Communication

• As a communication student, you are encouraged to participate in the Communiqué, Chatham’s twice-monthly newspaper and a member of the Associated Collegiate Press. All reporting, writing, photography, design, and layout for the Communiqué is handled by students, giving you the opportunity to create a dynamic portfolio and preparing you for internships and jobs.
• All students complete a capstone seminar that channels the knowledge they’ve accumulated into a discipline-specific project under close faculty guidance. Chatham is one of the few universities across the country that offers such an independent and student-driven program.
• You’ll have the opportunity to work extensively with audio-visual equipment, including camcorders; DSLRs; studio and location lighting systems; tripods; dollies; microphones; audio mixers; and recorders. Students also have access to editing labs, a designated studio space, and an audio booth.

Intercultural Communication: Values and Ethics

The course provides students with an appreciation of the complexities involved in the development of beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors that reflect cultural values. This course will provide an understanding of the specific forces which shape perceptions, feelings, and behaviors of various cultural groups. These forces include socially constructed categories such as race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, socioeconomic status, and religion. These constructs will be explored in a variety of contexts. Language, family structures, and the handling of conflict of laws and ethics (cultural relativism) will also be examined.

Persuasion

This course explores rhetorical and experimental studies of persuasion. It introduces the student to research in the field and critically examines some of the techniques developed in “selling” products, politics, and culture. It also examines the ethical considerations relevant to these techniques.

Media and Society

The effects of mass communication on individuals and society, particularly as they relate to values and ethics, are examined. The course emphasizes the history and structure of the mass media.