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2021-2022 Edgewood College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Chemistry |
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CHEM 379 - Independent Study - Chemistry
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Topics and credits arranged.
Prerequisite(s): consent of instructor.
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CHEM 400 3 - Ethics & Responsibilty Sci Research
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
This course is intended for student who will be engaging in research in science or engineering. The student will be expected to prepare a personal statement about their ethics and responsibility to their field of science or engineering. Students will be expected to participate and engage in discussion of issues to become prepared for discourse with fellow professionals and the general public. Students will propose creative solutions for contemporary problems faced by the people working as scientific researchers.
Offered Fall, Spring
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 121 or Consent of Instructor
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CHEM 420 - Advanced Biochemistry
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Theory and practice in modern biochemistry and biochemical techniques.
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 340 .
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CHEM 431 X - Advanced Organic Chemistry
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
An exploration of advanced concepts in organic chemistry such as chemical structure, properties of reactive intermediates, reaction mechanisms, kinetics, spectroscopic techniques, and synthetic methods. Topics will be explored by discussion of examples from the primary chemical literature; concepts will vary somewhat based upon student interest. A special emphasis will be placed on the development of scientific writing skills. Three discussions per week.
Offered Spring Odd Years
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 323, ENG 110.
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CHEM 469 - Special Topics in Chemistry
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Advanced study of topics of special current interest in chemistry and related fields. Seminar/discussion format.
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CHEM 471 - Inorganic Chemistry II
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
A survey of inorganic reaction mechanisms, materials, organometallic, and solid state chemistry.
Offered Fall Odd Years
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 371.
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CHEM 479 - Independent Study - Chemistry
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Independent reading and research developed by the student with the approval and direction of the instructor.
Prerequisite(s): consent of instructor.
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CHEM 480 K - Chemistry Seminar
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
A seminar for upper-level chemistry majors to practice scientific communication skills and participate in discussion of topics in current research with fellow students and faculty. Students present a topic from the primary chemical literature. One seminar-format meeting per week.
Offered Fall
Prerequisite(s): Four semesters of chemistry.
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CHEM 489 - Undergraduate Research
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Opportunities for students to engage in research collaboratively with faculty or with researchers from other agencies. Note: This course may be taken multiple times.
Prerequisite(s): consent of instructor.
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Chinese |
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CHIN 101 L - First Semester Chinese
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
As the first half of a two-semester sequence, Chinese 101 is designed to introduce to students basic communication skills of Mandarin Chinese (simplified), including reading, writing, speaking, and listening comprehension, presented in a culturally authentic context. Throughout the semester, students will learn and practice these skills through various instructional means designed through an interactive and interpersonal pedagogical approach. Students will also be exposed to contemporary Chinese culture through real-life situations, including greetings, dates and times, family, shopping, hobbies, school life, transportation, etc., and gain cultural knowledge in relation to the language skills. The course carries 4 credits and meets four times a week. This course will prepare students for their further study of the Chinese language and culture.
Offered Fall
Prerequisite(s): None.
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CHIN 102 L - Second Semester Chinese
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
This course continues to help students further develop basic communication skills of Mandarin Chinese (Simplified), including reading, writing, speaking, and listening comprehension, presented in a culturally authentic context. Throughout the semester, students will learn and practice these skills through various instructional means designed through a communicative and integrative pedagogical approaches.
Offered Spring
Prerequisite(s): CHIN 101 or equivalent.
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CHIN 201 GL - Third Semester Chinese
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
As a second year Chinese class, this course helps students develop at the intermediate-level communication skills of Mandarin Chinese (Putonghua, Simplified), including reading, writing, speaking, and listening comprehension, presented in a culturally authentic context. Throughout the semester students will learn and practice these skills by various instructional means designed through a communicative and integrative pedagogical approach. Students will be further exposed to traditional and contemporary Chinese culture through a number of new real-life situations, including on-campus lodging, registering for classes, communication through the Internet, job interviews, etc. Students will also gain additional cultural knowledge in relation to the language skills by focusing on a wide range of topics regarding Chinese education, geography, and history as well as social and cultural issues such as gender equality, environmental protection, health and wellness, and contemporary social changes. The course carries 4 credits and meets 4 times a week each semester. This course will prepare students for their further study of the Chinese language and culture.
Offered Fall
Prerequisite(s): CHIN 102 , or appropriate language placement test.
