Undergraduate Course Catalog 2006-2007
College of Liberal Arts
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Communication (CMN)
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Chairperson: Lawrence J. Prelli
Professor: Beverly James, Sheila McNamee, Joshua Meyrowitz
Associate Professor: Patrick J. Daley, James M. Farrell, Sally W. Jacoby, John Lannamann, Lawrence J. Prelli
Assistant Professor: Jennifer L. Borda, Carol B. Conaway, Melissa D. Deem, Mardi J. Kidwell
Lecturer: R. Michael Jackson
The Department of Communication offers a major that emphasizes a range
of integrative studies in human communication, including rhetorical
studies, media studies, and interpersonal/small group studies. Students
are taught analysis of communication transactions through historical,
critical, and empirical investigations. Students examine verbal,
nonverbal, and mediated messages across a wide spectrum of
communication interactions: intrapersonal, interpersonal, group, and
mass. They explore connections and interrelationships among various
types of communication, theoretical perspectives, and methodological
approaches.
While the major emphasizes critical analysis and
understanding grounded in theory and research, application of
understanding to a variety of communication settings and processes is
an important dimension of study.
Students wishing to declare communication as a major
should contact the director for majors, Professor Sally Jacoby, for
application information and requirements.
Communication Major
Majors must complete nine courses (36 credits) with
a 2.00 overall average in the major. The distribution of required
courses for the major is as follows:
Three introductory courses
CMN 455, 456, and 457 (12 credits). Majors must earn a grade of C or
better in each introductory course before moving on to the same area
500-level courses.
Three 500-level courses (12 credits), one from each of the following areas
Media Studies (prerequisite: C or better in CMN 455): CMN 515, 519, 550, 567, 596
Rhetorical Studies (prerequisite: C or better in CMN 456): CMN 504, 507, 557, 597
Interpersonal Studies (prerequisite: C or better in CMN 457): CMN 503, 530, 572, 583, 598
Majors must earn a grade of C- or better in all intermediate-level
courses. CMN 599 cannot be used to fulfill an intermediate course
requirement.
Three advanced 600- and/or 700-level courses (12 credits) from among
any of the three areas of study (prerequisites: CMN 455, 456, and 457
with grades of C or better, and an area-relevant 500-level prerequisite
course with a grade of C- or better). Majors must earn a grade of C- or
better in all advanced-level courses.
A maximum of 4 credits of independent study (CMN 795) may be counted
toward the major. CMN 799 (Honors Thesis) and CMN 796 (Commentary)
cannot be used to fulfill an advanced course requirement.
Transfer students must complete 18 credits of their
communication coursework at UNH to complete the major satisfactorily.
Exchange students may transfer no more than 10 approved credits from
another institution to be applied toward completion of the
communication major at UNH.
Rhetoric and Public Address Minor
The rhetoric minor consists of five courses (20 credits). Students must
complete CMN 456, Propaganda and Persuasion, with a grade of C or
better. Any additional four rhetoric courses with a grade of C- or
better from the following list will satisfy the minor requirements;
however, one of the listed 500-level courses is required prior to
enrollment in any 600- or 700-level course: CMN 504, 507, 557, 600,
607, 645, 656, 657 (may be taken more than once, with different
topics), 697, and 703.
Media Practices Option
This option is designed for qualified students who want to augment
their Communication major at Durham with training in media production
and applied media communication through courses in the Communication
Arts Department at the Manchester Campus. Qualified students who meet
all requirements will graduate with a BA degree in Communication with a
Media Practices Option. In addition to Communication major
requirements, students are required to take two designated media
practices courses at the Manchester campus and complete a media
practices internship (CMN 599). Students must maintain both an in-major
and cumulative GPA of at least 2.5 to satisfactorily complete the Media
Practices Option.
