Registration:
All COMM RAP students must register for a 3 credit-hour course in each of Fall and Spring semesters. A course registration packet will be mailed to you upon receiving your information from Housing Reservations. Once you receive the packet, you need to mail to us the Contract/Preregistration Form that is included in the packet agreeing to pay the RAP fee and selecting your three choices on that form in which your first choice will be considered on a first-come, first-served basis.
A copy verifying your course selection in the program will be given to you during one of the orientation sessions that you will be attending in the summer or early fall. More details about the orientation sessions will be sent to you from the Office of Orientation.
COURSE/SECTION/CREDITS CLASS SIZE TITLE DAYS TIME ROOM INSTRUCTOR CORE
ANTH 1170-220R (3) 15 Exploring Culture and Gender through Film MWF 11:00-11:50am BUCK S106 Jamieson, Sara A&S core: human diversity
COMM 1210-220R (3) 15 Perspectives in Human Communication TR 9:30-10:45am BUCK S106 Gale, Kendra A&S core: contemporary societies
COMM 2000-220R (3) 15 Communication and Gender TR 11:00am-12:15pm BUCK S106 Ashcraft, Karen COMM majors or elective
COMM 2400-220R (3) 15 Discourse, Cultures, and Identity MWF 10:00-10:50am BUCK S106 Sprain, Leah A&S core: human diversity
COMM majors or elective
COMR 1000-220R (1) 20 Communication & Community M 4:00-4:50pm BUCK N101 Hersh, Orly Elective
COMR 1000-221R (1) 20 Communication & Community W 2:00-2:50pm BUCK N101 Gale, Kendra Elective
COMR 1000-222R (1) 20 Communication & Community T
4:00-4:50pm BUCK N101 Gale, Kendra Elective
COMR 1000-223R (1) 20 Communication & Community W
1:00-1:50pm BUCK N101 Hersh, Orly Elective
COMR 1000-224R (1) 20 Communication & Community W
3:00-3:50pm BUCK N101 Jamieson, Sara Elective
COMR 1000-225R (1) 20 Communication & Community W 4:00-4:50pm BUCK N101 Jamieson, Sara Elective
COMR 1000-226R (1) 20 Communication & Community R
11:00-11:50am BUCK N101 Gale, Kendra Elective
COMR 1000-227R (1) 20 Communication & Community F 12:00-12:50pm BUCK N101 Hersh, Orly Elective
COMR 1000-228R (1) 20 Communication & Community Elective
COMR 1100-220R (1) 18 RAP Community Leadership Practicum W 6:00-6:50pm BUCK S106
Jamieson, Sara Elective
COMR 1800-220R (3) 15 Visual Literacy: Images & Identities TR 2:00-3:15pm BUCK S106 Gale, Kendra A&S core: literature & the arts
ETHN 2014-220R (3) 15 Themes in American Culture: America in Film MWF 12:00-12:50pm BUCK S106 Babicz, Marty A&S core: U.S. context
JOUR 1001-220R (3) 20 Contemporary Mass Media MWF 9:00-9:50am ATLS 1B31 TBA JOUR majors or élective
JOUR 1871-220R (3) 15 S.T.: TV/Family/Culture TR 12:30-1:45pm BUCK S106
Peck, Janice JOUR majors or elective
PHIL 1400-220R (3) 15 Philosophy and the Sciences MWF 1:00-1:50pm BUCK S106 Zerella, Michael A&S core: natural sciences
RLST 2600-220R (3) 15 Judaism, Christianity, Islam MW 2:00-3:15pm BUCK S106 Adams, Sharon A&S core: ideals & values
SOCY 1004-220R (3) 15 Deviance and U.S. Society TR 12:30-1:45pm BUCK N101
Watterworth, Jay A&S core: ideals & values
WRTG 1150-220R (3) 15 1st Year Writing & Rhetoric MWF 10:00am-10:50am BUCK N101 Hersh, Orly A&S core: written communication
WRTG 1150-220R (3) 15 1st Year Writing & Rhetoric MWF 11:00-11:50am BUCK N101 Hersh, Orly A&S core: written communication
COMM majors or elective
Course Descriptions:
1. CORE CURRICULUM: CONTEMPORARY SOCIETIES
COMM 1210-220R: Perspectives on Human Communication
(3 credit hours)
Tuesday/Thursday 9:30-10:45AM
Dr. Kendra Gale
Surveys communication in a variety of contexts and applications. Topics include basic concepts and general models of communication, ethics, language and nonverbal communication, personal relationships, group decision-making, organizational communication, and impact of technological developments on communication. Required for COMM majors. Meets MAPS requirement for social sciences: general. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: contemporary societies.
2. CORE CURRICULUM: HUMAN DIVERSITY
ANTH 1170-220R: Exploring Culture and Gender through Film
(3 credit hours)
Monday/Wednesday/Friday 11:00-11:50AM
Dr. Sara Jamieson
Uses films and written texts to explore the concepts of culture and gender, as well as ethnicity and race. By looking at gender, ethnicity, and race cross-culturally, students will know how these concepts are constructed in their own society, as well as in others. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity.
