Pictured | Amanda Guzman | Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies, Media Society, and Culture | Goshen, Indiana (hometown)
Volunteer Activity | Tutor, Crece Conmingo after school group at La Casa de Amistad
Communication and Culture | CMCL
P Prerequisite | C Co-requisite | R Recommended
I Fall Semester | II Spring Semester | S Summer Session/s
- CMCL-C 122 Interpersonal Communication (3 cr.) Introduction to the study of communication, culture, identity and power. Each student does original primary research. Topics range from groups in North Africa to high school and college students in the United States, and issues such as gendered language, slang, verbal play, and institutional language.
- CMCL-C 203 Gender, Sexuality, and the Media (3 cr.) Examines portrayals of women across various media outlets and diverse cultural regions. The course also considers women as producers and consumers of media products. Topics might focus on a specific medium (e.g. television, film, or the Internet), genre (e.g. soap operas, reality TV, anime), or region (the U.S., Africa, Asia). Screenings may be required.
- CMCL-C 427 Cross Cultural Communication (3 cr.)
- CMCL-C 500 Introduction to Graduate Study and Research (3 cr.) Bibliographical resources, methods of research, and professional writing in Communication Studies.
- CMCL-C 550 Advanced Family Communication (3 cr.) This course explores how communication functions to develop, maintain, enrich, or hinder family relationships. We will examine family interaction through different theoretical lenses and critically assess what it means to be a "functional" family. Students will develop an understanding of family diversity and the changing and complex definition of family.
- CMCL-C 592 Advanced Health Communication (3 cr.) A course designed to teach communication skills and practices related to health care, by examining health care communication theory. Topics covered range across communication levels (interpersonal, intrapersonal, group, organizational, mass media & mediated communication) within a variety of health care contexts.
- CMCL-C 593 Topics in Communication (3 cr.) Topics in Communication is a revolving topics course. The changing nature of the topic allows graduate students to explore, synthesize, and integrate knowledge of the field of communication and the particular discipline of communication while focusing on a single topic not otherwise addressed in the course of study.
- CMCL-C 594 Communication and Conflict Management in Organizations (3 cr.) This seminar-format course examines the communication exchanges that facilitate conflict management within organizational contexts. Specific attention is focused on negotiation and mediation; however the communication of alternative means of conflict and dispute resolution are also discussed. In addition, students are introduced to methods for assessing conflict interaction in organizations.
- CMCL-C 602 Media, Terrorism, and Politics (3 cr.) This course focuses on the intersection of media, terrorism, and politics. Specifically, this course examines the portrayal of terrorism in the media and on how terrorists use the media to influence public opinion.
- CMCL-C 606 Media Criticism (3 cr.) Study of the main schools and methods of media criticism.
- CMCL-C 610 Identity and Difference (3 cr.) Political, social, and cultural dimensions of identity and difference. Interrogates the production of marginal and dominant identities (e.g. racial, sexual, colonial) and the emergence of new forms of identification.
- CMCL-C 621 Social Media and Communication (3 cr.) The course critically evaluates the impact of social media on various aspects of human communication (such as relationships, activism, branding, politics, news media, learning, labor, and identity).