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CHEM 6830 - Research
Units: 1-5
Original research in chemistry, under the supervision of a member of the graduate faculty. May be repeated for credit, for a maximum of 9 units.
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CHEM 6850 - Methods of Graduate Research
Units: 3
An introduction to advanced research methods including bibliographical, instrumental, and laboratory applications.
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CHEM 6898 - Cooperative Education
Units: 1-4
Supervised work experience in which student completes academic assignments integrated with off-campus paid or volunteer activities. May be repeated for credit, for a maximum of 8 units. No units may be counted toward the Chemistry major. CR/NC grading only.
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CHEM 6900 - Independent Study
Units: 1-3
A maximum of four units may be applied toward the degree.
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CHEM 6901 - Comprehensive Review
Units: 2
Preparation for Comprehensive Examination including review of relevant areas and preparation of a substantial written report on a selected topic under the direction of a faculty advisor. The final examination covers the selected topic and is the oral portion of the Comprehensive Examination. CR/NC grading only.
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CHEM 6910 - University Thesis
Units: 1-3
Development and writing of a formal research paper for submission to the university in the specified bound format. Supervision by a departmental committee, at least one of whom must be a Cal State East Bay faculty member. Oral defense is normally required. (See also, “University Thesis Writing Guide,” www.csueastbay.edu/thesiswritingguide.)
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CHEM 6999 - Issues in Chemistry
Units: 4
Readings, discussion, and research on contemporary and/or significant issues in chemistry. May be repeated for credit when content varies, for a maximum of 8 units.
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COMM 1000 - Public Speaking
Units: 4
Theory, practice, and evaluation of oral communication. Emphasis on ethical responsibility, careful selection and development of ideas, and logical organization of expository/argumentative/ persuasive discourse.
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COMM 1004 - Interpersonal Communication
Units: 4
Study of principles of oral communication in different interpersonal contexts; dyads, interviews, and exercises in listening and speaking intended to develop competence in oral communication.
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COMM 2200 - Introduction to Journalistic Writing
Units: 4
Fundamental theory and practice of newswriting across a wide range of platforms, including print and digital formats. Three hrs. lect., 2 hrs. act.
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COMM 2201 - Argumentation and Debate
Units: 4
Applied informal logic and reasoned discourse using forensic debate as a format for propositional arguments of fact, value and policy. Careful thinking across personal, professional, and public contexts. Prerequisites: COMM 1000 or permission of instructor.
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COMM 2250 - Sports and Media
Units: 4
The relationship between mass media and sports in America. Sports content in the major print and broadcast media, notable careers in sports media, and relevant social scientific research.
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COMM 2300 - 21st Century Communication
Units: 4
Introduction to communication studies survey course covering key ideas, readings, and areas of concern. Historical and contemporary perspectives on communication will be examined.
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COMM 2320 - Communication Writing and Design
Units: 4
Writing critically, clearly, and accurately across academic and professional communication contexts. Includes emphasis on written style, syntax, punctuation, source citation, and principles of visual design. Three hrs. lect., 2 hrs. act.
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COMM 2600 - Documentary Film Studies
Units: 4
Screening and discussion of documentary filmmaking and the social impact of the documentary film as a craft and visual art form. History of documentary filmmaking. A-F grading only.
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COMM 3000 - History and Criticism Communication
Units: 4
Overview of history of communication and media emphasizing origins and significant developments through the ages. Critical study of media exploring its effects, roles and dramatic changes brought on by technology and synergy, and impact of globalization on field in recent years.
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COMM 3002 - Communication, Media and Culture
Units: 4
Exploration of culture as the expression of human agency, hinging on a reciprocal relationship between communication and culture covering embodied, symbolic, material, oral, visual, social, and ideological aspects of cultural studies. Investigates the relationship of technology with communication and culture.
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COMM 3003 - Philosophy and Theory of Communication
Units: 4
Philosophical and theoretical approaches to communication. Comparisons of contemporary theoretical paradigms guiding current research. Research examples within theoretical traditions. Interrelationships between theory and practice.
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COMM 3004 - Quantitative Communication Research Methods
Units: 4
Study of communication from the perspective of message production and effects. Fieldwork and experimental methodologies for developing, writing, understanding and presentation of descriptive and inferential statistics in communication research.
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COMM 3005 - Qualitative Communication Research Methods
Units: 4
Surveys various methods of qualitative audience research, measures, analysis, and theoretical definitions of “audience”. Students become versed in the advantages and disadvantages of qualitative approaches and conduct primary qualitative research and analysis.
