Courses
CM-130 Introduction to Human Communication (Either Semester; Yearly; 3.00 Credits; CS,H) Surveys the fundamental tenets of human communication through application. This course is concerned with how and why we speak; listen, respond, and strategize through the uses of verbal and nonverbal symbol systems.
CM-132 Message Analysis (Either Semester; Yearly; 3.00 Credits; H,CS) Surveys the prominent rhetorical theories in the field. It is organized topically with an emphasis on connections to social science research in communication. Contemporary scholars are used to analyze rhetorical events as they give shape to our private and public lives.
CM-133 Mass Media and Society (Either Semester; Yearly; 3.00 Credits; H,CW,CS) An examination of the mass media (print, radio, television, film, and internet) which serve our most common interests. The focus is on the four primary functions of communications, information, entertainment, persuasion, and transmission of culture.
CM-199 Special Topics (Variable; Variable; 1.00-4.00 Credits; H) Allows departments to offer special topics not normally offered. Departments may offer more than one special topic. Prerequisites vary by topic.
CM-200 Art of Public Speaking (Either Semester; Yearly; 3.00 Credits; CW,CS,H) Seeks to develop and improve fundamental principles and methods of selecting, organizing, developing, and communicating a line of reasoning and evidence for constructive influence in speaking situations. Students will make three formal presentations, will analyze messages, and will participate in group problem solving.
CM-220 Group Communication (Either Semester; Yearly; 3.00 Credits; CW,CS,H) A performance course designed to improve communication with others in a small group problem-solving situation. The outcome is three group presentations. Emphasis is placed on developing alternative communication strategies for group decision making, for leadership, and for managing interpersonal conflict. Prerequisite: CM130.
CM-230 Interpersonal Communication (Either Semester; Yearly; 3.00 Credits; CW,CS,H) Introduces students to the various theories and styles of one-on-one communication. It emphasizes the transactional approach to studying the communication process as it occurs in interpersonal relationships. It explores interaction as a way by which we come to know ourselves and each other.
CM-289 Communication Practicum (Fall & Spring; Yearly; 2.00 Credits; F,H) A Practicum in Communication encourages students to: (1) develop skills in analyzing and delivering public presentations; (2) assess, interpret and analyze demographic data among diverse audiences; (3) understand speech communication in a variety of contexts; (4) appreciate public address from historic perspective and (5) participate actively in the speech communication field.
CM-290 indiv@metaverse.com (Fall; Yearly; 3.00 Credits; CW,CS,H) This introductory course focuses on how information technologies shape the way we think and organize ourselves. Studying the technology of the book, the world wide web and the metaverse, isolates the critical issues of change as central to the decision making of leaders in Information Technology. Looks at past technology, the book, at present technology, the internet, and the future as the metaverse.Prerequisites: CM132 and IT110 or IT111. Cross listed as IT290.
CM-299 Special Topics (Variable; Variable; 1.00-4.00 Credits; H) Allows departments to offer special topics not normally offered. Departments may offer more than one special topic. Prerequisites vary by topic.
CM-300 Professional Presentations (Either Semester; Yearly; 3.00 Credits; CW,CS,H) Designed for students to improve and polish their speaking skills for effective presentations in professional settings. It is a performance course with emphasis placed on structure, audience adaptation, style of presentation (oral report and manuscript reading), and use of PowerPoint and Smart Board. Videotaping is used to help speakers understand the relationship between their behaviors and responses of listeners. Prerequisites: CM200.
CM-320 Qualitative Research Methods (Fall; Yearly; 3.00 Credits; S,CW) Introduces students to the practice of qualitative research methods-including participant observation microanalysis, interviewing and content analysis- in communication and the social sciences. Specific methods will vary by semester. Prerequisites: CM130 or CM230 or CM220 or CM405.
CM-330 Media Analysis (Either Semester; Yearly; 3.00 Credits; CW,H) Designed to explore analytical approaches when applied to a variety of media, including advertising, television sitcoms, new shows, propaganda, film, music and architecture, in order to ascertain the persuasive messages inherent in each genre artifact. By examining the rhetorical choices revealed by each method of criticism, we can better understand the structure of message design, the medium and in larger sense the cultural values that shape both. Prerequisites: CM132 or CM133.
CM-340 Intercultural Communication (Either Semester; Yearly; 3.00 Credits; CW,H,I) This course examines symbolic patterns of communication as they relate to issues of diversity. Interactive skills needed to open channels of communication between and among people of diverse backgrounds will be analyzed and developed. A multi-cultural approach to the study of human communication will serve as a basis for exploring issues of diversity that include but are not limited to race, gender, class, ability, orientation, religion and ethnicity.
