Course Descriptions

Communications

COM 170E Creative Publishing with InDesign

Learn to create top-notch flyers, posters, ads, brochures, and other publications for business or personal use. Principals of good design are taught using Adobe InDesign to produce high-quality, attractive publications. Emphasis is on learning to include graphics and documents created in other programs like word processing into your publication without having to recreate them.

COM313E Communication Issues in Contemporary Organizations

Is your message getting through? Can you hear me now? This course examines the nature and function of communication in present-day organizations. After studying various forms of communication (individual and group; formal and informal; verbal, non-verbal and electronic), students will link theory to practice by investigating specific communication practices in their own organizations.

COM380E Intercultural Communication

How do we communicate across borders and cultures to achieve our goals in life? As the global economy shares resources, technology, and communication strategies, the need for understanding the variety of cultures and behaviors is imperative for effective interactions and sound business practices. This course reviews the theories behind organizational communication in relation to the demographic changes in the workforce. Discussions include cultural differences and gender factors that influence communication activities, barriers and problematic issues that challenge successful communication transactions, and cultural views of leadership and the effect on management styles and practices.

COM400E Communications Practicum

This practicum serves to integrate prior studies in communications within an experiential learning project and is required of all candidates for the communications certificate program in their final semester. Projects are planned and carried out by students under faculty guidance. Contact the Center for more information on planning for the practicum.