课程信息
在这里，我们提供有关课程要求的信息, 每个项目的课程描述和罗德州学术地图, 一个学期一个学期的计划，帮助你在四年内毕业.
B通信.A. and Minor
The B.A. 在交流中，你可以专注于两个学习领域之一:
媒体传播与广告
The media communication and advertising concentration prepares students for careers in the media (TV, video, 播客/广播, streaming, social, journalism, sports, entertainment and digital) and advertising (marketing communications) industries. 在一位专业指导老师的帮助下, 学生可以把学习重点放在媒体上, advertising or some combination of these two growing and complementary fields. Students are encouraged to make use of the on-campus multimedia production studio and computer lab and join student-run organizations, 比如《esball官方网》(学生报纸), ANCHOR TV和WXIN (RIC广播电台). Internships with local media outlets/departments or marketing communications agencies are encouraged. 欲了解更多信息，请联系:Brian Knoth博士.D. (bknoth@prseniorcare.com)
语音，语言和听力科学
The speech, 语言与听力 science concentration gives students a basic understanding of speech, 语言与听力. Our curriculum covers the core courses considered by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) to be prerequisites for graduate study. While an advanced degree in speech-language pathology or audiology is required by ASHA, 我们的课程为学生提供研究生学习所需的背景知识. 我们的许多学生继续追求更高的学位.
程序/学习目标
媒体传播集中
完成本课程后，学生将能够:
- 应用社会科学研究成果, critical theories and methodologies related to the impact of mass media on American society and culture.
- Understand the local and global impact of new communication technologies on political, 社会和经济机构.
- 了解大众传媒组织的决策过程, 专注于组织, economic, 技术和社会对决策者的制约.
- 了解媒体伦理, law and regulation and cultural diversity and become responsible media practitioners.
- Understand how mass media is produced, reproduced, consumed and constructed within cultural context.
- 概念化, develop, plan and execute a media or multimedia project through the phases of production: pre-production, 制作及后期制作.
语言与听力科学专业
完成本课程后，学生将能够:
- Apply the skill of hearing speech sounds to the process of phonetic transcription.
- Apply theories of speech and language development to data collected from a normal child.
- 了解语言和听觉的科学, 包括音响, 语言感知与解剖学和生理学.
- 了解听力学原理.
- Apply for and gain admission to graduate programs in speech and hearing science.
纪律写作
Why or in what ways is writing important to your discipline/field/profession?
The ability to communicate clearly is central to each concentration in the Communication Department. 写作是优秀新闻的核心, broadcasting, 纪录片电影制作, 公共关系, advertising, and public, professional, 以及学术话语. 你是否会做演讲, films, 网页内容, 广告, brochures, 或者学术文章, 清晰而有说服力地传达信息是很重要的.
Which courses are designated as satisfying the 纪律写作 (WID) requirement by your department?
The courses with a "W" next to their course number satisfy the WID requirement for the different concentrations within the Communication Department.
What forms or genres of writing will students learn and practice in your department’s WID courses? 为什么会有这些类型?
Students will practice and experiment with many different genres of academic, journalistic, 传播系专业写作. 学生创作的体裁将取决于他们选择的专业.
What kinds of teaching practices will students encounter in your department’s WID courses?
Students will encounter active and experiential teaching practices in the Communication Department’s WID courses. 大多数写作作业都包括老师的书面反馈, 有些涉及到几份草稿和个人面对面的反馈, 还有一些涉及同行评估和反馈. 学好写作是一个终生的过程. Instructors in the Communication Department take pride in nurturing students’ creativity and skills as part of that process.
当他们满足了你部门的WID要求时, 学生应该知道和能够做什么写作?
Students who have completed the WID requirement should feel confident in their ability to communicate effectively through writing in their field. They will have experiential, portfolio-building writing exercises to demonstrate their proficiency. 具体技能因专注程度而异.
What kinds of teaching practices will students encounter in your department’s WID courses?
在这个计划的过程中, students receive lots of instruction and feedback from their teachers on the forms and contents of their writing. They exercise their skills frequently in shorter writing assignments and have multiple opportunities for longer papers. They also engage in peer collaboration and peer review under the teachers’ supervision.
当他们完成了你们部门的WID要求, 学生应该知道和能够做什么写作?
When students have satisfied the requirements for writing in the discipline, 他们应该了解典型的写作目的和形式, and they should have practiced using common conventions of field-specific publications.