Intro to Communication Studies

Catalog description

Introduction to Communication: This course examines the processes of communication and multimedia storytelling and serves as a survey of all the Knight School offerings to aid students in making the best selection to suit their interests. The course includes such topics as perception and listening; the development, dissolution and maintenance of relationships; group decision making; public persuasion and mediated communication. This course also introduces students to the tenets, principles, and practice of multi-media storytelling, from podcasts and photos essays to vlogs and online videos. It highlights the dynamic relationship between the media and the medium, and the people who create and consume it. This course serves as the writing-intensive requirement for the major. (Offered every fall and spring term.)