Loyola Marymount University Bulletin 2021-2022 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Computer Science (CMSI) |
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CMSI 3630 Data Structures and Algorithms in Engineering
4 semester hours
The rigorous application of computing paradigms and principles to the development of software systems for solving engineering problems, with hands-on programming comprising a significant portion of the course. Laboratory exercises and projects are implemented with modern languages, toolsets, and libraries for scientific computing and linear algebra. Topics include data structures including arrays, lists, and balanced trees; traditional algorithms for searching and sorting; and algorithms for computational geometry, large-scale data processing, and machine learning. Intended for Engineering majors only, computer science majors will take CMSI 2120 and CMSI 2130 .
Prerequisites: ENGR 160
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CMSI 3700 Interaction Design
4 semester hours
Introduction to interaction design and human-computer interaction with a primary focus on user-centered design techniques. Three broad categories of topics within human-computer interaction are covered: (a) concepts in human factors, usability, and interface design, and the effects of human capabilities and limitations on interaction with computer systems; (b) design, development, and evaluation of user interfaces for computer systems and learning how to use existing frameworks to implement interaction architectures; and (c) current areas of cutting-edge research and development in human-computer interaction.
Prerequisite: CMSI 2120
EHBV, LWRT
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CMSI 3710 Computer Graphics
4 semester hours
The study and development of algorithms for synthesizing, manipulating, and displaying visual information. Representation, modeling, and creation of visual information in digital form: pixels, images, vertices, polygon meshes, scene graphs. Manipulation and rendering of visual information both computationally and mathematically via color manipulation, composition, vectors, matrices/transformations, projection, normal vectors, lighting, clipping, and hidden surface removal. The use and development of computer graphics APIs (libraries) at different levels of abstraction, including scene/geometry/material libraries, graphics pipeline, vertex and fragment shading, and direct graphics memory manipulation.
Prerequisite: CMSI 2120
ECRE
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CMSI 3751 Game Design
4 semester hours
The art and science of games. Goals, rules, game balance, and other fundamentals are introduced, as well as implementation issues such as modeling, physics, animation, networking, and performance. Coverage of existing gaming platforms and languages is provided as needed. Concepts are applied in an appropriately scaled, team-implemented game project.
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CMSI 3752 Game Development
4 semester hours
Development, production, marketing, and distribution of electronic games. Technical details of game and physics engines. Modeling, programming, and interaction techniques. The course covers both two-and three-dimensional platforms.
Prerequisite: CMSI 3751
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CMSI 3801 Languages and Automata I
4 semester hours
A comparative study of the rationale, concepts, design, and features of several major programming languages, including bindings, scope, control flow, type systems, subroutines and coroutines, modules, objects, asynchronous programming, concurrency, and metaprogramming. Major attention is given to the following broad categories of languages: systems, enterprise, scripting, experimental, and esoteric. Compiler architecture and its relationship to formal models of computation.
Prerequisites: CMSI 2120
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CMSI 3802 Languages and Automata II
4 semester hours
Applications of the classical theory of computation (including formal grammars, finite automata, stack machines, Turing machines, intractability and undecidability) in the implementation of compilers, transpilers, and interpreters for high-level computer programming languages. Scanner construction, parser construction, intermediate representations, virtual machines, code generation, and optimization.
Prerequisite: CMSI 3801
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CMSI 3920 Human Contexts and Computer Ethics
4 semester hours
Examination of human contexts within computer science and specific technical skills that help facilitate ethical practice, with an emphasis on learning how to situate and confront social-technical issues at play in personal-professional development, interpersonal relationships, community relations, and global citizenship. Topics include: privacy-first software development and data stewardship; data literacy and quantification of complex social issues; value judgments and consequences; the role and responsibility of computer scientists.
Prerequisite: CMSI 1010
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CMSI 4096 Computer Science Seminar
1-2 semester hours
Readings, and discussion of classic papers, essays, and monographs in a seminar setting.
Prerequisites: CMSI 3801
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CMSI 4320 Cognitive Systems Design
4 semester hours
Topics at the intersection of cognitive psychology, experimental design, philosophy of science, and machine learning through an examination of the tools that automate how intelligent agents (both human and artificial) react to, learn from, and hypothesize beyond their environments. Causal formalizations for higher cognitive processes surrounding the distinction between associational, causal, and counterfactual quantities. Automation of aspects of human and animalistic reasoning by employing modern tools from reinforcement and causal learning, including: Structural Causal Models, Multi-armed Bandit Agents, online and offline solutions to Markov Decision Processes, and approaches to Q-Learning, including introductions to Deep Reinforcement Learning.
