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BWS 223 - African-American Popular Culture Credit Hours 3
Listed also as ENGL 223
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in literature.
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BWS 225 - Critical Race Theory Credit Hours 3
Listed also as ENGL 225
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in literature.
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BWS 226 - A Cosmos of Color Credit Hours 3
Listed also as CHEM 225
Prerequisite(s): One year of high school chemistry.
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in natural sciences.
This course will satisfy the core requirement in multicultural studies.
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BWS 227 - History of Pan-Africanism Credit Hours 3
The purpose of this entry-level course is to introduce students the general history of Pan- Africanism by emphasizing the global links and interactions among members of the African diaspora (Africa, United States, and the Caribbean) from the 1900s to the present. No prior knowledge of African, Caribbean or African- American history will be required before taking this course. The overriding themes of the course will include, but not limited to, the significance of Pan-Africanism, the Pan-African congress, Garveyism, and the Black transnational practices. Race, gender, religion, ethnicity, and age will be among the categories of historical analysis in the course.
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BWS 228 - World Literature Credit Hours 3
Listed also as ENGL 230
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in literature.
This course will satisfy the core requirement in multicultural studies.
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BWS 230 - African Women and Politics Credit Hours 3
This course explores the impact of politics and socio-cultural changes on the lives and struggles of women in Africa. It also evaluates women’s contributions in politics, social development, and nation building, particularly during the past century, and how the women have attempted to shape these transformations. As part of the discourse, we will study the beginning of political/gender activism by African women in different contexts and the implications of this for contemporary state/civil society relations on the continent.
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BWS 231 - Conflicts and Conflict Resolution in Africa Credit Hours 3
The primary purpose of the course is to sharpen student’s analytical and critical thinking skills in comprehending the complex challenges of conflict and conflict resolution in Africa. Students will understand the historical causes of African conflicts, the nexus between conflict, democracy, and development, as well as the role of women in the crucial task of conflict mediation, management, and transformation in the continent.
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BWS 232 - Global Terrorism Credit Hours 3
This course examines the concept, history, causes, types, consequences of, and responses to, terrorism across time and space. It analyzes domestic and global dimensions of terrorism embedded in various institutions of society namely political, economic, ideological, religious, and nationalistic terrorism, and the role of the media. How effective are counter-terrorism efforts in the search for a terror- free United States and the world?
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BWS 233 - West African Fiction Credit Hours 3
Listed also as ENGL 232
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101
This course will satisfy the core requirement in multicultural studies.
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BWS 234 - Apostles Acting Up: Gender, Race, Prison, and Power in the New Testament Credit Hours 3
Listed also as THEO 224
This course will satisfy the core requirement in multicultural studies.
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BWS 237 - Great Festivals and Holidays in the Black World Credit Hours 3
This course lays the foundation for understanding why and under what circumstances African people celebrate. In other words, there will be an investigation of the African worldview that informs the celebration decisions in the black world. The great cultural festivals of Africa and the diaspora will be fully explored using multimedia. Students can anticipate learning about Akwasidae Festival in Ghana, Osun Festival in Nigeria, the Carnival in Brazil, and much more.
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BWS 238 - Global Inequality Credit Hours 3
Why is there an unequal standard of living among nations? Why is it that the gap between rich and poor nations continues to widen as global prosperity increases? Does globalization exacerbate or ameliorate inequality among nations? This course examines the continuing inequality among nations and the debate that globalization either exacerbates or ameliorates it. We will discuss global inequalities in income; disparities in access to basic needs such as food, shelter, water, healthcare, and education; patterns of uneven urbanization; and unequal participation of countries in the global political, economic and technological system. The relationship between global and domestic inequalities in selected countries will be explored.