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CHIN 202 GL - Fourth Semester Chinese
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
As a second year Chinese class, this course helps students develop at the intermediate-level communication skills of Mandarin Chinese (Putonghua, Simplified), including reading, writing, speaking, and listening comprehension, presented in a culturally authentic context. Throughout the semester students will learn and practice these skills by various instructional means designed through a communicative and integrative pedagogical approach. Students will be further exposed to traditional and contemporary Chinese culture through a number of new real-life situations, including on-campus lodging, registering for classes, communication through the Internet, job interviews, etc. Students will also gain additional cultural knowledge in relation to the language skills by focusing on a wide range of topics regarding Chinese education, geography, and history as well as social and cultural issues such as gender equality, environmental protection, health and wellness, and contemporary social changes. The course carries 4 credits and meets 4 times a week each semester. This course will prepare students for their further study of the Chinese language and culture.
Prerequisite(s): CHIN 201 , or appropriate language placement test.
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CHIN 279 - Independent Study - Chinese
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
An independent study designed for students wishing to take 200-level Chinese when CHIN 201 and CHIN 202 are not offered.
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Child Life |
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CHLF 200 D - ED & IDENTITY IN PLRALISTIC SOCIETY
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Students will explore, critically examine and experience the rich and varied cultural, linguistic and social diversity that comprises 21st century education and its history. Through self-analysis and reflection, students will gain a deeper understanding of what culture is and how it works, personal identity construction and the importance this personal awareness plays in the creation of a classroom culture that supports academic success for all students, regardless of cultural, social or linguistic background. Grounded in theories of intercultural competence, students will develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to engage students in ways that are culturally, socially and linguistically responsive and appropriate. Through materials and experiences facilitated in this course, students will gain an understanding of the ways in which social justice can be enacted in schools and the role of teachers as advocates and allies for an equitable, just and compassionate society.
Prerequisite(s): Studies in Education major with a Child Life concentration, and Sophomore standing or higher.
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CHLF 210 J - Infancy and Childhood
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course is designed to provide a study of the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development of the child through prenatal, infancy, early childhood, and middle childhood periods. It will focus on the comprehension, application, and analysis of theories and issues of childhood, including social, emotional, intellectual, physical, and moral development and learning. Special attention is given to educational implications for children from diverse backgrounds. A 20-30 hour practicum is required.
Prerequisite(s): ED 201 or concurrent, declared Child Life major, or consent of the instructor.
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CHLF 220 J - Adolescent Psychology
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course is designed to provide a study of physical, cognitive, social and emotional development of the adolescent. It will focus on the comprehension, application, and analysis of theories and issues in adolescence, including social, emotional, intellectual, physical, and moral development and learning. Special attention is given to educational implications for adolescents from diverse backgrounds. A practicum is required.
Prerequisite(s): ED 200, ED 201 or concurrent, declared Child Life major, or consent of instructor.
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CHLF 301 - Introduction to Child Life
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
The child life profession, including theoretical and historical perspectives on child life; programming, job availability, trends affecting academic preparation; program requirements, field experiences, including practicum placements, internships and volunteer experiences; supplemental career options; interviews and presentations of program directors, child life professionals, and alumnae working in the field of child life.
Prerequisite(s): Second year students only
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CHLF 308 - History of Child Life
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
An overview of the history of the child life profession, from the earliest development of pediatric care and the identification of psychosocial care for children in health care settings, through the emergence of child life as a professional organization. Topics will include fundamental theorists and researchers, and key pioneers whose work help define the profession, the Association for the Care of Children in Hospitals, the Child Life Council, and the CLC Archives. This is a predominantly online course.
Prerequisite(s): CHLF 301
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CHLF 311C - Wellness and Ethics in Child Life
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course provides introductory knowledge and skills to integrate concepts of health, nutrition, and physical fitness into the programming created by professional child life specialists. Instruction in developmentally appropriate programs for physical fitness and health promotion will build ethical understandings of personal and community health issues.
Offered Fall
Prerequisite(s): Studies in Education, Child Life major.
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CHLF 360 - Medical Terminology for Child Life
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This medical terminology course will provide framework for medical terminology used in the hospital setting. This course is primary help online.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to Child Life
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CHLF 370 - Psychosocial Care Hspt Hospital Fam
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Effects of hospitalization on children, adolescents and families at each stage of development. Focus on applied theory and interventions to lessen the stress of hospitalization. The role of family systems and the relationship with the child life specialist as a member of the health care team will be explored. A practicum is required.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to Child Life
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CHLF 372 - Materials Methods Play Child Life
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Materials and methodology for Child Life activity programs; including preparation, therapeutic medical play, distraction and coping.
Prerequisite(s): CHLF 370, ED 375 and admission to Child Life
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CHLF 375 - Pediatric Conditions & Research
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Common medical diseases and conditions of children and adolescents, including those requiring surgical intervention. Emerging treatment and innovative research methods in child life and the healthcare environment will be explored.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to Child Life
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CHLF 418 - Learning through Play
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
This course is designed to nurture play in the learning process and to appreciate each individual’s unique style of play. Research related to play in health, naturalistic assessment learning, and work will be highlighted and methods will include experiences designed to incorporate play into work and living environments. Interactive and fosters creativity. A practicum is required.