Prerequisite: CMSI 3300
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CMSI 5350 Machine Learning
4 semester hours
Introduction to the concepts and methods of Machine Learning (ML) and tools and technologies that can be used to implement and deploy ML solutions. Supervised learning, unsupervised learning, reinforcement learning, and learning theory. Applications including speech recognition, control systems, and bioinformatics.
Prerequisites: CMSI 3300
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CMSI 5370 Natural Language Processing
4 semester hours
Introduction to the field of natural language processing (NLP), covering algorithms for solving various NLP tasks, including recent deep learning methods, as well as hands-on application of these techniques to real-world problems. Topics include language modeling, text classification, sequence tagging, syntactic parsing, word embeddings, machine translation, question answering, and spoken dialogue systems.
Prerequisite: CMSI 3300
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CMSI 5586 Blockchain Technologies
4 semester hours
A detailed study of blockchain and related distributed ledger technologies with a focus on the underlying principles from networking, security and cryptography, system performance and scalability, and other areas of computer science. Critical analysis of appropriate applications of distributed-ledger-based systems, along with technical and societal trade-offs. Design and implementation of smart contracts.
Prerequisites: CMSI 2120
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Communication Studies (CMST) |
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CMST 2100 Relational Communication
4 semester hours
This course is designed to introduce the students to interpersonal communication theories, processes, and skills. The course challenges students to examine their own communication behaviors and focus on their strengths and weaknesses as a way to develop and apply new communication skills and proficiencies.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 and CMST 1700 .
University Core fulfilled: Flag: Quantitative Literacy.
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CMST 2300 Organizational Communication
4 semester hours
This course is designed to introduce the students to the field of organizational communication and the relationship between organization and communication. The course allows students to examine a range of organizational communication perspectives, theories, issues, and constructs. At the same time, students are encouraged to explore the ways these perspectives shape, expand, and limit our understanding of communication and organizing. Significantly, the course encourages critical and analytical thinking by using the course content as a basis for critique.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 and CMST 1700 .
University Core fulfilled: Flag: Quantitative Literacy.
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CMST 2500 Media Studies
4 semester hours
This course introduces students to three key areas in the field of media and communication: 1) media industries, circulation and the political economy of media; 2) the legacy of British Cultural Studies in exploring identity, resistance, and the active audience; 3) media effects, including quantitative audience reception studies and ethnographic approaches to audience analysis. Students will be encouraged to directly engage with the political, social, cultural, and economic influence of evolving technologies and mediums in our digitally mediated global environments.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or better.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 and CMST 1700 .
University Core fulfilled: Flag: Quantitative Literacy.
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CMST 2700 Interrogating Tourism
4 semester hours
This course critically examines the implications of cultural and spiritual tourism in the United States and the world with special attention to identities and differences, such as race, sex, gender, sexuality, and ability. In particular, the course will explore the struggle of people/s to preserve their cultural and spiritual identity relative to the role of the tourism industry in protecting their cultural heritage, resources, and sites. The course promotes multicultural awareness, hospitality, and sensitivity as a means of recognizing others and minimizing the exploitation of their culture.
Majors only.
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CMST 2800 Advanced Public Communication
4 semester hours
This course provides advanced training in argumentation skills, including logical reasoning, the use of evidence, and effective organization of content. Students will conduct topical research and prepare oral and written arguments.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 and CMST 1700 .
University Core fulfilled: Flags: Information Literacy, Oral Skills.
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CMST 2998 Special Studies
1 TO 4 semester hours
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CMST 2999 Independent Studies
1 TO 4 semester hours
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CMST 3110 Gender Communication
4 semester hours
This course provides an examination of the communication styles of males and females in a variety of settings. Course surveys gender similarities and differences in verbal and nonverbal communication with an emphasis on how males and females perceive the world and how these perceptions affect the human communication process.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , either CMST 2100 or CMST 2400 , and CMST 2800 .
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CMST 3120 Family Communication
4 semester hours
This course examines aspects of interpersonal and relational communication within the context of the family system. Topics including family identity and the creation of shared family meanings, family intimacy, family roles, family power dynamics, managing family conflict and family stress, and intergenerational family relationships are investigated through the lens of the family communication system.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , CMST 2100 , and CMST 2800 .
