Mar 28, 2024  
2018-2019 Cal State East Bay Catalog 
    
2018-2019 Cal State East Bay Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


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Chemistry

  
  • CHEM 470 - Chemical Literature


    Units: 1
    Systematic introduction to the use of the chemical literature, including the use of physical library resources and online database searching.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 332 with grade C- or better.
    Equivalent Quarter Course: CHEM 4700.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Hybrid (every section of this course may be taught both online and on-ground).
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 1
  
  • CHEM 480 - Undergraduate Research


    Units: 1-2
    Original research in chemistry under the supervision of a member of the department faculty.

    Prerequisites: Department consent.
    Equivalent Quarter Course: CHEM 4810.
    Repeatability:  Repeatable for a maximum of 4 units
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Units: 1-2
  
  • CHEM 481 - Senior Thesis


    Units: 1-2
    Development and writing of a formal research paper on original research under the supervision of a member of the department faculty.

    Prerequisites: Department consent.
    Equivalent Quarter Course: CHEM 4811.
    Repeatability: Repeatable for a maximum of 2 units
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Units: 1-2
  
  • CHEM 490 - Independent Study


    Units: 1-4
    Independent study in chemistry under the supervision of a member of the department faculty. Students may apply no more than 12 units of independent study in the major department and 8 units in other departments to a baccalaureate degree.

    Prerequisites: Department consent and minimum 2.0 GPA.
    Equivalent Quarter Course: CHEM 4900.
    Repeatability: Repeatable for a maximum of 4 units
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Units: 1-4
  
  • CHEM 497 - Issues in Chemistry


    Units: 3
    Readings, discussion, and research on contemporary and/or significant issues in chemistry.

    Equivalent Quarter Course: CHEM 3999.
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit when content varies, for a maximum of 6 units.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Units: 3

Chemistry: Courses for Non-Science Majors

  
  • Sustainability Overlay

    CHEM 106 - Chemistry and Society


    Units: 3 ; G.E./G.R. Area: B1; Sustainability
    Introduction to basic chemistry concepts and chemistry applications in everyday life. Topics include energy production, drugs, pesticides, plastics and polymers, the impact of chemicals on the environment, and sustainable chemistry practices.  

    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, Entirely On-line, Hybrid (every section of this course may be taught both online and on-ground).
    Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
    G.E./G.R. Area Satisfied: B1 - Lower Division Physical Science, Overlay - Sustainability
Units: 3 ; G.E./G.R. Area: B1; Sustainability
  
  • CHEM 304 - Chemistry of Wine Making


    Units: 3 ; G.E./G.R. Area: B6
    The history, chemistry and technology of wine making. Production of standard types of wine from grape varieties. Laboratory illustrates chemical principles as applied to wine making. Lecture Units: 2; Lab Units: 1

    Prerequisites: Completion of GE areas A1, A2, A3, B1 and B4.
    Credit Restrictions: Not for Chemistry or Biochemistry major or minor credit.
    Equivalent Quarter Course: CHEM 3010.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
    G.E./G.R. Area Satisfied: B6- Upper Division Science Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning
Units: 3 ; G.E./G.R. Area: B6
  
  • CHEM 306 - Green Chemistry and Sustainability


    Units: 3 ; G.E./G.R. Area: B6
    Introduction to the principles and fundamental concepts of general and green chemistry with an emphasis on relevant implications for the environment, technology, and public policy.  

    Prerequisites: Completion of GE areas A1, A2, A3, B1 and B4.
    Credit Restrictions: Not for Chemistry or Biochemistry major or minor credit.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, Entirely On-line, Hybrid (every section of this course may be taught both online and on-ground).
    Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
    G.E./G.R. Area Satisfied: B6 - Upper Division Science Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning
Units: 3 ; G.E./G.R. Area: B6

Chemistry: Graduate

  
  • CHEM 621 - Molecular Spectroscopy


    Units: 3
    Investigation of the physical principles of current molecular spectroscopic methods and their applications in chemical, biochemical and biophysical research.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 352 with grade C- or better.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 3
  