Offered Spring
Prerequisite(s): Declared Education Major OR Studies in Education Major with a child life concentration OR Child Life Major.
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CHLF 475 3 - Child Life Internship
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 6
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 12
This course will provide students with the opportunity to apply academic and clinical skills learned in the classroom in a professional program setting under the supervision of a Certified Child Life Specialist. Students will be required to explore the application of their unique background and foundation included with interpersonal skills to develop a philosophy and professional standard that will encourage their emerging role as a family centered health care professional. Consideration of all current aspects of multidisciplinary health care will be included as students create an understanding of medical, psychosocial, and ethical care of children in hospitals and health care settings.
Offered Fall, Winterim, Spring, Summer
Prerequisite(s): Completion of all other coursework.
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CHLF 600 - History of Child Life
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course will cover the theoretical perspectives of the care of children in hospitals beginning in the 1800’s and the researchers that created the foundations of psychosocial care of children.
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CHLF 601 - Introduction to Child Life
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
The child life profession, including theoretical and historical perspectives on child life; programming, job availability, trends affecting academic preparation; program requirements, field experiences, including practicum placements, internships and volunteer experiences; supplemental career options; interviews and presentations of program directors, child life professionals, and alumnae working in the field of child life.
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CHLF 610 - Child, Youth, and Adolescent Devel
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
The course will review all areas of development from infancy, childhood, youth, and adolescence. The course will examine direct applications of the knowledge and use of developmental theory to the practice of an effective child life professional.
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CHLF 620 - Psychosocial Care Hspt Child Family
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course will look at effects of hospitalization on infants, children, adolescents, and families at each stage of development. This course will focus on applied theory and interventions to lessen the stress of hospitalization. The role of family systems and the relationship with the child life specialist as a member of the health care team will be explored. A practicum is required.
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CHLF 630 - Medical Terminology
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course will use a systematic approach to basic medical terminology vocabulary. The knowledge obtained in this course will help students to successfully navigate in health care settings. Through the course and semester assignments students will learn ways to incorporate medical terminology in child life practice, interventions and resources.
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CHLF 640 - Semi: Communication and Collab
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This seminar course will examine a variety of communication styles, both verbal and written, that will ensure effective communication with patients and families, child life colleagues, and the interdisciplinary health team. Strategies for effective collaboration with these groups will be explored. Documentation and charting styles will also be reviewed.
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CHLF 650 - Semi: Leadership and Intern Prep
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
The goal of this course is to help the student prepare for the various steps of the internship application process, including resumes, written essays, and interviews. This course will explore leadership theories and styles to better prepare students for success as child life specialists.
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CHLF 660 - Peds Cond Eff on Child Growth/Devel
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course reviews the common medical diseases and conditions of children and adolescents, including those requiring surgical intervention. Emerging treatments and innovative research in child life and the health care environment will be explored.
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CHLF 670 - Materials and Methods of Play
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course will explore various materials and methodology for child life play/activity programs, including preparation, therapeutic play, distraction, and coping.
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CHLF 680 - Loss, Bereavement, and Trauma
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course will study a variety of special needs, interventions, and coping strategies for dealing with crisis situations of emergency room trauma, dying children and youth, and grieving families. This course will present an overview of child life services and programming in the following settings: emergency department, trauma, critical care, death and dying, grief and bereavement.
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CHLF 699 - Child Life Practicum
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
Experiential learning and observation of Certified Child Life Specialists, child life practicum students begin to increase their knowledge of evidence-based, developmentally-appropriate interventions including therapeutic play, preparation and education that support and reduce fear, anxiety and pain for infants, children, youth and families as they cope with the stress and uncertainty of illness, injury and treatment. Through these experiences, child life practicum students will enhance their knowledge of the child life profession and investigate the process of applying child life and developmental theory to practice.
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CHLF 700 - Child Life Field Experience
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
The child life internship consists of supervised observation of and participation in child life programming for hospitalized children and adolescents in pediatric hospitals, community hospitals or other approved health care facilities.
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Criminal Justice |
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CJ 200 DP - Philosophy and Mass Incarceration
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
This course examines the philosophical questions raised by criminal law. This course will examine how various philosophers and social theorists have justified criminal punishment. We will pay special attention to how liberal democratic societies reconcile commitments to individual liberty with practices of confinement. We will connect this study to moral, political, and experiential reflections on mass incarceration, especially as they relate to racial, sexual, and class hierarchies in the US. This course will include a community learning project. Cross-listed PHIL 200 and ETHS 202
Prerequisite(s): PHIL 101
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CJ 233 DJ - Criminology
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
An introduction to the study of criminology and the functions of the criminal justice system. This course focuses on issues related to measuring crime, theories of criminal behavior, cultural and social influences on criminal behavior and perceptions and interactions with law enforcement officials, and raced, classed and gendered patterns of victimization. This course also examines the history of the criminal justice system, highlighting how race, class, and gender impacted the development of law enforcement and methods of punishment, as well as how different social factors such as race, class, and gender impact how a person experiences the criminal justice system. The course also includes special topics such as order-maintenance policing, the death penalty, community-based corrections, and restorative justice.
