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          groups, verbal and nonverbal communication, conflict and cohesion,
        
        
          argumentation, and decision-making are included.  The oral communication
        
        
          component offers experience formulating and delivering group presentations.
        
        
          This course meets the requirements for the oral communication competency.
        
        
          Required of majors.
        
        
          Prerequisite:  READ 0099.
        
        
          Offered:  Fall.
        
        
          
            COMM 2230   Introduction to Mass Communication (same as JOUR 1100)
          
        
        
          (3-0-3)
        
        
          Introduction to mass communication is a survey of the field of mass
        
        
          communication, including newspapers, magazines, radio, television, cable
        
        
          television, and public relations and advertising, with emphasis on the historical
        
        
          development, current practices, and future trends of these media.  This course is
        
        
          also listed as JOUR 1100.
        
        
          This course DOES NOT meets the requirements for the oral communication
        
        
          competency.
        
        
          Prerequisite:  None.
        
        
          Offered:  Fall and Spring.
        
        
          
            COMM 2235 News Writing (same as JOUR 1110)
          
        
        
          (3-0-3)
        
        
          Introductory course in writing for the mass media, with emphasis on gathering,
        
        
          writing, and reporting for newspapers and broadcast media.  This course is also
        
        
          listed as JOUR 1110.
        
        
          This course DOES NOT meets the requirements for the oral communication
        
        
          competency.
        
        
          Prerequisite:  ENGL 1101.
        
        
          Offered:  Fall.
        
        
          
            COPR 1114  Facilitating Learning Online
          
        
        
          (2-0-2)
        
        
          This course is designed for faculty and future teachers who are or may be
        
        
          facilitating online courses.  This course demonstrates and shares a spectrum of
        
        
          online learning concepts, theories, and principles using interactive and
        
        
          collaborative experiences.  It is designed to improve the facilitation skills of
        
        
          faculty members who offer online courses in higher education and is focused on
        
        
          theory, concepts, and practices for effective online facilitation.  Credit for
        
        
          graduation may be received only for COPR 1114 or COPR 1131.  COPR 1114
        
        
          and COPR 1131 are related courses; credit may not be received for both.
        
        
          Prerequisite:  None.
        
        
          Corequisites:  None.
        
        
          Offered:  On demand.
        
        
          
            COPR  1122  Introduction to Instructional Technology
          
        
        
          (3-0-3)
        
        
          A course designed to introduce the student to the use of computers, software
        
        
          and the Internet in the online academic setting.  This course will offer a survey of
        
        
          the theory of instructional design and the use of the computer as an instructional
        
        
          tool.
        
        
          Prerequisites:  None.
        
        
          Corequisites:  None.
        
        
          Offered: On demand.
        
        
          
            COPR  1123  Web-based Tools and Applications for Education
          
        
        
          (3-0-3)
        
        
          A course designed to introduce the student to the selection, creation, utilization
        
        
          and evaluation of web-based tools in the online classroom environment.
        
        
          Students will learn how to evaluate and select web-based tools and applications
        
        
          for use in the online classroom as well as how to implement and utilize