Listed also as SOC 238
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in social science
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BWS 241 - African-Americans and the Media Credit Hours 3
This course assesses the presentation of African-Americans in the media (popular literature, periodicals, radio, film, TV, and the internet) and the impact of the mass media in the African-American community. Issues of race and ethnicity are integrated with discussions of media responsibility as well as questions of representation and accessibility. The implications of new media technologies to these issues will be a key aspect of our discussion. Students will develop projects that use media to bridge cultural perspectives in an effort to offer varied and innovative approaches to presenting African-American culture and identity in the media.
Listed also as CAS 248 .
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BWS 245 - Multicultural Psychology Credit Hours 3
Listed also as PSYC 245
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 101
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in social sciences.
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BWS 247 - Amazing Grace: Slavery and Redemption Credit Hours 3
Listed also as THEO 247
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in theology.
This course will satisfy the core requirement in multicultural studies.
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BWS 254 - The Black Madonna Credit Hours 3
The recognition and deification of the African female has its roots in prehistory (Paleolithic era). This course will examine the reverence of the African female as evidenced in the rock art of North, East, and South Africa. We will follow the trail of the deified black mother out of Africa and into the Grimaldi art of old Europe, and the carvings and sculptures of India and other Asian destinations. Finally, we will ponder her persistent worship and recognition in many parts of modern-day Europe, with particular attention to the black Madonna phenomenon in France. The course offers insight into the history of African women.
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BWS 277 - African-American Religious Experience and Theology Credit Hours 3
Listed also as THEO 277 .
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BWS 279 - Africa’s Culinary Legacy Across the World Credit Hours 3
The Columbian Exchange and the trans-Atlantic slave trade have brought many indigenous African foods and food ways to America and Europe. This course will look into traditional African food ways, which usually involve moon bread (fufu, injera, or mealie meal), which is eaten with a stew. We will also examine how these foods transformed or remained the same in the African diaspora. The literature of African food historian Jessica B. Harris and will be fully utilized. The course will include field trips to a few African eateries in the Chicago area.
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BWS 280 - Discrimination and Society Credit Hours 3
Listed also as SOC 280 .
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BWS 281 - Colonial Africa Credit Hours 3
Listed also as HIST 280 .
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101
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BWS 282 - Multicultural Food Patterns Credit Hours 3
Listed also as NUTR 280
This course will satisfy the core requirement in multicultural studies.
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BWS 287 - Contemporary Multiethnic US Literature Credit Hours 3
Listed also as ENGL 287
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in literature.
This course will satisfy the core requirement in multicultural studies.
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BWS 288 - African Environmentalism Credit Hours 3
From the earliest records of human civilization in Africa, there is a clear anthropomorphism of nature. All true ecological examinations of Africa must begin at this point. Much of what has been called “fetish” in Africa has to do with the African recognition of the sacred bond and interdependence that humans have with nature. This course will journey through African mythology art and religious symbols to find evidence of nature appreciation and conservation. We will explore the nature conservation practices that African people brought to the Americas during the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Lastly we will probe into the current, Afrocentric environmental justice movement in Africa and in the diaspora. The course will cover the life stories of African environment champions like Ken Saro-Wiwa, Wangari Maathai, Benjamin Chavis, Majora Carter, and many others.
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BWS 289 - Introduction to French and Francophone Cinema: From Pictures to Pixels, 1890 to the Present Credit Hours 3
Listed also as FREN 289 , MFL 289 , and CAS 289
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in fine arts.
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BWS 290 - US Latino/a Literature Credit Hours 3
Listed also as ENGL 289
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in literature.
This course will satisfy the core requirement in multicultural studies.
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BWS 293 - Exploring African, Asian, Middle Eastern, and Indigenous Art Credit Hours 3
Listed also as ARTH 296
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in fine arts.
This course will satisfy the core requirement in multicultural studies.
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BWS 297 - Postcolonial Literature Credit Hours 3
Listed also as ENGL 297
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in literature.
This course will satisfy the core requirement in multicultural studies.
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BWS 298 - African-American Literature Credit Hours 3
Listed also as ENGL 298 and AMST 298
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in literature.
This course will satisfy the core requirement in multicultural studies.
