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COMM 184

On-Campus Extended Studies Course

An on-campus course offered during the Winter or May term. May be offered for .5 course credits or as a co-curricular (0 credit). Counts toward satisfying the Extended Studies requirement.

Distribution Area Prerequisites Credits
Variable

Winter Term information

Kent Menzel,
Stevie Baker-Watson

184A: Communication and Sport

Course Time: 9:00am - noon MTWRF
Fees: $150
Prerequisites: None

This course will explore the ways in which the lives we live are interwoven with the world of sports through the written, video, and digital communication we create and receive. We will ground our course in the study of communication theory to help us understand the dynamics of the different mediums--the medium is the initial message for the course. The communication mediums we examine will each proceed with three phases, starting with theory, moving on to an examination of both fictional and non-fictional samples, and finally ending with the creation of our own stories. Those three overarching mediums begin with the dynamics of written communication about sports, moving on to extended documentary and dramatic video narratives, and finally we will complete the course with work in the modern, brief stories told in the digital mode. Neil Postman observes that 'forms of public discourse regulate and even dictate what kind of content can issue from such forms,' thus for each medium we will move toward understanding of what stories can be told, what stories are difficult to tell, and what effects those mediums and stories can have on society.


Ronald Dye

184B: DePauw Theatre Mainstage Workshop Production

Course Time: 12:30-4:00pm and 5:30-8:30pm MTWRF
Fees: None
Prerequisites: No prerequisites or experience necessary. Students who have participated in a previous audition and/or interest meetings for the course will be given priority in enrollment.

Students enrolled in the DePauw Theatre Original Musical Workshop Production will participate as cast members, crew members and/or designers in a rehearsal period over Winter Term plus a tech week and performance in mid-February of an original full-length musical play written by Teresa Shunk, a current DePauw student who will graduate in Spring 2023. The workshop production will be performed in Moore Theatre as part of the DePauw Theatre mainstage season. By "workshop" production it is understood that the playwright will be a participant in the production and may be making script changes late in the rehearsal process. Design elements in the production will be minimalistic to allow the production to focus on script development.