CM-365 Organizational Communication (Either Semester; Variable; 3.00 Credits; H,S) Examines the strategic uses of communication by individuals in organizations and by organizations as a whole in the pursuit of organizational goals. Provides students with a theoretical vocabulary to analyze communication in organizational settings in order to understand a variety of organizational processes such as social networks, leadership, and power. Focuses on personal and organizational ethics in workplace communication. Prerequisites: CM130 and CM230 and CM220.
CM-399 Special Topics (Variable; Variable; 1.00-4.00 Credits; H)
CM-400 Communication Philosophy (Variable; Variable; 3.00 Credits; H,CS) Topics in communication philosophy examine the relationship between thoughts, words, and actions. The study of rhetoric will be the basis for each course as it applies to contexts such as specific social movements, health care, public discourse, diversity, conflicts and debates, political campaigns, and family dynamics. Prerequisites: CM130 and CM230.
CM-400A Health Communication (Spring; Odd Years; 3.00 Credits; H) Explores how communication functions to promote health, the important role of information in health care, the development of communication campaigns to promote health awareness, alternative and multicultural approaches to health care, the promotion of ethical health communication, an the use of new health communication technologies. Prerequisites: CM130 and CM230.
CM-400B Storytelling (Variable; Variable; 3.00 Credits; H,CW,CS) This course gives students the opportunity to examine the oral traditions of the language through the art of reading, writing, listening to, watching and telling stories. Stories are at the heart of the human experience. They form the foundation for many academic disciplines. Stories help us to understand our own beliefs, vlaues traditions and civilities. This course aims to stenghten our appreciation and understanding of storytelling, old and new.
CM-400C Advanced Interpersonal Communication (Fall; Variable; 3.00 Credits; H,CW,CS) This course aims to develop the theories and applications of interpersonal communication by focusing on various perspectives of communication and creativity, conflict in interpersonal relationships, and listening and language appreciation. Students are expected to analyze and discuss specific conversational patterns that are both experienced and observed. How these patterns form and transform the conversational dynamic of an interpersonal relationship is explored. Prerequisites: CM130 and CM230.
CM-400D Rhetoric of Coming Out (Variable; Variable; 3.00 Credits; H,CW) This course aims to explore diverse uses of rhetoric applicable to the coming out process. Cultural, social, political, physical, institutional, and financial constructs of the closet will be studied in an effort to understand and appreciate the coming out process. Rhetorical constraints, functions, and strategies involved in the construction and deconstruction of the closet, both perceived and real, and of coming out the closet will be illuminated. While various perspectives of rhetoric will be covered, a classical perspective will be most closely examined and applied.
CM-400E Listening (Variable; Variable; 3.00 Credits; H,CW,CS) This course invites the students into an exploration of transactional communication by focusing on message reception. How is a message received? What interrupts reception? How can we determine if and when a message has been transmitted? How are messages interrupted? Specifically, we will study diverse perspectives of the listening process. This includes the study of (1) the pragmatics of listening; (2) the epistemology of listening; (3) the aesthetics of listening; and (4) the ontology of listening. Listening will be viewed primarily as an expression and extension of creativity. We will also examine and develop the relationship between listening and leadership. Prerequisites: CM130 and CM230.
CM-405 Communication Studies (Variable; Variable; 3.00 Credits; H,CW,CS) Course examines the theories, skills, and research methods involved in the exploration of communication from a social scientific perspective relevant to specific contexts. The context will determine course content and pedagogical approach. Courses included but are not limited to Family Communication, Community Identity and the Workplace, Public Relations, Gender Communication, and so forth. Prerequisites: CM130 and CM230.
CM-405A Women, Work & Identity (Fall; Variable; 3.00 Credits; S,CW) Women. Work. Identity. These three words are related in a complex web that many of us will struggle to untangle for our entire working lives. In this course, we identify and name the components of the relationships among these words-all in the context of the unique perspective that the communication discipline offers. Prerequisites: CM130 or CM230 or CM220 or CM365 or permission of the instructor.
CM-405B Nonverbal Communication (Fall; Variable; 3.00 Credits; S) " I know you are lying to me! " " You talk with your hands a lot. " If you have ever said or thought one of these things, then theories of nonverbal communication may interest you. Students in this course will learn about the use of space, body language, and vocal (but not verbal)communication. A major course project will require students to analyze videotapes of people communicating in natural situations. Prerequisites: CM130 or CM230 or CM220 or CM365 or permission of the instructor.
