ACADEMIC CATALOG - Purdue University Calumet

necessary tools to conduct and critique research that pertains
to specifically to the mass media. Students will learn how to
research a mass media related issue.
COM 451 MAGAZINE JOURNALISM
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: COM 255
Examination of magazine staff organization, market analysis,
and editorial consent. Study of, and practice in, the writing of
a variety of nonfiction materials for magazines. Emphasis is
on the adaptation of topics and presentation of editorial policies
and reader groups.
COM 491 SPECIAL TOPICS IN COMMUNICATION
(Cr. 1 to 6)
Topics and credit will vary.
COM 508 NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION
IN HUMAN INTERACTION
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
An examination of theoretical writings and nonverbal studye.g.,
the environmental influence, space and territory relationships,
physical behavior, and vocal cues. One unit will
specifically concern itself with measurement, recording
or transcription methods used in nonverbal study.
Course Descriptions
COM 452 PRACTICUM IN JOURNALISM
(Class 1, Lab. 2, Cr. 2)
Prerequisite: COM 252 or COM 255
Assigned projects in journalism.
COM 460 ADVANCED PUBLIC RELATIONS
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: COM 253 and COM 255
Research design and implementation skills applied by students
individually and in groups to actual business communication
problems.
COM 463 MASS MEDIA CRITICISM
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: COM 201
Utilizing the current media criticism theories and models,
students will learn how to critique a variety of media genres.
Students will examine the social and political messages
inherent in media messages.
COM 465 VISUAL AESTHETICS IN TV AND FILM
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: COM 201
This course examines the visual aesthetics of television and
film. Topics covered are picture composition, lighting, acting,
directing, continuity, cinematography, editing, story line, and
costume.
COM 470 WOMEN IN THE MEDIA
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: COM 114 or COM 201 or WOST 121
Focusing on the contributions made by women in newspaper,
television, film and performance, this course will explore
how women are shaping societal and cultural values.
COM 512 THEORIES OF
INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Review of contemporary theories, analysis of concepts, models,
and pertinent research across the broad spectrum of interpersonal
communication.
COM 515 PERSUASION IN SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: COM 318
A study of the concept of persuasion in social movement theory
and the role rhetoric has played historically in selected social
movements such as suffrage, women's liberation, civil rights,
evangelism, and trade unionism.
COM 517 COMMUNICATION IN POLITICS
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: COM 318
Development and application of critical standards to the rhetoric
employed by candidates for public office. Study of the
campaign strategies employed by parties and their candidates
at various levels of government.
COM 518 THEORIES OF PERSUASION
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Review of contemporary theories, including analysis of concepts,
models, and pertinent research across the broad spectrum of persuasive
communication
COM 520 SMALL GROUP COMMUNICATION
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: COM 320
Survey and critical evaluation of theoretical and empirical literature
dealing with human communication within small
group settings.
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COM 475 ETHNIC IDENTITY IN FILM
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: COM 214 or ETHN 100
Ethnic Identity in Film explores the construction of American
ethnicity in mainstream American films. By examining films
that reflect a particular ethnic sensibility and created by an
individual of that particular ethnicity, this course will explore
values and traditions.
COM 490 INTERNSHIP IN COMMUNICATION
(Class 1 to 6, Lab. 0 to 6, Cr. 1 to 6)
Prerequisite: COM 114
Variable title, variable pattern, variable credit (1-6).
Experiential, supervised training in one of the areas of
specialization in communication. Students will work in an
organization under supervision and are required to devote
to the internship the number of hours per week which the
organization supervisor and academic coordinator have
established. Students will spend a minimum of five hours per
week at the place of the internship. Students will be evaluated
by the organization supervisor and the academic coordinator.
Course Descriptions
COM 521 THEORIES OF RHETORIC
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: COM 318
A comprehensive study of the principle figures, theories, and
movements in rhetoric from the classical era to the present.
COM 525 ADVANCED INTERVIEWING
AND CONFERENCE METHODS
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: COM 325
Application of modern communication theory to interview situations,
with emphasis upon problems involving superior-subordinate
relations, information-getting, and interpersonal misunderstanding.
Classroom demonstrations based upon real-life cases
supplemented by off-campus interviews; practice in briefing
techniques.
COM 531 SPECIAL TOPICS IN MASS COMMUNICATION
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: COM 250
Critical analysis and evaluation of current and continuing
problems in both commercial and public mass communication.