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2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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This section of the Catalog includes course descriptions, listed alphabetically by discipline. The descriptions provide information on course numbers, titles, the level of instruction, credit, course sequence, content, and prerequisites as shown in the following example:
CHE 2100 Introduction to Organic and Biological Chemistry
Credits: 5
Prerequisite: CHE 1100
Description: A study of the elements of organic and biological chemistry. This course satisfies requirements for nursing programs and other fields requiring a survey of organic and biological chemistry.
The first two to four letters, called the course subject code, represent the area of study or discipline, e.g., CHE represents chemistry. The course number follows the course subject code, e.g., 2100. The first digit in a four-digit course number designates the level of instruction. Only courses numbered 1000 or above will be included in credits toward a degree. Courses with numbers up to and including 1999 are primarily for freshmen, 2000 through 2999 primarily for sophomores, 3000 through 3999 primarily for juniors, and 4000 through 4999 primarily for seniors. In general, students should not take courses above the level of their class (based upon semester hours earned), but they may do so at one level above if they have the specified prerequisites. In special cases, students may be permitted to take courses more than one level above that designated for their class if they obtain the permission of their advisor and of the faculty member teaching the course and if they meet the prerequisite requirements. Course descriptions provide a summary of the content of the course. If a prerequisite must be met before a student can register for a course, this information is listed above the course description. Attributes, such as Multicultural, General Studies, or Guaranteed Transfer, are listed after the course description. A list of courses being offered in a given semester, instructors, class meeting times, and locations is described in the Class Schedule located on the Office of the Registrar’s website, msudenver.edu/registrar/classschedules.
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SOC 4240 - Women and Violence
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): WMS 1001 or CJC 1010 or PSC 1020 or SOC 1010 or permission of instructor
Description: Students analyze key patterns and trends in violence perpetrated by and against women, with special focus on the diverse experiences of women in the United States. Students will investigate historical, contemporary, sociopolitical, and cross-cultural patterns in causal factors, perpetuation, prevention, intervention and treatment relative to violence and women. Topics will include sexual violence, domestic violence, family violence, cyber-violence, women in prison, women on death row, and women as victims of violence, among others.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CJC, PSC, SOC or WMS.
Cross Listed Course(s): CJC 4240, PSC 4240, WMS 4240
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SOC 4350 - Advanced Seminar in Sociological Theory: Variable Topics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor
Description: Content varies, but each course involves intensive study and critical analysis of major sociological theories, such as those of Weber, Durkheim, Marx, Simmel, Mannheim, C. Wright Mills, and Parsons; or of selected theoretical systems in contemporary or classical sociology.
Note: This course may be repeated for credit under different topics.
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SOC 4600 - Advanced Survey Research
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010, SOC 2600, SOC 3320, SOC 3600
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): SOC 3590
Description: This course is a continuation of SOC 3600 - Research in the Social Sciences . It focuses on the application of advanced quantitative research techniques, including individual and task-group assignments intended to develop students’ skills in designing, organizing, computer coding, and doing computer-assisted analysis of selected research projects.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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SOC 4700 - Advanced Field Internship
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SOC 2010 and upper-division standing
Description: An advanced level supervised in-service field experience in the broad area of social concern and the “urban scene,” conducted with the cooperation of participating agencies and institutions.
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SOC 4710 - Advanced Qualitative Methods
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010, SOC 2600, SOC 3320, SOC 3600; satisfaction of all General Studies requirements; and senior standing.
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): SOC 3590
Description: This capstone course is a continuation of SOC 3600 - Research in the Social Sciences . It focuses on the application of advanced qualitative research techniques, such as ethnography, participant-observation, unobtrusive research, unstructured interviews, and content analysis. Students will gain hands-on experience in various qualitative methods and analysis techniques while carrying out a research project related to their area of interest.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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SPA 1000 - Conversational Spanish for Travel I
Credits: 3
Description: This course is designed for the student who wants to acquire a basic knowledge of conversational Spanish for personal travel.
Note: It does not fulfill the prerequisite requirements for any Spanish 2000-level course.
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SPA 1002 - Conversational Spanish for Law Enforcement I
Credits: 3
Description: This course is designed for the student who wants to acquire a basic knowledge of conversational Spanish for the law-enforcement professions.
Note: It does not fulfill the prerequisite requirements for any Spanish 2000-level course.
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SPA 1003 - Conversational Spanish for Law Enforcement II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPA 1002
Description: This course is a continuation of SPA 1002 and is designed for the student who wants to acquire a basic knowledge of conversational Spanish for the law-enforcement professions.
Note: It does not fulfill the prerequisite requirements for any Spanish 2000-level course.
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SPA 1004 - Conversational Spanish for Medical Professions I
Credits: 3
Description: This course is designed for the student who wants to acquire a basic knowledge of conversational Spanish for the medical professions.
Note: It does not fulfill the prerequisite requirements for any Spanish 2000-level course.
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SPA 1005 - Conversational Spanish for Medical Professions II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPA 1004
Description: This course is a continuation of SPA 1004 and is designed for the student who wants to acquire a basic knowledge of conversational Spanish for the medical professions.