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COMM 3010 - Intermediate News Writing and Editing
Units: 4
Basic principles of editing applied to more advanced newswriting. Developing information from various sources: public records, interviews, speeches, and meetings. Story structure and flow and current events examination. Prerequisites: COMM 2200 . Three hrs. lect., 2 hrs. act.
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COMM 3100 - Introduction to Professional Video Production
Units: 4
Principles of producing and directing non-dramatic program materials for visual platforms, including online television and other popular digital formats. Theory, application, and practice to include equipment, studio operations and program formats. Two hrs. lect., 4 hrs. act.
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COMM 3107 - Introduction to Organizational Communication
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.
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COMM 3160 - Radio Operations
Units: 4
Radio production techniques and station operations. Emphasis on audio production, advertising/sales, copywriting, and station management. Two hrs. lect., 4 hrs. act.
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COMM 3200 - Introduction to Research Methods in Communication
Units: 4
Theories and methods of conducting research in communication. Basic assumptions that motivate research and differentiate research approaches. Quantitative, qualitative, and public-records research. Issues of basic research design, and data analysis.
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COMM 3204 - Reason in Controversy
Units: 4
Theories of reasoned discourse from Aristotle through contemporary race, gender and argumentation scholarship. Emphasis on argument models, reasoning and fallacies, and criticism of argument in public and professional settings.
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COMM 3220 - Media Workshop: Print
Units: 2
Lab experience in the preparation of materials for print media, particularly university student publications such as the Pioneer newspaper. Prerequisites: COMM 2200 , COMM 3000 ,COMM 3010 Six hrs. act.
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COMM 3221 - Media Workshop: Magazine and Feature Writing
Units: 2
A laboratory experience in publishing for the Internet and the creation of an annual online magazine. Prerequisites: COMM 2200 , COMM 3000 ,COMM 3010 Six hrs. act.
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COMM 3222 - Media Workshop: Editorial and Opinion Writing
Units: 2
A laboratory experience in editorial writing for the Internet, including magazine, newspaper and portal uses. Prerequisites: COMM 2200 , COMM 3000 ,COMM 3010 Six hrs. act.
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COMM 3223 - Media Workshop: Advertising and Public Relations
Units: 2
Lab experience in preparation of an advertising and public relations campaign, partnering with local companies. Prerequisites: COMM 2200 , COMM 3000 ,COMM 3010 Six hrs. act.
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COMM 3224 - Media Workshop: Internet
Units: 2
A supervised laboratory experience in the exploration of story telling and narrative communication with multimedia and interactivity; development of new media skills; preparation of materials for online media, progression from linear into non-linear narrative. Prerequisites: COMM 2200 Six hrs. act.
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COMM 3225 - Media Workshop: Photojournalism
Units: 2
A laboratory experience to prepare students for participation in the job market as professional photographers. Students produce individual portfolios, and serve as photographers for print and online editions of The Pioneer newspaper. Prerequisites: Camera proficiency and familiarity with electronic methods of editing and printing photographs. A-F grading only. Six hrs. act.
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COMM 3231 - Media Workshop: Radio
Units: 2
A supervised laboratory experience in the preparation of materials for radio, particularly university productions. Maximum number in any workshop: six (6). Prerequisites: COMM 3160 or consent of instructor. Six hrs. minimum per week.
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COMM 3232 - Media Workshop: Video/Documentary
Units: 2
A laboratory experience in video and documentary production. Prerequisites: COMM 3100 . May be repeated three times for credit for a maximum of 8 units toward graduation; only one enrollment (2 units) may be counted toward the Communication, M.A. Six hrs. act.
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COMM 3235 - Journalism Practicum
Units: 1-3
Students acquire hands-on newspaper experience by working five to fifteen hours per week for The Pioneer under the direction of the faculty advisor to The Pioneer. Positions include editors, reporters, photographers, production assistants and account executives. Prerequisites: COMM 2200 , COMM 3010 ; permission of Pioneer Advisor. Repeatable for a maximum of 6 units. Three to nine hrs. act.
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COMM 3340 - Graphic Communication
Units: 4
A survey of the concepts and methods of non-verbal communication with an emphasis on computer-oriented media. Provides an introduction for desktop publishing which includes design, layout, and graphic production for electronic and print media publication.
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COMM 3510 - Small Group Communication
Units: 4
Principles and methods of public and group discussion in problem solving and learning situations. Development of individual skills in discussion preparation, participation, and leadership through practical application. Small group dynamics.