  • CHEM 631 - Graduate Organic Chemistry


    Units: 3
    The theory and mechanism of organic reactions. Topics include conformational and stereochemical analysis, energetics of reaction paths, reaction kinetics, and chemical catalysis.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 332 with grade C- or better.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 3
  
  • CHEM 641 - Graduate Biochemistry


    Units: 3
    Review of biochemical fundamentals, followed by in-depth coverage of selected topics such as enzyme mechanisms, signaling, membrane function, photosynthesis, advanced metabolism, and DNA repair.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 442 with grade C- or better. 
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 3
  
  • CHEM 642 - Protein Chemistry Techniques


    Units: 3
    Techniques in protein chemistry. Methods for protein quantification, separation, identification and structure determination. Emphasis on modern methods such as liquid chromatography, electrophoresis, isoelectric focusing, expression vectors, immunological probing, mass spectrometry and computer-based analysis. Lecture Units: 1; Lab Units: 2

    Prerequisites: CHEM 340 or CHEM 441, both with grade C- or better.
    Equivalent Quarter Course: CHEM 6430.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 3
  
  • CHEM 651 - Graduate Physical Chemistry


    Units: 3
    Mathematical formulation of quantum theory, approximation methods, semiclassical theory of interaction between light and matter. Emphasis on applications to the study of atoms and molecules.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 352 with grade C- or better.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 3
  
  • CHEM 652 - Computational Chemistry


    Units: 3
    Theory and application of molecular-scale simulation techniques for molecules, clusters, and condensed phases. Introduction to the use of computational chemistry codes and molecular visualization tools.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 651 with grade C- or better. 
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 3
  
  • CHEM 680 - Seminar


    Units: 1
    Seminar based on oral presentations, given by the students enrolled, of current chemical literature or reports of research in progress. Effective communication and presentation skills will be emphasized.

    Prerequisites: M.S. Chemistry major.
    Equivalent Quarter Course: CHEM 6820.
    Repeatability: May be repeated once for credit for a maximum of 2 units.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 1
  
  • CHEM 681 - Research


    Units: 1-2
    Original research in chemistry under the supervision of a member of the graduate faculty.

    Prerequisites: Department consent.
    Equivalent Quarter Course: CHEM 6830.
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 4 units.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 1-2
  
  • CHEM 690 - Independent Study


    Units: 1-3
    Independent study in chemistry under the supervision of a member of the graduate faculty.

    Prerequisites: Department consent and minimum 3.0 GPA.
    Equivalent Quarter Course: CHEM 6900.
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 3 units.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 1-3
  
  • CHEM 691 - University Thesis


    Units: 2
    Development and writing of a formal research paper for submission to the university in the specified format. Supervision by a departmental committee, at least one of whom must be a California State East Bay faculty member.

    Prerequisites: Department consent.
    Equivalent Quarter Course: CHEM 6910.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 2
  
  • CHEM 692 - Comprehensive Exam


    Units: 2
    Comprehensive examination comprising of a review of the relevant areas of chemistry from the MS degree program.

    Prerequisites: Department consent.
    Equivalent Quarter Course: CHEM 6901.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: CR/NC grading only.
Units: 2
  
  • CHEM 693 - Review Paper


    Units: 2
    Development and writing of a formal review paper under the supervision of a member of the graduate faculty.

    Prerequisites: Department consent.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 2
  
  • CHEM 697 - Issues in Chemistry


    Units: 3
    Readings, discussion, and research on contemporary and/or significant issues in chemistry.

    Prerequisites: M.S. Chemistry major.
    Equivalent Quarter Course: CHEM 6999.
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit when content varies, for a maximum of 6 units.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 3
  
  • CHEM 698 - Internship


    Units: 1-3
    Formal advanced work opportunities integrating the academic program with their career aspirations. Integral advanced hands-on experience enhancing education and preparing for professional and personal success.