Note: It does not fulfill the prerequisite requirements for any Spanish 2000-level course.
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SPA 1006 - Conversational Spanish for School Personnel I
Credits: 3
Description: This course is designed for the student who wants to acquire a basic knowledge of conversational Spanish for the school environment.
Note: It does not fulfill the prerequisite requirements for any Spanish 2000-level course.
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SPA 1007 - Conversational Spanish for School Personnel II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPA 1006
Description: This course is a continuation of SPA 1006 and is designed for the student who wants to acquire a basic knowledge of conversational Spanish for the school environment.
Note: It does not fulfill the prerequisite requirements for any Spanish 2000-level course.
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SPA 1010 - Elementary Spanish I
Credits: 5
Description: This is a basic course in Spanish, with emphasis primarily on pronunciation, speaking and understanding, supplemented by grammar, reading, and writing.
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SPA 1020 - Elementary Spanish II
Credits: 5
Prerequisite(s): SPA 1010 or the equivalent high school or transfer experience
Description: This course is the continuation of SPA 1010 and focuses on skills development in listening, speaking, reading, and writing with an emphasis on the use of functional, communicative language for oral and written proficiency and cultural competency.
Note: This course requires a grade of “C” or better to fulfill the General Studies requirement.
General Studies: Oral Communication
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SPA 1800 - International Spanish Year I
Credits: 1-15
Description: This variable credit course is designed for first-year students learning Spanish in a study abroad setting. The course will recognize an approved, study-abroad, educational experience in Spanish speaking, comprehension, reading, and writing.
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SPA 2010 - Intermediate Spanish I
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPA 1020 or placement or two years of high school Spanish or its equivalent with a grade of “C” or better
Description: This course continues the sequence of SPA 1010 and SPA 1020 and is the first of a two-semester, integrated, second-year sequence. The course focuses on further skills development in listening, speaking, reading, and writing, with emphasis on the use of functional, communicative language for oral and written proficiency and on cultural competency. Class is conducted mostly in Spanish and will include a variety of interactive activities designed to help students develop their knowledge of Spanish and their ability to use it productively in situations of communication.
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SPA 2020 - Intermediate Spanish II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPA 2010 or equivalent
Description: This course is a continuation of SPA 2010 and is the second of a two-semester, integrated, second-year sequence. The course focuses on further skills development in listening, speaking, reading, and writing, with emphasis on the use of functional, communicative language for oral and written proficiency and on cultural competency. Class is conducted mostly in Spanish and will include a variety of interactive activities designed to help students develop their knowledge of Spanish and their ability to use it productively in situations of communication.
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SPA 2110 - Spanish Reading and Communication I
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPA 1020 with a grade of “C” or better or placement or two years of high school Spanish or its equivalent
Description: This intermediate course introduces increasingly complex readings and promotes the development of oral and written proficiency. The course is designed to afford the student the necessary practice to communicate with ease in Spanish. Emphasis lies on vocabulary building, reading of cultural material, and communication skills.
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SPA 2120 - Spanish Reading and Communication II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPA 2110 or equivalent, or permission of instructor
Description: This intermediate course is a continuation of SPA 2110. It is designed to review, widen, and strengthen the knowledge of language structures as a basis for more advanced work in speaking, understanding, reading, and writing in Spanish.
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SPA 2340 - Intermediate Spanish for the Heritage Speaker
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPA 2120 or equivalent or permission of instructor
Description: This is an intermediate-level course for the heritage and bilingual speaker of Spanish who has developed speaking ability outside of the classroom with little training in the formal components of the language. The course focuses on the practice and use of standard oral and written Spanish structures found in cultural, literary, journalistic and media platforms. Particular attention is given to the development of language skills necessary for communication in social or professional settings, and to discussions on specific cultural issues faced by the Spanish speaker. This course may be taken by Spanish majors or minors, or non-majors or minors in lieu of SPA 2320.
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SPA 2750 - Intensive Intermediate Spanish Grammar Review
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPA 2110 with “C” or higher, or equivalent, or departmental permission
Description: SPA 2750 is an intensive transition course between the intermediate and advanced Spanish writing and grammar courses. It provides comprehensive grammar review and writing practice by building on topics covered in lower-level Spanish courses, and approaching them in a more detailed manner. The course introduces additional aspects of the Spanish language, not previously covered in preceding courses. The foundations of grammar and their expression in oral and written communication are especially emphasized. The course is designed for students who wish to pursue further studies in Spanish, and is especially useful to proficient speakers (native, heritage, and second-language learners) who have had limited exposure to the formal study of language structure.
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SPA 2800 - International Spanish Year II
Credits: 1-15
Prerequisite(s): One year of college Spanish or equivalent
Description: This variable credit course is designed to recognize second year study of Spanish language and culture in an approved study-abroad setting.
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SPA 3050 - Cultural Crossroads: France, Germany, Spain
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020
Description: This course gives students the cultural background necessary to understand and appreciate those spiritual and intellectual developments that have given today’s three European nations (representing our language disciplines) their characteristics. Main topics include the Indo- European language family, the cultural and technological development of Germanic and Romance-speaking countries, the causes for the rise and fall of these countries throughout the 2000 years under consideration, the role of women in politics and the arts, the development of differing social etiquette, reasons for mass emigrations, contributions of immigrants to their new countries, and the effect that the European Union has on the educational social welfare of its member nations.