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COMM 3530 - Interviewing Principles and Practices
Units: 4
Combining communication theory and practice, students acquire skills in planning, managing, and interpreting various types of interviews. Skills acquired include how to conduct, respond to and analyze survey interviews, persuasive interviews, informational interviews, employment interviews, and counseling interviews.
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COMM 3560 - Persuasion Theory and Practice
Units: 4
Models of analyzing media designed to reinforce and/or shift attitudes, motivate action and gain compliance. Application through oral, written, and media-driven formats.
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COMM 3600 - Digital Photography II
Units: 4
(See ART 3600 for course description.)
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COMM 3630 - Digital Photography III
Units: 4
(See ART 3630 for course description.)
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COMM 3660 - Portrait Photography
Units: 4
(See ART 3660 for course description.)
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COMM 3670 - Introduction to Studio Lighting
Units: 4
(See ART 3670 for course description.)
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COMM 3671 - Advanced Studio Lighting
Units: 4
(See ART 3671 for course description.)
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COMM 3680 - Photography Career Preparation
Units: 2
(See ART 3680 for course description.)
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COMM 3898 - Cooperative Education
Units: 1-4
Supervised work experience in which student completes academic assignments integrated with off-campus paid or volunteer activities. Prerequisites: At least 2.0 GPA; departmental approval of activity. CR/NC grading only.
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COMM 3999 - Issues in Communication
Units: 4
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COMM 4005 - Histories of Film
Units: 4
(See ART 4005 for course description.)
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COMM 4006 - Intermediate Video Production
Units: 4
Pre-production of creative video and digital projects intended for broadcast of the CSUEB Internet portal. Determining target audience, writing proposals, audio-visual shooting/edit plan, budgeting, scheduling. Prerequisites: COMM 3100 . Two hrs. lect., 4 hrs. act.
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COMM 4107 - Relational Communication in Organizations
Units: 4
Personal, public and professional relationships in organizational life. From family communication to entering and departing work situations, superior-subordinate relations, evaluating performance, harassment, and conflict. Organizational pathologies and healthy communication.
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COMM 4150 - Media and Government
Units: 4
Interactions between the media and government. Reading on and discussion of current issues, including political elite uses of the media; reporter-official relationships; studies in power manipulation, co-optation and conflict.
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COMM 4200 - Radio Programming and Promotion
Units: 4
Theory and practice of radio programming and promotion, including audience and music research, music rotations, news and public affairs programming, on- and off-air promotions, bartering, broadcast formatics, working with clients, record companies. Prerequisites: COMM 3160 or consent of instructor. Two hrs. lect., 4 hrs. act.
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COMM 4201 - Comparative Traditions of Rhetoric
Units: 4
A study of Greek, Roman, and non-European traditions of rhetoric and oratory with an emphasis on theories of discourse, rhetorical practices, and the influence of particular cultures on rhetorical theory and practice.
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COMM 4205 - Ethics and Law in Communication
Units: 4
Ethical issues in communication. Includes principles and practices in contexts of public, interpersonal, organizational, mediated, and cross-cultural communication. Case studies of current laws and regulations relating to freedom of speech; defamation; contempt; invasion of privacy; obscenity; copyright and related issues.
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COMM 4207 - Organizational Transformation
Units: 4
Addresses theory of interactions between communication practice and culture in public and private communication situations. Analysis of organizational communication from perspective of theory, communication, and culture to foster and inhibit organizational change.
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COMM 4300 - Intercultural & International Communication
Units: 4
Socio-political/cultural analysis of communication and the role of media with attention to relationships between and among cultural and racial groups within the US and other nations. Includes analyzing bias and stereotypes.
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COMM 4500 - Gender Identity and Representation in Media
Units: 4
Study of gender in media, including both gendered images in media content and an examination of impacts of gender and identity in the media industries. Reading and discussion, including content analysis of contemporary and historical gendered media portrayals.
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COMM 4510 - Public Relations Theory and Practice
Units: 4
Principles of public relations as applied to the creation and production of messages for institutions and industry. Analysis of moving public opinion. Analysis of their “publics” including investigation of the psychological, sociological, economic, political and ethical foundations. Prerequisites: COMM 2300 .
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COMM 4515 - Critical Discourse in Multicultural America
Units: 4
Study of ancient and modern theories of rhetorical criticism. Extensive practice in applying principles of criticism to public communication in the diverse and multicultural American society. Emphasis on development of competence in analysis and refinement of judgment.
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COMM 4520 - Advertising Form and Function
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.
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COMM 4530 - The Advertising/Public Relations Campaign
Units: 4
Current issues in advertising and public relations. Term project applying advertising or public relations principles to research, creation and production of all aspects of an actual campaign. Prerequisites: COMM 2200 , COMM 3200 or consent of instructor.