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CMST 3130 Prosocial Behavior and Communication
4 semester hours
This course will identify prosocial behavior and communication, contrast it with antisocial norms, and focus on the values inherent in the caring, sharing, and ways of building relationships and communities with an emphasis on the possibilities for both individual and collective growth and well-being. Emphasis will be on the understanding of both individual and group behaviors that promote effective and cooperative prosocial communication.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , CMST 2100 , and CMST 2800 .
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CMST 3150 Persuasion
4 semester hours
This course provides an overview of basic social-scientific theories of persuasion (fear appeals, social proof, liking, reciprocation, social judgment theory, etc.). Then, the course examines how these social-scientific approaches differ from and complement other approaches to understanding the practice of persuasion. Draws on Robert Cialdini’s work in the psychology behind various persuasive techniques.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
CMST majors/CMPR minors only.
Major prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , CMST 2100 , and CMST 2800 .
Minor prerequisites: CMST 2900
University Core fulfilled: Flags: Engaged Learning, Oral Skills.
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CMST 3180 Leadership and Interpersonal Communication
4 semester hours
In this course we will explore a wide range of human behavior as it relates to leadership development and communication with an emphasis on global communication issues. Students will learn about leadership, strengthen leadership skills, and learn to value their potential for leadership. This course will integrate theory and practice to build leadership competencies required in today’s global workplace. This course is largely experiential and guided by the principle that leadership is a skill that can be developed and refined.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
CMST majors/CMPR minors only.
Major prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , either CMST 2100 or CMST 2300 , and CMST 2800 .
Minor prerequisites: CMST 2900
University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Interdisciplinary Connections.
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CMST 3190 Advanced Topics in Interpersonal Communication
4 semester hours
Seminar addressing selected, advanced topics in interpersonal communication.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , CMST 2100 , and CMST 2800 .
May be taken twice for degree credit if subject/title differ.
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CMST 3191 Relationships in Context
4 semester hours
This course introduces students to the interdisciplinary study of human relationships, with a particular focus on the sociocultural approach to relating and communicating. This course is based on the premise that relationships are far more than the matching of personalities or the forming of emotional bonds. Rather, our relational experiences are situated within and shaped by larger historical, social, cultural, technological, and political contexts. Through readings, lectures, class discussions, and film analyses, students will explore social rules in relational conduct, the cultural codes of love and romance, the material/technological circumstances of relating, and the politics of private life. This course is also designed to encourage students to rethink some popular assumptions that inform our understanding of interpersonal communication, such as the false binary of public/private, the illusion of relationships as containers, and the centrality of individualism and cognition.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , CMST 2100 , and CMST 2800 .
University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Interdisciplinary Connections.
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CMST 3192 Global Intimacies
4 semester hours
This course introduces students to the interdisciplinary study of personal relationships, particularly romantic relationships, familial relationships, and intimate and reproductive labor, form a cross-cultural perspective. It explores two broader issues: global diversities in the ideas and practices of close relationships and the impact of globalization on private lives. Readings include scholarship from communication studies, anthropology, and sociology on issues such as romance and courtship, marital and intergenerational relations, queer intimacies, cross-border marriages, transnational adoption, migrant families, and the global commodification of sex and reproductive labor.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , either CMST 2100 or CMST 2200 , and CMST 2800 .
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CMST 3210 Power and Culture
4 semester hours
Culture, in any given state or formation, across time or space, is never a neutral arbitrator nor static in its configuration. As a way of life, as an apparatus governing life, culture is fluid, contested, visceral, and constantly in the process of reformation. Culture is always already a social construction and always already power-laden. This course centers the roles and functions of power–the ability to control, hold authority, dominion or rule over others–and culture. In this class, 1) we will learn how to think critically about the construction of culture(s), 2) we will explore the impact of American empire and its discursive practices on other cultures and nations, and 3) we will explore the constructive nature of power and discourse.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , CMST 2200 , and CMST 2800 .
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CMST 3220 Race, Culture and Sport
4 semester hours
This course explores the long-standing history of sport as it relates to race and culture. Beginning with historical contexts regarding the post-American Civil War (1861-1865) African American jockey movement to #BlackLivesMatter and from Muhammad Ali to LeBron James, this course also dives into the infamous relationship between sport and politics. Lastly, this course explores how sport has influenced culture and caused societal shifts when it comes to issues on social justice.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , CMST 2200 , and CMST 2800 .
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
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CMST 3290 Advanced Topics in Intercultural Communication
4 semester hours
Seminar addressing selected, advanced topics in intercultural communication.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , CMST 2200 , and CMST 2800 .