Offered Fall
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CJ 235 2 - Prisons and Corrections in Society
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Situates the prison and the correctional system within the processes of the American and comparative criminal justice structures, exploring the historical development of the prison and imprisonment within changing legal, political, and religious definitions of crime and punishment. Questions regarding political legitimacy, coercive power, and the processes of socialization and adaptation within the prison and the wider correctional system are explored, as well as the administrative relationships between the correctional system and other political and socio-economic structures. The course includes field trips to correctional institutions. Offered in alternate years.
Offered Spring, Spring Odd Years
Prerequisite(s): Completion of COR 1 or COR 199 or COR 199 in progress; two full-time semesters of college credit, excluding retro credits, AP credits, and college credit earned while in high school.
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CJ 236 - Juvenile Delinquency
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
An introduction to the issues, including an examination of definitions of childhood; the rules that define delinquency; historical and contemporary reactions to delinquent behavior; diverse and conflicting models of delinquency causation; and an overview of the changing systems of juvenile justice. Cross-listed SOC 236
Prerequisite(s): None.
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CJ 311 - Sociology of Law
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
In this course, students will become familiar with the ways in which social factors impact how people understand and engage with legal institutions. Course topics include how experiences with the legal system are impacted by race, class and gender, current events in law (such as the #metoo movement), civil and criminal legal systems, and social change and the law. The focus of this course is minimally on how the law and legal systems work, and instead emphasizes the social impact of the law. Cross-listed SOC 311
Offered Other
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CJ 337 - Policing in Contemporary Society
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
This course will give an overview of issues related to the policing of modern society. Specific issues covered will include proper criminal procedures, police discretion, police roles and responsibilities and problems in policing such as police brutality.
Prerequisite(s): None.
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CJ 338 - Prisons and Corrections in Society
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Situates the prison and the correctional system within the processes of the American and comparative criminal justice structures, exploring the historical development of the prison and imprisonment within changing legal, political, and religious definitions of crime and punishment. Questions regarding political legitimacy, coercive power, and the processes of socialization and adaptation within the prison and the wider correctional system are explored, as well as the administrative relationships between the correctional system and other political and socio-economic structures. The course includes field trips to correctional institutions. Offered in alternate years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
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CJ 340 - Theories of Deviance
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
A theoretical study of criminal and deviant behavior in society, since the 18th century in Europe to present day. Various schools of thought, from the Classical School, Positivist School, and the Chicago School will be examined. Deviance will be viewed from sociological, biological, and psychological perspectives. Cross-listed SOC340
Prerequisite(s): None.
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CJ 342 - The Death Penalty Debate
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
A historical study of capital punishment in the United States from the 1600s to the present. A close examination on the five methods of execution. An overview of wrongful deaths and high profile capital cases. Revisit issues on: Execution of youth for heinous crimes; submission of DNA evidence in capital cases; and the U.S. Constitution’s VIII Amendment as it relates to what constitutes “Cruel and Unusual Punishment.” A critical analysis of arguments in favor of and in opposition to capital punishment.
Offered Fall
Prerequisite(s): None.
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CJ 343 Q - Violence and Victimization
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
This course is a criminological overview of current patterns of violence and victimization in the United States and abroad. It is also an introduction to the sub-discipline of victimology, and covers several theories of victimization. Further, the social and psychological impacts of victimization on crime victims are discussed. Specific topics covered include rape, child victimization, and partner violence. Further, possible solutions to maladaptive victim responses and methods to increase victim empowerment through criminal justice system services are covered.
Prerequisite(s): None.
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CJ 355 - Introduction to Criminal Law
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Criminal law to obtain a basic understanding of the criminal process and its underlying purposes and legal principles, and the fundamentals of legal analysis. The course will include the study of several areas of current concern in criminal justice.
Prerequisite(s): None.
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CJ 372 - Ethics in Action: Criminal Justice
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
In this course students will examine the ethical issues which challenge criminal justice professionals on the job every day. The course will include placement in an internship which will allow students to experience the operations of their chosen branch of the criminal justice or social service systems in the wider community firsthand. Students will learn about the major ethical debates in the field of criminal justice. Students will gain hands-on experience in the criminal justice system or a related agency, and also engage in on-line discussions of ethical issues of controversy in the criminal justice system throughout the semester.