Note: Students can get credit for only one prefix.
Cross Listed Course(s): FRE 3050, GER 3050, MDL 3050
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SPA 3100 - Spanish Terminology for the Bilingual Classroom
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Two years of college Spanish, its equivalent, or Permission of the instructor
Description: This is a practical course designed to help students with the Spanish structures and terminology used in the different areas of instruction.
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SPA 3110 - Advanced Conversation
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Two years of college Spanish or equivalent, or Permission of instructor
Description: This is an advanced course to broaden and strengthen the student’s conversational skills, emphasizing current topics in the Hispanic world.
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SPA 3140 - Advanced Composition
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPA 2310 and SPA 2320 or equivalent, or Permission of instructor
Description: This course is designed to reinforce and develop further the student’s abilities in composition tasks that reflect the kind of writing students are generally asked to perform as Spanish majors. Classes are conducted in Spanish.
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SPA 3150 - Spanish Phonetics: Theory and Practice
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Two years of college Spanish or equivalent, or Permission of instructor
Description: This course in Spanish phonology is aimed at improving students’ pronunciation and introducing them to the field of descriptive linguistics.
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SPA 3200 - Culture and Civilization of Spain
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Two years of college Spanish or equivalent, or Permission of instructor; and completion of General Studies requirements in Written Communication, Oral Communication, and Quantitative Literacy.
Description: This course is an advanced Spanish conversational approach to the understanding of the traditions and history of Spain and the national character as expressed in everyday life. It is based on a reading-lecture discussion format. Oral presentations and a term paper are required. This class is conducted in Spanish.
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SPA 3210 - Spanish-American Culture and Civilization
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Two years of college Spanish or equivalent, or Permission of instructor; and completion of General Studies requirements in Written Communication, Oral Communication, and Quantitative Literacy.
Description: This course is an advanced Spanish conversational approach to the chief cultural characteristics of the Hispanic-American world. It is based on a reading-lecture-discussion format. Oral presentations and a research paper are required. Conducted in Spanish.
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SPA 3220 - Folklore and Culture of the Mexican Southwest
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Two years of college Spanish or equivalent, or Permission of instructor; and completion of General Studies requirements in Written Communication, Oral Communication, and Quantitative Literacy.
Description: This course is designed to acquaint the students with the culture, folklore and civilization of the Mexican American in the Southwest. The introductory lectures will deal with the Spanish and Indian heritage. Main concentration will be on the culture and folklore of the people from the arrival of Juan de Oñate to the present. The course is conducted entirely in Spanish.
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SPA 3250 - Introduction to Literary Studies in Spanish
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPA 2320 or equivalent, or Permission of instructor
Description: This course is designed to introduce the students to the study of literature in the Spanish language. Emphasis will be placed on reading and critical analysis of representative works, main literary trends and terminology. Conducted in Spanish.
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SPA 3340 - Advanced Spanish for the Heritage Speaker
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPA 2320 or SPA 2340 or permission of instructor
Description: This course is designed specifically for the heritage or bilingual learner of Spanish who brings strong proficiency and literacy skills in Spanish. The course focuses on the development of advanced communicative competence in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing, as well as on understanding Hispanic cultures, issues of identity of the heritage speaker in the U.S., language variation, customs, geography, history, and current events. Students will gain linguistic and oral proficiency in order to develop, evaluate, compare and express ideas critically in both oral and written formats on varied topics and themes. This course is open to the heritage learner with, at least, two years of formal training in Spanish.
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SPA 3400 - Survey of Spanish Literature I
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPA 3250 or equivalent, or Permission of instructor
Description: This course is a general survey of the literature of Spain from the Middle Ages through the romantic era. Reading of representative works, lecture on biography, criticism and recitation will be included. Conducted in Spanish.
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SPA 3410 - Survey of Spanish Literature II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPA 3250 or equivalent, or Permission of instructor
Description: This course presents Spanish literature since 1870, including post-romanticism, realism, naturalism, the generation of 1898, the genero chico, and more recent works. Conducted in Spanish.
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SPA 3510 - Survey of Latin American Literature
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPA 3250 or equivalent, or Permission of instructor
Description: This course is designed to introduce the student to the most important works in Latin American literature from the late 15th century to the late 19th century. Conducted in Spanish.
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SPA 3600 - Latin American Cinema
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPA 2320 or LAS 2860 or Permission of instructor
Description: This 3000-level course, a survey of recent Latin American film, is interdisciplinary and crosscultural, emphasizing the socio-economic and political issues (race, gender, sex, and identity issues) central to the development of Latin American cinema. This course is suitable for nonspeakers of Spanish and is designed to introduce students to the cinematic work of a number of Latin American film artists or movements by discussing them from a variety of perspectives (narrative, rhetoric, aesthetics, film language). This course is designed to heighten perceptual skills by viewing films and increase critical understanding of the ways films function as visual discourse. Students in the SPA major program at the time the course is taken will complete all work in Spanish.
