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2016-2017 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.
Types of Courses
- Regular courses appear in this section of the University Catalog and are offered on a regular basis.
- Independent study courses provide students the opportunity to pursue in-depth study of a topic of special interest. Independent study courses are specified as 498_ and include an alpha character in the course number. Independent study courses are published in the Class Schedule.
- Special topics or omnibus courses are temporary courses that are not listed in the Catalog. They may be used to pilot-test a course, present a special topic, or provide a unique, experiential-learning opportunity. Omnibus courses use a specified range of course numbers: 190_, 290_, 390_, 490_ and include an alpha character in the course number. Omnibus courses are published in the Class Schedule.
- Variable topics courses allow courses of varying titles under an overall theme or “umbrella” course. Variable topic courses include an alpha character in the course number and are published in the Class Schedule.
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CET 4140 - Concrete Design II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CET 4120 with a grade of “C” or better, or Permission of instructor
Description: This course is a continuation of the fundamentals introduced in Concrete Design I, with emphasis on the analysis and design of columns, footings, retaining walls, two-way slabs, and introduction of principles of prestressed concrete.
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CET 4150 - Highway Engineering and Surveying
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): At least junior standing; or permission of instructor
Description: This course is a specialized course in requirements, functional characteristics, and system characteristics of highway design, incorporating surveying essentials for the civil engineering field. The course develops design methods, procedures, and analysis for pavement design, roadway alignment, and user information for freeways, city arterials, and rural roadways.
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CET 4200 - Experimental Methods in Structural Engineering
Credits: 3-6
Prerequisite(s): CET 3135
Description: In this course, students will be dealing with the aspects of static and dynamic testing methods of structures made of steel, concrete, or timber. Students will be introduced to test planning, specimen design and building, loading systems and instrumentation, data acquisition and processing. They will be involved in laboratory applications and hybrid techniques, illustrative physical and numerical simulations.
Note: This course is repeatable up to 6 credits.
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CET 4400 - Steel Design I
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CET 3135 with a grade of “C” or better, or permission of instructor
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): CET 3170
Description: This course focuses on the analysis and design of structural steel members, based on the latest edition of AISC design requirements and specifications for structural steel.
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CET 4410 - Steel Design II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CET 4400 with a grade of “C” or better, or permission of instructor.
Description: This course is a continuation of the fundamentals introduced in Steel Design I, with emphasis on the analysis and design of structural steel connections, based on the latest AISC design requirements and specifications for structural steel.
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CET 4450 - Timber Design
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CET 3135 with a grade of “C” or better, or permission of instructor
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): CET 3170
Description: This course focuses on the analysis and design of wood structures based on the latest edition of the National Design Specifications for Wood Construction and Supplement.
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CET 4570 - Engineering Law
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CET 3120 or Permission of instructor
Description: This course provides the student with a basic understanding of contract laws and regulations, laws that govern the execution of the work being performed under the contract, laws that relate to the settling of differences and disputes, and licensing laws.
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CDES 2222 - Design Media
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ART 1531 with “C-” or better; plus either ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, and ARTH 1600; or COM 2430 and JRN 1010; or permission of department
Description: This course provides an introduction to the fundamental theories and principles of communication design using digital technology as a means to solve problems visually. Emphasis is on idea generation, processes, and concepts that integrate the use of specific technologies. Within this context students investigate the role of design and how it informs contemporary culture. This is an integrated media course.
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CDES 2225 - Typographic Syntax
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 1600, ART 1101, ART 1141 , ART 1501, and ART 1531 with “C-” or better in each; or permission of department
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ARTH 1700 and CDES 2222 or permission of department
Description: This course provides an introduction to the study of typography as a central theme in the field of communication design. It focuses on the function of typography as a visual language and a form of communication. Subjects explored include typographic history, anatomy, construction and design, measuring systems, and identification and classification systems. Functional issues of setting and using typography with sophistication within a variety of contexts are central to this course.
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CDES 2226 - Design Inquiry
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, ART 1531, ARTH 1600 and ENG 1009 or ENG 1010 with “C-” or better in each; or permission of department
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ARTH 1700 or permission of department
Description: This course introduces fundamental theories, principles and objectives of the communication design field. Design processes, strategies, and critical frameworks presented in readings respond to the question, “What is communication design?” The purpose and function of designed communications as products, services, and experiences are assessed in their relationship to shaping culture and responding to societal influences. Theoretical and practical content includes the role technology and user experience play in a contemporary context in which “design” is ubiquitous.
