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Course Overview |
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CJ 459 --
Organizational Communication Analysis
3 crs (3-0). Sp. P: Senior standing with total & resident GPAs of 2.5 or
above; grades of C or above in CJ 250, 300, 307, 350, 355 and 357. Not
for GE. Meets service-learning requirement.
Quantitative and qualitative
methods for human resource development needs assessment and
organizational communication research at the interpersonal, group, and
systems levels. Student teams will conduct communication analyses
for local organizations. |
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11:00-11:50 M--W--F
12:00-12:50 M------F
3:30-4:00 M--W---
& by appointment* |
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CJ 459 and Departmental
Program Goals: Capstone Course Functions |
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As the Capstone Course for the Communication:
Organizational Communication major sequence,
Organizational
Communication Analysis is designed to build upon, further
develop, and integrate the theories, knowledge, and skills students
developed in the CJ core and the prerequisite Organizational
Communication courses; and to apply those theories, knowledge, and
skills in a comprehensive study of the study of local organizations.
More specifically, the course is designed: |
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To provide an integrative
capstone course which will draw upon coursework throughout
the major, to
establish connections among those courses, and to
apply the coursework in preparing and conducting an analysis
of communication in an organization.
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To provide an integrative
capstone course which has practical application for those
going directly into organizational communication and HRD
careers and to those going directly into graduate school. |
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To provide a means for
assessing the Organizational Communication sequence of the
Communication major; to provide students with opportunities
to demonstrate mastery of the
Departmental program objectives; to provide
appropriate faculty with products and data necessary to
assess the effectiveness of the Communication:
Organizational Communication major in achieving its program
objectives. More specifically, this course is designed
to assess |
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Your mastery of research
and information-gathering skills necessary for lifelong
learning and for effective assessment of organizational
communication; |
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Your critical and analytical thinking
abilities necessary for effective design and analysis of
organizational communication assessments |
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Your
understanding and analysis of social, cultural, legal,
economic, and ethical contexts of organizational
communication; and |
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Your oral, written, and visual communication
skills necessary for effective teamwork, organizational
research and analysis, and client communication |
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