| source City University of New York (X) |
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department Communications (X) |
This course provides training and practice in the preparation and delivery of original speeches, encourages the use of clear language, develops students? awareness of intellectual and ethical aspects of communication, and promotes critical thinking and academic research. This course is required for all undergraduate degrees granted by Baruch College
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Through conversation, storytelling, reading aloud, and exercises, students learn in this course to improve the basic vocal and articulatory skills used in everyday life. Special emphasis is given to the importance of communicating in standard American speech patterns.
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This course is devoted to study of the theory of oral interpretation, with extensive exercise in the reading of prose and poetry. It aims to enhance the student's intellectual and emotional responsiveness to literature and to enlarge his power to express his appreciation.
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This course is designed to help students develop standard American speech patterns. By studying the structure of American English and by utilizing the International Phonetic Alphabet, students will learn to improve their own speech patterns. Attention will also be paid to improving vocal performance. This course offers intensive drill in phonation, projection, diction and vocabulary, supplemented by individual student analysis, with some use of video taping
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This is an advanced course in communication as it is practiced in business and public life. It focuses on the efforts of businesses and organizations to communicate and persuade. Case histories are examined, and students participate in a term project replicating the communication tasks and problems confronting corporation, public institutions, and interest groups.
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A study of the structure and function of the speech and hearing mechanisms as functioning, coordinated entities.
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Speech and language acquisition in children. Attention is given to the more commonly encountered forms of defective speech. Designed to promote understanding of normal speech and language development with a view toward enabling the non-specialist to identify children with speech and language problems. Especially useful for teachers in elementary education, social workers, nurses, and psychologists.
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This course examines the nature, production, value and uses of information in historical perspective; the latest developments in information technology; the ways information is produced and disseminated and how they affect business, politics, media, science, arts and culture; the growth of the "information society;" and major information policy issues.
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From pornography to political speech, from the lewd to the libelous, and everywhere in between, the law is forever drawing lines that divide "protected speech" (what you can say in America) from "unprotected speech" (what you cannot say in America). This is an interdisciplinary course that draws on philosophical, legal, and rhetorical theories of communication to help explain how those lines are drawn. Readings include famous court cases involving freedom of speech, as well as political and philosophical writings on all sides of the "free speech" debate.
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Image making of all kinds is bound up with questions of ethics. Who has the right to represent other people?s lives? What are the consequences of tackling sensitive social and political issues through the lens of documentary photography, filmmaking, and digital media? This course places contemporary debates over the ethics of image making in the historical perspective of debates going back to the 19th century in order to see points of convergence and divergence in the practices of image making and criticism.
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This course is an introduction to the aesthetic principles, analytical tools, and production techniques of video communication. The course involves lectures, screenings, readings and a variety of writing projects, along with direct experience with studio and portable video equipment on a number of production exercises.
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This course critically examines the mass media and their role in society through a variety of case studies, including the representation of gender in advertising, theories of the media audience and media effects, journalistic values and the agenda-setting function of the press, nonfiction filmmaking as a persuasive form, and the future of the mass media in the context of technological change. In addition to addressing specific topics in some detail, the course also provides an overview of media institutions and history in an international context.
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This course uses selected readings from classical and modern texts to provide a historical analysis and framework for students who wish to further develop their speechwriting and presentation capabilities. The student cultivates sensitivity to the intellectual and ethical dimensions of speech and gains experience in the preparation and delivery of mature original speeches.
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The course examines the electronic mass media of radio, television, and digital technologies. Topics addressed include economic and regulatory history, the impact of technological change, and the role of electronic media in American society.
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The purpose of this course is to help students develop communication techniques that emphasize vocal and physical spontaneity for the camera, as opposed to theatre techniques, which must include the sustaining of repeated performances. Students gain on-camera performance experience, alone and in groups, in the areas of television acting, documentaries, and news broadcasting.
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This course offers a historical and critical survey of the popular program forms in American broadcasting. Topics include the influence of other dramatic arts on television; the role of entertainment programming in the business and social history of American broadcasting; the changing economics of program production, scheduling, and audience research; and the problem of creative authorship in American television. American commercial television will be considered alongside alternative programming from noncommercial and foreign sources. Emphasis is placed on extensive written reports based on readings, lectures, and screenings.
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This course introduces the study of managerial communication within complex organizations through a review of recent theoretical contributions, empirical findings, and methodological advances in the field of organizational communication.
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This course examines the influence of cultural factors on communication, aiding students in the development of intercultural communication skills in interpersonal, public, and organizational contexts. The course explores how cultures differ in behavior patterns, social organization, perception of time and space, verbal and nonverbal communication, value orientations, thinking and learning styles, and other characteristics. Students will engage in field research; cultural elements and communication styles of different cultural groups are examined in depth.
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This course examines: theoretical models that seek to explain how successful persuasion works; ethical arguments regarding the appropriate uses of persuasion in various situations and with various audiences; and historical and contemporary examples of persuasion in a variety of social, cultural, and political contexts.
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This course examines the theory of argumentation and provides students with the opportunity to engage in several in-class debates. Students will develop a heightened understanding and appreciation of the nature and role of debate in the democratic process. Attention will be paid to: models of argumentation; methods of reasoning; evidence usage; detection of fallacies; strategies of effective rebuttal; and the critique of arguments in the classroom and in public life.
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This course examines the dynamics of individuals in interaction with supervisors, colleagues, subordinates, customers, and external organizational stakeholders. It will focus on the critical skills that are needed in a business world that is increasingly focused on an ability to get along with others and work well in teams. The course will cover the influence of language and communication on decision-making, critical thinking, negotiation, conflict management, and multicultural interpersonal and group processes.
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This course examines issues related to the internationalization of media and communication. Topics include a comparison of information-rich and information-poor countries, an analysis of global media, trends in communication technology, the role of English as a world language, U.S. influences on world cultures, and international perceptions of the United States.
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This course presents an advanced approach to the dynamics of communication in organizational settings. Particular attention is paid to the development of analytical and speaking skills germane to formal presentations for both in-house and public audiences. These skills include the influence of group dynamics on message reception, the generation of audience-appropriate supporting materials, and the role of contemporary presentation technologies in the communication process.
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This is a course in the concepts, tools, and skills of basics business communications, both written and spoken. Using the case study method, the course offers practical experience in researching businesses problems, editing, and using language to reach different levels of the business audience. Among types of materials covered are memos, letters, resumes, research reports, and oral presentations. Students are introduced to a broad spectrum of contemporary communications tools.
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The course is an introduction to fundamental concepts of linguistics. Students explore the diversity, creativity, and open-ended ness of language and how philosophers and language enthusiasts have for centuries attempted to understand its organization and its use in society. Traditional areas (phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics) are described, with examples from languages around the world. Language acquisition, bilingualism, sociolinguistics, and computers in language are examined for applications to language teaching and learning. Students explore practical applications to their area of study, whether it be the bilingual or foreign-language classroom, literary analysis, psychology, sociology, and other disciplinary interests.
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