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BWS 299 - Community-based Learning Credit Hours 1
Taken in conjunction with a regularly listed black world studies course, this fourth credit-hour option involves community service and multicultural reflection.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor and black world studies program director.
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BWS 304 - African-centered Pedagogy Credit Hours 3
Pedagogy-the science of teaching-has an ancient and unique format in African experience. Researchers have found evidence of African pedagogy in the ancient rock paintings of Zimbabwe (Mshaya Mvura Cave). This course will examine the whole-system-based pedagogy that emerged from and is still being implemented in many locations on the continent of Africa. We will search for its retentions in the Diaspora. The lives and teachings of great African teachers (Ptahhotep, Imhotep, Cheikh Anta Diop, Boukman, Mortimer Planno, Malcom X) will be fully explored.
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BWS 311 - Black Spirituality Credit Hours 3
The African worldview has produced a particular set of assumptions about reality. This collective consciousness about reality informs the way African people speak about and interact with seen and unseen elements. The African worldview distinguishes black spirituality from other religious and spiritual traditions. This course will delineate the African world view, and it will make inquiries into the similarities and common themes found in some of the major black spiritual traditions (Vodou, Ifa, Ausarian, Akan, Izangoma, charismatic black churches, and Rastafarian).
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BWS 318 - Intercultural Communications Credit Hours 3
Listed also as CAS 321
This course will satisfy the core requirement in multicultural studies.
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BWS 320 - From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Experience from 1619 to 1877 Credit Hours 3
Listed also as HIST 320 and AMST 320 .
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in history.
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BWS 350 - Special Topics in Culture and Civilization Credit Hours 3
Listed also as SPAN 350
Prerequisite(s): See SPAN 350 .
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BWS 366-367 - Study in Stellenbosch, South Africa Credit Hours 18
Listed also as STA 366-367
This course will satisfy the core requirement in multicultural studies.
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BWS 372 - Law and Society Credit Hours 3
Listed also as CRIM 372 and SOC 372 .
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BWS 380 - Contemporary Africa Credit Hours 3
Listed also as HIST 380 .
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in history.
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BWS 381 - Social Inequality Credit Hours 3
Listed also as SOC 380
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BWS 385 - Critical Theoretical Approaches to Race and Ethnicity Credit Hours 3
Listed also as SOC 385
This course will satisfy the core requirement in multicultural studies.
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BWS 386 - Diversity, Language, and Culture Credit Hours 3
Listed also as EDUC 386
This course will satisfy the core requirement in multicultural studies.
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BWS 390 - Atlantic Africa Credit Hours 3
Listed also as HIST 390
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in history.
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BWS 401 - Topics in Black World Studies Credit Hours 3
This course is designed to cover topics that do not get enough attention in a regular class setting, and so, need to be explored further. Guest speakers, experts in various aspects of the realities of life in the black world will be featured. Students may select approved topics to research and present to the class for discussion.
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BWS 410 - Black World Seminar Credit Hours 3
This course is usually taken in the senior year. Students will be asked to synthesize their knowledge of black world experience from various disciplines and the book club. They will also be using their multicultural techniques to demonstrate their skills in research and presentation.
This course will satisfy the core requirement in multicultural studies.
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BWS 450 - Independent Study Credit Hours 1-8
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BWS 455 - Internship Credit Hours 1-8
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CAS 130 - Introduction to Design Applications Credit Hours 3
Listed also as ART 208 .
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CAS 146 - Multimedia Web Production Credit Hours 3
Students will learn about multimedia software applications and tools for the manipulation of text, image, audio, and video data. J
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CAS 155 - Introduction to Public Speaking Credit Hours 3
This class is an introduction to the principles and effective practices of oral communication. This class will familiarize students with both the hows and whys of effective speechmaking. The students will deliver speeches in a variety of basic forms. Through this class students will become better consumers and providers of public communication.
