Communication (COMM) 1
COMMUNICATION (COMM)
Subject-area course lists indicate courses currently active for offering
at the University of Louisville. Not all courses are scheduled in any
given academic term.For class offerings in a specific semester, refer to
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500-level courses generally are included in both the undergraduate- and
graduate-level course listings; however, specific course/section offerings
may vary between semesters. Students are responsible for ensuring that
they enroll in courses that are applicable to their particular academic
programs.
Course Fees
Some courses may carry fees beyond the standard tuition costs to cover
additional support or materials. Program-, subject- and course-specific
fee information can be found on theOffice of the Bursar website (http://
louisville.edu/bursar/tuitionfee/).
COMM 111.Introduction to Public Speaking - OC 3 Units
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Description: Training in fundamental processes and attributes of effective
public speaking.
Note: Credit may not be received for this course and COMM112.
Note: Does not count toward communication major.
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COMM 112.Business and Professional Speaking - OC 3 Units
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Description: Develops theoretical and applied material concerning
communication practices appropriate to business and professional
settings.
Note: Credit may not be received for this course and COMM111.
Note: Does not count toward Communication major.
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COMM 115.Interpersonal Skills - OC 3 Units
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Description: Training in basic processes and skills of face-to-face
interaction. Emphasis on developing language, nonverbal, and conflict
management skills.
Note: Does not count toward Communication major.
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COMM 201.Introduction to Communication - SB 3 Units
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Description: Introduction to basic concepts of communication discipline.
Focuses on communication processes in interpersonal, small groups,
organizations, and mass media.
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COMM 215.Communication, Identity, and Power - D1, AH 3 Units
Description: This course explores ways that communication upholds
unequitable social arrangements or hides distributions of power.
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COMM 222.American Media Histor y - SB, D1 3 Units
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Description: This course is designed to highlight the people and the
technological, economic, political, and social trends involved in our
rapidly changing media environment. We will look specifically at how
media of information, persuasion, and entertainment have evolved from
the mechanical devices that the colonists used, to steam-powered and
then electrical media of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and
finally to today's ubiquitous digital media.
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COMM 225.Rhetoric from Greeks to Tweets - SBH 3 Units
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Description: The use of persuasion from the time of Aristotle to the
current age of mediated communication. Students journey to ancient
Greece, the Roman Empire, Enlightenment Europe, and beyond to explore
perennial questions and possible answers that have contemporary
relevance.
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COMM 238.Introduction to Film Production 3 Units
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Fee: An additional $90.00 is charged for this course.
Description: Hands-on class designed to introduce students to the
many facets of film production including visual, sound, writing, and
representational strategies.
Note: Students may not receive credit for this course and for COMM335.
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COMM 255.Communication and Statistics - QR 3 Units
Prerequisite(s): The Kentucky Council on Post-Secondary Education
(PCE) sets an ACT score of 19 or above as an academic readiness
indicator for the area of Mathematics (Quantitative Reasoning).
Description: Other college readiness markers for this class are SAT
(510), KYOT (22), GED (165), ALEKS PPL (30). Statistical concepts
used in communication research and professional applications
including descriptive statistics, probability, sampling, hypothesis testing,
estimation, regression, and correlation.
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COMM 275.African-American Communication - D1, SB 3 Units
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Description: Study of various dimensions of communication pertaining
specifically to African Americans. Communication patterns within the
African-American community as well as communication patterns about
that community are analyzed.
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