May be taken twice for degree credit if subject/title differ.
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CMST 3310 Media and Marketing Communication
4 semester hours
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to integrated marketing communications, media selection, and campaign execution. Students will learn the elements of a successful strategic communications plan by evaluating advertising, public relations, and marketing silos and their impact on motivating target audiences. In this course, students will learn to evaluate audience demographics and apply appropriate communication channels and messages based upon audience needs and the business realities of marketing campaigns. A key course objective is to gain an understanding of how to propose and implement an integrated marketing communications plan from the viewpoints of advertising agencies, businesses, and nonprofit entities.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
CMST majors/CMPR minors only.
Major Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , CMST 2300 , and CMST 2800 .
Minor Prerequisites: CMST 2900
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CMST 3320 Sexualities and Organizational Communication
4 semester hours
This course develops and facilitates learners’ critical knowledge of the intersections between sexualities, organizations, and communication. Over the course of the semester, we will build a queer understanding of sexuality and organizational communication that is guided by the question, “what would it mean to embody a sexual ethics of organizing?” Building upon theoretical approaches to organizational communication, this course lays an anti-foundational understanding of sexuality, or rather we will come to know sexualities as strange, plural achievements that are lived and embodied within a contested terrain of history, culture, power, and labor.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , CMST 2300 , and CMST 2800 .
University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Interdisciplinary Connections.
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CMST 3325 Communication and Healthcare
4 semester hours
Communication plays a critically important role in many different aspects of the healthcare process from care delivery to public health campaigns. This course offers a broad survey of health communication theory, research, and practice focused on patient-provider interaction, communication in healthcare organizations, culture and health, health education, and social marketing.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
CMST majors/CMPR minors only.
Major Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , either CMST 2100 or CMST 2300 , and CMST 2800 .
Minor Prerequisites: CMST 2900
University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Interdisciplinary Connections.
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CMST 3330 Corporate Ethics and Social Responsibility
4 semester hours
This course consists of a critical exploration of theories and practical applications of corporate ethics and corporate social responsibility (CSR). Students will analyze and critique organizational messages surrounding corporate crises, ethics case studies, and exemplars of corporate social responsibility in the news, historical accounts, and film/documentaries. Students will also learn about being an informed consumer by experiencing a week without a sweatshop, in which they research organizational practices, ethics, production and supply chains, and whether or not employees are paid a living wage, while keeping track of all their purchases for a week, journaling, and writing a self-reflection of the process.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , either CMST 2300 or CMST 2400 , and CMST 2800 .
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CMST 3335 Sport and Public Communication
4 semester hours
This course will explore the interplay between the business, socioeconomic, and cultural dynamics of sport and how these intersections are influenced by the aspect of public communication.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
CMST majors/CMPR minors only.
Major Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , CMST 2300 , and CMST 2800 .
Minor Prerequisites: CMST 2900
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CMST 3340 Communication and Work Life Balance
4 semester hours
This course examines the paradox of work-life balance in the lives of workers who are parents, adult caregivers of aging parents, spouses, significant others, and friends who juggle work and their personal lives. With the boundaries between work and home becoming more and more permeable, work and personal relationships and responsibilities become more complex. In this course we examine the discourses of work-life management in regards to everyday practices as well as organizational policies–the relational level and the organizational level.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , CMST 2300 , and CMST 2800 .
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CMST 3350 Nonprofit Communication Campaigns
4 semester hours
This class is a Community Based Learning (CBL) course and requires completion of volunteer hours with a nonprofit organization. Students will work in teams to design and write communication campaign items, such as brochures, flyers, fundraising letters and PowerPoint presentations, and social media content for a nonprofit organization. The course is grounded in Social Justice and Community-Based Learning theories and applied communication practices.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
CMST majors/CMPR minors only.
Major Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , CMST 2300 or CMST 2400 , and CMST 2800 .
Minor Prerequisites: CMST 2900
University Core fulfilled: Flag: Engaged Learning.
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CMST 3370 Gender and the Workplace
4 semester hours
This class will explore basic theories and principles of communication and gender in organizational contexts through lecture, class discussions, case studies, assigned readings, films, and written assignments. Students will develop an understanding of gender issues at work and how we construct gendered stereotypes, policies, and values. The course will culminate in a study of some gender context within the workplace, such as sexual harassment, gender pay equity, mentoring practices, etc.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , CMST 2300 , and CMST 2800 .