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CAS 200 - Business and Professional Speech Credit Hours 3
Student participation in realistic communication activities, giving presentations in various communication situations. CC
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CAS 204 - Introduction to Communication Theory and Practice Credit Hours 3
This survey course introduces students to the underlying assumptions and theories used to explain communication in a variety of everyday contexts, including rhetorical and communication studies, mass communication and journalism, and organizational communication and public relations. Emphasis is placed on the relationship between theory and practice so that students will understand the implications of communication in their individual lives and in their communities.
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CAS 205 - Masterpieces of the Cinema Credit Hours 3
This course will be devoted to works that have withstood the test of time. Films will be such works as Citizen Kane, The Godfather, and Casablanca, as well as works from European cinema. The course will focus on the merits of each work, as well as what the films reflect about society and individual values.
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in fine arts.
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CAS 207 - Contemporary American Film Credit Hours 3
This course covers landmark films from the 1960s through the 2000s. Included are works by Martin Scorsese, the Coen brothers, David Lynch, Quentin Tarantino, Christopher Nolan, and others. Attention will be given to the reworking of older genres and the sociopolitical aspects of new cinema.
Listed also as AMST 207 .
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in fine arts.
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CAS 208 - Rhetoric and Popular Culture Credit Hours 3
This course uses a rhetorical lens to examine the impact popular cultural texts-including everything from film and television to the Internet and comic books-have on our daily lives. That is, rather than assuming popular culture is “merely entertainment” this course examines how these “texts” act to persuade and influence us by studying theoretical bases for the study of popular culture through a rhetorical lens and teaching skills for how to critically engage with that which surrounds us every day. RC/CS
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CAS 217 - Race and Communication Credit Hours 3
In this course, students will learn that race and culture are related concepts but not necessarily synonymous, and this crucial distinction can inform and impact the way individuals from different racial backgrounds communicate with one another. This course utilizes a foundational standpoint that historically situates race as both a sociocultural construct and (to a lesser extent) a biological reality in an effort to examine and explore issues of privilege that often arise from the rhetoric surrounding the concept of race. In an effort to help students understand how prevailing notions of racial identity can affect communication of all kinds, they will be asked to engage with and analyze public discourses regarding interracial communication from a variety of cultural and historical contexts. Ultimately, students will learn that while interracial communication functions as one aspect of the larger field of intercultural studies, such communication must nevertheless be considered through various lenses, such as ethnic and national identities. CC
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CAS 218 - Family and Health Communication Credit Hours 3
Family and Health Communication will provide an opportunity for understanding how communication around health; develops, maintains, enriches, or limits family relationships. Class members will be exposed to the interconnection and communication complexities of family and health communication. CC
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CAS 220 - Film Criticism Credit Hours 3
This in-depth course gives students an advanced understanding of film as a complex cultural medium of mass communication through the discussion of a variety of important theoretical and critical approaches. This class emphasizes the complex social and psychological roles film plays in society and the interrelationships between films and audiences. RC/CS
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in fine arts.
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CAS 222 - Mass Media and Society Credit Hours 3
An examination of the production, construction, and consumption of mass media in American society and the role that media forms and representations play in the production and reproduction of systems of inequality, culture, and ideology; emphasis on the critical/cultural analysis of the ways in which class, race, ethnicity, gender, age, and sexuality are shaped, reshaped, and represented in popular culture and media. RC/CS
Listed also as SOC 222 and AMST 222 .
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in social sciences.
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CAS 224 - Radio Broadcasting Credit Hours 3
This is a hands-on course in radio broadcasting, management, writing, and production. J
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CAS 225 - Fans and Fan Communities Credit Hours 3
Understanding who the recipients of a message are is important in a variety of professional contexts. Increasingly, the recipients being communicated to are “fans”. Knowing fans and keeping them happy can be the difference between success and failure. Why is that? What is the power that fans, and the communities they form, hold? This completely online course will work to answer these questions by delving into questions such as what are fans, what are fan communities, and what is their role in the modern world of media, pop culture, and consumerism. The course will cover topics of defining fandom, creating and maintaining fans, understanding fan activities, and exploring how being a fan impacts society, culture, economics, and more. RC/CS
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CAS 226 - Introduction to Film Studies Credit Hours 3
This course introduces students to basic concepts that will enable them both to appreciate and to analyze films on their own. Lectures will illustrate techniques such as editing, camera movement, composition, sound, lighting, color, and special effects. The course will demonstrate how these techniques create meaning.