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SPA 3650 - Introduction to Spanish Translation I
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPA 3140 with a grade of at least a “B” or Permission of instructor
Description: This course is an introduction to the principal topics in the discipline of translation. The student will translate a variety of texts from Spanish to English and from English to Spanish, discuss and critique translations in class, examine various historical and theoretical concepts of translation, and analyze grammatical, lexical and cultural issues faced by translators. Student is expected to be fluent in both Spanish and English.
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SPA 3800 - International Advanced Spanish
Credits: 1-15
Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing in Spanish or equivalent
Description: This course is designed to recognize upper-division study in language, culture and literature in a study-abroad setting. This advanced study in Spanish uses a variety of methods and includes reading, writing and discussion seminars in Spanish.
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SPA 4010 - Advanced Spanish Writing and Grammar I
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPA 3140 or equivalent, or Permission of instructor
Description: This course is designed to afford the student of Spanish an overall acquaintance with contemporary grammatical analysis and terminology, in order to promote and enhance the student’s sensitivity regarding the syntactical structure of the Spanish oral and written modes of expression. Classes are conducted in Spanish.
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SPA 4020 - Advanced Spanish Writing and Grammar II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPA 4010 or equivalent, or Permission of instructor
Description: This course is an intensive study of Spanish idiomatic expressions and selected vocabulary to strengthen the student’s language skills, with emphasis on written style and on the understanding of the Spanish syntax. The main purpose of this course is to enable the student to manipulate the target language with accuracy, elegance and assertiveness. Classes are conducted in Spanish.
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SPA 4050 - Introduction to Translation II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPA 3140 and SPA 3650 with grades of “B” or better
Description: This course further explores the principal topics in the discipline of translation. Students will translate (Spanish to English and English to Spanish) challenging “real-life” texts from such diverse fields as law, medicine, marketing, human resources, literature and poetry. Class sessions will focus on discussion of assigned translations, examination of various historical and theoretical concepts of translation, and analysis of grammatical, lexical, and cultural issues faced by translators. Students are expected to be fluent in both Spanish and English.
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SPA 4110 - Contemporary Spanish Literature
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPA 3250
Description: This course involves reading and analysis, through discussion and writing, of representative works of contemporary Spanish literature. The course affords students an opportunity to explore changes in cultural development in Spain from the end of the Civil War until the present. This course is conducted in Spanish.
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SPA 4120 - Contemporary Latin-American Literature
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPA 3510 or equivalent, or Permission of instructor
Description: This is a course in which the student will be critically reading and discussing the major works of contemporary Spanish American authors in order to appreciate their literary and cultural values and to participate in a meaningful language experience. Conducted in Spanish.
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SPA 4130 - Contemporary Mexican Literature
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPA 3250 or equivalent, or Permission of instructor
Description: This course offers a panoramic view of Mexican literature. It will examine the articulation of diverse social and cultural questions, as well as the ways in which Mexican writers represent themselves and their cultural heritage through literary texts. The student will read and discuss representative works of 20th century Mexican writers. Conducted in Spanish.
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SPA 4200 - Spanish-American Essay: 19th and 20th Centuries
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPA 3250 or Permission of instructor
Description: This course presents, discusses, and analyzes the most important literary work of representative 19th and 20th century Spanish-American essayists. The course exposes the student to the thought and stylistic modes found in the intellectual production of the selected prominent figures to be studied. Conducted in Spanish.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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SPA 4310 - History of the Spanish Language
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPA 3140 and SPA 4010 or SPA 4020; completion of General Studies requirements; and senior standing.
Description: This is an introductory course in Spanish philology aimed at improving students’ knowledge of Spanish sounds, forms and word order, with the focus on how the Spanish language began and has changed through the centuries.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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SED 2200 - Diversity and Multicultural Education
Credits: 3
Description: This course is designed to increase student awareness of the values and beliefs, traditions, identifiers, and contributions of African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans. Historical, cultural, and individual variations, including socio-economic status, gender, sexual orientation, language background and disabilities will be investigated to help develop respect for all students, parents, and educators in school settings. Students will discover how personal attitudes may affect expectations and decisions in the elementary, secondary, and special education school settings.
University Requirement(s): Multicultural
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SED 2700 - Social/Emotional Development and Disorders
Credits: 3
Description: This course provides an overview of the major concepts and historical antecedents of special education services for children and youth with social, emotional, and behavioral difficulties. Teacher candidates will develop an understanding of basic concepts related to the social, emotional, and behavioral development of children and youth, and the concepts related to disordered behavior.
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SED 3600 - Exceptional Learners in the Classroom
Credits: 3
Description: This course provides a survey of various exceptionalities, ranging from moderate to severe. Information about child abuse and medical conditions, and their possible effects on student learning and behavior is provided. Teacher candidates are introduced to the special education processes, including the development of individualized education plans from a general education teacher perspective. Principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) curriculum accessibility issues are addressed.
