2005-2006 Academic Catalog

66 Communication Arts School of Humanities, Fine Arts, and Bible Communication Studies The communication studies major prepares students for careers in public relations, personnel management, consultancy programs, media communications, and corporate executive training. Because excellent communication skills are important in many professions, this major has also been chosen by those pursuing careers in sales or politics. It also serves as excellent preparation for those planning additional graduate professional training such as law, theology, and business. Graduating seniors in communication arts culminate their program of study with an individualized senior project under the direction of a faculty member. This project may take the form of a senior thesis, senior performance, or internship. The senior thesis emphasizes research and writing with a public presen- tation of the research findings. The senior performance is available to those communication studies students who have taken a theatre minor as listed below. The internship is a capstone for those studying in the political communication concentration and requires documentation of the experience with integration of the course work. Course requirements involve 48 semester hours, including 24 semester hours in core requirements and 24 semester hours in an area of concentration chosen with the advice of the student’s academic advisor. An additional 16 hours in specific courses are required if the student performs a recital. Core requirements .....................................................................24 COM-1000 Introduction to Communication Arts ................. 3 COM-2000 Persuasive Theory ............................................ 3 COM-2050 Communication Theory .................................... 3 COM-2200 Communication in Applied Contexts ................ 3 COM-2220 Research in Communication ........................... 2 COM-3100 Advanced Public Speaking ............................... 3 COM-3240 Interpersonal Communication ......................... 2 COM-4810 Research Pre-Seminar .................................... 2 One of the following: *COM-4820 Senior Research Project ................................. 3 *COM-4840 Senior Project in Theatre Performance .......... 3 *COM-4900 Internship in Communications ....................... 3 The following electives are required as senior recital prerequi- sites for Senior Project in Theatre Performance ............... 16 THTR-1230 Voice and Diction ............................................ 3 THTR-1410 Introduction to Theatre .................................... 3 THTR-1430 Stage Movement .............................................. 3 THTR-2350 Principles of Play Directing ............................. 3 THTR-2410 Fundamentals of Oral Interpretation ............... 3 THTR-2430 Principles of Acting .......................................... 3 *Capstone Course Senior Capstone This project would require students to identify a current communication challenge, analyze the role of the media in this area, and develop an innovation or solution with rationale. Concentrations Students should select a concentration by the end of the sophomore year from the following: • Comprehensive Communication • Intercultural Communication • Media Communication • Organizational Communication • Political Communication Concentration requirements may be adjusted to the needs of individual students with the written permission of the department chairman. Comprehensive communication concentration ..................... 24 This unique concentration of study is designed to allow students to work closely with a faculty advisor to create an educational program that fits their life goals. After completing foundational courses in communication, students select from electives within the Communication Arts department or from other departments to build a course of study tailored to their specific career objectives. COM-4110 History of Public Address ................................. 3 COM-4120 Contemporary Rhetoric .................................... 2 COM-4810 Research Pre-Seminar .................................... 1 COM-4830 Research Post Seminar ................................... 0 Electives* ........................................................................... 18 Intercultural communication concentration ........................... 24 The intercultural communication concentration was developed with the awareness that there is a need to educate communication professionals to be competent in diverse cultural contexts. It has been structured to provide students with the opportunity to obtain a strong foundation in intercultural communication as an academic field; understand the research methods needed to answer questions and solve problems related to this area of study; apply their program of study in a supervised cultural immersion experience; and evaluate multicultural issues and integrate their understanding of the field and their responsibility within it in the context of a Christian worldview. COM-2140 Intercultural Communication ............................... 3 PYCH-3XXXQualitativeResearch ........................................... 3 COM-3710 Communication and Cultural Literacy ............... 3 Immersion Requirement COM-3790 Cultural Immersion Clinic .................................... 3 OR One Semester Study Abroad* During the Freshman or Sophomore year select at least one course from: PYCH-1800 Cross Cultural Psychology OR .......................... 3 SOC-2300Principles of Sociology .......................................... 3 Electives selected from the following: ........................................9-12 During the Junior or Senior year select remaining courses from: ART-3310ArtHistory1.................................................................3 ART-3320ArtHistory2 ................................................................ 3 BEPT-3470Cross-CulturalMinistry ..........................................3 BEPT-3510 Introduction toUrbanMinistry ...............................3 COM-2300VoicesofDiversity ....................................................3 COM-3150 Gender, Politics, and Communication .................3 HLMU-2100 Jazz History: Music of the Multi-Culture ............. 3 HLMU-3400GlobalMusic ...........................................................3 THTR-2510 Theatre and Social Change ................................. 3 Other Electives may be included to meet specific academic goals of the student, and must be approved by the department chair and the student’s advisor. * A semester abroad may be used to meet the immersion requirement. All immersion requirements must be completed in a cultural context different from the student’s culture of origin and are subject to approval by the department chair and the student’s advisor. Media communication concentration ......................................24 Media concentration offers a new approach to the study of media that prepares students to lead media innovations, solve new problems, and address the unique challenges of convergent mediated communication. Students are taught to cultivate a unique approach to mediated communication that develops skills in creative problem-solving techniques, innovative adaptation of media forms and formats, and positive leadership.