Academic Catalog - Communications

COM 1105 / COM 105: Career Communication – 3 Credits
Develops skills needed in obtaining and keeping a job. Includes job searching, applications, resumes, interviews, and the dynamics of customer, peer, and managerial relationships. Emphasizes speaking, writing, listening, critical reading skills, and vocabulary development essential to the employment world.
(Contact hours – 45) 

COM 1150 / COM 115: Public Speaking – 3 CreditsCombines the basic theories of communication with public speech performance skills. Emphasis is on speech preparation, organization, support, audience analysis, and delivery.
(Contact hours – 45) 

COM 1250 / COM 125:  Interpersonal Communication – 3 Credits
Examines the communication involved in interpersonal relationships occurring in family, social, and career situations. Relevant concepts include self-concept, perception, listening, nonverbal communication, and conflict. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-SS3 category.
(Contact hours – 45) 

COM 1260 / COM 126: Communication in Healthcare – 3 Credits
Covers interactive concerns in settings related to patient-client care. This class includes discussions of diverse cultures, client interaction, and family/caregiver issues. The course addresses the concerns of attitude, office politics, teamwork, self-initiative, and conflict management as specifically experienced in the patient-as-client setting.
(Contact hours – 45) 

COM 2063 / COM 263: Conflict Resolution – 1 Credit
Focuses on handling conflict productively. Students gain insights into the roots of conflict and engage in skill practice in mediating interpersonal conflicts. The emphasis is on conflict prevention.
(Contact hours – 15) 

COM 2069 / COM 269: Leadership – 1 Credit
Focuses on handling conflict productively. Students gain insights into the roots of conflict and engage in skill practice in mediating interpersonal conflicts. The emphasis is on conflict prevention.
(Contact hours – 15) 

COM 2200 / COM 209: Intrapersonal Communication – 3 Credits
Introduces the study of intrapersonal communication (communication with self) and emphasizes understanding of one’s past experiences in learning how to set goals, accomplish life objectives, communicate with self, and plan for the future. This course includes individualized research, journaling, creativity explorations, lessons involving an individual’s past and present hopes and dreams, goal setting for the future, positive self exploration techniques and styles, networking, personal assessments, and creativity enhancement.
(Contact hours – 45) 

COM 2220 / COM 217: Group Communication: SS3 – 3 Credits
Examines group communication theories with an emphasis on leadership and group behaviors. The course provides opportunities for group participation. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-SS
(Contact hours – 45) 

COM 2250 / COM 225: Organizational Communication – 3 Credits
Focuses on the role of communication theory and skills as they apply to business and organizational settings. Topics include organizational and leadership models, effective communication skills with peers, superiors, and subordinates, environmental factors impacting communication, and interviewing skills.
(Contact hours – 45) 

COM 2270 / COM 215: Gender Communication – 3 Credits
Examines contemporary theories and research in gendered communication. This course will involve reading and discussion in areas of gender differences in self-perception, social and media images of men and women, language usage and nonverbal behavior differences among genders. Relevant concepts include verbal communication, nonverbal communication, context, language, perception, and conflict.
(Contact hours – 45) 

COM 2300 / COM 220: Intercultural Communication: SS3 – 3 Credits
Provides a global view of communication across cultures and brings an awareness of how perception, language, race, verbal, and nonverbal communication impact our behaviors, messages, and interactions. Emphasis is on developing effective and ethical cross-cultural communication skills, while also building an appreciation for different cultures. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-SS3 category.
(Contact hours – 45)