Courses
COMM 328 Topics in Conflict Communication
While refining students' analytical and critical skills, this course offers intensive examination of specific issues related to conflict and communication at interpersonal, social, and cultural levels. Possible topics may include environmental communication, alternative dispute resolution, civil rights and communication, and political communication. Repeatable for credit with different topics.
Credits
1 course
Spring Semester information
Kevin Howley328A: Topics in Conflict Communication: Peace & Conflict Communication
This course has two main objectives. First and foremost, the course identifies and analyzes the decisive role communication plays in promoting as well as undermining peace. Foregrounding the value of critical media literacy in a liberal arts setting, this course examines communication practices that stoke division and intolerance, as well as those that promote solidarity and cooperation. The second objective is to provide students with experiential learning opportunities focused on peace communication. Drawing on the theoretical foundations of conflict and peace communication research, students will produce peacebuilding messages through text, audio, graphic design, photography, and video.