CT - Communication

CT - COMMUNICATION

CT 103 – Introduction to Digital Media Applications (1)

Make your information stand out! In this introductory course, students will explore various computer applications that are useful for professional settings, particularly presentations and information sharing. Students will study effective design for presentation materials and posters and apply those concepts to assignments and projects. Emphasis will be placed on PowerPoint presentations and web-based tools.

CT 111: College Newspaper Staff (1)

This course offers students the opportunity to explore aspects of reporting, writing, editing, photography, and graphic layout used in newspapers. Research and writing skills, as well as initiative and self-discipline, are emphasized. Students will work together in planning and design, as well as in implementation of publication of the student newspaper. This course may be taken up to six times for credit.

CT 200: Variable Topics in Communication (3)

In this course students will have the opportunity to study material not usually covered in the present course offerings.

CT 233: Communication Skills I: Interpersonal Communication (3)

This course goes beyond the basic verbal communication offering by developing the skills of critical listening and by emphasizing the wide range of nonverbal messages as they influence the speech communication process. A combination of activities is designed to provide insight into the relationship between perception of self and success in the communicative/interactive process. (General Education: Foundational Series: Communication)

CT 253: Field Experience I (3)

This course offers the associate degree students opportunity for directed work experience in the field of communication.

CT 300: Variable Topics in Communication (3)

In this course students will have the opportunity to study material not usually covered in the present course offerings.

Prerequisite: CT 233 and EN 113.

CT 303: Electronic Media (3)

This course is a study of media and its effects on culture by consideration of how media technologies develop, operate, converge, and affect society. It will provide an introduction to today's global media environment and ongoing developments in technology, culture, and critical theory that continue to transform this rapidly evolving industry.

CT 311: College Newspaper Editor (1)

This course offers students the opportunity to edit and manage a small publication. Teamwork and leadership skills, as well as initiative and self-discipline, are emphasized. Editor will lead a student group in planning and design, as well as in implementation of publication of the student newspaper. This course may be taken up to two times for credit.

Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

CT 313: Social Media (3)

A study of planning and methods in social media marketing, to include targeted platforms for reaching marketing goals. Consideration will also be given to measurements and estimation of return on investment on social media marketing activities.

CT 323: Communication Skills II: Public Speaking (3)

This course continues the proficiency in verbal and non-verbal communication gained in CT 233 Communication Skills I: Interpersonal Communication, with increased one-to-one and group skills involving presentations (talks/speeches) on a variety of topics. Limited to 20 students.

Prerequisite: CT 233.

CT 333: Applied Communications Skills (3)

This course explores both verbal and written communication skills in order to enhance the students' ability to effectively create workplace messages. Critical thinking strategies will be studied as a means of producing more logical, informed communications. Emphasis will be placed on oral, written, and digital communication, based on probable situations encountered in the work world.

Prerequisite: EN 133, PH 103, and CT 303 or CT 313, or instructor consent.

CT 363: Gender and Communication (3)

This course examines the relationship between gender and communication. The goal is to develop a broad definition of gender and how this knowledge connects with our personal identity, our experiences, and our positions in society. Students will examine how gender and communication exist within a societal framework and look at gender and communication within various societal contexts. 

Prerequisite: CT 233 and PH 103.

CT 413: Communication Theory (3)

This course is concerned with understanding some of the many approaches to the study and analysis of communication. Consideration of the background, principles, and implications of particular approaches or theories will be accompanied by attention to the ways that differing approaches and theories color the ways communication behaviors are perceived and interpreted. (General Education: Intellect and Inquiry Series: Inquiry and Intellectual Judgment) (Writing Intensive)

CT 443: Persuasion and Social Influence (3)

Persuasion is a form of social influence in which an audience is intentionally encouraged to adopt an idea, attitude, or course of action by symbolic means. This course is an investigation of communication's critical role in persuasion and social influence processes, from the way influential messages are composed to the technologies that disseminate them and the effects they have on various audiences.

Prerequisite: CT 233, EN 133, PH 103.

CT 453: Speechwriting (3)

This course deals with how to analyze audiences, target them with a message, interview the speaker and research the speech, form the material into a compelling story, give it structure, write it with style, create visual aids, and coach the speaker through the delivery process.

Prerequisite: CT 233, CT 323, EN 133, PH 103.

CT 493: Advanced Interpersonal Communication (3)

This course goes beyond the basic verbal communication offering by developing the skills of critical listening and by emphasizing the wide range of nonverbal messages as they influence the speech communication process. A combination of activities is designed to provide insight into the relationship between perception of self and success in the communicative/interactive process. 

Prerequisite: CT 233 and EN 133.

CT 4003: Internship (3)

This course offers the students opportunity for directed work experience in the field of communication. Besides providing this work experience, this course requires each student to present a reflection paper on the work experience.

Prerequisite: EN 133, PH 103, CT 303 or CT 313, and at least one Distribution Elective course, or instructor consent.