Course listing are from the Undergraduate Catalog.

 

CMST 099. Commons Seminar.
Topics vary.
[1] (No AXLE credit)

CMST 100. Fundamentals of Public Speaking.
Theory and practice in speaking before an audience. Problems of preparation, content, organization, language, and delivery are treated.
[3] (HCA)

CMST 101. Interpersonal Communication.
A study of both the theory and application of verbal and nonverbal communication as they occur in relatively unstructured person-to-person and small group settings.
[3] (SBS)

CMST 115F. First-Year Writing Seminar.
Independent learning and inquiry in an environment in which students can express knowledge and defend opinions through intensive class discussion, oral presentations, and written expression. May be repeated for credit once if there is no duplication of topic, but students may earn only up to 3 credits in any 115F course per semester of enrollment.
[3; maximum of 6 credits total for all semesters of 115F] (AXLE credit category varies by section)

CMST 200. Argumentation and Debate.
A course in the practice of debate examining argumentation theory. Emphasis on forms of reasoning and use of evidence in debate.
Prerequisite: 100. [3] (HCA)

CMST 201. Persuasion.
The theory and practice of persuasion with particular emphasis on speech composition, the use of language and its relationship to oral style, structure, and the relationship of structure to the process of speech preparation.
Prerequisite: 100. [3] (HCA)

CMST 204. Organizational and Managerial Communication.
Theory and practice of communication in relation to organizations and management with application to leadership, values and ethics, organizational communication theory, and organizational conflict.
Prerequisite: 100. [3] (HCA)

CMST 210. Rhetoric and Civic Life.
Public discourse and the duties and prerogatives of citizenship. Theory, models, and criticism of rhetoric and oratory in their deliberative, forensic, and epideictic settings.
[3] (HCA)

CMST 220. Rhetoric of the American Experience, 1640-1865.
A critical and historical examination of the methods and effects of public debate and other attempts to influence the attitudes, affective response, and behavior of the American people. Attention to the rhetorical features of selected issues and speakers from colonial times through the Civil War.
[3] (US)

CMST 221. Rhetoric of the American Experience, 1865 to 1945.
Critical and historical examination of the methods and effects of public debate and other attempts to influence the attitudes, affective response, and behavior of the American people. Attention to the rhetorical features of selected issues and speakers from 1865 to 1945. [3] (US)

CMST 222. The Rhetorical Tradition.
Development of rhetorical concepts from classical Greece to the present. Significant rhetoricians and texts. The impact of context on rhetoric. [3] (HCA)

CMST 223. Values in Modern Communication.
An examination of values, explicit and implicit, in communication situations in modern American society. The course begins with the discovery and analysis of values and applies this process to technological innovation and rhetorical choice, interpersonal communication, advertising and consumerism, and massmedia persuasion. [3] (P)

CMST 224. Rhetoric of Social Movements.
The role of communication in the creation, development, and function of social movements. The analysis of specific rhetorical acts. The study of the arguments, patterns of persuasion, and communication strategies of selected social movements. [3] (US)

CMST 225. Rhetoric of the American Experience, 1945-Present.
Critical and historical examination of the methods and effects of public debate and other attempts to influence the attitudes, affective response, and behavior of the American people. Attention to the rhetorical features of selected issues and speakers from 1945 to the present. Serves as repeat credit for students who completed 294 section 3 in fall 2009. [3] (US)

CMST 226. Women, Rhetoric, and Social Change.
Reform rhetoric of American women from 1790 to 1920. Historical influences on women's social activism and emergence on the public platform; rhetorical issues facing women speakers. Rhetorical strategies used by them as advocates for education, labor, abolition, temperance, and the Woman Suffrage Movement.
[3] (US)

CMST 235. Communicating Gender.
Dominant modes of communicating gender ideology. Effects on policy, politics, and popular culture. Includes theories of rhetoric, gender, sexuality, race, and social class.
[3] (P)

CMST 237. The Communication of Science, Engineering, and Technology.
Communicating technical research to the nontechnical public. The effects of public influence on research funding in America. Study of written and oral communication and the importance of creating an informed audience for technical innovation.
[3] (HCA)

CMST 241. Rhetoric of Mass Media.
A study of the nature, effects, reasons for the effects, ethics, regulation, and criticism of contemporary mass media communication. Political causes, news reporting, commercial advertising, and similar sources of rhetoric are included.
[3] (HCA)

CMST 243. Cultural Rhetorics of Film.
Film as rhetorical response to historical and cultural change. Filmic treatment of historical trauma; related genres, such as horror and melodrama.
[3] (HCA)

CMST 244. Politics and Mass Media.
Impact of mass-mediated communication on U.S. electoral politics. Pragmatic and ethical influences on the dissemination of information to voters during campaigns.
[3] (HCA)

CMST 254. Methods of Rhetorical Analysis.
Application of methods of rhetorical analysis to the practice of criticism. Critical perspectives to be explored include those of Burke, Leff, Lucaites, Fisher, Osborn, Griffin, Campbell, and Jamieson.
[3] (HCA)

CMST 289. Independent Study.
A research project in rhetorical criticism to be arranged with the individual instructor. Designed for students who have taken either 220 or 221. May be repeated for a total of 6 credits in 289 and 290 combined, but students may earn only up to 3 credits per semester of enrollment.
[1-3; maximum of 6 credits total for all semesters of CMST 289 and 290] (No AXLE credit)

CMST 290. Directed Readings.
Supervised reading and writing in a selected field of the discipline under the guidance of a faculty supervisor. Consent of both the faculty supervisor and the director of undergraduate studies required. Normally open only to majors in communication studies. May be repeated for a total of 6 credits in 289 and 290 combined, but students may earn only up to 3 credits per semester of enrollment.
[3; maximum of 6 credits total for all semesters of CMST 289 and 290] (No AXLE credit)

CMST 294. Selected Topics in Communication Studies.
May be repeated for credit more than once if there is no duplication in topic. Students may enroll in more than one section of this course each semester.
[3] (No AXLE credit)

CMST 295. Seminars in Selected Topics.
Topics of special interest. May be repeated for a total of 6 credits in 295 and 296 combined if there is no duplication in topic. Students may enroll in more than one section of this course per semester of enrollment. Prerequisite: 15 hours of Communication Studies.
[3; maximum of 6 credits total for all semesters of CMST 295 and 296] (No AXLE credit)

CMST 296. Seminars in Selected Topics.
Topics of special interest. May be repeated for a total of 6 credits in 295 and 296 combined if there is no duplication in topic. Students may enroll in more than one section of this course per semester of enrollment. Prerequisite: 15 hours of Communication Studies.
[3; maximum of 6 credits total for all semesters of CMST 295 and 296] (No AXLE credit

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