COMM 2400-220R: Discourse, Culture and Identities
(3 credit hours)
Monday/Wednesday/Friday 10:00-10:50AM
Dr. Leah Sprain
Examines how aspects of talk (e.g., turn-taking, speech acts, narratives, dialect, and stance indicators) link with identities (e.g. ethnic and racial, age, gender, work-related, and personal). Considers how communication is central to constructing who people are and examines social controversies related to talk and identities. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity.
3. CORE CURRICULUM: IDEALS AND VALUES
RLST 2600-220R: Judaism, Christianity, Islam
(3 credit hours)
Monday/Wednesday 2:00-3:15PM
Dr. Sharon Adams
Introduces literature, beliefs, practices, and institutions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, in historical perspective. Same as JWST 2600. Approved for GT-AH3. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: ideals and values.SOCY 1004-220R: Deviance and U.S. Society
(3 credit hours)
Tuesday/Thursday 12:30-1:45PM
Dr. Jay Watterworth
Examines the social construction of deviance in the U.S., the process of acquiring a deviant identity and managing deviant stigma, and the social organization of deviant act, lifestyles, relationships and careers. Approved for GT-SS3. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: ideals and values.
4. CORE CURRICULUM: LITERATURE AND THE ARTS
COMR 1800-220R: Visual Literacy: Images and Ideologies
(3 credit hours)
Tuesday/Thursday 2:00-3:15PM
Dr. Kendra Gale
Explores the relationship between visual images and cultural values, including how we process visual information, the evolution of conventions in various media, common visual portrayals, and ethical issues. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts.
5. CORE CURRICULUM: NATURAL SCIENCES
PHIL 1400-220: Philosophy and the Sciences
(3 credit hours)
Monday/Wednesday/Friday 1:00-1:50PM
Dr. Michael Zerella
Considers philosophical topics and concepts related to the natural sciences, such as science and pseudo-science; scientific method; the nature of explanation, theory, confirmation, and falsification; the effect of science on basic concepts like mind, freedom, time, and causality; ethics of experimentation; and the relation of science to society. Approved for GT-AH3. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: natural sciences.
6. CORE CURRICULUM: U.S. CONTEXT
ETHN 2014-220R: Themes in American Culture: America in Film
(3 credit hours)
Monday/Wednesday/Friday 12:00-12:50PM
Dr. Martin Babicz
Enables students to explore various themes in post-1865 American culture. Examines these themes, which vary each year, in their social context. Formerly AMST 2010. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: U.S. context.
7. CORE CURRICULUM: WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
WRTG 1150-220R: First-Year Writing and Rhetoric
(3 credit hours)
Monday/Wednesday/Friday 10:00-10:50AM
Ms. Orly Hersh
Rhetorically informed introduction to college writing. Focuses on critical analysis, argument, inquiry, and information literacy. Taught as a writing workshop, the course places a premium on invention, drafting, and thoughtful revision. For placement criteria, see the arts and sciences advising office. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Meets MAPS requirement for English. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: written communication.WRTG 1150-221R: First-Year Writing and Rhetoric
(3 credit hours)
Monday/Wednesday/Friday 11:00-11:50AM
Ms. Orly Hersh
Rhetorically informed introduction to college writing. Focuses on critical analysis, argument, inquiry, and information literacy. Taught as a writing workshop, the course places a premium on invention, drafting, and thoughtful revision. For placement criteria, see the arts and sciences advising office. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Meets MAPS requirement for English. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: written communication.
8. MAJOR REQUIREMENT OR GENERAL ELECTIVE CREDIT
COMM 2000-220R: Topics in Communication: Communication & Gender
(3 credit hours)
Tuesday/Thursday 11:00AM-12:15PM
Dr. Karen Ashcraft
Investigates selected topics in communication. Does not count toward the 2000-level courses required for the major, unless explicitly stated in the course schedule. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours on different topics. Recommended prereqs., COMM 1210 and 1600. Required for COMM majors or general elective.COMR 1000-(220R-228R): Communication & Community
(1 credit hour)
Introduction to how communication builds community by creating and sharing meaning. Examination of communication practices at the interpersonal level (friends and family), the group level (teams, classrooms and organizations) and the societal level (citizenship, social change, mass media). Restricted to students in the Communication & Society Residential Academic Program.
COMR 1100-220R: RAP Community Leadership Practicum
(1 credit hour)
Wednesday 6:00-6:50PM
Dr. Sara Jamieson
Examines relationships between competent communication and effective leadership in the context of the Communication and Society RAP. Upon completion of the Community Leadership RAP practicum, the student will be able to identify, discuss, demonstrate, and critique effective communication skills as they apply to many different leadership opportunities within the RAP. Restricted to students in the Communication Residential Academic Program.
JOUR 1001-003: S.T.: Contemporary Mass Media
(3 credit hours)
Monday/Wednesday/Friday 9:00-9:50AM
TBA
An introduction to the role of media in contemporary society, focusing on the cultural, political, economic, and historical context within which print and media technologies developed and how audiences interact with and influence the use of media. Required for JOUR majors or general elective.JOUR 1871-220R: S.T.: TV/Family/Culture
(3 credit hours)
Tuesday/Thursday 12:30-1:45PM
Dr. Janice Peck
Special studies in media that are specific for first-year students. May be repeated for a maximum of three credit hours. Required for JOUR majors or general elective.