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CDES 2300 - Creative Computation
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ART 1531 with “C-” or better; plus either ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, and ARTH 1600; or COM 2430 and JRN 1010; or permission of department
Description: This course explores the practical and theoretical aspects of interactive design by investigating basic principles of programming and computation. Students learn to visualize data by creating dynamic, information rich, and interactive applications using current scripting languages and techniques. Research and presentation skills, conceptual thinking, and the integration of technological and design methodologies are explored throughout the course. This is an integrated media course.
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CDES 2625 - Typographic Pragmatics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, ART 1531, ARTH 1600, ARTH 1700, CDES 2222, and CDES 2225 with “C-” or better in each; or permission of department
Description: This course offers further critical study of typographic design with an emphasis on the meaning and application of typography solutions created through experimentation with digital form, function, and aesthetics. How typographic form affects meaning in various social, cultural and historical communication contexts is examined and is the basis for in-depth study. Students refine their digital design abilities, using typography in assignments of increasing difficulty while further developing critical conceptualization, authoring and research skills.
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CDES 3222 - Design Research Methods
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CDES 2222, CDES 2225 and CDES 2226 with “C-” or better in each; or permission of department
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): CDES 2300 and CDES 2625; or permission of department
Description: This course examines how designers conduct research in order to produce relevant and meaningful visual communications that are appropriate for specific audiences, cultures, and contexts. Students learn how to harness meaning and potential in their work by applying a range of research methods via fieldwork to their everyday design practice. Concepts include developing and using ethnographic strategies, personas, interviewing, and iterative design processes, among others. Students work in teams, putting theory into action, which informs collaborative design practice thereafter.
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CDES 3225 - Integrated Production Techniques
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CDES 2300 and CDES 2625 with C- or better in each; or permission of department. Student must supply a suitable laptop computer.
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): CDES 3400 or permission of department
Description: This course offers a specialized focus on production techniques integral to the practice of communication design. The application of integrated methods bridges design concepts and design forms in a variety of mediums from traditional print publishing to web and interactive work. Topics include multi-level publishing, content management, production workflow, integrated software use, and print and new media production and post-production.
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CDES 3400 - Creating Web Interfaces
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ART 1531 with “C-” or better; plus either ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, ARTH 1600 and CDES 2222; or COM 2430 and JRN 1010; or permission of department
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): CDES 2300 or permission of department
Description: This course provides students the critical opportunity to examine current practices in web-based design and development. Students investigate contemporary design culture, technical learning processes, and conceptual development within the context of the Internet. They produce a fully functioning website that engages the student designer as author, art director, and curator of this content, while using the world-wide-web as a vehicle for community building and network-driven collaborations. Students gain knowledge in website design, development, programming and multimedia authoring software. This is an integrated media course.
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CDES 3623 - Identity and Systems Design
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CDES 2625 and CDES 3222 with C- or better in each; or permission of department. Student must supply a suitable laptop computer.
Description: This course focuses on the historical and contemporary practice of branding and its distinguishing characteristics of brand identity, brand marks, brand strategy, and brand architecture. Students research branding processes, create communicative brand marks, and apply brand strategies to design systems, applications, products and services. Students engage in an in-depth study of brand qualities, ideals, elements and dynamics that shape brand visuals and messages. Emphasis is on creating strong, clear conceptualization processes over a series of related, branded communication pieces that cross digital, social media and print formats.
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CDES 3625 - Narrative Design
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 2080; and CDES 2222 or CDES 2300 or CDES 3222 or CDES 3400 with “C-” or better in each; or permission of department. Student must supply a suitable laptop computer.
Description: This course explores the challenge of designing for linear versus non-linear narrative structures. Diverse design principles and ideologies are covered. Exploration focuses on inventive formulation of content and media using contemporary digital design techniques and technologies to convey plot and storyline. The role of narrative in culture and society is discussed. Research and presentation skills, conceptual thinking, and the integration of technological and design methodologies are explored throughout the course. This is an integrated media course.
