Summer 2013 Credit Courses: Communications/Writing

BA in Liberal Studies: Communications/Media Studies >

The most recent syllabi available can be found in the Liberal Studies Syllabus Bank.

Journalism I
This survey course covers basic skills, which include news reporting and writing. Students are also introduced to the history, traditions, practices, laws, and ethics of journalism in the U.S.
Note: This course is 100% online; please visit www.purchase.edu/online for details.
AJO2515.60 / 4 credits
Tara George
Session IV (Intensive): July 8–26

College Writing
Students are guided through the writing process: rehearsing, drafting, conferring, revising, and editing. The course combines informal writing activities (e.g., journal writing, free writing) with more formal assignments, such as a research paper. Students are encouraged to discover their own “voices” and to write clearly and effectively about a given topic or reading assignment.
Note: This course is 100% online; please visit www.purchase.edu/online for details.
AWR1100.20 / 4 credits
Marie McGrath
Session II: June 6–July 25

Creative Writing Workshop
This course allows students to explore various genres, including poetry, the short story, and the memoir. Students should be prepared to write, revise, and share portions of their work with the class and to read a selection of works by contemporary authors.
Note: This course is 100% online; please visit www.purchase.edu/online for details.
AWR2120.70 / 4 credits
AWR3120.70 (Advanced) / 4 credits
Marie McGrath
Session I (Intensive): May 20–June 7

Introduction to Media Studies
An introduction to theories of the media, visual, and performing arts. Using semiotics as a point of departure, students explore the language and iconography of visual communication. The course focuses on works of art, advertising, television, and the Web as social contexts of cultural production and analyses the role that ordinary people play in the production of media.
Note: This course is 100% online; please visit www.purchase.edu/online for details.
CMA1050.60 / 3 credits
Sarah Sharp
Session IV (Intensive): July 8–26

Management and Communication
The roles and theories of communication and leadership, together with the skills and traits of effective managers, are studied. Students examine how managers use behavioral modification and motivation techniques, develop coaching skills, manage change and conflict, and create a vision for their employees. The topics of strategy, organizational culture, and diversity are also included.
CSS3335.45 / 4 credits

CSS9335.45 / noncredit option / $625
Tara Malone
Tues. & Thurs., 6:15–10:05 p.m.
Session II: June 11–July 25
Natural Sciences Building Room 1030 

Updated April 25, 2013