COMM 102: Introduction to Communication is an entry-level course providing majors and non-majors with an overview of communication as a practical, personal, and professional discipline. The course not only provides a grounding in critical and strategic verbal and nonverbal communication forms, but also explores how meaning is made, the power of rhetoric, and engages with professional communication disciplines from positions of both career exploration and critical analysis. The course also provides an introductory overview of media and information literacy, ethics, and how changes in communication technology require adaptive decoding.
Fall and Spring.