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CDES 3980 - Communication Design Junior Internship
Credits: 1-4
Prerequisite(s): At least sophomore standing; cumulative MSU Denver GPA of 2.5 or higher; and CDES 2625 with a “C-” or better; or permission of department
Description: This course is a junior-level, communication design internship in which students gain “real world” experience in the discipline of design, building upon previous knowledge gained in the classroom. This course functions as an elective and can be a precursor to the required, senior-level CDES 4625.
Note: Variable credit; course may be repeated for a maximum of 12 total credits. Repeated experiences must either be at different employers or with significantly different tasks. Fieldwork requires a minimum of 50 contact hours for each semester hour.
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CDES 4000 - Zeromile and ‘Zines I
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 2080 or ARTH 3080 and CDES 2625 with C- or better in each; or permission of department. Student must supply a suitable laptop computer.
Description: This course is an examination of communication design’s role in print publishing. Zeromile is a self-funded, biannual, print and Internet magazine published collectively by students and faculty in the Communication Design program. In addition to performing a staff role on Zeromile, students produce content and self-publish their own magazines (‘zines) and books. Topics include editorial design and content development, print publishing software and tools, print production and post-production techniques, copyrighting, publication, distribution and the business of publishing.
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CDES 4001 - Zeromile and ‘Zines II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CDES 4000 with “C-” or better; or permission of department. Student must supply a suitable laptop computer.
Description: This course builds upon the skills and knowledge acquired in CDES 4000 Zeromile and ‘Zines I. Zeromile is a self-funded, bi-annual, print and Internet magazine published collectively by students and faculty in the Communication Design program. Students are responsible for working in teams to lead the design and production of Zeromile, while offering mentorship to students in CDES 4000. Additional experiences include producing a numbered edition of self-published ‘zines or books. Emphasis is on developing a personalized vision for editorial content as delivered through a unique publication format derived by the student’s own design exploration.
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CDES 4100 - Community-Based Design I
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 2080 and ART 3237 or ART 3393 or CDES 3400 or CDES 3625 with “C-” or better in each; or permission of department. Student must supply a suitable laptop computer.
Description: This course challenges students to formulate design solutions that create positive change for underserved or marginalized communities and individuals. Sometimes referred to as design in the public interest, this course facilitates interaction between student designers and those in need of life-changing design solutions. Students work in teams to solve triple bottom line issues through social, environmental and economic filters. Emphasis is on development projects that can be implemented regionally, nationally or internationally. Students are required to work in a highly inclusive manner with project participants. This is an integrated media course. (Service Learning)
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CDES 4101 - Community-Based Design II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CDES 4100 with “C-” or better; or permission of department. Student must supply a suitable laptop computer.
Description: This course builds upon the skills and knowledge acquired in CDES 4100 Community-Based Design I. Focusing on design interventions that address underserved or marginalized audiences, this course brings real-world design problems into the classroom studio. Students work in teams as problem-seekers, identifying design deficiencies that can be the motivation for semester-long research, development, and actual implementation. Students demonstrate an evolving sophistication in solving triple bottom line issues through social, environmental and economic filters. Students are required to work in a highly inclusive manner with project participants, peers and members of the community, demonstrating sensitivity to a range of human-centered design issues. This is an integrated media course. (Service Learning)
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CDES 4200 - User Interface Design I
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 2080 and CDES 3400, plus either CDES 2300 or ART 3393 or ART 3591 or ART 3631 or ART 4591 with “C-” or better in each; or permission of department. Student must supply a suitable laptop computer.
Description: This course explores the theory and practice of designing for multiple devices. It provides students with the knowledge of how to create and implement consistent design applications that function across multiple devices and scenarios. Students are encouraged to design interfaces that respond to changes in the current environment. Emphasis is on the exploration of trends in technology that are bridging disciplines and offering new opportunities to designers. This is an integrated media course.
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CDES 4201 - User Interface Design II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CDES 4200 with “C-” or better or permission of department. Student must supply a suitable laptop computer.
Description: This course builds upon the skills and knowledge acquired in CDES 4200 User Interface Design I. Students continue to explore the theory and practice of designing for multiple devices and specific user interfaces with the introduction of advanced interface design variables. This course provides students with expanded knowledge of how to create design applications that function across multiple devices and scenarios. Students are encouraged to design interfaces that dynamically respond to changes in the current environment. Emphasis is on the exploration of trends in technology that are bridging disciplines and offering new opportunities to designers. This is an integrated media course.
