2024-2025 Catalog

CJN-101 Introduction to Communication

As an introduction to the communication discipline, this course examines the significance of communication to the symbolic construction of meaning. Students receive an overview of multiple forms of communication, including face-to-face, verbal/non-verbal, small group, intercultural, organizational, and mediated communication. The class devotes attention to the influence of culture on communication and to ethical complexities relating to communication.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

Students who specified one or more of these Programs of Study or Program Foci Communication and Journalism Advertising Major BA, Communication and Journalism Advertising Major BS, Communication and Journalism Advertising Major BSJ, Communication and Journalism Broadcast Journalism Major BA, Communication and Journalism Broadcast Journalism Major BS, Communication and Journalism Broadcast Journalism Major BSJ, Communication and Journalism Communication Studies Major BA, Communication and Journalism Communication Studies Major BS, Communication and Journalism Film Studies Major BA, Communication and Journalism Major BA, Communication and Journalism Major BS, Communication and Journalism Major BSJ, Communication and Journalism Media and Film Major BA, Communication and Journalism Media and Film Major BS, Communication and Journalism Media Studies Major BS, Communication and Journalism Media Studies Major BSJ, Communication and Journalism Print Journalism Studies Major BA, Communication and Journalism Print Journalism Studies Major BS, Communication and Journalism Public Relations Major BA, Communication and Journalism Public Relations Major BS, Communication and Journalism Public Relations Major BSJ, Global and Cultural Communications Major BA, Global and Cultural Communications Major BS, Global and Cultural Communications Minor, Journalism Major BA, Journalism Major BS, Mass Communication Major BS

Offered

Fall, Spring