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From the perspective of speech as a visual/performing art, this course provides an overview of the various communication skills and topics that affect the human experience across a variety of relationships and situations. This includes fundamentals of communication in personal and professional relationships, with special emphasis on interpersonal, computer-mediated, organizational, intercultural, and health communication, as well as listening skills. Students who complete this course will improve their ability to create, maintain, and cultivate meaningful relationships in the workplace, in social settings, and other contexts.

An independent study that provides first-year students with an opportunity to pursue a topic or project under the guidance of a communication and speech studies faculty member. By permission of instructor and department director.