Offered Fall, Spring
Prerequisite(s): None.
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CJ 379 - Independent Study
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
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CJ 479 - Independent Study
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
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Communication Studies |
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COMMS 100 O - Introduction to Communication
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course will introduce students to concepts in interpersonal, organizational, public and mediated communication, and will focus primarily on developing applied communication competencies in the following areas: personal relationships, conflict management, careers, small groups, public presentations, basic media literacy and civic engagement.
Prerequisite(s): None.
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COMMS 110 1 - Justice and Sports
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course examines how we talk about sports, and for what purposes. The sporting world provides us with opportunities to talk about issues of social importance that we might otherwise ignore. Recent controversies within the sporting world have inspired nationwide discussions about racism, sexism and gender equality, the exploitation of college athletes, corruption in college sports, labor issues, violence, health and safety issues, or the use of sport as propaganda. By examining the world of “sports talk” through a communication perspective, students will understand how the sporting world functions as both a reflection of our social shortcomings and a site for social change.
Offered Fall
Prerequisite(s): This course is for first semester freshmen or freshmen transfer students.
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COMMS 201 - Communication and Civilization
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Provides students with the history of the discipline and the importance of communication in the development of civilization. The class covers the contributions of rhetoric and communications theory from early Greek times to the present, and offers vital insight to past and future contributions of Communication Studies.
Prerequisite(s): None.
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COMMS 219 - Applied Communication
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
A practicum course providing guided experience in applied communication.
Prerequisite(s): None.
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COMMS 225 - Advanced Applied Communication
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
A practicum course providing advanced guided experience in applied communication.
Prerequisite(s): None.
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COMMS 232 2 - Civic Engagement & the Common Good
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
While serving as volunteers with a Madison-area social service organization, students will develop an understanding of the values implicit in organizations of this sort and their importance to the broader community. Through classroom work and volunteer activities, students will learn the essential role of communication in an organization’s internal functioning and its relation to society at large. Among other activities, students will develop a significant public message (oral presentation, brochure, report, or web inclusion) related to some aspect of organizational communication. The volunteer time commitment will be 15 hours per student to be scheduled during the semester. Students will need to be available to spend at least 2 hours per visit. This time commitment does not include travel time between Edgewood and the organizational partner. Students may be assigned a variety of volunteer roles.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of COR 1 or COR 199 or COR 199 in progress; two full-time semesters of college credit, excluding retro credits, AP credits, and college credit earned while in high school.
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COMMS 240 - Intro to Interpersonl Communication
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Examines the fundamental elements of interpersonal communication. Students will explore strategies for listening effectively, resolving conflict constructively, and using respectful language to improve interpersonal communication and relationships. The process of interpersonal communication is not as simple as it might first appear. This course looks at how scholarship can inform everyday interaction and explores how research and theories can lead to more effective and satisfying relationships.
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COMMS 242 - Intro to Organizational Comm
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Explores the communication that originates from and within profit and non-profit organizations. A survey of concepts, theories, and research helps the student to apply communication knowledge to the professional environment and prepare for a successful career.
Prerequisite(s): None.
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COMMS 243 - Introduction to Media Studies
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Explores the structure, history, functions, potentials, and impact of mass and mediated communication in the U.S., with a focus on how culture and mass media influence each other.
Offered Fall, Summer
Prerequisite(s): None.
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COMMS 250 - Relational Communication
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Examines the fundamental elements of interpersonal communication within the context of developing relationships. This course explores the forces that bring people together, keep them together, and separate and divide them. Whether with roommates, lovers, parents, or friends, we are constantly experiencing how communication behavior affects our relationships. It is within the context of our relationships with others that abstract concepts like feedback, perception, and conflict resolution become increasingly relevant. Therefore, theories and concepts covered in this course are examined against the backdrop of students’ actual relationships.
Prerequisite(s): COMMS 240 .
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COMMS 260 X - Writing for the Media
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course introduces students to writing in a professional environment and to the forms of writing for the mass media (including news and feature stories for print and broadcast, advertising copy, writing for the Web, and writing for public relations). The class is heavily practice-based, with the majority of the final grade coming from weekly writing assignments and in-class writing workshops. The main course objective is for students to leave the class able to write clearly, concisely, and appropriately for a variety of media settings.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 110 or W cornerstone.
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COMMS 280 - Introduction to Public Relations
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course is an overview of the functions, practices, and applications of public relations in private industry and the public sector, both in the U.S and abroad. We will examine the nature and role of PR, its historical development, activities of PR professionals, the ethics of public relations, and professional development of those working in the field.
Offered Fall
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COMMS 290 K - Professional Presentations
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Students will develop an understanding of the communication skills and expectations involved in professional, organizational, and public life. Such expectations include the ability to devise effective and ethical communication messages that respond appropriately to informative, persuasive, crisis communication, interviewing, and ceremonial speaking situations.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of the O tag.
