Courses in Communication

COMM 100. Introduction to Communication Study. 1 cr pass/fail. Orientation to being a major in the Division of Communication.

COMM 101. Fundamentals of Oral Communication. 2 or 3 cr. Introduction to and application of those principles which lead to an understanding of and facility with practical discourse. GDR:COMM

COMM 160. Introduction to the Art of Film. 3 cr. Survey and appreciation of film; form and structure; representative types and styles illustrated by creators such as Hitchcock, Welles, Ford, and Eisenstein. GDR:HU1

COMM 171. Communication in Civilization. 3 cr. The role of rhetorical and communication theory in shaping culture and civilization from the Greeks through contemporary America. GDR:HU1

COMM 190. Evolution of Media. 3 cr. Growth, ramifications and contexts of communication media. GDR:HU1

COMM 192. Constructing Media Narratives. 3 cr. Introduction to the way narratives are shaped by the conventions and constraints of specific media forms including journalism, film, television, radio, and nonlinear multimedia.

COMM 221. Basic Journalism: Newswriting and Reporting. 3 cr. Learn basic skills needed to produce stories for journalism, including news gathering, writing and editing techniques.

COMM 230. Introduction to Public Relations. 3 cr. Introduction to theory and practice of public relations; special focus on the public relations campaign.

COMM 240. Introduction to Organizational Communication. 3 cr. Introduction to organizational communication theories and workplace practices. GDR:SS2

COMM 252. Audio Production I. 3 cr. Audio production process in digital environment, emphasizing preproduction process, gathering sound in the studio and field, processing audio, editing audio.

COMM 253. Media Production I. 3 cr. Principles and techniques for media production. Fundamental hardware and software for a variety of delivery systems. Emphasis on aesthetics. Personal digital camcorder with external hard drive required. See www.uwsp.edu/comm/video.htm

COMM 271. Contemporary Communication Theories. 3 cr. Introduction to and application of contemporary communication theories and research.

COMM 273. Reasoning and Criticism. 3 cr. Methods for the analysis of reasoning and persuasion; critical applications. GDR:HU1

COMM 280. Introduction to Interpersonal Communication. 3 cr. Investigation of and experience with communication that facilitates the establishment and maintenance of effective personal relationships. GDR:SS2

COMM 299. Special Work. Freshman and sophomore communication majors and minors may arrange for independent study with cons division head. Credit based on scope of the project. Prereq: Cons instr.

COMM 303/503. Technology and Leadership. 3 cr. Impact of the information age on contemporary leadership issues.

COMM 304/504. Using the Internet for Creative Education and Social Change. 3 cr. Creating Internet strategies and materials for education, business, and nonprofit agencies.

COMM 306/506. Multimedia Authoring and Publishing on the Net. 3 cr. Training in the development of computer mediated communication applications. Prereq: 110 or cons instr.

COMM 320. Multimedia for Journalists. 3 cr. Principles and techniques of journalism for multimedia distribution including Web, podcasting, blogs, and other media. Prereq: 221 or cons instr.

COMM 321. Intermediate Journalism: Newswriting and Reporting II. 3 cr. News and public affairs reporting. Prereq: 221 or cons instr.

COMM 323. Advanced Journalism. 3 cr. Practice in specific forms of journalistic writing such as feature, editorial, sports, science, food and travel, and others. Subtitle will designate area. May repeat for credit with different subtitle. Prereq: 221 or cons instr.

COMM 325/525. Media Law. 3 cr. Legal issues for media professionals including journalists and producers of electronic media. Prereq: 190 or 230 or cons instr.

COMM 329. Topics in Journalism. 3 cr. Typical offerings include new journalism, photo journalism, literary journalism, journalism history, business journalism. Subtitle will designate area. May repeat for credit with different subtitle. Prereq: 190 or cons instr.

COMM 333/533. Case Studies in Public Relations. 3 cr. Examine and critique various cases involving public relations activities and campaigns. Prereq: 230 or cons instr.

COMM 334/534. Writing for Public Relations. 3 cr. Training in writing press releases, newsletters, brochures, and other public relations tools. Prereq: 221, 230 or cons instr.

COMM 335/535. Advertising Copywriting. 3 cr. Training in writing advertising for various media including print, broadcast, and direct mail. Prereq: 230 or cons instr.

COMM 336. Communication and Promotional Strategies. 3 cr. Basic principles of promotion as they apply to various areas of communication especially relationship of promotion to print and electronic media.

COMM 339/539. Crisis Communication. 3 cr. Study various crisis communication situations including definitions, planning, reputation management and annual report communication. Emphasis on comprehensive crisis communication plan. Prereq: 230.

