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Fundamentals of Human Communication
CMN 4101 / 3 q.h.
June 25 - July 21
Boston Sa 8:30 AM-1:30 PM
This course provides a foundation for understanding the communication process as it applies to human interaction. Students examine how language, literacy, nonverbal messages, listening, perception, and other related variables affect the process of human communication. The course explores the relevance of communication to dyadic, group, organizational, political, and intercultural contexts.
Interpersonal and Group Communication
CMN 4102 / 3 q.h.
June 25 - July 21
Online
This course focuses on the interpersonal and group communication contexts. It examines skills and strategies necessary for developing and maintaining effective personal and professional relationships. Topics include perception, self-concept, emotions, attitudes and values, nonverbal communication, language, and methods of conflict resolution in group interaction.
(formerly Group Discussion)
Intercultural Communication
CMN 4235 / 3 q.h.
July 23 - August 18
Online
Those who develop intercultural awareness and patterns of perception and thinking will be able to communicate effectively across cultural boundaries. Topics include cultural differences in communication styles and assumptions, differing views of conflict and negotiation, language and nonverbal behavior, and cross-cultural communication, including valuing and managing diversity in various settings.
Professional Speaking
CMN 4251 / 3 q.h.
June 25 - July 21
Downtown (Hybrid) MW 5:30 PM-8:30 PM
Most organizational women and men are, at least periodically, in positions when they must make a presentation to colleagues or customers. This course examines methods for overcoming presentation anxiety, approaches to structuring presentations, and techniques related to presentation delivery. Students will be required to prepare, deliver, and evaluate professional presentations during the course.
(formerly CMN 4251 Business and Professional Speaking)
Organizational Communication
CMN 4301 / 3 q.h.
June 25 - July 21
Boston (Hybrid) TuTh 5:45 PM-8:45 PM
Online
June 25 - August 18
Burlington Th 5:45 PM-8:45 PM
Organizational Communication is the study of why communication is important for organizations and how individuals within organizations can become effective communicators. This foundational course introduces the theories and subtopics that are examined within the field.
Advanced Organizational Communication
CMN 4310 / 3 q.h.
June 25 - July 21
Boston (Hybrid) TuTh 5:45 PM-8:45 PM
July 23 - August 18
Online
This course examines the imperatives for successful organizational communication and requires students to analyze various organizations in terms of these imperatives. The course addresses issues germane to communication skill sets, information management, organizational culture and communication, and communication networks.
Prerequisite: CMN 4301 Organizational Communication.
Crisis Communication
CMN 4320 / 3 q.h.
July 23 - August 18
Boston (Hybrid) TuTh 5:45 PM-8:45 PM
Crisis occurs in organizations, and effective communication to internal and external stakeholders during crises can reduce the potential negative effects of these crises. This course examines proactive and reactive approaches to crisis communication from the perspective of practitioners and academics who have worked and studied within this area of organizational communication.
Prerequisite: CMN 4301 Organizational Communication.
Meeting Dynamics and Communication
CMN 4360 / 3 q.h.
June 25 - July 21
Burlington (Hybrid) MW 5:45 PM-8:45 PM
Meetings are perceived as timewasters by many organizational women and men. Nevertheless they are pervasive within organizations and can be valuable methods for communicating within organizations. This course examines the problems with organizational meetings and interventions that can be emplooyed as remedies for these problems.
Prerequisite: CMN 4301 Organizational Communication. |
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