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in fine arts.
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CAS 227 - Deconstructing Disney Credit Hours 3
This course will look at all aspects of the Disney empire: early cartoons, classic fairytales, and recent animated features. Attention will also be given to the commercialization of Disney products and the development of theme parks. Focus will be placed on what the creative works reveal about American ideology, gender, race, and nation.
Listed also as AMST 227
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in fine arts.
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CAS 229 - Magazine Writing Credit Hours 3
Students will learn to write in a range of magazine and newspaper feature styles. J
Prerequisite(s): CAS 256 and sophomore standing.
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CAS 230 - Television Production Credit Hours 3
This is a basic laboratory experience in television production. J
Prerequisite(s): CAS 226
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CAS 232 - Survey of Field of Corporate Communication Credit Hours 3
This course has two areas of concentration. It examines through case studies the corporate communication function within organizations, including topics such as managing image, corporate advertising, media and investor relations, and government affairs. It also provides experiential learning in the critical interpersonal skills needed to manage.
Previously numbered asCAS 426
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CAS 234 - Digital Communication: Technology and Criticism Credit Hours 3
This class critically examines the current and future digital technologies used for interpersonal and mass communication. Students will learn how these technologies are designed, how their design impacts how they are used, what impact they have on society and culture, and what impact we can have using them. J
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CAS 236 - Web Design I Credit Hours 3
Listed also as ART 227 .
Prerequisite(s): CAS 130 .
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CAS 237 - Introduction to Graphic Design I Credit Hours 3
Listed also as ART 240 .
Prerequisite(s): CAS 130 .
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CAS 238 - Games and Game Design Credit Hours 3
From social games and virtual worlds to board games and card games, games are increasingly being used for purposes other than entertainment. But what has to be considered to design a game for entertainment versus for education? This blended course will tackle these questions by focusing on how to design games. Students will have the opportunity to develop their own ideas for a game. In online readings and discussions, students will explore the theories and concepts behind games and game design, such as game mechanics and game motives. In weekly class meetings, students will play and discuss various types of gaming media. RC/CS
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CAS 239 - Television Production II Credit Hours 3
Advanced laboratory experience in television production. J
Prerequisite(s): CAS 230 .
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CAS 240 - Self and Society Credit Hours 3
An examination of the social science paradigms that address how human action and human actors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others. This course emphasizes the social construction of self and the social context of everyday behavior in terms of class, race, ethnicity, gender, and age and will address the following themes: the development of the social self, socialization and identity, attitude formation and change, prejudice, conformity, and the determinants of attraction. CC
Listed also as SOC 240 .
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in social sciences.
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CAS 241 - Family Communication Credit Hours 3
This course explores the communication concepts of effective interaction in the family, including verbal and nonverbal communication, family meetings as a mode of communication, and casual barriers to effective communication. CC
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CAS 244 - News Media Editing Credit Hours 3
Students will learn the essentials of managing news media organizations, editing stories and photos, and packaging news. J
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing and CAS 256 .
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CAS 246 - Art of Leadership Credit Hours 3
An analysis of the field of leadership and achievement of organizational goals in business organizations, as well as in non-profit and educational institutions. Students will learn the steps to super leadership and the practices of exemplary leadership. CC
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CAS 250 - Interpersonal Communications Credit Hours 3
Concepts and insights for better understanding of the dynamics of face-to-face interpersonal relations. Students experiment and practice ways of improving communication patterns. CC
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CAS 251 - Interpersonal Skills: Managing People at Work Credit Hours 3
The course is designed to provide both theoretical and practical learning, as students analyze case studies and role-play solving work-related communication issues. CC
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CAS 256 - News Media Writing Credit Hours 3
Students will study the basics of journalism and the media business, and practice fundamental news writing and reporting skills. The class will include lecture, discussion, and deadline news writing exercises on a range of topics. Students also will report stories on campus events and issues using photos and video as well as text. J
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 .