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COMM 4540 - Selected Topics in Mass Communication and Public Policy
Units: 4
Subjects selected from such areas as: law, ethics, regulation, legislation and access to information. Content may vary and will be announced before registration. Prerequisites: Senior Standing.
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COMM 4600 - Image and Idea
Units: 4
(See ART 4600 for course description.)
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COMM 4610 - Rhetoric of Popular Culture
Units: 4
Critical analysis of how popular culture (including clothing, sports events, television, rock concerts, ethnic festivals, advertisements, shopping malls, etc.) works rhetorically as messages and how it works discursively in our interactions with self and others. Students conduct field projects.
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COMM 4620 - History of Photography
Units: 4
A general survey of the history of photography. The technical development and the social, aesthetic and commercial impact of the medium. Cross-listed ART 4620 .
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COMM 4750 - Mass Communication Research
Units: 4
Applied research practices for journalists, public relations and advertising practitioners, and communication researchers. Traditional and innovative methods of gathering information: library research, interviewing, interpretation of public opinion polls, interpreting research literature. Computer database searches and analysis of data. Prerequisites: COMM 3200 . Not open to students with credit for COMM 3800.
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COMM 4880 - Conflict Management
Units: 4
Theory and application of communication methods for managing expressed disagreements in personal, professional, and public communication spheres.
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COMM 4885 - Senior Project: Professional, Public and Organizational Communication
Units: 4
Creation of a comprehensive project that synthesizes learning in the Professional, Public and Organizational Communication option involving an integrated communication plan or a Public Relations/Advertising campaign completed in conjunction with a local company. To be taken as late in the student’s senior year as possible as determined by its availability.
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COMM 4890 - Senior Project: Media Production
Units: 4
Creation of a comprehensive project that synthesizes learning in the Media Production option involving visual/new media, e.g. documentary, feature or investigative report. To be taken as late in the student’s senior year as possible as determined by its availability.
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COMM 4900 - Independent Study
Units: 1-4
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Communication: Graduate At times the subject matter in a course changes significantly and may be taken more than once for credit, with permission of the instructor and the student’s advisor. This is indicated in the description of the course.
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COMM 5900 - Independent Study
Units: 1-4
May be applied to the M.A. degree with approval. May be repeated for credit, for a maximum of 8 units.
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COMM 6000 - Introduction to Graduate Study
Units: 4
Develop attitude and skills of scholarly writing; engage questions about approaching and justifying research, conduct literature reviews, practice scholarly writing of research proposals, conduct advanced library research, and consider the place of ethics in research.
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COMM 6010 - Seminar in Theories in Communication
Units: 4
Theories of communication across the discipline of communication, interactions among theories, development of theories of communication, and the relationship of theory to criticism and practice.
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COMM 6020 - Seminar in Communication, Media, and Society
Units: 4
An overview of media studies in a field of inquiry, including an evolutionary historical perspective culminating in the present state of the field. Emphasis is given to the levels of the inquiry and content, medium and social interactions around the medium. Context range from personal/local through international/global.
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COMM 6030 - Capstone Seminar: Rhetoric, Communication, and Media
Units: 4
Integrate study of media and modes of communication within public and professional spheres of communication, engaging tensions among theory, criticism, research, practice, service, and ethics; across research in rhetoric, communication, and media.
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COMM 6040 - Advanced Qualitative Research Methods
Qualitative approaches to communication research, emphasizing applied research skills. Cover major traditions and concepts in qualitative research and recent advances in quantitative inquiry into contemporary electronic media and/or communications issues. Prerequisite or Co-requisite: COMM 6000 .
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COMM 6050 - Advanced Quantitative Research Methods
Quantitative approach to communication research, emphasizing applied research skills. Cover major traditions and concepts in quantitative research and recent advances in quantitative inquiry into contemporary electronic media and/or communications issues. Prerequisite or Co-requisite: COMM 6000 .
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COMM 6100 - Topics in Speech Communication
Units: 4
Presentation of selected topics in speech communication beyond regular course offerings. Subjects will vary and will be specified at time of offering. May be repeated for credit when content varies for a maximum of 8 units.
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COMM 6200 - Internship in Speech Communication
Units: 1-4
Supervised experience in a variety of communication activities inside and outside the University. May be repeated for credit, for a maximum of 4 units in the M.A.; for a maximum of 6 units (combined with units from Co-Op Ed.) in the B.A. CR/NC grading only.