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CDES 4300 - Variable Topics in Communication Design
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CDES 2222 and CDES 2225 with a “C-” or better, or permission of department
Corequisite(s): CDES 2226
Description: This course provides a thematic forum in communication design for advanced-level students to develop critical and technical skills as they relate to contemporary design practices. Exploration within the theme focuses on developing skills that communicate to diversified communities and are relevant to contemporary design culture. Students foster a visual language that reflects thematic course content. Projects may be produced in a variety of design applications based on course content. Variable topics: may be repeated for up to 9 credits under different topics.
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CDES 4600 - Communication Design Portfolio Development
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing; completion of all General Studies requirements; ARTH 2080, CDES 3225, CDES 3623, and CDES 3625 with “C-” or better in each; or permission of department. Student must supply a suitable laptop computer.
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ARTH 3690 and CDES 4000 or CDES 4100 or CDES 4200
Description: This course supports the needs of BFA communication design students who are approaching graduation. Students take an existing body of work and refine it for the purposes of generating final portfolio solutions. Students explore the critical nature of their work by clarifying project results, and as necessary, redeveloping outcomes, for presentation in both web and print-based portfolios. Writing and critical inquiry skills supporting portfolio development are emphasized. The portfolio work generated in this course will be used in the subsequent course CDES 4721 Communication Design Senior Experience: Exhibition and Thesis.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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CDES 4625 - Communication Design Internship
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CDES 3225 with “C-” or better and permission of department
Description: This course focuses on a communication design internship selected for its professional challenges and overall integrity. Students gain “real world” experiences in the discipline of design building upon previous knowledge gained in the classroom. Fieldwork requires a minimum of 150 contact hours for three semester credit hours. This course is restricted to communication design majors.
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CDES 4650 - Studio M
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CDES 3225 with “C-” or better and permission of department. Student must supply a suitable laptop computer.
Description: This course provides studio experience to students in communication design. An alternative internship experience, Studio M is a collaborative effort between Metropolitan State University of Denver, College Communications, and the Communication Design program within the Department of Art. Studio M operates as a functioning design studio where students work collaboratively with their peers, faculty and college staff. Projects derived from the college community are taken from initiation and planning through to final production and implementation. This unique opportunity requires students to apply for a limited number of available design positions at Studio M. Studio work requires a minimum of 150 contact hours for three semester hours. The course fulfills the senior level internship requirement in the communication design major. (Service Learning)
Note: This course may be repeated once for up to 6 credits total.
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CDES 4700 - Professional Practices in Communication Design
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CDES 3222 and CDES 3623 with “C-” or better in each; or permission of department. Student must supply a suitable laptop computer.
Description: This course provides an overview of professional practices in communication design. Professional practices range from resume writing and job application material development to best practices in conducting contract and freelance work and pitching concepts in front of clients. Topics include strategies for personal communications packages, networking, applying for jobs, interviewing skills, and ethical practices in the work place as design firm employee or proprietor. Entrepreneurial initiatives are covered from starting a business to negotiating contract and/or freelance work and bidding on jobs. This course is restricted to communication design majors.
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CDES 4721 - Communication Design Senior Experience: Exhibition and Thesis
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Satisfaction of all General Studies course requirements; ARTH 3690 and ARTH 4480 with “C-” or better in each; senior standing; or permission of department. Student must supply a suitable laptop computer.
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): CDES 4600 and CDES 4700
Description: This capstone course is tailored to the needs of the BFA communication design student. It brings closure to the concentration of study through the thesis, exhibition and senior review components. Students create a thesis project that demonstrates a commitment to their chosen area of interest or expertise in the field. Additionally students work in teams to conceptualize, design and present a cohesive body of work in a senior exhibition. A final review culminates in the exhibition. A student’s body of work will have been previously completed in other coursework for inclusion in this aspect of the course. Writing and critical inquiry skills supporting the exhibition are emphasized.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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CDES 4801 - Communication Design Studio Assistantship
Credits: 1-4
Prerequisite(s): Permission of department
Description: This studio course allows the advanced student to put into use the studio skills learned in previous courses to assist faculty and other students. Students learn to assist in laboratories, maintain tools and equipment, mix chemicals (if appropriate) and handle and stock supplies in an appropriate manner. They demonstrate techniques and assist other students with technical and creative questions.
Note: Variable credit; course may be repeated once for a maximum of 6 semester hours of credit with different duties.