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CMST 3380 Communication Consulting
4 semester hours
In this course, students will actively explore the roles and responsibilities of consultants. Students will be introduced to common elements of consulting interventions and will apply these elements in case studies that will be engaged first as an entire class and later in small groups of students who have assigned individual responsibilities in managing the cases on which they are working.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
CMST majors/CMPR minors only.
Major Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , CMST 2300 , and CMST 2800 .
Minor Prerequisites: CMST 2900
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CMST 3390 Advanced Topics in Organizational Communication
4 semester hours
Seminar addressing selected, advanced topics in organizational communication.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , CMST 2300 , and CMST 2800 .
May be taken twice for degree credit if subjec/title differ.
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CMST 3410 Political Communication
4 semester hours
The act of deliberation is the act of reflecting carefully on a matter weighing the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions to a problem. It aims to arrive at a decision or judgment based not only on facts and data but also on values, emotions, and other less technical considerations. This course takes a unique approach to the field of political communication by viewing key concepts and research through the lens of deliberative democracy theory. This course focuses on how communication is central to democratic self-governance primarily because of its potential to facilitate public deliberation.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , CMST 2400 , and CMST 2800 .
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CMST 3420 Rhetoric of Women
4 semester hours
This course provides the opportunity to explore and analyze rhetorical texts created by women in a variety of contexts and for a range of purposes. The overall goal of the course is to examine the ways in which women develop and use rhetoric to function in, challenge, and change the world. Various texts including writing, speaking, visual and performing arts, as well as media forms will be used to understand rhetorical situations, concerns, and goals of women. Students will gain an understanding of feminist perspectives on communication as a foundation for critically questioning, evaluating, and re-envisioning the nature of communication in our socially constructed world. In this course, gender is viewed as a lens, platform, and position that significantly affects and can radically transform our personal, local, and global lives. Particular attention will be given to the ways in which gender and gender issues intersect with race, class, and sexuality.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , CMST 2400 , and CMST 2800 .
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CMST 3425 Rhetoric and Race
4 semester hours
This course provides the opportunity to explore and analyze various rhetorical texts through the lens of theories created by Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC). Students will explore rhetorical theories from BIPOC perspectives. Offering alternatives to traditional rhetorical theory and gaining a deeper understanding of current uprisings for racial justice in our contemporary socio-political context, including: agency, liberation theory, decolonization, and marginalization, among other constructs. The main goal of the course is to examine ways in which BIPOC develop and use rhetoric to 1) function in and challenge systems of oppression, 2) work to dismantle racism, and 3) transform our collective discourse. Seminar addressing selected, advanced topics in rhetorical studies.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , CMST 2400 , and CMST 2800 .
Junior or senior standing required.
CMST majors only.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
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CMST 3430 Culture, Crime, and Punishment
4 semester hours
This course examines cultural constructions of crime and punishment. Although the course focuses primarily on the U.S. criminal justice system, we will attend to the prison industrial complex’s global reach. Consequently, the course gives students the opportunity to examine one of the most pressing social issues of our time. We will focus our study of cultural constructions of crime and punishment in three different rhetorical cultures: public discourse, prisoners’ discourse, and prison activism discourse. These three arenas map onto the three units of the course: 1) Crime and Punishment in the Cultural Imagination; 2) Crime and Punishment in the Prisoners’ Imagination, and 3) From Criminal Justice to Transformative Justice.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , either CMST 2400 or CMST 2500 , and CMST 2800 .
University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Interdisciplinary Connections.
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CMST 3450 Rhetoric of Social Movements
4 semester hours
The purpose of this course is to facilitate a critical and practical awareness of rhetoric’s relationship to social change. As such, this class is both theoretical and practical. This class will analyze individual and group rhetorical strategies and tactics, and consider the utility of these strategies in relation to groups that are attempting to create social change.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , CMST 2400 , and CMST 2800 .
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CMST 3455 Public Advocacy and Activism
4 semester hours
This course will fuse theory and practice through the lenses of public policy and activism/advocacy. Students will refine their persuasive speaking/writing skills, put theory into practice via hands-on fieldwork, hone leadership/motivational abilities, be inspired by the rich history of student-led activism and resistance, research and develop communication strategies for (re)framing of issues, and empower themselves to work for a better tomorrow for all.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , CMST 2400 , and CMST 2800 .
