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- Field Description
- The Majors and CoursesMajor in Business Communication - Corporate Communication Specialization
- The Major in Communication Studies
- The Minor and Courses
- Courses
- Department of Communication Studies Web Site
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Field Description
Students examine the theory and practice of communication in a variety of contexts, including business and nonprofit organizations, small groups, the mass media, and video- and computer-based media. Under the auspices of the department, students acquire the knowledge base and analytical skills necessary to become effective communicators within an increasingly intercultural business and public environment. Courses are intended to serve the general student population as well as those students who have selected the corporate communication specialization of the business communication major.
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The major also offers specializations in graphic communication (see the Department of Fine and Performing Arts listing) and business writing (see the Department of Journalism and the Writing Professions listing).
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Program Learning Goals
Upon completion of a major in Corporate Communication, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate empirical knowledge of the history, development, and contributions of the communication disciplines.
- Identify, analyze, and apply major theoretical approaches in the communication disciplines for use in business and professional venues.
- Interpret communication texts, artifacts, and performances.
- Demonstrate ethical awareness of issues related to the communication disciplines.
- Demonstrate competency in research strategies and methods common to the communication disciplines.
- Exhibit proficiency in communication technology.
- Comprehend and apply the theory and practice of intercultural and global communication.
- Construct and communicate logically sound, effectively evidenced, well-organized, stylistically felicitous arguments that are appropriately tailored to a given audiencea given audience.
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Major Course Requirements
NOTE: Business courses included in this program, with the exception of ECO 1001, ECO 1002, ECO 1110, STA 2000, and STA 2100, do not count toward the 90-credit liberal arts minimum required for the BA degree.
Program Prerequisites 15 credits
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| Communication and Advocacy in Business and Public Affairs | 3 credits | ||||||
| Communication Law and Free Speech | 3 credits | ||||||
| Introduction to Digital Communication and Culture | 3 credits | ||||||
| The Ethics of Image Making: Film, Television, and Digital Media | 3 credits | ||||||
| Video Communication and Production | 3 credits | ||||||
| Media Analysis and Criticism | 3 credits | ||||||
| Studies in Electronic Media | 3 credits | ||||||
| Classical Rhetoric | 3 credits | ||||||
| American Public Address | 3 credits | ||||||
| American Television Programming | 3 credits | ||||||
| Intercultural Communication | 3 credits | ||||||
| Persuasion | 3 credits | ||||||
| Argumentation and Debate | 3 credits | ||||||
| Elements of Legal Argumentation | 3 credits | ||||||
| Interpersonal and Group Communication | 3 credits | ||||||
| International Communication | 3 credits | ||||||
| Interpersonal Communication | 3 credits | ||||||
| Group Communication | 3 credits | ||||||
| Gender, Ethnicity, and Race in Communication | 3 credits | ||||||
| Virtual Teamwork | 3 credits | ||||||
| Organizations in International Development | 3 credits | ||||||
| Gender Communication | 3 credits | ||||||
| Nonverbal Communication | 3 credits | ||||||
| Facework Communication: Impression Management | 3 credits | ||||||
| Intercultural Training, Coaching, and Consulting | 3 credits | ||||||
| Contemporary Issues in Digital Media | 3 credits | ||||||
| Markets, Media, and Meaning | 3 credits | ||||||
| Principles of Public Relations | 3 credits | ||||||
| Corporate Communication | 3 credits | ||||||
| Public Relations Writing | 3 credits | ||||||
| Public Relations Campaigns | 3 credits | ||||||
| Advanced Video Communication and Production Note: This is a non-liberal arts course | 3 credits | ||||||
| Selected Topics | variable | ||||||
| Topics in Communication Studies | 3 credits | ||||||
| Conflict Resolution | 3 credits | ||||||
| Language and Social Interaction | 3 credits | ||||||
| Communication Research Strategies | 3 credits | ||||||
| Work-Life Communication | 3 credits |
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Interested students should contact the Department of Communication Studies at 646-312-3720 or visit the department's website.
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Program Learning Goals
Upon completion of a major in Communication Studies, students will be able to:
- Explain why it is important to study human communication.
- Define the sub-disciplines within communication studies, including interpersonal, group, organizational, intercultural, public, and digital communication.
- Articulate what makes a communicator competent.
- Appraise the role of ethics and diversity in contemporary communication.
- Apply concepts of communication studies to personal, academic, and professional contexts.
- Discuss local, national, and global trends in communication and assess their impact on individual or collective decision-making.
- Construct effective messages about communication using the terminology of the discipline.
- Explain major models, theories, and methods of communication studies.
- Explain the role of perception in communication.
- Describe the functions and components of verbal and nonverbal communication, including effective listening.
- Construct and communicate persuasive, ethical, logically sound, effectively evidenced, well organized, stylistically felicitous messages that are appropriately tailored to a given audience.