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SED 3650 - Individualized Education and Curriculum
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SED 3600
Description: This course focuses on Individualized Education Plans (IEP) and transition plans for purposes of preparing special educators for teaching curricula within the context of special and general education classrooms. An overview of the philosophical, historical, and sociological foundations of education will be addressed.
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SED 3675 - Transition Planning and Instruction
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SED 3650
Description: This course provides an in-depth understanding of transition services for students with exceptionalities from childhood to adulthood. Course content focuses on an in-depth investigation of the provision of transition services in the context of comprehensive, secondary education services. Topics in this course include transition-focused IEP development, self-determination and self-advocacy, interagency collaboration, transition assessment, and career, vocational, and post-secondary education strategies. Teacher candidates gain the knowledge base and skills necessary to successfully manage the transition services of their future students. Teacher candidates must complete a 15-hour field experience.
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SED 3700 - Educational and Medical Aspects of Disabilities
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SED 3600
Description: This course provides an overview of the multidisciplinary needs of students with physical, communicative, cognitive, and sensory disabilities. Emphasis is placed on explaining the impact of medical needs on educational experiences. Principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) will be addressed. Teacher candidates must complete a 15-hour field experience in an assigned public school that provides services for students with severe disabilities.
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SED 3750 - Assessment, Methods, and Assistive Technology for Severe Disabilities
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SED 3700
Description: This course is designed to introduce pre-service teachers to assessment, curriculum and instruction for students with severe disabilities. Focus will be given to including students in their neighborhood schools, homework, and community. The course also emphasizes the selection and efficacy of assistive device technologies. A minimum 45-hour, field-based experience is required.
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SED 3820 - Elements of Literacy Instruction for Students with Disabilities
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SED 3600
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): SED 3650
Description: Assessment data is used to design lesson plans and apply scientifically-based interventions to address the needs of students with literacy challenges, including dyslexia. A direct-instruction teaching approach based on best practices is a focus. The course includes a 30-hour field-based experience with elementary level students who are experiencing reading difficulty in phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, or comprehension.
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SED 3950 - Mathematics Instruction for Students with Disabilities
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SED 3600
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): SED 3650
Description: This course is designed to introduce effective classroom methods and strategies for teaching, assessing, and monitoring the mathematical performance of students with disabilities within diverse classroom settings. An emphasis is placed on practical classroom techniques to facilitate, maintain, retain, and generalize skill acquisition. Computation and problem-solving techniques are covered. This class requires a 15-hour field project-based experience.
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SED 4050 - Assessment and Instructional Planning
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SED 3650 or permission of instructor
Description: This course focuses on making informed decisions on the selection, use, and interpretation of formal and informal methods for the assessment of students with disabilities. Teacher candidates must complete a series of assessments and reports during a minimum 15-hour project-based field-experience.
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SED 4200 - Reading Disabilities and Content Instruction
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SED 3820; or permission of instructor
Description: This course explores the nature of dyslexia including etiological, sociological, and psychological perspectives as well as treatment methods. Special emphasis is devoted to reading disabilities in reference to the demands of content instruction at the secondary school level. Critical thinking, study skills, cooperative learning, and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) will be addressed within the context of improving reading and writing achievement of students with disabilities. This class requires a 15 hour field-experience at the secondary school level.
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SED 4250 - Effective Behavioral Support Systems
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SED 3650 or permission of instructor
Description: This course is designed to introduce the management process in the classroom from a decision- making perspective. The use of systematic behavioral assessments, functional behavior assessment plans, and intervention strategies such as social-skill development are emphasized. Teacher candidates are prepared to apply Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles and management decisions in diverse contexts that include both general and special education classes.
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SED 4300 - Assessment and Methods for Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SED 4250 or permission of instructor
Description: This course is designed for teacher candidates to learn how to select, adapt, and use instructional interventions and strategies with students with emotional and behavioral disorders in a variety of settings. Theoretical approaches, identification, educational placement, and evaluation issues will be addressed. In addition, specific categories of disordered behavior, such as bipolar, depression, anxiety, oppositional defiant disorders, schizophrenia, and childhood psychosis, will be discussed. Students are required to apply knowledge and skills in a 30 hour field-based experience.
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SED 4440 - K-12 Practicum in Special Education
Credits: 3 or 6
Prerequisite(s): SED 4050 and SED 4200; or permission of instructor
Corequisite(s): SED 4250 and SED 4300
Description: This practicum is a culminating experience that provides teacher candidates with a structured, supervised elementary and/or secondary level practicum in a special education setting for children with disabilities. A strong emphasis is placed on the importance of decision-making in diverse contexts, including numerous assessment and instructional situations using a case-based approach that will encourage integration of theory and application. The seminars are designed to address assigned topics and activities that are linked to the teaching responsibilities of the practicum.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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SED 4490 - Special Education Student Teaching and Seminar
Credits: 6 or 12
Prerequisite(s): SED 4440; Teacher candidates must have successfully completed all requirements of the Special Education Licensure Program.