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CAS 262 - Communication Research Methods Credit Hours 3
This class applies the basics of quantitative and qualitative research methods to address questions about communication. Students are encouraged to conduct research about a communication topic that interests them. With guidance, students will develop a research study, conduct the study, analyze the results, and present the findings in print and orally.
Prerequisite(s): CAS 204
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CAS 264 - Journalism Practicum Credit Hours 1
Students will write for the school newspaper, the Dominican Star, putting to use the knowledge gained from CAS 256 - News Media Writing and gaining valuable published samples of their work for their portfolios. The practicum can be taken four times. J
Prerequisite(s): CAS 256 .
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CAS 265 - Documentary Film Credit Hours 3
This course will help students learn the different techniques, genres, and cultural approaches to making documentaries. The course intends to present documentary films as a non-fiction storytelling form that can present truths and perspectives to empower people in their lives, their communities, and their societies. At the same time, documentary films can be used to present biased perspectives on reality that may mislead or create a false narrative. Students in this course will learn how to analyze and critique all such films by examining the history of documentary filmmaking and the types of documentaries that have emerged in different historical periods and global cultures. Overall, students will come to learn how to engage with documentary films as records of peoples and events that can reinforce or challenge traditional conceptions of the world.
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CAS 269 - Advanced Public Relations Credit Hours 3
In this class students will build on the skills acquired in CAS 274 and design strategies and campaigns for corporations, nonprofit agencies, and advocacy groups. CC
Prerequisite(s): CAS 274 .
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CAS 274 - Introduction to Integrated Marketing Communication Credit Hours 3
A study of basic functions, principles, and techniques of advertising, including the role of advertising in the marketing system and as a process of mass communication. CC
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CAS 275 - Advertising Strategy Credit Hours 3
Students will learn how to plan advertising accounts and develop advertising campaigns, with an emphasis on research, analyses of consumer behavior, strategic planning, and creative execution. Much of this course will consist of case studies and hands-on team applications. CC
Prerequisite(s): CAS 274 .
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CAS 277 - Women and Film Credit Hours 3
This course will examine the images of women in Hollywood film and new possibilities offered by independent female directors. This course will relate film to social, political, and personal issues, including work, marriage, motherhood, sexuality, and violence. Discussions will focus on stereotyping, the male ‘gaze,’ and new images.
Listed also as SWG 277 .
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in fine arts.
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CAS 278 - Seeing Hitchcock Credit Hours 3
This course will analyze the personal vision and visual style of Alfred Hitchcock. Films include black-and-white works and his color masterpieces such as Rear Window and Vertigo. Topics include the transfer of guilt, the “wrong man” theme, voyeurism, black humor, and gender.
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in fine arts.
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CAS 286 - Masculinity and Communication Credit Hours 3
This course examines the concept of masculinity across various historical and cultural contexts in order to determine how masculinity impacts communication practices and behaviors such as self-presentation, interpersonal and intercultural communication, and public and political discourse. Students will engage with a variety of texts in order to consider how prevailing notions of masculinity impact the way individuals communicate. CC
Listed also as SJCE 286 and SWG 286 .
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CAS 288 - New Media in Pop Culture Credit Hours 3
The last decades have seen the rise of new media technologies that have become ingrained in many aspects of our everyday lives as Americans. However, as a society and a culture, we have had mixed reactions to everything from smartphones to video games, social media to virtual reality. With each new media we try to answer the question: will it do us more harm or more good? This course is designed to explore our social, cultural, and personal reactions to these technologies by understanding how they have been represented in the pop culture of the past decades. RC/CS
Listed also as AMST 288 .