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COMMS 294 2V - Science Community Engagement
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course is for students who are interested in how science can be communicated to the community at large. Students will examine the roles of the scientists and science educators in society. Topics for discussion will include: ethical and controversial issues in science, the various ways scientific knowledge is conveyed to the public, and how the general public uses science in their lives. Through intensive community engagement, students will develop a sense of the role scientists and science educators play in the community at large. NOTE: Some class meetings or community outreach may occur on nights and weekends. Cross-listed NATS 294
Offered Spring
Prerequisite(s): Completion of COR 1 or COR 199 or COR 199 in progress; two full-time semesters of college credit, excluding retro credits, AP credits, and college credit earned while in high school; completion of W Tag or placement into ENG 110 .
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COMMS 295 K - Soc Media: Brands, Influencers & Hm
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course will help students understand how social media has changed the way we do business and explore the influence of social networks and personal connections. Learning will take place both in virtual and face-to-face environments. Students who complete this course will know how to create profiles, appropriately post, tweet, comment, chat and tag. Students will gain confidence in their participation in virtual communities and have hands-on experience with the latest social media platforms, developing the online communication skills that today’s employers demand.
Prerequisite(s): None.
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COMMS 311 - Qualitative Comms Research Methods
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course aims to help students gain an essential view of qualitative inquiry within communication contexts. This course entails the following specific objectives: to examine the theoretical traditions of qualitative methods in the field of communication; to understand various approaches to qualitative inquiry such as interviewing, focus groups, and ethnography; to critique written qualitative research in communication journals and identify ways to improve it; and to develop skills and techniques to design a qualitative research project, including collecting and analyzing qualitative data and writing up qualitative findings.
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or above.
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COMMS 312 KU - Argument and Controversy
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This study of argumentation and controversy is designed to cultivate concepts and abilities which are practically important to the use of reasoned discourse in public contexts which involve disagreement, doubt, and/or opposition. The course aims at developing competence in the conduct of arguments calling for policy decision both in isolation and within public contexts. It seeks to enhance a student’s ability to analyze, criticize, produce, and report arguments. The course also explores functions of argumentation in democratic societies.
Prerequisite(s): completion of the O tag or concurrent enrollment in an O tag course; completion of PHIL 101 .
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COMMS 313 - Quantitative Comm Research Methods
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Provides students with tools to better understand quantitative social science and communication research. The class covers the basics of scientific inquiry, choosing participants, making generalizations, developing instruments, and collecting/analyzing data for communication research. Students will design and conduct a quantitative research project exploring a communication question of their choice using the online survey tool Qualtrics. The research experience will emphasize information and technological literacy, which will include finding, evaluating and analyzing relevant information, understanding research ethics in the digital age, and using a variety of information sources and technological tools.
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or higher.
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COMMS 314 - Persuasion Promotion & Advertising
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course investigates persuasive communication with a special focus on advertising and promotion. Students are introduced to theories of persuasion, integrated marketing communication tools, and the practical application of persuasive communication methods.
Prerequisite(s): None.
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COMMS 315 - Nonverbal Communication
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course explores theory, research and practical applications of nonverbal communication in interpersonal relationships. It examines various types of nonverbal communication, including kinesics, proxemics, vocalics, haptics, artifacts, and chonemics. It also considers how communicators and their environment influence nonverbal behaviors in relationships, as well as the use of nonverbal behaviors for specific purposes, such as managing one’s image, expressing emotions, managing conversations, processing messages, deceiving, and influencing others.
Offered Spring
Prerequisite(s): COMMS 240 .
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COMMS 317 D - Intercultural Communication
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course is the study of how individuals perceive and react to cultural rules, and how those perceptions and reactions affect the ways they communicate with one another. The general goals of the class are for students to develop understanding of the role that identity plays in intercultural communication, develop understanding of how cultural rules affect communication, learn how cultures differ from each other and how they come together and coexist, and develop competence in communicating with people of various cultures in the United States and beyond. Cross-listed ETHS317
Prerequisite(s): None.
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COMMS 319 2 - Mass Comm Cmpgn: Comm 4 Public Good
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course asks students to investigate how communication campaigns can help improve the quality of life for diverse individuals and populations. Working in teams, students will develop the knowledge, understanding, and skills necessary to plan, design, and carry out a communication campaign for a real-world client, a nonprofit organization. The issue addressed in this campaign will depend on the needs of the nonprofit organization, but whatever the issue, students will carefully consider relevant aspects of diversity including culture, gender, socioeconomic status, and more.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of COR 1 or COR 199 or COR 199 in progress; two full-time semesters of college credit, excluding retro credits, AP credits, and college credit earned while in high school; background in mediated communication (possibly from COMMS 243 , COMMS 260 , or a graphic design course) is suggested but not required.
