be on contributions to the study of families from within the communication discipline. Topics covered include family communication theories, courtship and mate selection, parent-child relationships, sibling relationships, divorce, family violence and abuse, and extended family relationships. Prerequisite:    COM 385 requires prerequisites of C or higher in COM 209 (or SPK 208 for internal and external transfer students), COM 211, and COM 214.
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• COM 387: Friendship Communication

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course explores communication in friendship relationships. Topics covered include the communication of similarity and difference between friends in various contexts from childhood and adolescence to adulthood through the theoretical perspectives of dialectics, narrative, and dialogue. Prerequisite:    COM 387 requires prerequisites of C or higher in COM 209 (or SPK 208 for internal and external transfer students), COM 211, and COM 214.
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• COM 396: Special Topics in Public Communication

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course explores a specific area of study in public communication. Topics will be announced in advance. Prerequisite:    COM 396 requires a prerequisite of C or higher in COM 209 (or SPK 208 for internal and external transfer students), COM 211, and COM 213.
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• COM 397: Special Topics in Relational Communication

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course explores a specific area of study in relational communication. Topics will be announced in advance. Prerequisite:    COM 397 requires prerequisites of C or higher in COM 209 (or SPK 208 for internal and external transfer students), COM 211, and COM 214.
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