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CDES 4802 - Letterpress Assistantship
Credits: 1-4
Prerequisite(s): Permission of department
Description: This studio course allows the advanced student to put into use letterpress printing operation and skills learned in previous courses and through specialized training workshops to assist faculty and other students. Students learn to assist in laboratories, maintain letterpress tools and equipment, and handle inks and stock supplies in an appropriate manner. They demonstrate techniques and assist other students with technical and creative questions.
Note: Variable credit; course may be repeated once for a maximum of 6 semester hours of credit.
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CDES 4842 - Directed Studies in Communication Design
Credits: 1-4
Prerequisite(s): CDES 3625 with “C-” or better and permission of department; student must provide a suitable laptop computer.
Description: This course provides advanced, independent studio work in communication design with emphasis on the production of finished work in preparation for either senior portfolio or thesis exhibition. The student integrates techniques and skills learned in previous courses to develop an individual voice and create a coherent body of work.
Note: Variable credit; this course may be repeated once for a maximum of 6 semester hours total credit.
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CAS 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. May be taught as hybrid.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CAS or HON.
General Studies: Oral Communication
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 1013
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CAS 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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CAS 1301 - Perspectives on Communication
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1010 or CAS 1010 or permission of instructor
Description: This course introduces students to the assumptions, topics, and approaches that contribute to communication as an academic discipline studying messages, meaning and media and their relationship to social issues. This course provides students with insight into communication as it works in interpersonal, group, organizational, rhetorical and media contexts.
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CAS 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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CAS 2160 - Organizational Communication Theory
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 1010 and CAS 1700 or permission of instructor
Description: This course acquaints students with relevant and current theoretical models of organizational communication systems and cultures. The course material includes formal and informal structures, group communication procedures, external organizational communication systems, informational effectiveness and ethical considerations.
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CAS 2301 - Communication Theory
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): CAS 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 maintenance, 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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CAS 2400 - Electronic Media and Society
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 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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CAS 2710 - Team and Group Communication
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 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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CAS 2720 - Nonverbal Communication
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 1010 and CAS 2301
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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CAS 2730 - Communication and Conflict
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 1010 or CAS 1710 or permission of 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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CAS 2760 - Intercultural Communication
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 1010 or CAS 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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CAS 2770 - Gender and Communication
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 1710 or permission of instructor
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: CAS or WMS.
General Studies: Arts and Humanities
Cross Listed Course(s): WMS 2770
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CAS 3080 - Great American Speakers
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 1010 and ENG 1010
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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CAS 3090 - Arguing Constructively
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 1010 and ENG 1010 or permission of instructor
Description: In this course, students 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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CAS 3100 - Business and Professional Speaking
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 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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CAS 3110 - Organizational Leadership
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 1010 and either CAS 2110 or CAS 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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CAS 3150 - Crisis Communication in Sustaining Organizations
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 1301 and CAS 2301 or permission of instructor
Description: This course addresses specific communication strategies for identifying crises, exploring sources of such crises, developing strategic plans for assessing their probability of occurrence, generating action plans, communicating such plans to various stakeholders, examining ethical implications of such plans including collateral damage (i.e., victims), and exploring new and emerging trends in crisis communication. Convergent media resources will be examined for their functional and dysfunctional contributions to crisis communication expression.
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CAS 3160 - Communication in Politics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 1010 or permission of 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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CAS 3165 - Organizational Identity
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 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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CAS 3170 - Interpersonal Negotiation
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 2301 and either CAS 1710 or CAS 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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CAS 3172 - Mediating Conflict
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): CAS 2730 and CAS 3170; or permission of 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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CAS 3200 - Water Conflict: Applied Leadership Communication
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 2730 or GEG 1910 or MGT 2200
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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CAS 3301 - Rhetorical Foundations of Communication
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 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: CAS or HON.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3304
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CAS 3400 - Media Industries
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 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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CAS 3410 - Writing for Broadcast Media
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 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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CAS 3420 - Process and Effects of Mass Communication
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 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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CAS 3430 - Performance for Broadcast
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 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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CAS 3440 - Television Production
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 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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CAS 3445 - Producing Multi-Platform Content
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 2400, CAS 3410, and either CAS 3440 or CAS 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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CAS 3450 - Sports Broadcasting: Techniques and Practices
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 2400 or HPS 2730; and CAS 3440 or CAS 3480
Description: By examining all aspects of sports broadcasting, this course explores the aesthetics and technical skills of reporting, writing leads, developing style, editing, managing production, and adhering to ethics, as well as guidance on working in amateur and professional sports media. Through discussion, examples, pre- and post-production activities, students focus on the new demands and necessary skills needed for sports media in the broadcast domain.