Description: This course is a full-time, special education, student teaching experience in an accredited, public or private school that provides teacher candidates responsibility for teaching an identified group of learners with exceptionalities. A minimum of eight weeks is required for 6 credits, and a minimum of 16 weeks is required for 12 credits. University supervisors provide regularly scheduled observations and seminars, as well as guidance on the development of the teacher work sample.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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SPE 1010 - Public Speaking
Credits: 3
Description: This course integrates both the theory and practical skills of topic research, composition, delivery, and criticism of public speaking. Skill development includes effective public presentation strategies and audience analysis. Students develop critical listening skills by evaluating their own public-speaking style, as well as the effectiveness of their peers and professional speakers. This course builds public-speaking confidence, and introduces the student to the power of public rhetoric in social and professional contexts.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: HON or SPE.
General Studies: Oral Communication
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 1013
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SPE 1020 - Communication in Action
Credits: 3
Description: Communication in Action provides a unique opportunity for first-year students to examine and demonstrate the significance of effective oral communication. The power of words and self-expression in effecting social change is a guiding theme of the course. Drawing on scholarship, relevant research, and practical experience through service learning, students articulate the significance of communication in fulfilling responsibilities to the community.
General Studies: Oral Communication
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SPE 1301 - Communication Inquiry
Credits: 3
Description: This introductory course explores the various research methods used in the communication research process. It examines the major methodologies, and data gathering techniques used in investigating communication so the student can understand, interpret and explain both theory and practice within the field. The course prepares the student in critical reading and writing skills that employ those methodologies and data gathering techniques.
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SPE 1710 - Interpersonal Communication
Credits: 3
Description: This is an introductory course in the art and process of communicating with people in a variety of environments. This class provides students with the insight and tools of interpersonal communication theory and the opportunity to develop basic communication skills in listening, assertive communication, self analysis and dealing appropriately with conflict.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: HON or SPE.
General Studies: Oral Communication
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 1710
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SPE 1730 - Listening and Interviewing Communication Skills
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPE 1010 or Permission of instructor
Description: This course is designed to teach students two associated communication skills: listening and interpersonal interviewing. Both content (informational) and empathetic (feeling) listening skills will be emphasized. Seven situational types of interviews will be explored in the course using listening techniques as the primary communication skill.
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SPE 2110 - Discussion Methods
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPE 1010 or Permission of instructor
Description: This performance course deals largely with the processes of decision-making in small groups and conferences: research and investigation, analysis of social problems, use of evidence and argument, and social interaction among participants.
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SPE 2160 - Organizational Communication Theory
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPE 1010 and SPE 1700 or Permission of the instructor
Description: This course is designed to acquaint students with relevant and current theoretical models of organizational communication systems and cultures. The course materials include formal and informal structures, group communication processes, external organizational communication systems, informational effectiveness, and ethical considerations.
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SPE 2301 - Communication Theory
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): SPE 1301
Description: This course surveys the major theories that support research and study of communication. Starting with the broad overview theories in communication the course explores theories in interpersonal communication, relationship development, relationship maintenence, influence, group decision making, organizational communication, rhetoric, media, culture, and gender. The course gives students a foundation in communication vocabulary, basic knowledge of key theories, an introduction to reading research journals, and practical application of theory to human communication.
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SPE 2400 - Electronic Media and Society
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPE 1010; or permission of instructor
Description: This course surveys the radio, television, cable, satellite, and Internet distributed electronic media. It focuses on the function, organization, programming, and personnel involved as well as the effects electronic media has upon society.
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SPE 2710 - Team and Group Communication
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPE 1010 or Permission of instructor
Description: This course is designed to teach students the dynamics of group process and the special skills required to communicate successfully with many types of difficult group members.
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SPE 2720 - Nonverbal Communication
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPE 1010 and SPE 1700
Description: Designed to explore the nature of the so-called “silent language” of the human communication process, this course focuses on the classes of nonverbal communication, their impact on human perception, patterned behavior in groups, organizational systems, and cultures.
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SPE 2730 - Communication and Conflict
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPE 1010 or SPE 1710 or permission of the instructor
Description: This course develops strategies for managing conflict dynamics in communication interactions at work, home, and school. Effort is made to pinpoint individual communication conflict styles and to assess their effectiveness in conflict interaction.
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SPE 2760 - Intercultural Communication
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPE 1010 or SPE 1710 or permission of instructor
Description: This course applies communication approaches and perspectives to intercultural communication processes within and outside of the United States. The major emphasis in the class is on face-to-face communication within and between members of different cultures and the impact of popular culture on those communications. Living in a global society, it is imperative to know how different cultures communicate around the world. In the course, students will examine the complex relationship between culture, communication, power, and context from three conceptual perspectives: the social scientific perspective, the interpretive perspective, and the critical perspective.
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SPE 2770 - Gender and Communication
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPE 1710, or permission of instructor, and completion of General Studies requirements in Written Communication
Description: This course explores the relationship of gender to the communication process by examining issues of power, conflict, sex role stereotypes, and cultural patterns of interaction on relationships and identity. Students explore the multiple ways that masculinity and femininity are created and sustained through communication in such contexts as families, schools, the workplace, and the media. Students will use feminist theoretical perspectives and interpretive approaches from communication studies to analyze cultural assumptions and the relationships of notions of gender to class, sexuality and race.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: SPE or WMS.