CM-420 Media Studies (Variable; Variable; 3.00 Credits; H,CW,CS) This course examines persuasion both in its theory and criticism. It focuses on theories of rhetoric that have influenced our modern understanding of communication. Areas of application such as public address, communication technologies, politics, and mass media will form the emphasis. Depending on the emphasis the subtitle will change after the title Media Studies. Prerequisites:CM132 or CM133.
CM-420A Rhetoric of Film (Variable; Variable; 3.00 Credits; H,CW) In this course we will explore one visual medium: film. The core of concern is with film as symbolic form, which is potentially communicative. A rhetorical perspective insists on the presence of an audience which is not necessarily of interest in all types of film criticism but will be crucial in our discussions. We will try to relate theories, methods of production, and criticism to our work but it will not be limited to them. This course is an opportunity for students to explore what films mean to them and why it is such an important cultural phenomenon. Prerequisites: CM132 or CM 133.
CM-420B Media Violence (Variable; Variable; 3.00 Credits; H) This media studies course introduces students to basic issues and research surrounding media violence. We will take a hard look at media violence and its scholarly research in order to try to understand the intricacies of both our fascination and repulsion for all of its manifestations. Cross-listed in Communication and Peace and Conflicts Studies, this course asks students to critically analyze media violence while integrating current media research into our understanding of violence as a presence in our lives and what we can or should do about it. Prerequisites: CM132 or CM133 and permission of the instructor.
CM-420C Digital Media Studies (Variable; Variable; 3.00 Credits; H,CW) We know we can connect with a friend studying abroad on a daily basis and when we do research on the WWW, the materials, location, time and distance are irrelevant. This course lets us extend our vision to a serious study of how global business, politics and social relations are changing by these various processes of instant connection and perpetual contact. Digital Media are at the heart of this revolution in communication. Neccesarily we want to pay attention to the digital divide and the continuities of our lives as these communication changes occur. In looking at the big picture, the scope of these changes is neccesarily global, challenging, complex and fast. Hang on to your seats!! Prerequisites: CM132 or CM132.
CM-420D Truth and Lying (Variable; Variable; 3.00 Credits; H,CW) This media studies course introduces students to the theories of rhetoric as they have occurred through out the past. We will pay special attention to the classical period of Rhetoric and the Rhetorics of the 20th century. It is important to have a sense of how rhetoric has been transformed over time and to recognize that despite these transformations it has always been considered of first importance for the ethical practical conduct of our everyday lives. Central to this course is the idea that how we present or live our beliefs, attitudes, and commitments is indeed the concern of rhetoric. Prerequisites: CM132 or CM133.
CM-490 Communication Internship (Variable; Variable; 2.00-9.00 Credits; H) Communication students may apply their acquired skills and knowledge to on-the-job internships for a semester during their junior or senior year for a total of 9 credit hours. Television stations, radio stations, newspapers, magazines, public relations and advertising agencies are all possible placements for the Juniata interns, who not only work as full-time members of the business team, but also evaluate and document their growth in a journal and prepare a portfolio of presentations or publications. Corequisite: CM 495. Prerequisite: Communication Core and Jr. or Sr. standing.
CM-495 Communication Internship Research (Variable; Variable; 2.00-6.00 Credits; CW,H) In addition to the on-the-job experience provided by the internship, students are required to pursue research related to their placement. An in depth research paper or presentation is completed during the semester and turned in for a possible 3 credit hours. Corequisite: CM 490. Prerequisite: Communication Core.
CM-497 Honors Seminar (Variable; Variable; 3.00-6.00 Credits; H,CW,CS) Designed to serve as a capstone course for students who emphasize Communication in their POE. The students will be expected to examine communication theories and research methods relevant to a topic, theme, issue, or problem that has served as an area of special interest throughout the previous two years of study. Students must have Senior standing, have a POE in Communication and meet the 3.25 GPA requirements.
CM-498 Honors Research (Spring; Yearly; 3.00-6.00 Credits; H,CW,CS) Designed to serve as a capstone course for students who emphasize Communication in their POE. The students will be expected to examine communication theories and research methods relevant to a topic, theme, issue, or problem that has served as an area of special interest throughout the previous two years of study. Students must have Senior standing, have a POE in Communication and meet the 3.25 GPA requirements.
CM-499 Special Topics (Variable; Variable; 1.00-4.00 Credits; H) Provides access to topics not included in regular department offerings. Prerequisites: Vary by course.
CM-TUT Communication Teaching Assistant (Variable; Variable; 1.00-3.00 Credits)