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CAS 3460 - Audio Production
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 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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CAS 3470 - Producing the TV Newscast
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 2400 and (CAS 3440 or permission of instructor)
Description: This course introduces students to producing television news. This includes writing for TV news, in-studio production techniques, as well as post-production considerations in the creation of news packages. Business aspects of the broadcast news industry are explored, as well as legal and ethical issues that arise in news production.
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CAS 3480 - Workshop in Radio Production
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 2400 and CAS 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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CAS 3490 - Cinema as Communication
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 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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CAS 3710 - High Performance Teams
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 2710 and CAS 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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CAS 3740 - Speech and Thought in a Digital Age
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 1010 or CAS 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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CAS 3760 - Diversity and Communication in the U.S.
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 1010 or CAS 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.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CAS or HON.
General Studies: Social and Behavioral Sciences II
University Requirement(s): Multicultural
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3760
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CAS 3770 - Family Communication
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 1710 or CAS 2710
Description: This course is designed to assist students to better understand and improve interpersonal communication processes in families, including dual-career communication problems, personality patterns, family group roles and their impact on interaction, verbal and nonverbal messages in family contexts, and managing family interpersonal conflict and change.
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CAS 3980 - Internship in Communication Studies
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 1010
Description: This course gives students an internship experience working in any one of a broad range of jobs and careers that have communication skills as a key part of the job description and daily operations in the organization or company.
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CAS 4030 - Advocacy and Social Justice
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 1010 or permission of instructor
Description: In this course, students examine social advocacy from the communication perspective. Emphasis is placed on communication styles and the premises associated with a social justice sensibility, informed by communication theory and applied communication practices. Students identify a social justice problem in the local community, design an intervention, and engage the community with various communication strategies and techniques. The class combines classroom instruction with coordinated, integrated, and structured volunteer service.
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CAS 4080 - Rhetorical Criticism
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 1010 and junior/senior standing, or permission of instructor
Description: This course focuses on the historical and critical methodologies for analyzing rhetorical efforts, both from the points of view of an intellectual discipline and as a practical art in a democratic society.
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CAS 4100 - Techniques of Persuasion
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 2301 or CAS 3090 or permission of instructor
Description: This course investigates the factors that influence individuals and groups through the media of persuasive rhetorical campaigns. This course involves specific investigation and analysis of twentieth century persuasive campaigns. Students will have opportunities to study and develop persuasive campaigns in various rhetorical areas.
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CAS 4120 - Freedom of Speech
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 1010, ENG 1010, ENG 1020, and senior standing; or permission of instructor
Description: This course is a study of the historical and social influences with inquiry into the legacy of our inherited rights to free speech. This course examines the first amendment’s clause on freedom of speech and the press, threats to this freedom and special inquiry into contemporary issues and cases.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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CAS 4160 - Advanced Organizational Communication
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 2160
Description: Organizations and organizational communication occur within a broader systematic framework embedded in social, economic, political, and cultural contexts. This course explores global organizational communication that contributes to sustainable and healthy organizational environments and organizational success. The healthy organization of the 21st century fosters well-being in employees while simultaneously meeting fiduciary, societal, and ethical responsibilities.
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CAS 4200 - Gender in Popular Culture
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 2770
Description: This course examines popular culture as a mechanism of mediated communication and explores how the forces of popular culture interact with ideas of gender. This course investigates and analyzes issues relevant to representations of gender in popular culture, including constructions of identity, femininity and masculinity, sexuality, and expectations regarding home, work, and family.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CAS or WMS
Cross Listed Course(s): WMS 4200
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CAS 4300 - Acting Like a Teacher
Credits: 2
Prerequisite(s): Satisfaction of General Studies requirements in Oral Communication
Description: This class examines and explores the formation of classroom presence using a variety of acting, speaking and vocal techniques to develop, build, and encourage skills supporting an effective classroom persona. Students will practice and demonstrate body movement, posture, and deportment skills along with verbal and nonverbal communication skills to support classroom management and motivate pupil attention and engagement. Students will identify, learn, and practice intentional vocal and visual techniques to make instructional communication more effective.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix.