General Studies: Arts and Humanities
Cross Listed Course(s): WMS 2770
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SPE 3010 - Advanced Public Speaking
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPE 1010 and SPE 2110 or Permission of instructor
Description: This course teaches preparation, presentation, and appraisal of speeches on contemporary subjects. Advanced inquiry into rhetorical analysis, the intensification of ideas and style, with emphasis upon persuasive speaking. Attention will be given to specialized forms of public address.
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SPE 3050 - Intercollegiate Forensics
Credits: 1
Prerequisite(s): SPE 1010 or Permission of instructor
Description: A course for those students participating extensively in intercollegiate speech activities.
Note: A maximum of four credits in this course may be applied toward a degree.
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SPE 3080 - Great American Speakers
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPE 1010 and completion of General Studies requirements in Written Communication.
Description: This course critically examines selected U.S. American speeches using critical rhetorical analysis. Each speech is evaluated in its historical, cultural and media context that includes an examination of U.S. American ideology and democracy as expressed thematically throughout historical time periods. Persuasive models (Aristotle, Burke, Black, Foss, and others) are used to critique the rhetorical skills and strategies of each speech. Students will analyze the influence and effectiveness of the examples of great speeches on public policy and civic engagement in each era of speech.
General Studies: Arts and Humanities
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SPE 3090 - Arguing Constructively
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1010 and SPE 1010, or permission of instructor
Description: In this course, students will focus on the principles of critical thinking and reasoning in the use of oral and written argumentation in a range of communication contexts such as political, public, interpersonal, global, mass media, organizational, small group, and technological. Special emphasis is placed on how to argue constructively and how to build, refute, support, and critically evaluate arguments across a variety of fields.
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SPE 3100 - Business and Professional Speaking
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPE 1010 or Permission of instructor
Description: This course focuses on the processes involved in effective speaking in business and industry with emphasis on preparing and delivering presentations to organizational audiences including the use of audio-visual materials as they relate to the communication process in organizations at the interpersonal level. Students will polish communication skills in preparation for some of the unique speaking situations found in modern organizations.
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SPE 3110 - Organizational Leadership
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPE 1010 and either SPE 2110 or SPE 2710
Description: This course is designed to acquaint students with the major theories of organizational leadership and the functional dimensions of leadership strategy in specific organizational systems.
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SPE 3130 - Conference Leadership
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPE 1010 and SPE 3110, or Permission of instructor
Description: This course provides students with knowledge of the theories of group task and process behaviors and the practical application of that theory in the actual production of a conference. The course focuses on the motivation of volunteers and the appropriate styles of leadership when authority is not granted to the conference director.
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SPE 3160 - Communication in Politics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPE 1010 or Permission of the instructor
Description: This course acquaints students with the complexities of communication issues and strategies used in and by a variety of governmental bodies. This course emphasizes communication patterns in government institutions, the role and strategies of public influence and change on policy creation, the nature and ethics of campaign strategies and propaganda tactics, the responsibility of media in public decision-making, and the impact of communication leadership and group dynamics on the resolution of political and social issues.
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SPE 3165 - Organizational Identity
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPE 2160; or permission of instructor
Description: This course focuses on the communication foundations of organizational identity formation, maintenance and change. Course materials demonstrate the criteria of legitimate organizational identity both internally and externally. Students will identify how communication functions in the creation of organizational culture and how messages and actions create an identity for an organization in environmental contexts. Students explore organizational identity in selected case studies and investigate other organizations through ethnographic observations in assigned service learning experiences.
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SPE 3170 - Interpersonal Negotiation
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPE 1700 and either SPE 1710 or SPE 2710
Description: This course is designed to teach students the theory and specific negotiation skills needed for resolving interpersonal group and organizational conflict. These skills include identification of conflict issues, fractionating of issues, positioning methods, questioning tactics, measuring negotiated consequences, identifying a negotiated style, managing difficult people, mediating theory and tactics, third-party interventions, and negotiating frames. Both lecture/discussion and simulated case studies are used to illustrate negotiation principles.
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SPE 3172 - Mediating Conflict
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPE 2730 or SPE 3170; or permission of the instructor
Description: This course examines conflict as a complex communication event with an emphasis on developing skills to engage in mediation. Students learn communication theories relevant to the practice of mediation, several approaches to the process of mediation, a dynamic mediation model that can be adapted to a variety of conflict situations, as well as the interpersonal skills necessary to manage the mediation process.
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SPE 3200 - Water Conflict: Applied Leadership Communication
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): GEG 1910 Water Essentials or MGT 2200 Colorado Water Law and Water Rights Administration or SPE 2730 Communication and Conflict or permission of instructor
Description: This course will focus on the nature, analysis, and management of water resources conflict. Concepts and practices in the management of water as a resource will be explored with a focus on the use of negotiation, facilitation, and mediation skills in conflict situations. Special attention will be given to the way that effective leadership in these situations can prevent a negative spiral in the conflict communication and work toward resolving conflicts about water resources. Students will address current knowledge in water management and conflict management, conduct case work on water conflict scenarios, and practice communication skills useful for managing conflict.
