COM 10100 - Introduction To Communication

This course is designed to introduce students to the study of human communication in a variety of contexts including interpersonal, group and organizational, rhetoric and persuasion, mass communication, and cultural studies. Students will learn a range of basic concepts and theories in communication, how to read communication research, and how to write using appropriate citation styles for the field of communication.

Preparation for Course
P: Placement into or completion of ENGL 13100, and exemption from or completion of ENGL 19000.

Cr. 3.
Student Learning Outcomes
1. Understand the breadth and complexity of the communication discipline.
2. Interpret and evaluate communication concepts.
3. Understand the broad goals of the discipline.
4. Understand and begin to speak the language of the communication discipline.
5. Understand and describe the paradigms of human communication.
6. Develop writing and research skills appropriate for advanced undergraduate work.