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COMM 215 - Science Communication |
An applied study of the oral and visual communication techniques needed to present scientific concepts to a public audience. In both individual and group presentations about scientific news and controversy, students build practical skills in delivery, language clarity, audience adaptation, and the use of multimedia. Science-based issues concerning the public sphere may include the environment and climate change, ocean health, the shortage of natural resources, access to water, energy resources, information and health technologies, pandemics and biosecurity, public health, food safety, STEM education, space exploration, defense technologies, and the Internet.
Prerequisite: ENGL 110 Expository Writing.
1.000 Credit hours 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Non-Matriculated, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Directed Study, Lecture Communctn, Media, &Performance Department Course Attributes: Communication Studies (CMP), Dv1_DomainGenEd-Domain III-B, Undergraduate Level Course, Lrng Objective 01, Lrng Objective 07 Restrictions: May not be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Non-Matriculated May not be assigned one of the following Student Attributes: DGCE Student |
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