Study of various dimensions of communication pertaining specifically to African-Americans. Communication patterns within the African-American community, as well as communication patterns about that community, are analyzed.
Overview of the scope and importance of communication in business, and the development of business communication skills students will employ throughout their professional careers.
Analysis of rap music as a communicative force both within and about hip-hop culture. Topics of study include the origins, development, and participants of the culture with special emphasis on rap music as the primary vehicle of communication.
The course examines how gender identities, roles, and norms have been structured within different modes of communication (e.g., interpersonal, mass media and institutional