CM-115 Communication Seminar 1 (4 credits)
Communication Seminar I focuses on the separate communication modes of reading, writing, speaking, listening, and information technological literacy as methods of making meaning. As students explore ideas from print and online resources, personal experience, and active learning situations, they recognize the impact on meaning of language elements such as audience, context, focus, purpose, and structure. Individually and in small and large group activities, students expand their understanding of complex topics and critical thinking skills. Students develop an awareness of self-management strategies such as time management, study skills, vocabulary acquisition, and independent research, and learn to employ self assessment and feedback to evaluate their progress in this course and across the curriculum.
Prerequisite(s): Open to AAS students only.
CM-115L Communication Lab (1 credit)
In this Associate of Arts and Science course, students develop strategies for effective studying, time management and planning, and self assessment. They apply these strategies to work from their quantitative literacy and communication courses within the lab session.
Prerequisite(s): Class open to AAS students only.
CM-120 Communication Seminar 1 (4 credits)
Communication Seminar I focuses on the separate communication modes of reading, writing, speaking, listening, and information technological literacy as methods of making meaning. As students explore ideas from print and online resources, personal experience, and active learning situations, they recognize the impact on meaning of language elements such as audience, context, focus, purpose, and structure. Individually and in small and large group activities, students expand their understanding of complex topics and critical thinking skills. Students develop an awareness of self-management strategies such as time management, study skills, vocabulary acquisition, and independent research, and learn to employ self assessment and feedback to evaluate their progress in this course and across the curriculum.
CM-120C Communication Seminar 1 (4 credits)
Communication Seminar I focuses on the separate communication modes of reading, writing, speaking, listening, and information technological literacy as methods of making meaning. As students explore ideas from print and online resources, personal experience, and active learning situations, they recognize the impact on meaning of language elements such as audience, context, focus, purpose, and structure. Individually and in small and large group activities, students expand their understanding of complex topics and critical thinking skills. Students develop an awareness of self-management strategies such as time management, study skills, vocabulary acquisition, and independent research, and learn to employ self assessment and feedback to evaluate their progress in this course and across the curriculum.
CM-125 Communication Seminar 2 (3 credits)
The student works to refine communication abilities (listening, reading, speaking, writing and information technology literacy) for academic purposes to become more effective in performances and processes as well as in self-assessment ability in relation to development as a communicator.
Prerequisite(s): CM-120
CM-125C Communication Seminar 2 (3 credits)
The student works to refine communication abilities (listening, reading, speaking, writing and information technology literacy) for academic purposes to become more effective in performances and processes as well as in self-assessment ability in relation to development as a communicator.
CM-225 Communication Seminar 3 (3 credits)
The student works to communicate at an increasingly sophisticated level, using multiple communication abilities (listening, reading, speaking, writing and information technology literacy) to develop persuasive and well-researched integrated performances in preparation for advanced communication in disciplinary contexts.
Prerequisite(s): CM-125
CM-225C Communication Seminar 3 (3 credits)
The student works to communicate at an increasingly sophisticated level, using multiple communication abilities (listening, reading, speaking, writing and information technology literacy) to develop persuasive and well-researched integrated performances in preparation for advanced communication in disciplinary contexts.
Prerequisite(s): CM-125C
CM-500 Introduction to Graduate School Writing (0 credits)
This course reviews the types of reading and writing that most graduate students must interact with and produce, as well as the processes and strategies that support success in professional-level reading and writing. Graduate writers will also develop and practice key editing skills, which are integrated into each lesson. The student will become familiar with selected online resources that help writers continue individualized skills development in editing; drafting, composing, and revising processes; doing research; and citing sources. The course is fully online.
CM-501 APA Upgrade (0 credits)
This go-at-your-own-pace workshop is an asynchronous online experience that will reframe APA through graduate and disciplinary lenses. You'll learn how the APA format standards reflect the standards of your discipline, and you'll discover and practice using recommended resources to help you expand your comfort and accuracy beyond the basic reference page. You'll also learn about APA's bias-free language standards, which are reflected in most professional disciplines today. One-on-one appointments with your instructor are available if you'd like to work through how to apply APA standards to a current course assignment.
CM-502 Support for Multilingual Writers (0 credits)
This class provides practice with strategies for graduate-level writing. The class meets synchronously, but you will attend only the meetings that you and the instructor decide are best for your writing needs. Topics covered include following APA guidelines, writing about quantitative data, expressing varying levels of certainty, etc. The goal of the course is to provide strategies and resources so that you can approach written assignments with confidence. One-on-one appointments with your instructor are available if you'd like to work together on some of your own course writing. Registration available throughout the semester with instructor's consent.
CM-503 Source-Heavy Writing (0 credits)
This class offers strategies to bolster the resource management, synthesis, and documentation skills that play major roles in most all graduate writing. You'll learn what faculty - and your discipline! - expect from your writing at the graduate level and how source management can make the process more manageable, creative, and uplifting. The course offers a blend of synchronous and asynchronous online meetings in alternate weeks, and one-on-one appointments with your instructor are available if you'd like to share and work through some of your own course writing.