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CMST 3460 Gender, Sexuality, and the Media
4 semester hours
This course explores ways in which mass media help form, reproduce, and challenge our understanding of gender and sexuality. As a culture saturated with media institutions, we cannot remain untouched by their reach, and consequently, their ideas about what it means to be masculine, feminine, transgendered, racially marked, heterosexual, bisexual, lesbian, gay, queer, or sexually fluid. The course explores how gender and sexuality become normalized through mass media, and what makes possible the disruption of certain constructions of gender or sexuality.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , either CMST 2400 or CMST 2500 , and CMST 2800 .
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CMST 3470 Primetime Crime
4 semester hours
This course is a media criticism course focused on the genre of television crime programs. It explores various sub-genres including the detective story, forensic scientists show, the cop show, and the mafia story. It also explores the transnational circulation of this genre in American, European, and Australian contexts. As we explore this genre historically from early radio programs to digital platforms like Netflix, we will consider changes in the television landscape that impact both our TV consumption and the place of crime stories in our lives.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , either CMST 2400 or CMST 2500 , and CMST 2800 .
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CMST 3480 Visual Communication
4 semester hours
This course helps students cultivate visual literacy in order to better navigate a world of increasing visuality. By adopting a rhetorical perspective toward visual communication, the course examines images designed to persuade and constitute audiences. In the process we will explore the role of visual communication in shaping public opinion, cultural values, and laws.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , CMST 2400 , and CMST 2800 .
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CMST 3490 Advanced Topics in Rhetoric
4 semester hours
Seminar addressing selected, advanced topics in rhetorical studies.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , CMST 2400 , and CMST 2800 .
May be taken twice for degree credit if subject/title differ.
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CMST 3510 Wires and Empires
4 semester hours
In this course, students will first be introduced to key international communications theories and will then be asked to consider whether the introduction of Web 2.0, inexpensive mobile technology, and other recent digital media advances are reinforcing or disrupting existing patterns of globalization.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Major Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , CMST 2500 , and CMST 2800 .
Minor Prerequisites: CMST 2900
CMST majors/CMPR minors only.
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CMST 3520 Digital Self
4 semester hours
Our central question in this course will be: what’s the nature of online identity? In this class, we’ll explore that question through examining: theoretical approaches to self and society, arguments for and against technological determinism, technology’s contested impact on civic engagement and community, and the profound influence of digital marketing and digital marketing research tools on consumers-as-brands.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , CMST 2500 , and CMST 2800 .
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CMST 3525 Social Media Management
4 semester hours
This course explores the origins of social media and how it shapes our interactions with brands, people, and governments.
Junior or senior standing required.
Major Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , CMST 2800 , and CMST 2500
Minor Prerequisites: CMST 2900
CMST majors/CMPR minors only.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0 ) or higher.
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CMST 3530 Digital Rhetoric
4 semester hours
This course focuses on analyzing how technologies alter audience, author, text, rhetorical strategies, message, and channels of communication. Students will become better versed in criticism and consumption of digital texts and media.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
CMST majors/CMPR minors only.
Major Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , either CMST 2400 or CMST 2500 , and CMST 2800 .
Minor Prerequisites: CMST 2900
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CMST 3540 Environmental Communication
4 semester hours
Seminar focusing on issues of environmental conservation and justice from a communication studies perspective.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , either CMST 2400 or CMST 2500 , and CMST 2800 .
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CMST 3550 Documentary in the Digital Age
4 semester hours
This class outlines the evolution of the practices, technologies, and ethics of visual documentation as a means to understand how documentary filmmaking is being changed in and through digital media. The class will move historically through the development of documentary media beginning with early ethnographic films and documentaries. At each point in this history we will reflect on technological, social, and political shifts in filmmaking. Students will be expected to conceive of and execute a short documentary film project in small groups and will be asked to reflect on how their film engages with the theoretical topics discussed in this course. Training on the basics of filmmaking will be provided in class, though students will also be expected to master these skills through practice outside of class.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , CMST 2500 , and CMST 2800 .
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CMST 3555 Sound Studies: The Podcast
4 semester hours
This course will introduce students to cultural, technological and historical understandings of the podcast as an art form and will also cover theories of sound in Media Studies. Students will learn the basics of capturing and editing audio, and crafting stories. And they will display these skills in he final project for the course: a multi-media podcast, designed, planned and produced in groups.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , CMST 2500 , and CMST 2800 .
Junior or senior standing required.
