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Communication
Dr. Steven Koski, chairOffice J, 3rd Floor, Santa Maria Hall
Phone: 973-290-4327 Fax: (973) 290-4340
Email: skoski@cse.edu
Office Hours:
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. M-F
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Overview
The Communication Program offers an undergraduate bachelor’s degree that provides coursework in both mass communication and communication studies. The major acknowledges that communication plays a fundamental role in what makes people uniquely “human.” The goals of both mass communication and communication studies are:
- to foster the development of the “whole” person
- to improve the educational enterprise
- to create socially and culturally responsible citizens of the world
- and to promote success in one’s career.
Understanding the theories and principles of communication and developing highly refined communication skills are essential to understanding the roles and responsibilities of communicating between individuals, within groups, and to mass audiences. Toward these goals, the communication program seeks to educate both consumers and producers of information to facilitate mutual understanding and to promote individual freedom.
Communication
Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts in Communication
Foundations
- COMM 219 Mass Media (4) (F)
- COMM 250 Writing for Converging Media (4) (S)
- COMM 270 Visual Storytelling (F)
- COMM 355 Editing for Converging Media (4) (F)
- COMM 395 Professional Apprenticeship (4) (Y) - Student teachers are exempt.
- COMM 411 Senior Capstone Experience (4) (F)
- COMM 405 Media Law (S) or COMM 4
Total: 28 credits
In addition to foundation courses, communication majors must complete an additional 12 credits of communication courses to complete the 40 credit major. Students may choose courses from one of the specializations in the major: mass communication or public relations. Or, with the approval of the communication faculty, students may mix and match courses from the two specializations and other approved communication courses
Specialization in Mass Communication
- COMM 209 Video Field Production (4) (F) (Prerequisite: COMM270 Visual Storytelling)
- COMM 261 Television Production (4) (S) (prerequisite: COMM270 Visual Storytelling)
- COMM 367 Publishing on the Web (4) (S)
Total: 12 credits
Students may substitute one course from another specialization with communication faculty approval
Specialization in Public Relations
- COMM 225 Marketing Communication (4)
- COMM 351 Principles of Persuasion (4) (S)
- COMM 362 Public Relations Writing (4) (F)
Total: 12 credits
Students may substitute one course from another specialization with communication faculty approval
Other communication courses offered:
- COMM 223 Public Speaking and Presentation (4) (Y)
- COMM 243 Cross-Cultural Communication (4) (S)
- COMM 2
- COMM 390 Communication Practicum (1-4) (Y)
- COMM 425 Special Topics in Communication (1-4) (Y)
- COMM 4
Capstone Experience
College of Saint Elizabeth undergraduates are required to complete a capstone experience in their major near the end of their course of study. In communication, the capstone experience consists of an communication project or research thesis followed by a public poster presentation, conducted through the major’s required course COMM 411 Senior Capstone Experience.
Apprenticeship and Practicum
Communication majors and minors are both required to have professional experience before earning their bachelor’s degree in the major. Students must earn 4 credits and do so by completing 120 hours of work with a supervising provider as a communication professional. The 4 credits may be split between multiple providers with the approval of the communication program.
For communication majors an “internship” satisfies this requirement, which the program calls an “apprenticeship.” The apprenticeship must be off-campus at a provider approved by the communication program.
For communication minors a “practicum” satisfies this requirement. The practicum may be with an on-campus provider approved by the communication program.
Requirements for a Minor in Communication
- COMM 223 Public Speaking and Presentation Skills (4)
- COMM 390 Communication Practicum (4)
And
- minimum of two 200-level or higher communication courses (8)
- Any 300-level or higher communication course (4)
Of the three elective courses above, two of them must be from the same communication concentration.
Total: 20 credits
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