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COMMS 320 - Group Discussion & Team Leadership
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Communication makes a difference in small groups. In this course students will examine leading theories and methodological approaches focused on the link between communication and group outcomes. Students will have the opportunity to apply these theories and methods to real-life groups. Students will cover such topics as group processes, functionalism, decision making, emotions, leadership, social identity and conflict. The objective is to learn not only how to be a more effective group member but also how to evaluate and improve group experience, achievement and interaction.
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COMMS 325 JKQ - Gender, Culture, and Communication
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
In this course we will examine how gender is communicated within cultural and institutional settings (how we come to know what it is to be a woman or a man), the multiple ways humans communicate within and across gender lines (how we express ourselves as gendered individuals and why we do it many different ways), and the relationship of the two. We will also look at how feminists’ theories illuminate gender issues in communication. Cross-listed WS325
Prerequisite(s): None.
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COMMS 378 - Communication Teaching Practicum
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Students get hands-on experience in college-level teaching by working closely with a Communication Studies faculty member to assist in class preparation and instructional activities in a given course. Student must arrange practicum contract with supervising instructor.
Prerequisite(s): Prior satisfactory completion of the course in which the student is serving as teaching assistant, and consent of instructor.
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COMMS 379 - Independent Study - Comm Studies
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Independent Study of selected topics in Communication Arts developed by the student with the approval and direction of the instructor.
Prerequisite(s): consent of instructor.
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COMMS 430 - Special Topics in Comm Studies
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
A variable topics seminar that treats specialized areas of communications study, e.g., health communications, communication, communication and the environment, persuasion, and marginalized communities.
Prerequisite(s): None.
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COMMS 430A - Topics: Health Communication
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Prerequisite(s): None.
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COMMS 430B - Topics: Afro-American Communication
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course explores African-American language, culture and communication with in-depth and critical interpretations within a social and historical context. Cross-listed ETHS430B
Prerequisite(s): None.
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COMMS 430D - Tpc: Unspinning Campaign Rhetoric
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Characteristic of political campaigns is the “spinning” of factual information. Campaigners employ a variety of techniques including bending “facts,” mischaracterizing the words of others, and ignoring or denying crucial evidence to create support for their value and/or policy positions. Guided by previous communication research, students will identify important assertions of fact in the campaigns of state and local candidates in the 2010 elections and seek to verify such assertions by consulting relevant literature and experts. If the candidates’ assertions are not supported, the candidates themselves will be asked for clarification. The study will be conducted within the context of general campaign communication and will pursue such questions as “What political realities encourage “spin?” “What is the ethical importance of veracity in political speech?” “What is the role of the media in perpetuating “spin” and/or “fact checking” assertions made in political campaigns?”
Prerequisite(s): None.
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COMMS 440 3 - Senior Capstone
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course is meant to serve as a summary “capstone” experience that will help students integrate what they have learned in their college experience–in and out of the classroom–with their plans for the future. It helps students reflect upon and prepare to present their accomplishments, develop resumes/curriculum vitas, practice communication-theory-based interviewing skills, and explore avenues for locating career and graduate study opportunities as well as opportunities for developing a rich and fulfilling life outside the professional realm through civic engagement. The course also guides students in reflecting on Edgewood’s COR questions in the context of their chosen field.
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing.
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COMMS 450 - Communication Internship
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Prerequisite(s): None.
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COMMS 460 J - Mass Media & Politics
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
How media has transformed American politics in the last half-century. Explores the assumption that media coverage of politics is not apart from the events it reports on, but rather a determinant, in many ways, of those events. How the presentation of political reality by the media, especially TV, affects elections, political behavior, public opinion, policy debates, and the notion of citizenship and democracy. Cross-listed PS 460 J
Offered Fall
Prerequisite(s): None.
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COMMS 479 - Independent Study - Comm Studies
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Independent Study of selected topics in Communication Studies developed by the student with the approval and direction of the instructor.
Prerequisite(s): consent of instructor.
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CS 105 I - Digital Life Through Multimedia
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Multimedia has emerged as a common thread with which to connect individuals to the digital world. The course uses various multimedia technologies to explore everyday life, the societal impact of digitally produced resources and how the Web is exploited by both individuals and organizations. Emphasis is placed on how multimedia is used for life in college and the world of work.
Prerequisite(s): None.
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CS 106 1I - Digital Citizenship
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Digital citizenship is the continuously developing norms of appropriate, responsible, and empowered technology use. In this course students will examine how technology plays a role in their lives, impacts society and ways in which they can use technology and multimedia to create a more just and compassionate world. Topics of study will include but not be limited to: Digital divide, net neutrality, cyberlaw and intellectual property, Information Literacy, and accessibility/universal design. Technical skills in research and podcasting will be taught in this Cor 1 and I tag course.
