2009-2010 Catalog - Graduate School - Bethel University

Course DescriptionsCOMM671 • Analysis of Rhetoric(COMG)853 creditsGraduate seminar provided to enhance learners’ abilities to function with competenceas critics and consumers of public discourse using various theoreticalmethods. Communication artifacts for analysis may include any rhetorical event:texts, speeches, advertising, architecture/art, music, or computer mediated processes.Topics may coordinate with thesis study.COMM672 • Applied Media Communication(COMG)3 creditsEssential course in developing media knowledge and exercising critical judgmentin the production process. Examination of the creative process of effective mediatedcommunication. Hands-on experience in production including scripting, taping,and editing. Ethical guidelines are examined. Prerequisite: COMM610.COMM673 • International Gender Communication(COMG)3 creditsAnalysis of the power of gender as applied in global settings, examining the culturalroles governing men’s and women’s roles in diverse settings from a cross-culturalperspective. Investigation of the challenges of dealing with gender transactionsin international business, political, religious, and social contexts. Prerequisite:COMM620.COMM674 • Communication Consulting(COMG)3 creditsExamination of the world of internal and external organizational consulting.Learners will investigate what is needed—personally and professionally—to applytheir communication expertise to various organizational settings and situations.Particular attention will be placed on developing consulting/training knowledge,skills, and abilities. Prerequisite: COMM676.COMM676 • Organizational Analysis(COMG)3 creditsExploration of organizational cultures and dynamics in for-profit and nonprofitinstitutions, including means of guidance and control; use of power and influence;formal and informal communication; authority and hierarchy; management ofconflict and enhancement of consensus; and followership and empowerment oforganization members. The process of a “communication audit” will be applied.COMM721 • The Teaching Craft(CPST)4 creditsExamination of the art and craft of teaching. Development of an understandingof educational pedagogy, instructional methodology, and classroom management.Includes contrast of traditional and adult learners, as well as an opportunity forcourse design. Learner presentations will be videotaped for individual assessment.Teaching as vocation will be considered.