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CMS 4560 - PublicRelations Principles andPractices (3-0-3)
A studyof public relations theories andpractices with emphasis on the various ways in
which public relations andpromotional messages aredelivered to various audiences.
Prerequisites: CMS 3500 (C)
CMS 4580 –Crisis&ChangeCommunication (3-0-3)
Introduction to crisis and change communication and application, covering crisis
communication theory, management approaches during corporatechanges, and the
influence of culture on crisis and change communication.
Prerequisite: CMS 2010 (with aminimum grade of C)
CMS 4610 –Social Media (3-0-3)
This course focuses on emerging definitions, theories, and practices of social media. It
surveys different platforms and investigates contemporary uses of social media by
individuals and institutions. In addition, it includes hands-on experience and
production techniques using selected platforms.
Pre-requisites: ENGL 1102 (C), CMS 2010 (C)
CMS 4800 - SelectedTopics inCommunication andMediaStudies (3-0-3)
Seminar in Communication and Media Studies topics. May be repeated when topics
vary. Prerequisites: Junior-level status
CMS 4810 -Women and theArts (3-0-3)
In this course, we will explore the role of women as artists, spectators, and
representations in the visual, literary, and performing arts. Our primary category of
analysis in Women & the Arts is gender, the socially constructed and historically
variable understanding of what it means to be a woman or man, but we will further
consider how this category interacts with race, class, and sexuality in the arts.
Likewise, a central idea in our class is that knowledge and images conveyed through
artistic texts are not neutral; rather, the arts socialize and discipline us even as they
entertain and enlighten us.
Prerequisites: ENGL 1102 (C) and [ART 2302
or CMS 2100 (C), or PHIL 2040 (C), or
THEA1100 (C), orWST 2500 (C)];
CMS 4820 –Media, Rhetoric, andSocial Movements (3-0-3)
Considers the roles played by media and rhetoric in shaping the nature, development
and impact of one or more social movements. Examines how communication and
media have facilitated or hindered protest and reform in the United States and the
world. Rotating topics. Students may repeat the class up to four times when different
topics are offered without departmental approval.
Pre-requisites: COMM1110, CMS2100
CMS 4900 - DirectedResearch inCommunication andMediaStudies (3-0-3)
Independent study inCommunication andMediaStudies (credit varies)
Prerequisites: Junior-level status andCMS program permission.
ComputerNetworking (CNET)
CNET 1130 –Network Fundamentals and LANs (3-0-3)
Introductory computer networking course focused on the OSI 7-layer and TCP/IP
networkingmodel, IPv4 addressing and subnetting, basic switching concepts including
VLANs and inter-VLAN routing, andwireless LAN concepts.
Prerequisite(s): ITFN 1101 (may be taken concurrently).
CNET 1130L–Network Fundamentals and LANs Lab (0-2-1)
Laboratory accompanyingCNET 1130.
Corequisite(s): CNET 1130 (must be taken concurrently).
