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Spring 2017 Course Offerings in Comm and Digital Studies

Here is a list of courses offered in Spring 2017 that meet requirements for either the Major in Communication and Digital Studies or the Minor in Digital Studies.

You can also view a condensed listing of Spring 2017 courses organized by the Major or Minor requirement that they meet.

For more information about a specific course, contact the professor or find the course on the Registrar’s web page.

ARTS 104: Digital Approaches to Fine Art

This course introduces basic tools and techniquies of computer generated art in the context of studio theory and practice.
  • 16140; 9:00-10:50am MW; TR Robinson
  • 16141; 11:00-12:50 MW; Robinson
 Digital Studies Core Elective

ARTS 454: Approaches to Video Art

 
  • 16967; 9:30-12:15 TR; Robinson
 Elective Elective

COMM 205: Public Speaking

Study of the basic principles of public address. Emphasis is on developing a theoretical and practical understanding of oral communication through practice in preparing, delivering, and criticizing speeches in class.

 
  • 12164; 6:00-7:15pm TR; Bachner
  • 12165; 7:30-8:45pm TR; Bachner 
  • 12166; 11:00-12:15 TR; Withers
  • 13052; 12:30-1:45pm TR; Withers
  • 16246; 2:00-3:15pm TR; Withers
  • 16247; 12:00-2:30pm S; Staff
  • 16525; 9:30-10:45am TR; Staff
 Communication Core Speaking Intensive

COMM 206: Small Group Communication

Study of the theories and principles of effective communication and decision making in small group contexts. Emphasis is on understanding communication capabilities as a participant in and leader of small groups.
  • 15710; 2:00-3:15 TR; Johnson-Young
 Communication Core Speaking Intensive

COMM 209: Argumentation

Study of the use of reasoning in persuasive communication with emphasis on the construction, evaluation, presentation, refutation, and defense of oral arguments.
  • 13735; 8:00-9:15am TR; Staff
 Communication Core ALPP

COMM 341: Communication Research Methods

 
  • 16249; 9:30-10:45 TR; Johnson-Young
  • 16250; 11:00-12:15 TR; Johnson-Young
 Communication Core (required)  WI

COMM 460: Seminar in Digital Rhetoric

 
  • 16849; 6:00-7:15 MW; Ohl
  • 16850; 12:30-1:45pm TR; Ohl
  • 16851; 2:00-3:15pm TR; Ohl
 Communication Core (required)  WI

CPSC 106: Digital Storytelling

People have been telling stories since the beginning of time, but how is story telling evolving in the digital age? This course explores how computers are being used to tell stories. Students will use technology including blogs, virtual worlds, and computer games to create and tell their own stories.
  • 12562; 5:00-7:45pm M; Dean
  • 15780; Online, Bond
 Digital Studies Core Elective Arts, Literature, and Performance: Process

CPSC 110: Introduction to Computer Science

This course provides a foundation in computer science for a student who does not have prior programming experience. Topics include an introduction to the algorithm and program development process using a high-level structured programming language and the department’s computing facilities.
  • 10401; Online; Polack
  • 10402; 6:00-8:45pm W; Allwine
  • 10403; 6:00-8:45 R; Solka
  • 10404; 11:00-12:15 TR; Zacharski
  • 10405; 8:30-9:45am MW; Jennings
  • 16218; 3:00-4:15pm MW; Jennings
  • 16907; 6:00-7:15pm MW; Staff
 Digital Studies Core Quantitative Reasoning

DGST 101: Intro to Digital Studies

Introduces an interdisciplinary approach to using technology and specifically provides a foundation for the Digital Studies Minor. Coursework may include digital approaches to creavity, historiography, media analysis and thinking critically about and through digital culture.
  • 16853; 9:00-9:50 MWF; Whalen
  • 16854; 10:00-10:50am MWF; Whalen
  • 16855; 12:30-1:45pm TR; Staff
 Digital Studies Core (required) Required Intro Class

DGST 201: Tinkering, Hacking & Making
  • 16284; 3:30-4:45pm TR; Arneson
 Elective Elective

DGST 395: Applied Digital Studies

Apply the skills and methodologies developed in the Digital Studies curriculum toward larger-scale, self-designed digital projects that contribute meaningfully to some cultural field, academic discipline, social issue, or other research question.
  • 16856; 11:00-11:50 MWF; Skallerup Bessette
 Digital Studies Core (required) Elective

ENGL 245: Introduction to Cinema Studies
  • 10236; 6:00-8:45pm T; Stommel
 Elective Elective

ENGL 252: Literature and Adaptation
  • 16873; 11:00-12:15 TR; Whalen

ENGL 314: The Literary Journal: Professional Practice in Publishing and Editing

A study of the contemporary national literary journal. Students also design and produce an on-line journal.
  • 12137; 1:00-1:50pm MWF; Wade
  • 15045; 2:00-2:50pm MWF; Wade
 Elective Elective

ENGL 350: Electronic Literature

 
  • 16879; 9:30-10:45am TR; Whalen
 Elective Elective

MUTC 170: Introduction to MIDI Composition

 
  • 16313; 2:00-3:15pm TR; Snyder
 Elective Elective

MUTC 330: Audio Production
  • 16314; 11:00-12:15 TR; Snider
 Elective Elective