Offered Fall
Prerequisite(s): “This course is first semester freshman students and freshman transfer students only.”
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CS 155 I - Computer Bus Modelng & Optimization
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
This course is intended to show how computer modeling of real business problems can give insight into the vast amount of data each business operates with. Students will explore real life case studies and model them with computer software. Such models will enable students to examine business problems and come up with optimal course of actions. The case studies may include but not limited to data mining, analysis of sales team’s effectiveness, best and most-likely scenarios, advertising, ROI, quantification of customer loyalty, etc. Basic proficiency with Excel is expected.
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CS 165 1I - Explore Computing
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Algorithms and artificial intelligence agents influence many aspects of our social life: from smart homes and phones to the news articles we read, access to credit, and capital investment, among others. With the availability of massive data sets, deriving new insights through computing have been very promising in powering self-driving cars, accurately recognizing cancer in radiographs, and predicting our interests based upon past behavior, to name just a few.
In this course, students from all disciplines learn the foundations of computer programming using Python, and enjoy logical problem solving using simple, easily described steps. With all its benefits, this course also examines the relationship between technology, access to technology, its uses, and the societal and ethical issues of computing.
Offered Fall
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CS 170 IU - Animation Gaming & 3D Virtual World
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Students create their first mobile apps, computer animations, games and 3D virtual worlds as they learn basics of computer programming. They use a software environment developed at Carnegie Mellon (called Alice) to create 3D virtual worlds and animations, and MIT App Inventor, a blocks-based programming tool. In the process, they will gain insights into methodologies and perspectives of computing software design, recognize the importance of being able to make clear arguments, evaluate them using the collected evidence as well as communicate ideas clearly when working collaboratively. Students will be required to do a variety of interesting projects which may involve graphics, animations, games and building useful mobile apps.
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CS 176 I - Intro Web Design & Development
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
This course introduces students to the basics of the Web Design and programming. Students are introduced to HTML5 (Hypertext Markup Language), CSS (Cascading Style Sheet), as well as to programming concepts using JavaScript. Students will create working web pages and multi-page websites with multimedia elements.
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CS 179 I - Jumpstart to Computing with Python
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
From driverless autonomous cars to smart homes and phones, computing is a part of our everyday lives. This course aims to kick start your computing skills using Python, which is one of the most popular programming languages when it comes to Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Analytics and many other scientific areas of data exploration. In this course, students of all disciplines learn the foundations of Python by drawing examples from diverse areas of computing including data processing, computer graphics, etc. and enjoy logical problem solving using simple, easily-described steps.
Offered Spring
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CS 180 - Object Oriented Programming in Java
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
This course provides coverage of object-oriented programming methodology, its principles and techniques using JAVA. Topics include classes, method overloading, data abstraction, information hiding, encapsulation, inheritance and polymorphism. Students will be getting hands-on experience using industry standard IDE-s to build applications of increasing complexity.
Prerequisite(s): CS 178 or consent of instructor.
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CS 220 - Network Fundamentals
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
The course concentrates on the theory and practical application of networking principles, with an emphasis on the technical components of data and voice communications and TCP/IP.
Prerequisite(s): None.
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CS 250 - IT Project Management
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
This course is focused on project management principles and practices for the information systems and technology profession. Cross-listed BUS 360
Prerequisite(s): None.
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CS 270 - Approaches to Database Management
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
This course is a fun introduction to the different traditional and modern day approaches on database management using hands-on examples. Concepts of files, databases, data objects, and presentation of data in various formats are covered. Students learn the principles, techniques and tools needed to create a relational database application from scratch and apply them in a group project using open source tools such as MySQL and PHP. This course also familiarizes students with the technical hands-on knowledge of NoSQL databases using MongoDB and also explores the origins and characteristics that distinguish them from traditional relational database management systems.
Offered Spring
Prerequisite(s): CS 176 or CS 165 or CS 179, or consent of instructor
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CS 279 - Independent Study - Computer Sci
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Topics and credits to be arranged.
Prerequisite(s): consent of instructor.
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CS 301 X - Agile Info System Engineering Pt 1
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
This course blends theory with practical application of Agile and Object-Oriented approaches to information system engineering. CS301 is the first of a two-course sequence that engages students in the creation of new systems in real time, providing an opportunity to acquire and apply the principles of Agile System Development. Through the development of different, web oriented database connected projects, students explore the topics of needs identification, system design and prototyping.CS301 must be followed by CS 302 .
Offered Fall, Spring
Prerequisite(s): CS 180 - Object Oriented Programming in Java CS 270 and one from either CS 180 or CS 179 or CS 165
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