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Major Course Requirements
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| Ethics and Critical Thinking | 3 credits | ||||||
Required Introductory Course | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Introduction to Communication Studies | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
Required Foundation Courses (12 credits) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Communication Law and Free Speech | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
| Introduction to Digital Communication and Culture | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
| Intercultural Communication | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
| Interpersonal Communication | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
Concentrations – Choose one of the following (9 credits) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Interpersonal and Group Communication | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Group Communication | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gender, Ethnicity, and Race in Communication | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
| Virtual Teamwork | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gender Communication | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nonverbal Communication | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
| Facework Communication: Impression Management | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
| Intercultural Training, Coaching, and Consulting | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
| Conflict Resolution | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
| Language and Social Interaction | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
| Work-Life Communication | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
Intercultural and International Communication | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International Communication | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gender, Ethnicity, and Race in Communication | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
| Virtual Teamwork | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
| Organizations in International Development | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
| Facework Communication: Impression Management | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
| Intercultural Training, Coaching, and Consulting | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
| The Globalization of English (
| 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
| Conflict Resolution | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
| Language and Social Interaction | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
Rhetoric and Public Advocacy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Classical Rhetoric | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
| American Public Address | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
| Modern Frontiers of Rhetoric | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
| Persuasion | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
| Argumentation and Debate | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elements of Legal Argumentation | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
| Markets, Media, and Meaning | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
| Work-Life Communication | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||||
Digital Communication and Culture | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ethics of Image Making: Film, Television, and Digital Media | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
| Video Communication and Production | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
| Media Analysis and Criticism | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
| Studies in Electronic Media | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
| American Television Programming | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
| International Communication | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
| Contemporary Issues in Digital Media | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
| Markets, Media, and Meaning | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
| Advanced Video Communication and Production Note: This is a non-liberal arts course | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
Communication Studies Electives | Choose any two COM courses at the 3000-5000 level, including: | 6 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
| Selected Topics * | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
| Communication Research Strategies | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
| Internship in Business and Public Communication | 3 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
| * Students may enroll in COM 4101 more than once if the topic is different. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Communication Law and Free Speech | 3 credits | ||||||
| Introduction to Digital Communication and Culture | 3 credits | ||||||
| The Ethics of Image Making: Film, Television, and Digital Media | 3 credits | ||||||
| Video Communication and Production | 3 credits | ||||||
| Media Analysis and Criticism | 3 credits | ||||||
| Speech Composition and Delivery | 3 credits | ||||||
| Studies in Electronic Media | 3 credits | ||||||
| Classical Rhetoric | 3 credits | ||||||
| American Public Address | 3 credits | ||||||
| Modern Frontiers of Rhetoric | 3 credits | ||||||
| American Television Programming | 3 credits | ||||||
| Managerial Communication Within Organizations | 3 credits | ||||||
| Intercultural Communication | 3 credits | ||||||
| Persuasion | 3 credits | ||||||
| Argumentation and Debate | 3 credits | ||||||
| Elements of Legal Argumentation | 3 credits | ||||||
| Interpersonal and Group Communication | 3 credits | ||||||
| International Communication | 3 credits | ||||||
| Interpersonal Communication | 3 credits | ||||||
| Group Communication | 3 credits | ||||||
| Gender, Ethnicity, and Race in Communication | 3 credits | ||||||
| Virtual Teamwork | 3 credits | ||||||
| Organizations in International Development | 3 credits | ||||||
| Gender Communication | 3 credits | ||||||
| Nonverbal Communication | 3 credits | ||||||
| Facework Communication: Impression Management | 3 credits | ||||||
| Intercultural Training, Coaching, and Consulting | 3 credits | ||||||
| Communication for Executives | 3 credits | ||||||
| Contemporary Issues in Digital Media | 3 credits | ||||||
| Markets, Media, and Meaning | 3 credits | ||||||
| Business Communication | 3 credits | ||||||
| Principles of Public Relations | 3 credits | ||||||
| Corporate Communication | 3 credits | ||||||
| Public Relations Writing | 3 credits | ||||||
| Public Relations Campaigns | 3 credits | ||||||
| Advanced Video Communication and Production Note: This is a non-liberal arts course | 3 credits | ||||||
| Advanced Speech Writing | 3 credits | ||||||
| Selected Topics | variable |
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| Speech Communication | 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Introduction to Communication Studies | 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Intensive Voice and Diction | 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Communication and Advocacy in Business and Public Affairs | 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Information and Society (
| 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Communication Law and Free Speech | 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Introduction to Digital Communication and Culture | 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| The Ethics of Image Making: Film, Television, and Digital Media | 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Video Communication and Production | 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Media Analysis and Criticism | 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Speech Composition and Delivery | 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Studies in Electronic Media | 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Speaking to the Camera | 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| American Public Address | 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| American Television Programming | 4 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial Communication Within Organizations | 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Intercultural Communication | 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Persuasion | 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Argumentation and Debate | 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Elements of Legal Argumentation | 3 hours' 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Interpersonal and Group Communication | 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| International Communication | 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Interpersonal Communication | 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Group Communication | 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Gender, Ethnicity, and Race in Communication | 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Virtual Teamwork | 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Organizations in International Development | |||||||||||||||
| Gender Communication | 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Nonverbal Communication | 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Facework Communication: Impression Management | 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Intercultural Training, Coaching, and Consulting | 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Communication for Executives | 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Contemporary Issues in Digital Media | 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Markets, Media, and Meaning | 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Business Communication (
| 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Introduction to Linguistics and Language Learning (
| 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| The Structure and History of English (
| 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Principles of Public Relations | 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Corporate Communication | 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Public Relations Writing | 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Public Relations Campaigns | 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| The Globalization of English (
| 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Advanced Video Communication and Production Note: This is a non-liberal arts course | 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Advanced Speech Writing | 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Selected Topics | Hours and credits to be arranged | ||||||||||||||
| Selected Topics | Hours and credits to be arranged | ||||||||||||||
| Topics in Communication Studies | 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Conflict Resolution | 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Language and Social Interaction | 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Communication Research Strategies | 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Work-Life Communication | 3 hours; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Independent Study I | Hours and credits to be arranged | ||||||||||||||
| Independent Study II | Hours and credits to be arranged | ||||||||||||||
| Internship in Business and Public Communication | 8 - 10 hours plus periodic conferences with internship coordinator; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Internship in Business and Public Communication | 8 - 10 hours plus periodic conferences with internship coordinator; 3 credits | ||||||||||||||
| Honors in Communication Studies I | 3 hours; 3 credits per semester | ||||||||||||||
| Honors in Communication Studies II | 3 hours; 3 credits per semester |
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