    Prerequisites: Department consent and minimum 3.0 GPA.
    Credit Restrictions: No units may be applied to the Chemistry major.
    Equivalent Quarter Course: CHEM 6898.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with department consent for a maximum of 6 units.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: CR/NC grading only.
Units: 1-3

Communication

  
  • COMM 100 - Public Speaking


    Units: 3 ; G.E./G.R. Area: A1
    Theory, practice, and evaluation of oral communication through public speeches. Emphasis on ethical responsibility, careful selection and development of ideas, logical organization, sound reasoning, audience analysis, and delivery of informative, persuasive, and argumentative discourse. Must earn C- or better for GE credit.

    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 1000.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
    G.E./G.R. Area Satisfied: A1- Lower Division Oral Communication
Units: 3 ; G.E./G.R. Area: A1
  
  • COMM 104 - Interpersonal Communication


    Units: 3 ; G.E./G.R. Area: A1
    Study of principles of oral communication within interpersonal encounters. Emphasizes how to analyze communicative behavior and to practice applied listening and speaking strategies for improving oral communication skills and relationships in the interpersonal contexts of work, family, friendship, and romance. Must earn C- or better for GE credit.

    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 1004.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
    G.E./G.R. Area Satisfied: A1- Lower Division Oral Communication
Units: 3 ; G.E./G.R. Area: A1
  
  • COMM 202 - Communication, Media and Culture


    Units: 4
    Explores culture as expression of human agency, hinging on a reciprocal relationship between communication and culture. Critically investigates embodied, symbolic, technological, material, oral, visual, social, and ideological aspects of cultural studies.

    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 3002.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 203 - Communication Theories


    Units: 4
    Students identify, analyze, and apply a broad spectrum of communication theories. Includes traditional and critical perspectives, with emphasis on cultural and diversity issues, and the impact of emerging media technologies.

    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 3003.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 206 - New Media in the Digital Age


    Units: 4
    Interrogate how the social, political, and cultural landscape has changed in relationship to digital media technologies. Develop critical resources to better understand the history and future of these new media technologies and emerging communicative forms.

    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 224 - Argumentation and Advocacy


    Units: 4
    Students identify, analyze, and apply theories of argumentation to controversies in the personal, professional, and public spheres, emphasizing traditional and critical/cultural approaches to evidence and reasoning.

    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 3204.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 235 - Famous Politics: Media, Celebrity and Social Life


    Units: 3
    In this 3-unit course we examine the role of celebrity in our social/political lives. We explore electoral politics as well as cultural politics and larger global politics as they relate to the phenomenon of celebrity.

    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 3245.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, Hybrid (every section of this course may be taught both online and on-ground).
    Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Units: 3
  
  • COMM 240 - Visual Communication and Culture


    Units: 4
    Students will become critical readers of visual images by employing a variety of communication-based theoretical frameworks and analytical approaches (e.g. semiotics, rhetoric) to visual artifacts, texts and acts. Explore how visual images persuade. Students will select examples of visual rhetoric to analyze, which culminates in an essay and creative project of their choosing.

    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Units: 4
  
  • Social Justice Overlay

    COMM 255 - Queer Cultures: Knowledge and Literacy


    Units: 3 ; G.E./G.R. Area: D1-3; Social Justice
    Examination of queer life through creative expression in the mainstream and as a form of self-representation. We begin with terms that communities use to express themselves. Inquiries are grounded in queer theory and critical cultural studies.

    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 2550.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
    G.E./G.R. Area Satisfied: D1-3 - Lower Division Social Sciences, Overlay - Social Justice
Units: 3 ; G.E./G.R. Area: D1-3; Social Justice
  
  • COMM 256 - Persuasion Theory and Practice


    Units: 4
    Identify, examine, and apply theories of persuasive communication. Emphasis on cultural and diversity variables, media, and strategic applications.

    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 3560; COMM 320 also equivalent to COMM 3560.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 260 - Documentary Film Studies


    Units: 3 ; G.E./G.R. Area: C2
    History of documentary film to the present day. Students will screen some of the most prolific documentary films ever made and will discuss their impact on society as art, politics, social impact and social justice.

