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Communication Graduate Course Offerings
Spring 2002
Kalamazoo - Main campus
COM 670 Intercultural Communication TR 6:30-9 p.m. #28091 Orbe
This is a graduate seminar in intercultural communication with a specific
concentration on the inextricable relationship between culture and communication.
The course objectives are to (1) introduce graduate students to the basic
theoretical concepts central to the study of intercultural communication;
(2) offer students the opportunity to become familiar with a wide variety
of epistemological and ontological approaches to intercultural communication;
(3) to facilitate an intense learning process whereby each student will
have ample opportunity to dialogue with others about communication concepts,
culture, intercultural research and practice, as well as their lived experiences.
Spring 2002
Grand Rapids Regional Center
COM 683 Power and Leadership MW 6-9pm #61866 L. Ford
This course is designed to understand the fundamental role of communication
in power and leadership in organizations. From a communication perspective
we will examine the traditional concepts and theories associated with
the dynamics of leadership and the frameworks for understanding power.
Further, we will examine the most current theories of leadership, which
emphasize information processing and the symbolic interpretive systems
and the contributions of communication research to those current theories.
Finally, we will examine alternative views of organizing, power, and leadership
communication as articulated by postmodern, critical and feminist thinkers.
In each of these areas we will use the course material to understand the
real world practices of organizations as individuals attempt to become
effective leaders in an environment characterized by instability, diversity,
and globalization.
Summer 2002
Kalamazoo - Main campus
COM 643 Telecommunications and Organizational Planning TR 6:30-9pm,
#25015, Gershon
An overview of the basic principles involved in the management and implementation
of telecommunications services within public and private organizations.
Participants are introduced to three sectors of the telecommunications
field, including broadcasting, cable, and telephone communications.
Fall 2002
Kalamazoo -Main campus
COM 601 Introduction to Graduate Studies W 6:30-9:00 p.m., #17781 L.
Ford
The field of communication is a diverse discipline comprised of several
genres of scholarship (i.e., mass communication, rhetorical studies, interpersonal
communication, organizational communication, intercultural communication,
public relations, media and communication technologies). Communication
601 introduces graduate students to the research literature, methodology,
and theoretical domains of the communication discipline. Students will
learn the standards of scholarly writing and will be introduced to the
criteria for choosing and evaluating research methods.
COM 682 Organizational Communication T 6:30-9:00, p.m., #27771 Butler-Ellis
This course seeks to provide an overview of theory and research in the
field of organizational communication. Lively classroom discussions will
be used to examine and critique scholarly ideas. Another important aspect
of this class involves the application of course concepts to case studies
and personal organizational experiences. By pooling everyone's years of
organizational
experience and critical thinking skills, class time will consist of active
theory testing and meaningful class discussions.
COM 670 Interpersonal Communication Issues in Organizations, M 6:30-9:00
p.m. #54681 Apker
This course addresses the major theories, assumptions, and relevant topics
associated with the study of interpersonal communication in organizational
contexts, that is, those behaviors and processes that affect individuals
at work. The course specifically focuses on how communication affects
organizations and their members. Areas to be addressed include: a) the
communicative processes and behaviors that are involved and affect our
perception and judgment of others; b) the communicative processes and
behaviors that influence how people present themselves to others; c) the
communicative processes and behaviors that are involved in entering and
becoming accepted in an organization; and d) the communication processes
and behaviors that are involved in establishing relationships with supervisors,
coworkers, and others.
COM 685 Communication Assessment, W 6:30-9:00 p.m. #54705 W. Ford
This course focuses on the development and conduct of a major organizational
communication assessment project. Students gain hands-on experience in
the application of research tools and organizational communication theories
as you evaluate communication processes in an organization. The class
will work as a team to identify focal areas for the assessment, develop
a survey questionnaire, conduct interviews, analyze and interpret data,
and present results and recommendations to the organization in a formal
written report and executive briefing.
Fall 2002
Grand Rapids Regional Center
COM 601 Introduction to Graduate Studies M 6:00-9:00 p.m. #7096 Orbe
See course description above
COM 685 Risk and Crisis Communication W 6:00-9:00 p.m. #70973 Hearit
This is a seminar course that explores how organizations communicate
risk with their external constituencies, publics, and society at large
as well as how they attempt to
manage crises, most often the result of their own wrongdoing. Specifically,
this course examines how organizations seek to use discourse to manage
those situations in which there is a great deal of difficulty in exerting
control. In so doing, this course draws from traditions in rhetorical
studies, public communication, public relations, risk analysis, and organizational
communication.
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