Students will examine both practical and fundamental concepts in communication studies and the effects of language, mass communications, performative...
An introduction to the basic approaches and principles for gathering and analyzing quantitative data in communication studies. Topics include sampling...
An introduction to the qualitative research in communication studies. Topics may include research ethics, discourse analysis, textual analysis,...
An introduction to theoretical and methodological approaches to cultural studies focusing on communicative practice. Students will analyse...
An introduction to various theories on the organization, use and manipulation of language, such as semiotics, sociolinguistics, interpersonal...
A survey of human communication throughout history and across cultures. This course will include discussions of orality and literacy; manuscript,...
An examination of the occupational, professional and organizational structures and processes of media production in the press, radio, television and...
The course will investigate a variety of styles and registers from the conversational to the literary and academic. Three hours; one term ...
This course offers instruction on a variety of professional communication forms such as resumes, letters of inquiry, proposals, press releases and the...
An introduction to the study of performative modes of communication such as storytelling, gesture, movement, dress. Students will learn to analyze the...
An examination of gender as identities performed or constructed in complex social, historical and cultural processes and conditions, including how...
A course of lectures and discussions that explores the concept of visual literacy and examines the ways in which fine and popular arts structure our...
A comparative examination of changing patterns of ownership and control of the mass media in light of globalization, technological change, government...
This course examines the impact and recent history of the digital arts.
An introduction to fundamental skills, knowledge, theory and problem-solving techniques currently used in the practice of public relations in Canada,...
A survey of music traditions of non-European cultures, e.g., far Eastern, Indian, African. Three lectures; one term Prerequisite(s): Registration in...
Popular music, its social meanings and media and technology interactions, from rock-and-roll to now. Topics include rhythm and blues (Chuck Berry),...
An examination of how music functions to help create meanings in film and television programs. Examples will be drawn from throughout the history of...
This course will examine ethical issues as they arise in interpersonal communication, social media, and mass communication. The dominant moral...