COMM 342/542. Organizational Communication Laboratory. 3 cr. Organizational communication processes such as leadership and management communication skills, communication training and development, and communication and performance appraisal process. Subtitle will designate area. May repeat for credit with different subtitle. Prereq: 240 or cons instr.

COMM 343/543. Organizational Communication Assessment. 3 cr. Theories and procedures for assessing communication effectiveness in organizations especially communication audit techniques and designing solutions to communication problems in organizations. Prereq: 240 or cons instr.

COMM 345/545. Small Group Communication. 3 cr. Study communication theories, practices, and skills used in organizations as part of group/team process. Includes group meeting skills, decision making, and group leadership. Prereq: 240.

COMM 349/549. Organizational Communication Topics. 3 cr. May include communication in corporate culture, communication and labor relations, organizational communication and motivation, and employee communication patterns. Subtitle will designate area. May repeat for credit with different subtitle. Prereq: 240 or cons instr.

COMM 351. Writing for Visual Media. 3 cr. Writing for visual media, including corporate video, multimedia, documentary, podcasting, and blogging. Prereq: Cons instr.

COMM 352. Audio Production II. 3 cr. Advanced training in audio production such as sportscasting, audio theater, audio documentary and news, audio for video post production. Subtitle will designate area. May repeat for credit with different subtitles. Prereq: 252 or cons instr.

COMM 353. Media Production II. 3 cr. Advanced hardware and software. Create projects for variety of delivery systems. Personal digital camcorder and external hard drive required.
See www.uwsp.edu/comm/video.htm. Prereq: 253.

COMM 356. Media Production Workshop. 3 cr. Culminating experience in media production. Individuals and teams develop media projects for clients. Personal digital camcorder and external hard drive required. See www.uwsp.edu/comm/video.htm. Prereq: 353.

COMM 359/559. Topics in Broadcasting. 3 cr. Typical offerings include broadcast programming and management, criticism of broadcasting, mass media effects, and audience research. Subtitle will designate area. May repeat for credit with different subtitle. Prereq: 190 or cons instr.

COMM 360/560. Film History: Beginning to 1940. 3 cr. Development and international trends of the motion picture from late 19th century to 1940. GDR:HU1

COMM 361/561. Film History: 1940 to Present. 3 cr. Development and international trends of the motion picture from 1940 to present. GDR:HU1

COMM 362/562. Topics in Film History. 3 cr. Significant national and international trends, issues, artists in the film history such as American films of the 20-30s, American films of the 40-50s, American films of the 60-70s, films of Alfred Hitchcock. May repeat for credit with different subtitle. GDR:HU1

COMM 363/563. Film and Television Genres. 3 cr. Examine media narrative forms that share common stylistic and narrative conventions and themes such as survey of film and television genres, the American musical film, and images of the American West. Subtitle will designate area. May repeat with different subtitle. GDR:HU1

COMM 364/564(NW). Soviet Film and Culture. 3 cr. Examine needs of art and government in a totalitarian political system. May not earn credit in both 364 and same topic of History 341.

COMM 365/565. Writing for the Media. 3 cr. Writing for specific media contexts such as ad copywriting, scriptwriting, writing for public relations. Subtitle will designate area. May repeat for credit with different subtitle. Prereq: Cons instr.

COMM 367/567. French Film and Culture. 3 cr. Study French film classics in context of French history and culture. Interdisciplinary introduction to important films and filmmakers. Evokes French caf� culture of passionate debate about art and social issues. GDR:HU1

COMM 369/569. Topics in Film. 3 cr. Typical offerings include film theory and criticism, and survey of documentary film. Subtitle will designate area. May repeat for credit with different subtitle. Prereq: 160 or cons instr.

COMM 373. Communication and Social Change. 3 cr. Study communication theories, media, methods, and strategies for affecting or resisting change in society. Prereq: 171 or 271 or 273.

COMM 374. Art of Criticism. 3 cr. Apply critical approaches for understanding, analyzing, evaluating, and appreciating selected forms of communication. Prereq: Jr st.

COMM 381/581. Dialogical Communication and Relationships. 3 cr. Examine the theory and practice of communication based directly and primarily on genuine regard for the other, as it applies to intimacy in close personal relationships. Prereq: 211.

COMM 383/583. Interpersonal Communication in Organizations.
3 cr. Examine the theory and practice of interpersonal communication in organizational settings. Prereq: 240 or 280.

COMM 385/585. Interpersonal Communication Laboratory. 3 cr. Interpersonal communication processes such as nonverbal communication or communication strategies. Subtitle will designate area. May repeat for credit with different subtitle. Prereq: 280 or cons instr.