    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 2600.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
    G.E./G.R. Area Satisfied: C2 - Lower Division Humanities
Units: 3 ; G.E./G.R. Area: C2
  
  • COMM 266 - Digital Media Production Abroad


    Units: 3 ; G.E./G.R. Area: C2
    Theories and practices of digital media production.  Students will produce VNRs, short documentaries, still-life images, and travel blogs while learning technical skills and executing their understanding of the planning process of digital media production in a multicultural environment. Lecture Units: 2; Activity Units: 1

    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 3691.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice)
    G.E./G.R. Area Satisfied: C2 - Lower Division Humanities
Units: 3 ; G.E./G.R. Area: C2
  
  • COMM 300 - History and Criticism of Communication


    Units: 4
    History of communication and media emphasizing origins and significant developments through the ages. Critical study of media exploring its effects, roles, dramatic innovation in emerging media technologies, and impact of globalization in recent years.

    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 3000.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 304 - Quantitative Communication Research Methods


    Units: 4
    An overview of quantitative communication research methods, including survey research, observation, and experiments. Emphasizes design of research, writing, understanding, and presentation of descriptive and inferential statistics in communication.

    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 3004.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 305 - Qualitative Communication Research Methods


    Units: 4
    An overview of qualitative communication research methods, measures, analysis, and theoretical understandings of “audience”. Students become versed in the advantages of qualitative approaches and conduct primary qualitative research and analysis.

    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 3005.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 310 - Introduction to Organizational Communication & Long Term Thinking


    Units: 4
    Analysis and application of theory and principles of human communication in private and public organizational settings. Historical survey of metaphors and their influence on organizational practices. Developing a long term and futures thinking mindset. Principles of strategic scenario planning, forecasting.

    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 3107.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, Entirely On-line, Hybrid (every section of this course may be taught both online and on-ground).
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 312 - Journalism History and Social Justice


    Units: 4
    History, organization, social role, and function of journalism and its potential to help bring about social change for justice and equity as it has done since the founding of the republic.

    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 314 - Journalism Theory and Practice


    Units: 4
    Analysis of journalism and other media through a lens of cultural studies. Students examine media content and norms that guide news production, including organizational and other ideological influences on content. Students examine and begin to practice journalism as social justice.  

    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, Hybrid (every section of this course may be taught both online and on-ground).
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 316 - Media and Government


    Units: 4
    Critical relationships between the news media and government.  Attention will be devoted to how the news media influence the nation’s social, cultural, economic and political development and how a lack of trust diminishes both critical entities. 

    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 4150.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 318 - Journalism Law and Ethics


    Units: 4
    Explores ethical and legal questions in the context of digital and traditional media from a variety of theoretical perspectives. Examines foundations of freedom of speech and press. Topics include censorship, libel, access to information, copyright, invasion of privacy, electronic speech.

    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 4205.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 320 - Persuasion in Media


    Units: 4
    Examination of rhetorical influences of messages channeled through a broad variety of media, as well as rhetorical messages that influence various media.

    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 3560; COMM 256 also equivalent to COMM 3560
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 321 - Research in Persuasive Communication


    Units: 4
    Social-scientific approaches to the study of persuasion. Emphasis on application of persuasion theories and principles, research on attitude structure and formation, attitude-behavior relationship, audience analysis, communication campaigns, and public opinion.  

    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, Entirely On-line, Hybrid (every section of this course may be taught both online and on-ground).
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 323 - Communication of Difference


    Units: 4
    Students will examine issues of difference in communication and media. Emphasis will vary each semester, with topics that may include but are not limited to sex/gender, race/ethnicity, age, religion, income inequality.

    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 4300.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 326 - Social Media and Social Change Literacies


    Units: 4
    Introduces the literature about and direct experience of social media literacies: research foundations and best practices of individual digital participation and collective participatory culture, the use of collaborative media and methodologies, and the application of network know-how to life online.

