Communication and Community Engagement
(Western Michigan University, 2018 - present)
Course Description and objectives:
This course introduces students to basic skills and concepts in major areas of communication, with an emphasis on the ways in which those skills can be used to engage and improve the communities in which we live. With that information students should be able to
Text: (click on the textbook image to the right to learn more)
Edwards, A., Edwards, C., Wahl, S. T., & Myers, S. A. (2020). The Communication Age: Connecting & Engaging (3rd Edition). Los Angeles:Sage.
This course introduces students to basic skills and concepts in major areas of communication, with an emphasis on the ways in which those skills can be used to engage and improve the communities in which we live. With that information students should be able to
- Define terminology common to the discipline of communication
- Create and deliver informative and persuasive presentations
- Develop and use technology in presentational speaking
- Apply communication concepts and theories to community engagement activities
Text: (click on the textbook image to the right to learn more)
Edwards, A., Edwards, C., Wahl, S. T., & Myers, S. A. (2020). The Communication Age: Connecting & Engaging (3rd Edition). Los Angeles:Sage.