Course Revised February 8, 2017
Cross Listed Course(s): EDU 4300, THE 4300
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CAS 4301 - Communication Ethics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): CAS 3301
Description: This course identifies key perspectives in communication ethics. Topics include civility, morality/integrity, duty, the self as an ethical agent, organizational ethics, and media ethics. Students will apply traditional ethical principles to a variety of communication contexts including interpersonal, small group, team, organizations, and mediated situations.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CAS or HON.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 4301
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CAS 4310 - Trends in Communication Studies: Variable Topics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 1010 and CAS 1301
Description: The purpose of this special topics course is to introduce students to an in depth discussion of issues or research within the field of communication studies. The course may be taken for up to 9 credit hours under different titles.
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CAS 4410 - The Denver Media Roadshow
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 2400
Description: This field research course offers students the opportunity for guided, onsite visits with industry professionals in a variety of communication and media companies in and around Denver. It will consist of an orientation session, class sessions in the field, and an online component. Students will learn firsthand about the business and the day-to-day operations of these companies from the industry perspective. Students will have the chance to meet and interact with media/communications professionals. Presentations by industry professionals will focus on facets of their business and issues related to the local, national, and international marketplace.
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CAS 4420 - On-Air Broadcasting
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 3430 or CAS 3440, and CAS Broadcasting major, or permission of instructor
Description: This course is designed to provide three semester hours of academic credit for students who successfully work regularly on MSU Denver Office of Student Media radio and television productions as reporters, editors, photographers, anchors and crew during a school semester. Students will work collaboratively with either an Anchor/Host/Reporter or the Crew/Technical Staff in the Student Media offices and Media Center.
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CAS 4430 - Electronic Media Management
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 2400 or permission of instructor
Description: This course examines management tasks and functions as they exist in a variety of electronic media. The course focuses on relevant management theory, technical operations, economics, business functions and practices, programming, regulation, marketing, sales, and audience considerations specific to electronic media.
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CAS 4440 - Advanced Television Production
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 2400, CAS 3410, and CAS 3440; or permission of instructor
Description: This is an advanced course in digital production skills for both studio and the field projects. Specific focus is on digital, high-definition workflow and file-based capture and finishing. This course allows students independence and the opportunity for formative research, including team building, financing possibilities, target audience evaluation, and potential distribution venues.
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CAS 4445 - Television Performance: News Anchoring and Weathercasting
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 2400 and either CAS 3430 or CAS 3440; or permission of instructor
Description: This course focuses on the application of professional principles of on-air performance for students seeking careers as news anchors, reporters, and/or weathercasters. Topics include development of vocal performance techniques, delivery style and on-camera appearance, audience perceptions, and performance requirements specific to on-camera performers in roles as news anchors, reporters, and weathercasters.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CAS or MTR.
Cross Listed Course(s): MTR 4445
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CAS 4450 - Writing for Broadcast Journalism
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 2400 and CAS 3410; or permission of instructor
Description: This course is designed to help students develop writing skills for a broad array of media. Students will also study journalism ethics and the law as it applies to broadcast news.
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CAS 4460 - Sports Discourse in Media and Culture
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 2400 or permission of in structor
Description: Sports talk has moved off the playing field and into day-to-day discourse in interpersonal, organizational and public communication. This course explores metaphors, mythology, idioms and ideas that emerge from the world of sports and how they impact discourse about gender, community, politics, identity, education, ethnicity, parenting, and organizational life. The role of broadcast media is critically examined for its role in encouraging a cultural dialogue of sports metaphors.
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CAS 4470 - TV Criticism: Production and Content
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 3440 or permission of instructor
Description: This course analyzes contemporary television programming for aesthetics and effectiveness. All production elements and the content of programs are critiqued to create a more discerning audience and/or program creator.
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CAS 4480 - Advanced Radio Production
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 3480 or permission of instructor
Description: In this course, students continue their studies at the university CAS Sound Hub facility and online station, WCAS Radio. Students are given responsibility for creating regularly-scheduled program “air shifts” and will create both all-live and recorded-live station programming blocks. Students enrolled in this course become the semester’s staff-in-training at the WCAS Radio Broadcast Control Center. This is not an internship.