    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, Entirely On-line, Hybrid (every section of this course may be taught both online and on-ground).
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 328 - Multimedia Reporting & Writing I


    Units: 4
    Foundations of the journalistic craft, including reporting methods, genres of news and writing approaches. Topics include interviewing, basic research, inverted pyramid leads, background and nut graphs, and basic multimedia elements. Emphasis on diverse publics. Lecture Units: 1; Activity Units: 3

    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 2200.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 330 - Critical/Cultural Studies


    Units: 4
    With emphasis on contemporary digital media, investigates the evolution and interplay of communication, media technologies and content, culture and society, to explore constructions of identity (race, gender, ability, age), social relations/community, political discourse, and moral/political economies.

    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 333 - Photojournalism


    Units: 2
    Essentials of documentary-style journalistic photography, including news, sports and entertainment genres. Students create individual portfolios and serve as photographers for Pioneer Media .

    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 3225.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 2
  
  • COMM 335 - Visual and Multimedia Storytelling I


    Units: 2
    This course explores visual storytelling in journalism. Students use video, sound, and still images to produce publishable multimedia work relating to social change or highlighting social problems and solutions. 

    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 3224.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 2
  
  • COMM 357 - Principles of Advertising


    Units: 4
    Principles of advertising applied to the creation and production of advertising messages in their many forms including the investigation of the psychological, sociological, economic, and legal aspects.  

    Co-requisites:    
    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 4520.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, Entirely On-line, Hybrid (every section of this course may be taught both online and on-ground).
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 358 - Principles of Public Relations


    Units: 4
    Principles of public relations as applied to the creation and production of messages for institutions and industry. Analysis of various and diverse “publics” and public opinion including investigation of the psychological, sociological, economic, political and ethical foundations.

    Co-requisites:    
    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 4510.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, Entirely On-line, Hybrid (every section of this course may be taught both online and on-ground).
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 361 - Professional Speaking in Strategic Communication


    Units: 4
    Principles, techniques, and skills for interpersonal and public speaking in advertising, public relations, and marketing communication. Topics include pitch presentations, talking to media, client briefings, speaker training modules, and multimedia presentations. Emphasis on message development, delivery, preparation and multimedia aids.

    Co-requisites:    
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, Entirely On-line, Hybrid (every section of this course may be taught both online and on-ground).
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 362 - User Experience Research and Design


    Units: 4
    Theories and principles of human-centered design for effective communication. Possible topics include usability testing and design across multimedia platforms from mobility, tangibility and ubiquitous applications to human-future interaction.

    Co-requisites:    
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, Entirely On-line, Hybrid (every section of this course may be taught both online and on-ground).
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 369 - Documentary History and Theory Abroad


    Units: 4 ; G.E./G.R. Area: C4
    Explores indigenous documentary films of host country from 19th century to present. Engages documentary at a multi-cultural level as global consumer and citizen; examine and understand influence of multi-media visual rhetoric; analyze, discuss, create arguments about messages in documentary films.

    Prerequisites: Completion of GE areas A1, A2, A3 and B4.
    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 3690.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
    G.E./G.R. Area Satisfied: C4 - Upper Division Arts or Humanities
Units: 4 ; G.E./G.R. Area: C4
  
  • COMM 387 - Advertising Design and Production


    Units: 4
    An applied course emphasizing creative copywriting and layout design, media planning and buying, and account management. Students acquire hands-on experience in the preparation of advertising materials for the Pioneer Advertising Agency.  

    Prerequisites: COMM 357.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, Entirely On-line, Hybrid (every section of this course may be taught both online and on-ground).
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 388 - Public Relations Practice


    Units: 4
    An applied course emphasizing message writing, editing, graphic design, layout, and dissemination across multimedia platforms for communication with various organizational publics. Students acquire hands-on experience in the preparation of departmental publications.

    Prerequisites: COMM 358.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, Entirely On-line, Hybrid (every section of this course may be taught both online and on-ground).
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 398 - Internship


    Units: 1-4
    Supervised work experience in which student completes academic assignments integrated with off-campus paid or volunteer activities.

    Prerequisites: Department consent and minimum 2.0 GPA.
    Credit Restrictions: Not open for credit in Communication major or minor.
    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 3898.
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit, for a maximum of 8 units.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: CR/NC grading only.
Units: 1-4
  
  • COMM 400 - Film, Communication and Culture


    Units: 4
    Analyzes the communicative impact of film on culture, and how culture influences film.