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CAS 289 - Introduction to French and Francophone Cinema: From Pictures to Pixels 1890 to the Present Credit Hours 3
Listed also as FREN 289 , BWS 289 , and MFL 289
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in fine arts.
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CAS 290 - Hong Kong and Asian Cinema Credit Hours 3
This course will showcase the extraordinary films coming from Asia, such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Students will be exposed to the cultures of Hong Kong, China, and Japan through a wide range of films, including martial arts masterpieces, Jackie Chan comedies, historical melodramas, and contemporary dramas. The course will provide historical and cultural background to prepare students to better appreciate these works.
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in fine arts.
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CAS 291 - Film Noir Credit Hours 3
This course will focus on one of the most fascinating areas of American cinema: crime films and suspense thrillers, such as Double Indemnity and Gilda. These films haunt the imagination, combining stunning visuals with twisted plots. Lectures will discuss the themes and psychological/political significance of these works.
Listed also as AMST 292 .
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in fine arts.
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CAS 292 - Communication and Social Justice/Ethics Credit Hours 3
The purpose of this course is to promote a greater understanding of how communication concepts, theories, methods, and forums, such as organizational and corporate communication as well as the media industry (TV, radio, print, film) can be applied to address important global (personal and corporate) issues and problems impacting ethical frameworks and social justice. This course is designed to heighten that awareness as well as give students analytical tools they can use to help themselves with ethical decision making and improving overall the ethical foundation and social justice in communications. CC
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CAS 293 - Communication Law Credit Hours 3
This class will study the philosophy and practice of laws relating to free speech and free press in American society. Students will examine First Amendment protections as well as censorship, copyright, libel, privacy, and government regulation. J
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
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CAS 294 - American Mass Media History Credit Hours 3
This class analyzes the sources of American news and entertainment media and examines their development up to the present day. J
Listed also as AMST 294 and HIST 296 .
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in history.
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CAS 295 - Italian Cinema Credit Hours 3
Listed also as ITAL 295
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in fine arts.
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CAS 298 - Global Media Credit Hours 3
This class will explore the tension between local and international forces in the world’s news and entertainment media. The course begins with a comparison of the major national media systems and traditions, and then moves on to an exploration of the globalization of the media through satellite communication, transnational media corporations, and the exports of the American culture industry. J
This course will satisfy the core requirement in multicultural studies.
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CAS 299 - Community-based Learning Credit Hours 1
Taken in conjunction with a regularly listed communication course, this 1 credit-hour option involves community service and guided reflection.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor
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CAS 302 - Special Topics in Health Care Communication Credit Hours 3
Students will understand the key distinctions in communication tactics in health care organizations. This understanding will help students to facilitate appropriate action and or problem solving for themselves, their families and their community. The course concentrates on nine arcs from the circle of health care communication. CC
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CAS 306 - Human Resources and Career Development Credit Hours 3
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Listed also as MGMT 362 .
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CAS 307 - Advanced Public Speaking, Argument, and Debate Credit Hours 3
This class examines persuasion, or argument, both as a form of communication and a competitive process. It focuses on developing research, critical thinking, and oral communication skills. Students will study the role of argument in public policy debate, and the part argument plays in sustaining a vibrant and engaged civil society. Students will learn how to use a set of systematic strategies to develop both informal and formal arguments. RC/CS
Prerequisite(s): CAS 155 or CAS 200
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CAS 308 - Rhetorical History and Criticism Credit Hours 3
This course is an in-depth introduction to the long tradition of rhetoric, the various arts of rhetorical criticism, and the theories that underpin this approach to analyzing communication-from the influence of classical thought and the Christian Church to the Enlightenment and postmodern thought. Students will be introduced to a broad range of ideas, topics, artifacts, issues, problems, perspectives, positions, and readings so that they can then apply that knowledge to more confidently craft arguments regarding real-world persuasive communication. This class is writing, research, and critical-thinking intensive. RC/CS
Prerequisite(s): CAS 204
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