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CAS 4700 - Communication and the Trainer
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 1710 and CAS 2301; or permission of instructor
Description: This course is designed to teach students how to translate their liberal arts background into on-the-job communication training programs using interpersonal and group dynamics skills. Actual demonstrations via video will be used, allowing students the opportunity to practice and evaluate their program design and training communication style in front of real audiences.
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CAS 4750 - Communication Strategies for Effecting Change
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 2160 or permission of instructor
Description: In this course, students develop communication skills for personal and professional understandings and communicative enactments of organizational change in the 21st century. Having the ability to plan, engage, evaluate, and survive organizational change are necessary skills in today’s quickly changing organizational environments. This course explores communicative processes from a systemic theoretical framework and how those changes at a personal level intersect with change at the organizational level in the form of organizational narratives and organizational strategic initiatives.
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CAS 4755 - Consulting and Organizational Development
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 4700 and CAS 4750; or permission of instructor
Description: This course content explores the processes and procedures required in interactive interventions that assist a person, group, or organization by mobilizing internal and external resources to address problem confrontations and change efforts. Included are communication strategies for handling line and staff conflicts, organizational climate issues, the development of employee supervision, training programs, organizational restructuring, retooling leadership, and administrational functions needed to enhance organizational development and change.
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CAS 4760 - Communication and the Elderly
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 1710 or CAS 2301
Description: This course is designed to investigate the particular communication patterns and problems of the aged. It focuses on culturally communicated attitudes toward elderly persons via media, marketing, and institutions, as well as specific communication issues of the aged, such as the communication of intimacy, friendship, control, interaction in work environments, home life, retirement, and death.
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CAS 4790 - Communication Theory Building and Research Methodology
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 2301 or CAS 3740; and CAS 2160 or CAS 4160; or permission of instructor
Description: This course is designed to provide students the opportunity to extend and apply their understanding of social science theory and communication theory specifically. Students will develop original theories in communication research from generation to verification.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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CIS 1005 - Surviving and Thriving in the E-World
Credits: 3
Description: This course emphasizes using the Internet and online resources to collect, understand, evaluate, and validate information relating to basic computer literacy and emerging technologies. Using different search terms and search engines, students will find information that describes computer hardware, software, information systems, Web 2.0, and big data, among other information technology topics. They will prepare brief abstracts and ratings of information gathered. Additionally, students will learn to use Word, Excel, and PowerPoint to prepare reports and business documents. This course does not serve as a pre-requisite for CIS 2010.
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CIS 1010 - Introduction to Computers
Credits: 3
Description: This course is designed for students who wish to use a microcomputer in their academic pursuits and their career. The student will learn how to use a personal computer with application software featuring word processing, spreadsheets, file management, graphics, electronic communications, and thesaurus/spelling checker. This course also reviews the historical, societal, ethical, and technological aspects of computers.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CIS or CSS.
Cross Listed Course(s): CSS 1010
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CIS 1080 - The World Wide Web, the Internet, and Beyond
Credits: 3
Description: This course is for anyone who uses or wants to access the World Wide Web or use the Internet. Students will master a set of basic skills including using electronic mail, logging-in to remote computers, obtaining online documents and software, and using a browser like Netscape to search and explore the World Wide Web for information. Students will also learn the fundamentals of Web page construction.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CIS or CSS.
Cross Listed Course(s): CSS 1080
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CIS 2010 - Foundations of Information Systems
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Completion of General Studies requirements in Written Communication, Oral Communication, and Quantitative Literacy; and CIS/CSS 1010 with a grade of “C-” or better, or appropriate score on the Computer Information Systems computer literacy screening test.
Description: This course is an introduction to information systems from a business perspective. It introduces students to computer hardware and software, use of productivity tools and the Internet to solve business problems, and an introduction to fundamental and functional business information systems.
Note: This course is primarily intended for students with majors in the College of Business. Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CIS or HON.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 2011
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CIS 2110 - Structured Problem Solving in Information Systems
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CIS 2010
Description: This is a problem-solving course in which the tools of structured design are used to design computerized solutions to business problems. Techniques of procedural programming languages are used to implement these designs. Emphasis is placed on the implementation of the three logic constructs in procedural languages: sequence, selection, and iteration. Students will be required to develop, test, and debug programs in one or more languages, using a variety of hardware and operating system platforms.
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