    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 410 - Organizing Cultures of Innovation and Empathy


    Units: 4
    How do we create cultures of innovation and empathy? Negotiating and designing effective strategic conversations within organizations explored. Case studies of the past, present and anticipated future of organizational relationships discussed. Organizational pathologies and healthy communication re-framed with innovative perspectives.

    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, Entirely On-line, Hybrid (every section of this course may be taught both online and on-ground).
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 416 - Communication, Technology, and Social Change


    Units: 4
    Investigates the interplay of communication, media technologies, content and society, looking at the way media and communication participate in structuring identity, social relations, political economy. Examines participatory culture, media change, innovation, the participation gap, informal learning and knowledge communities.

    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, Entirely On-line, Hybrid (every section of this course may be taught both online and on-ground).
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 417 - Game Studies


    Units: 4
    Considers games both as media and as sites of communication and culture. Games are studied through hands-on play and texts from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Course may encompass commercial, academic, and independent games.

    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, Entirely On-line, Hybrid (every section of this course may be taught both online and on-ground).
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 418 - Organizational Change, Creativity, and Innovation


    Units: 4
    The ability to manage innovation and change in organizations is essential for increasingly turbulent environments. This course aims to enhance students’ understanding of innovation and creative processes in organizations and how to manage such processes effectively. 

    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, Entirely On-line, Hybrid (every section of this course may be taught both online and on-ground).
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 420 - Organizational Transformation


    Units: 4
    How can we anticipate the future of work? Learn about the new online economy and organizational change beyond one dominated by an economics of monopoly, extraction, and surveillance. Could the Internet be owned and governed differently? Visionary strategic leadership developed.

    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, Entirely On-line, Hybrid (every section of this course may be taught both online and on-ground).
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 425 - Digital Cultures


    Units: 4
    Identifies how computers, networks, and media technologies reproduce, reinforce, and rework cultural trends, norms, and values. Addresses media innovation and debates over social computing, artificial intelligence, virtual communities, virtual reality. Considers alternative ways to imagine and forecast emerging communication technologies.

    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, Entirely On-line, Hybrid (every section of this course may be taught both online and on-ground).
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 428 - Multimedia Reporting and Writing II


    Units: 4
    Advanced multimedia reporting and writing techniques, feature writing styles, producing journalism for multiple genres such as sports, arts and culture, and politics. Emphasis on journalism for social impact. Students publish multimedia work in Pioneer Media. Lecture Units: 1; Activity Units: 3

    Prerequisites: COMM 328.
    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 3010.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 430 - Media Studies


    Units: 4
    Examines the historical, philosophical, technological, economic, political, and sociological dimensions of media studies as a field of inquiry. Emphasizes contemporary concerns in effects research and critical research.

    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 433 - Discourses of Difference


    Units: 4
    Students analyze, critique and create forms of spoken, written and visual communication that engage concepts of “difference”. Topics may include gender, race, class, ethnicity, sexual identity, age, ability, and mental health.

    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 4300 or COMM 4500.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 435 - Visual and Multimedia Storytelling II


    Units: 2
    Students will deepen their experience in multimedia storytelling using a number of software programs and techniques, including graphics, talent, music, and social media engagement. Students will be expected to create quality work to be published. 

    Prerequisites: COMM 333.
    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 3223.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 2
  
  • COMM 453 - Strategic Communication Campaigns


    Units: 4
    Applies theories and principles of advertising, public relations, political campaigns and marketing communication to research, creation and production of all aspects of an actual campaign. Emphasis on the importance of a coordinated effort integrating various strategic communication tools.  

    Prerequisites: COMM 357 and COMM 358.
    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 4530.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, Entirely On-line, Hybrid (every section of this course may be taught both online and on-ground).
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 455 - Communication, Media, and Society


    Units: 4
    An overview of media studies as a field of inquiry, including an evolutionary historical perspective culminating in the present state of the field. Emphasis is given to inquiry and analysis of content, medium and social interactions around the medium.