CMST majors only.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
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CMST 3560 Mass Communication Law & Regulation
4 semester hours
This course will review major legal issues affecting mass communication, including journalism, public relations, and broadcasting. Issues discussed will include: First Amendment freedoms, libel/ slander, rights of privacy and the media, obscenity, regulations specifically relating to broadcasting and the Federal Communication Commission, regulations specifically relating to advertising, and copyright laws. Major cases pertinent to each topic will be studied in an attempt to help the student understand why the law is as it is. Ethical considerations will be discussed throughout the course.
Major Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , CMST 2800 , and CMST 2500 .
Junior or senior standing required.
CMST majors only.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
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CMST 3575 Citizen Media
4 semester hours
This course will look at the cultural, political, and technological significance of the rise of “citizen media” and its expression in constructs of ‘alternative media’ ‘participatory culture’ and ‘user-generated.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600, CMST 1700, CMST 2500, and CMST 2800.
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CMST 3590 Advanced Topics in Media Studies
4 semester hours
Seminar addressing selected, advanced topics in media studies.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , CMST 2500 , and CMST 2800 .
May be taken twice for degree credit if subject/title differ.
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CMST 3630 For the Love of the Game
4 semester hours
This class will explore the intersections of sport, gender, and culture. The class will focus on legislation (such as Title IX) as well as the rules, norms, rites, and rituals that surround sports in our society.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , and CMST 2800 .
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CMST 3640 Popular Culture and the Law
4 semester hours
This course will examine the relationship between varying forms of modern and historical media, and American Jurisprudence. We will explore the depiction and role of lawyers, jurors, and litigants, as well as differing genders, ethnic and socio-economic groups in the law. Students will study texts, film, and other productions, and participate in interactive lectures and written analysis of ethical issues, the legal process, and social justice.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , and CMST 2800 .
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CMST 3650 Performance, Culture, and Sexualities
4 semester hours
This course will examine the many ways in which performance exists and operates in our culture with a focus on personal narrative, ethnographic fieldwork and literature. In addition, there will be a focus on deconstructing sex, gender, and sexuality as rich sites of theoretical interpretation and performative interaction.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , and CMST 2800 .
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CMST 3660 Making Social Worlds
4 semester hours
How one acts during “critical moments” can change the world. This course is designed to help you apply everything that you have learned and will learn about human communication. A particular focus of this course will be on the Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM). We will explore how this theory can be used to improve communication in a wide variety of contexts, from interpersonal relationships, to workplace communication, to public dialogue and political discourse.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , and CMST 2800 .
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CMST 3670 Communication Theory and Popular Culture
4 semester hours
In this course students investigate how different cultural forms communicate ideas about the world and about ourselves. We will begin by grounding ourselves in communication and rhetorical theory so that we have lenses through which to analyze texts. We will then discover what makes something popular culture; how various forms of pop culture shape and represent “reality” and social life; why we consume popular culture in the way that we do; and how we will create, “play with,” and participate in, a popular culture event ourselves.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , and CMST 2800 .
University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Interdisciplinary Connections.
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CMST 3671 Comix and the Graphic Novel
4 semester hours
Students read graphic novels dealing with themes such as love, mystery, illness, and death. Students critique graphic novels and write the critique as a comic book (with endnotes) in which the student interacts with the characters(s) from the graphic novels chosen. You will tell a story that uses words and images. Students propose and plan a story, shoot photographs, and then produce the comix using Comic Life 3 technology.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , and CMST 2800 .
University Core fulfilled: Explorations: Creative Experience.
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CMST 3710 Community Based Learning
4 semester hours
Traditionally, community-based learning and service are distinct from courses of political action and social change. This course focuses on how hands-on community-based learning experiences and skills can act as a vehicle for just social change. Consequently, after the completion of this course, students will have garnered an understanding of the significant relationship between community-based learning, non-profit organizations, and social change. Students will gain hands-on experience in helping organizations create change from a social justice perspective. In so doing, students will gain Communication Studies theoretical and practical knowledge in the non-profit sector from community-based learning and social change perspectives.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , and CMST 2800 .