COMM 386/586. Listening. 3 cr. Apply skills and strategies to such listening contexts as discriminative, evaluative, appreciative, and empathic. Prereq: 280 or cons instr.

COMM 387. Interviewing. 3 cr. Apply skills and strategies to such interviewing contexts as: performance appraisal, selection, journalistic/probing, and persuasive. Prereq: 280 or cons instr.

COMM 389/589. Personal Communication Topics. 3 cr. Such as conflict management and interpersonal sales. Subtitle designates area. May repeat for credit with different subtitle. Prereq: 280 or cons instr.

COMM 390/590. Seminar. 3 cr. Study and discuss new development, special problem, or area of interest in the field of communication. Subtitle will designate area. May repeat for credit with different subtitle. Prereq: Cons instr.

COMM 392. Communication Ethics. 3 cr. Examine moral theories across various communication contexts. Practice in determining and defending ethical decisions. Prereq: Jr st.

COMM 393/593. Oral Interpretation. 3 cr. Art of communicating intellectual, emotional, and aesthetic qualities of a literary work to an audience.

COMM 394. Speech‑Making Laboratory. 3 cr. Training in speech making with emphasis on preparation, delivery and evaluation. May repeat. Prereq: 101 or placement through test-out.

COMM 395/595. Special Topics. 1-3 cr. Subtitle will designate communication topic. May repeat for credit with different subtitle. Prereq: Cons instr.

COMM 396/596. Communication and Gender. 3 cr. Study communication behaviors as they affect and are affected by gender.

COMM 431. Public Relations Campaigns. 3 cr. Training in campaign planning including research. Develop themes, identify relevant publics, develop appropriate messages. Prereq: 230 and 3 addl 300-level cr in public relations or cons instr.

COMM 480. Communication Internship. 1-8 cr. Supervised field experience with a cooperating agency in fields related to communication; evaluation and review sessions with intern coordinator and agency supervisor; culminating paper. May apply 8 cr max to graduation and 3 cr max to major. Prereq: Approved comm major with jr/sr st and cons intern director.

COMM 485. Externship in Communication. 12 cr. Full-time foreign placement through UWSP International Programs in a communication focused externship. 3 cr max apply to major. Prereq: 2.75 GPA in communication major; sr st; interview with division head or designee.

COMM 499. Special Work. Upperclass communication majors and minors may arrange for independent study with cons div head. Credit based on scope of the project. May apply 3 cr max to major.

COMM 701. Introduction to Communication Graduate Studies. 3 cr. Overview of historical, theoretical, conceptual, and philosophical foundations of the field of communication.

COMM 702. Seminar in Communication Research Methods. 3 cr. Examine methods used to study communication activities such as qualitative, quantitative, and historical communication research methods and applications. Subtitle will designate area. May repeat for credit with different subtitle.

COMM 720. Seminar in Mass Communication. 3 cr. Examine theory and research in mass communication. Topics such as mass communication theory, mass media effects, contemporary problems in mass media research, contemporary research in broadcasting. Subtitle will designate area. May repeat for credit with different subtitle.

COMM 730. Seminar in Public Relations. 3 cr. Examine theory and research in public relations. Topics such as comparative models, crisis communication, media effects, media relations, international public relations, public relations as practiced within various contexts. Subtitle will designate area. May repeat for credit with different subtitle.

COMM 740. Seminar in Interpersonal Communication. 3 cr. Examine theory and research in interpersonal communication. Topics such as interpersonal communication theory, analysis of dyadic communication, interpersonal skills for management, small group dynamics. Subtitle will designate area. May repeat for credit with different subtitle.

COMM 770. Seminar in Organizational Communication. 3 cr. Examine theory and research in organizational communication. Topics such as organizational communication theory, management and organizational communication, communication in corporate cultures, interpretive research in organizational settings. Subtitle will designate area. May repeat for credit with different subtitle.

COMM 780. Project Credit. 1-3 cr. If you are completing a project option for your degree, enroll in at least one credit of 780 each semester you are working on your project.

COMM 790. Seminar. 3 cr. In-depth study of a specific area of importance to communication scholars. Subtitle will designate area.

COMM 796. Independent Study. 1-3 cr. Planned study to supplement preparation in area of specialization; regular conferences with staff supervisor.

COMM 797. Colloquium. 1 cr. Presentation/discussion of current research within the profession by our faculty and students. Meets periodically throughout the semester.

COMM 799. Thesis Credit. 1-6 cr. If you are completing a thesis option for your degree, enroll in at least one credit of 799 each semester you are working on your thesis.

Communication Latent Courses: Not offered recently. See full course description in indicated (xx-xx) catalog.
175 Intro to Diversity Communication, 3 cr, (99-01)