    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 461 - Popular Culture


    Units: 4
    Critical analysis of how popular culture (music, television, advertising, movies, fashion, style, social media, etc.) works and doesn’t work dialectically in our interactions with self and others.

    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 4610.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 465 - Identity and Difference in Media


    Units: 4
    Examines the construction and deployment of identity in and through electronic media. Takes up theories of difference, such as intersectionality, disidentification, and homonormativity. Emphasizes marginality, border-crossings, transgression, and critical examinations of oppression and resistance.

    Prerequisites: Department consent.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 470 - Communication Campaigns


    Units: 4
    Study of research, practice, and criticism of communication campaigns in public, political, and professional settings. Topics may include persuasion, media effects, political communication, relationships between public relations, advertising, and media.

    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 471 - Strategic Communication and Difference


    Units: 4
    Discussion of current theories, research, and issues to increase understanding and insight into developing effective strategic communication approaches and messages to reach and engage diverse audiences. Topics may include ethnicity, social economic status, gender, age, sexual identity, religion, and ability.

    Co-requisites:    
    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 4500 or COMM 4515.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, Entirely On-line, Hybrid (every section of this course may be taught both online and on-ground).
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 475 - Digital Organizational Communication


    Units: 4
    This course provides knowledge, skills, and terminology to understand development and management of digital economy organizations/communities. Students learn to engage with, critique, and discuss online communities through timely readings, guest lecturers, discussions, influential industry blogs and academic publications.

    Prerequisites: Department consent.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, Entirely On-line, Hybrid (every section of this course may be taught both online and on-ground).
    Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 480 - Moral Economies of Digital Media


    Units: 4
    What are social and other emerging media? Who gains? How are they transforming the media landscape and how we inhabit the world? Analysis of a range of media tools and their implications toward what Trebor Scholz calls “participation literacy.”

    Prerequisites: Department consent.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, Entirely On-line, Hybrid (every section of this course may be taught both online and on-ground).
    Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 485 - Future of Media and Society


    Units: 4
    Study of the landscape of current and future media with the aim of creating stories about emerging media. Covers short, medium and long-term evolution in technology and culture. Uses scenario planning as a technique for considering complex, unpredictable interrelationships.

    Prerequisites: Department consent.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, Entirely On-line, Hybrid (every section of this course may be taught both online and on-ground).
    Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 488 - Conflict Management


    Units: 4
    Theory and application of communication methods for managing expressed disagreements in personal, professional, and public communication spheres.

    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 4880.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 490 - Independent Study


    Units: 1-4
    Independent study under the supervision a department faculty member.

    Prerequisites: Department consent and minimum 2.0 GPA.
    Credit Restrictions: No more than 12 units of independent study may be applied in the major department and 8 units in other departments to a baccalaureate degree.
    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 4900.
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit, with department consent, for a total of 12 units.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Units: 1-4
  
  • COMM 493 - Capstone: Social Justice Project


    Units: 2
    The student experience culminates in a long-form multimedia project. Students produce and publish multimedia work with an underlying theme relating to social change or highlighting social problems and solutions.

    Prerequisites: All of: COMM 328, COMM 335, COMM 428.
    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 3221.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, Hybrid (every section of this course may be taught both online and on-ground).
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 2
  
  • COMM 495 - Journalism Practicum


    Units: 2
    Students spend at least one semester producing journalism for Pioneer Media , operating under the direction of a faculty advisor and editor-in-chief. May be repeated once.

    Prerequisites: COMM 328 and COMM 335.
    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 3220.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 2
  
  • COMM 496 - Topics in Communication


    Units: 4
    Selected topics in communication beyond regular course offerings. Subjects will vary and will be specified at time of offering.

    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit when content varies for a maximum of 8 units.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 497 - Issues in Communication


    Units: 4
    Students will examine an important issue in communication, with attention to rhetorical, technological, critical, and cultural impacts; variable content.