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COMM 6250 - Teaching Communication
Units: 4
The theories of learning and motivations to learn. Development of strategies to communicate course content to encourage learning for the diversity of students in the communication classroom.
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COMM 6300 - Seminar in Media Studies
Units: 4
Examines the historical, philosophical, technological, economic, political, and sociological dimensions of media studies as a field of inquiry, emphasizing current concerns in effects and critical research. Prerequisite or Co-requisite: COMM 6000 , COMM 6020 , may be taken concurrently.
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COMM 6400 - Seminar in Rhetorical Studies
Units: 4
Selected topics from the philosophy and theory of rhetoric and public address, with original investigations by the student in areas of particular interest; special attention to the literature relating to selected topics. May be repeated once for credit.
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COMM 6450 - Seminar in Globalization and Media
Units: 4
Perspectives examining globalization of media and the special role media plays in globalization. Draws from political economy (authors such as David Held and Manuel Castells) and critical media studies.
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COMM 6550 - Seminar in Critical Cultural Studies
Units: 4
Overview of cultural studies as a field of inquiry from a critical perspective. Major works studied may include the Frankfurt School, Raymond Williams, Stuart Hall, Paula Treichler, Homi Bhabha, Arjun Appadurai and contemporary figures in the field.
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COMM 6551 - Critical Ethnic Media Studies
Units: 4
Overview of the ethnic media infrastructure and discourse as it relates to the changing face of contemporary media in America. Emphasizes study of community, diaspora, marginality, border-crossings, gender, transgression, queer ethnicity, and critical examinations of oppressions and resistance.
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COMM 6600 - Seminar in Organizational Communication
Units: 4
Oral communication in organizational settings including the design, implementation and management of communication systems. Research and theories of organizational communication. May be repeated once for credit, for a maximum of 8 units.
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COMM 6700 - Seminar in Communication Campaigns Theory and Research
Units: 4
Theory in relation to research, practice, and criticism of communication campaigns in public and professional settings. Theories of persuasion; media effects, relationships between public relations, advertising, and media; ethics in public relations and advertising. Prerequisite or Co-requisite: COMM 6000 .
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COMM 6800 - Seminar in Interpersonal Communication
Units: 4
Critical examination of research, theory, and methods in interpersonal communication; analysis of verbal and nonverbal message forms affecting the nature of human interaction. May be repeated once for credit, for a maximum of 8 units.
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COMM 6850 - Professional Communication
Units: 4
Overview of professional communication principles and practices, covering skills, strategies, techniques, use of media, ethics, and professional communication across and between differing cultural and ethnic contexts.
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COMM 6898 - Cooperative Education
Units: 1-4
Supervised work experience in which student completes academic assignments integrated with off-campus paid or volunteer activities. May be repeated for credit, for a maximum of 8 units. Only a maximum of 4 units may be applied to the M.A. in Communication. CR/NR grading only.
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COMM 6899 - Project
Units: 5
Development of an original product which is summarized in a written abstract. Both the project and the abstract are submitted to the department which specifies their formats. Supervision by a departmental committee, at least one of whom must be a Cal State East Bay faculty member. Oral defense may be required. Maximum of 5 units per student.
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COMM 6900 - Independent Study
Units: 1-4
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COMM 6901 - Comprehensive Examination Preparation
Preparation for graduate comprehensive examination. Directed readings and review of sample questions. May not be repeated for credit. CR/NC grading only.
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COMM 6910 - University Thesis
Units: 1-9
Development and writing of a formal research paper for submission to the university in the specified bound format. Supervision by a departmental committee, at least one of whom must be a Cal State East Bay faculty member. Oral defense normally required. (See also “University Thesis Writing Guide.”) Maximum of 9 units per student.
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COMM 6999 - Issues in Speech Communication
Units: 4
Readings, discussion, and research on contemporary and/or significant issues in speech communication. May be repeated for credit when content varies, for a maximum of 8 units.
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CMPE 3010 - Electric Circuit Theory II
Units: 4
Advanced digital topics, transistor behavior, modeling and design, SPICE, and Logic families like CMOS, TTL, ECL, NMOS, DOMINO, etc. Prerequisites: ENGR 2010 Co-requisites: CS 3430 .
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CMPE 3430 - Computer Architecture
Units: 4
(See CS 3430 for course description.)
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CMPE 3432 - Digital Design Lab
Units: 4
(See CS 3432 for course description.)
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CMPE 3434 - Microprocessor Lab
Units: 4
(See CS 3434 for course description.)
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CMPE 3752 - Introduction to Digital Signal Processing
Units: 4
(See CS 3752 for course description.)
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