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CMST 3810 Advanced Forensics
4 semester hours
This is an advanced course in argumentation and debate in which students apply communication concepts, theories, and research methods to address “real world” issues and problems in concrete contexts. In this course, successful students will be expected to analyze and adapt their messages based on specific audiences and contexts, capitalizing on their understanding of the complex and dynamic relationships between communicators, their messages, and their audiences in contexts which are challenging and time-bound. Students will be engaged in study of contemporary social, political, economic, and cultural issues. As debaters, students will be required to develop their group and community-oriented skills by working in teams on and off campus, and traveling to intercollegiate debate competitions as required and possible. Debate, by its nature, sharpens students’ appreciation of the value of understanding multiple perspectives on issues, the importance of reflection on the underlying premises on which these perspectives are grounded, and the necessity to think critically about one’s own value system. Further, debate teaches students to value the learning process, acknowledging that no one can know all there is to know and that all are ignorant of information that will enhance our capacity to understand more fully why someone else has come to a different conclusion about the facts and values being debated.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , and CMST 2800 .
Consent of instructor required.
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CMST 3820 Communication Practicum
4 semester hours
Communication Practicum is a CMST application class that provides students with an opportunity to gain practical experience in a communication-related field in preparation for obtaining a position after graduation This course provides an opportunity for directed experiences in applying the principles and skills of communication theory while performing specific tasks in the workplace. Students will be able to continue to explore and develop career interests and talents while participating in the internship setting, experience networking, and learn transferable workplace skills.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , and CMST 2800 .
University Core fulfilled: Flags: Engaged Learning, Oral Skills.
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CMST 3830 Communication and Legal Practice
4 semester hours
This course brings the legal trial to the classroom, providing students an opportunity to incorporate an array of communication principles and skills with the experience of trial practice.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , and CMST 2800 .
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CMST 3840 Mediation and Communication
4 semester hours
Mediation is a process that depends on a great deal of communication savvy; whether you are participating as the mediator, a lawyer, or as a client, understanding the communication principles that are at work in the give-and-take of mediation can help you achieve more satisfying results. In this class we will focus on principles of negotiation, based on a communicative understanding of conflict, persuasion, and situation analysis.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , and CMST 2800 .
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CMST 3860 Entertainment Management and Communication
4 semester hours
This course focuses on the traditional organizational “models” in order to describe various structures and the functions of typical executives/managers within their organizations and within the industry. In addition, the course examines digital media and how these media intersect with traditional models.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 , CMST 1700 , and CMST 2800 .
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CMST 3998 Special Studies
1 TO 4 semester hours
Junior or senior standing required.
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CMST 3999 Independent Studies
1 TO 4 semester hours
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
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CMST 4150 Relational Communication Capstone
4 semester hours
This capstone course examines advanced relational communication theories and their application to various contexts. Requires substantial original research.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 2100 and one course within the CMST 3100-3195 range.
University Core fulfilled Flag: Writing
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CMST 4250 Intercultural Communication Capstone
4 semester hours
This capstone course examines advanced intercultural communication theories and their application to various contexts. Requires substantial original research.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 2200 and one course in the CMST 3200-3295 range.
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CMST 4350 Organizational Communication Capstone
4 semester hours
This capstone course examines advanced organizational communication theories and their application in various contexts. Requires substantial original research.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 2300 and one course in the CMST 3300-3395 range.
University Core fulfilled: Flag: Writing.
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CMST 4450 Rhetoric Capstone
4 semester hours
This capstone course examines various ways rhetorical theories may be applied to discourse in order to highlight methods of rhetorical criticism. Requires substantial original textual analysis.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 2400 and one course in the CMST 3400-3495 range.
University Core fulfilled: Flag: Writing.
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CMST 4500 Media Studies Capstone
4 semester hours
This capstone course examines advanced media studies theories and their application to various contexts. Requires substantial original research.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 2500 and one course in the CMST 3500-3595 range.
University Core fulfilled Flag: Writing
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CMST 4750 Qualitative Methods Capstone
4 semester hours
This capstone requires students to use advanced qualitative research methods and appropriate communication theories to examine a human communication phenomenon within a particular social context. Requires substantial original research.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher.
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: Either CMST 2100 , CMST 2200 , or CMST 2300 , and one course in the CMST 3100-3195, CMST 3200-3295, or CMST 3300-3395 range.
University Core fulfilled: Flag: Writing.
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CMST 4999 Independent Studies
1 TO 4 semester hours
Junior or senior standing required.
Majors only.
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DANC 100 Orientation to Dance
1 semester hours
An introduction to the discipline of Dance for Dance major students. This course addresses: student life at LMU and important programs offered throughout the campus as they relate to the dance artist. Topics include health and wellness, performance and choreographic opportunities, community service through dance, as well as an introduction to the study of dance, the art form as a profession, the off-campus dance community, and other important aspects of both the Dance major and the larger field of Dance.
Majors only.
Not repeatable for degree credit.
Fall semester only.
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