    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 3999.
    Repeatability: May be repeated once for credit for a maximum of 8 units.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4

Communication: Graduate

  
  • COMM 600 - Introduction to Graduate Study


    Units: 1
    Introduction to the skills and attitudes relating to scholarly writing; includes approaching and justifying research, literature reviews, practice writing research proposals, conducting advanced library research, and the ethics of research.

    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 6000.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 1
  
  • COMM 601 - Theories in Communication


    Units: 4
    In-depth reading of theories of communication across the discipline/field. Examines interconnections among theories, development of theories of communication, and the relationship of theory to criticism and practice.

    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 6010.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 602 - Critical Cultural Methods


    Units: 4
    Contemporary perspectives on cultural studies as an interdisciplinary field of inquiry and as a research method. Emphasizes foundational scholars and commonly used methods such as content analysis, political economy and audience research.

    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 603 - Advanced Quantitative Research Methods


    Units: 4
    Quantitative approaches to communication social-scientific research, emphasizing applied research skills. Covers research design, statistical and data analysis, and recent advances in quantitative inquiry.

    Prerequisites: COMM 304.
    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 6050.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 604 - Advanced Qualitative Research Methods


    Units: 4
    Qualitative approaches to communication research, emphasizing applied research skills. Covers major traditions in communication qualitative research and recent advances in interpretive methods.

    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 6040.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 605 - Contemporary Rhetoric


    Units: 4
    Integrates the study of messages and mediatized communication within public and professional spheres, engaging tensions among theory, criticism, practice, service, and ethics across research in rhetoric, communication, and media.

    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 6400.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 620 - Internship in Communication


    Units: 1-4
    Supervised experience in a variety of communication activities inside and outside the university.

    Prerequisites: Department consent.
    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 6200.
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 12 units.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: CR/NC grading only.
Units: 1-4
  
  • COMM 625 - Teaching Communication


    Units: 4
    Theories of learning and motivations to learn. Development of strategies to communicate course content and to encourage learning for the diversity of students in the communication classroom.

    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 6250.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 630 - Media Studies


    Units: 4
    Examines the historical, philosophical, technological, economic, political, and sociological dimensions of media studies as a field of inquiry. Emphasizes contemporary concerns in effects research and critical research.

    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 6300.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 640 - Advanced Rhetorical Studies


    Units: 4
    Selected topics from the philosophy and theory of rhetoric, with original research by the student in areas of particular interest; special attention to the literature relating to selected topics.

    Prerequisites: COMM 605.
    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 6030.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 645 - Media and Globalization


    Units: 4
    Examines perspectives on globalization of media and the special role media play in globalization. Draws perspectives from political economy and critical media studies.

    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 6450.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 655 - Communication, Media, and Society


    Units: 4
    An overview of media studies as a field of inquiry, including an evolutionary historical perspective culminating in the present state of the field. Emphasis is given to inquiry at the levels of content, medium and social interactions around the medium.

    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 6020.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 665 - Identity and Difference in Media


    Units: 4
    Examines the construction and deployment of identity in and through electronic media. Takes up theories of difference, such as intersectionality, disidentification and homonormativity. Emphasizes marginality, border-crossings, transgression, and critical examinations of oppression and resistance.

    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 670 - Communication Campaigns


    Units: 4
    Study of research, practice, and criticism of communication campaigns in public, political, and professional settings. Topics may include persuasion, media effects, political communication, relationships between public relations, advertising, and media. 

    Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 6700.
    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 675 - Digital Organizational Communication


    Units: 4
    This course provides knowledge, skills, and terminology to understand development and management of digital economy organizations/communities. Students learn to engage with, critique, and discuss online communities through timely readings, guest lecturers, discussions, influential industry blogs and academic publications.

    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, Entirely On-line, Hybrid (every section of this course may be taught both online and on-ground).
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
  
  • COMM 680 - Moral Economies of Digital Media


    Units: 4
    Analysis of a range of media tools and their implications toward what Trebor Scholz calls “participation literacy.” What are social and other emerging media? Who gains? How are they transforming the media landscape and how we inhabit the world?

    Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, Entirely On-line, Hybrid (every section of this course may be taught both online and on-ground).
    Grading: A-F grading only.
Units: 4
 

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