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SPE 3301 - Rhetorical Foundations of Communication
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPE 2301
Description: This course is an historical survey of some of the major theories of rhetoric as they apply to the discipline of communication. Topics include rhetoric as it relates to ethics, broadcast media, organizations, small groups and teams, and interpersonal contexts. Students in the course will apply contemporary rhetorical theory to understand power, identity, and knowledge.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: HON or SPE.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3304
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SPE 3400 - Media Industries
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPE 2400 or permission of instructor
Description: This course examines media industries with an intensive focus on the theory, economics, political influences, and methods involved in their study. Media industries are examined in light of key concepts used in understanding their roles in shaping domestic culture, driving technological change, and shaping global media. Particular attention is paid to the economic aspects which determine much of what is produced and distributed across various forms of media in an ever-changing communications environment.
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SPE 3410 - Writing for Broadcast Media
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPE 2400 or permission of instructor
Description: This course focuses on writing for broadcast electronic media. Students will learn the important elements, aspects, and processes involved in the creation of content specifically written for electronic media production and distribution. Students will explore the unique demands of electronic media forms, their audiences, the related terminology, and writing techniques.
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SPE 3420 - Process and Effects of Mass Communication
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPE 2400 or permission of instructor
Description: This course examines the theories, processes, and effects of electronic media. Emphasis is placed on the major theories of mass communication, the challenges of new media, and the effects of these media on society and individuals. Electronic media are explored as sources of power, integration, and change.
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SPE 3430 - Performance for Broadcast
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPE 2400 or permission of instructor
Description: This is an introductory course for “on air” performance, designed to meet the needs of radio-television-multimedia news anchors and announcers. Instruction is designed to develop pleasing and persuasive vocal and visual communication, either on-camera or on-mic, as a means of improving a variety of performance-driven broadcast, multimedia and Internet delivery presentations.
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SPE 3440 - Television Production
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPE 2400 or Permission of instructor
Description: This course is an introduction to television production, operation of broadcast studio equipment, vocabulary, and experience in direction of multi-camera productions. Specific attention is focused on preproduction, including identification of audience by age, gender, and culture. Students will participate in production activities and procedures on a variety of projects.
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SPE 3445 - Producing Multi-Platform Content
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPE 2400, SPE 3410, and either SPE 3440 or SPE 3460
Description: This course examines how content must change in order to preserve effective delivery across various media platforms. Students transpose story elements between print, audio, video, web and social media. Principles of web formatting, HTML5, data compression, streaming media, file size and dimensions are applied in realworld conditions through labs and assignments.
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SPE 3460 - Audio Production
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPE 2400 or Permission of instructor
Description: This course is a hands-on, practical guide for beginning and intermediate recording engineers, producers, musicians, and audio enthusiasts offering experiences in a variety of recording situations. Students will learn how to judge recordings and to use the equipment available to improve them.
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SPE 3480 - Workshop in Radio Production
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPE 2400 and SPE 3430 or permission of instructor
Description: This course allows students to access facilities of the department’s On-Air Broadcast Learning Center and online station, WCAS Radio. Students are given real-world training and practice opportunities in up-to-date broadcast techniques and technologies, building from their hands-on training in the professionally equipped WCAS Radio Broadcast Control Center.
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SPE 3490 - Cinema as Communication
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPE 2400 or ENG 2860; or Permission of instructor
Description: Students in this course will learn to critique how films communicate to a mass audience, including considerations such as rhetoric, ideology, performance, and spectatorship. Assigned work will include reading in communication theory as well as writing an essay that critiques a particular film as an instance of communication art or science, or both. Class time includes lab hours during which various films will be screened.
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SPE 3710 - High Performance Teams
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPE 2710 and SPE 3160; or permission of instructor
Description: This course focuses on the communication underlying the development and management of high performance teams. Students develop the skill to lead and participate effectively in such teams; identify the processes requires to create such teams; identify processes required to create training plans for productive teamwork. Students are assigned to a high performance team with a specific task outcome to achieve. Class exercises and activities assist the group members to navigate the dynamics of team development in order to achieve the desired task outcome.
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SPE 3740 - Foundations of Speech and Thought
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPE 1010 or SPE 1301 or permission of instructor
Description: This course critically examines the physiological foundations of speech and thought. Intrapersonal communication is examined as an essential aspect of public presentation of self through speech. Students will develop a fundamental understanding of the theories, concepts, and themes in the study of speech communication as central to the formation of thought, experience, and meaning.
General Studies: Social and Behavioral Sciences II
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SPE 3760 - Diversity and Communication in the U.S.
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SPE 1010 or SPE 1710 or permission of instructor
Description: This course examines the relationship between communication and cultural identity with emphasis on the application to four groups of color in the United States: African American, Asian American, Hispanic, and Native American. The goal of the course is to broaden students’ perspectives of the power of communication to shape our lived experience and to expand students’ capacities to adapt ethically to a changing and diverse world. Students will explore verbal and non-verbal differences and similarities across cultures and critique the communicative construction of ethnocentrism, bias, prejudice, and discrimination.
General Studies: Social and Behavioral Sciences II
University Requirement(s): Multicultural
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