Communication

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Timothy Halkowski, Interim Head of the Division of Communication
Room 225, Communication Arts Center
Phone: 715-346-3409
Email: communication@uwsp.edu
Web: www.uwsp.edu/comm

This department is administered by the College of Fine Arts & Communication .

Faculty: T Bodor, C Elza, E Fakazis, T Halkowski, S Hill, A Ingersoll, H Kim, M Maier, J O’Connell, N Rodriguez, T Salek, C Shofner, C Spaulding, R Sprague, M Tolstedt.

Definition: Communication studies how humans use symbols to create, send, receive, and respond to messages in a variety of contexts using oral, written, visual, or mediated channels.

Abbreviations:
IPO = Interpersonal and Organizational Communication
MS - Media Studies
PR - Public Relations

The Division of Communication offers an interdisciplinary major in arts management and a communication major and minor. Arts management combines skills in business, communication, and the arts to promote all facets of the arts in any size community. Arts managers are responsible for financing and marketing, developing programs, managing facilities, writing grants, and managing personnel to support artists and arts agencies.

Our comprehensive communication major and minor prepare students for a wide range of careers in broadcasting, new media, journalism, public relations, management, training, sales, and human services.

You must complete all coursework required for the major or minor and are also expected to acquire strong oral and written communication competencies. The division encourages everyone to participate in one or more of the student organizations and the internship program. These enhance job opportunities upon graduation by providing practical communication experience.

Academic Standards for Arts Management Major/Minor

1. You must maintain a grade point average of 2.75 for all courses in the major/minor, regardless of a declaration of academic bankruptcy, to continue in the major and for graduation.
2. Once you complete 12 credits toward your arts management major/minor, you must maintain a 2.75 GPA for your major coursework. If your arts management major/minor GPA falls below a 2.75 GPA will be placed on probation in for one semester. If you fail to regain a 2.75 GPA after the next semester in which you complete a course counting toward the arts management major/minor, you will be dismissed from the major/minor.
3. Courses with a grade below C- DO NOT fulfill major/minor requirements; however, grades for those courses will be calculated into your major/minor GPA.
4. Transfer credit policy: Certain courses taken at other universities may substitute for courses in the major/minor. Credits from these courses will be counted when calculating your GPA in arts management.

Arts Management Minor

Available only to students majoring in Art, Communication (Media Emphasis), Dance, Interior Architecutre, Music, or Theatre. If you are interested in declaring an arts management minor, you must meet with a division representative. Contact the Communication office to make an appointment.

Within this interdisciplinary minor, you will explore the interrelationships of formal and informal structures needed for financing, producing, promoting, and marketing of the arts. Even if you intend to become a practicing artist, this course of study will expose you to skills you will need to make a successful career.

Academic Standards for Communication

Retention and Graduation

1. In order to graduate with a major or minor in communication, you must achieve a 2.50 GPA in all communication classes taken, regardless of a declaration of academic bankruptcy.
2. Once you complete 12 credits toward your communication major (excluding 101), you must maintain a 2.50 GPA for your major coursework. If your communication major GPA falls below a 2.50, you will be placed on probation for one semester. If you fail to regain a 2.50 GPA after the next semester in which you complete a communication course, you will be dismissed from the major.
3. Courses with a grade below C- DO NOT fulfill the major or minor requirements, but are included in the calculation of the major or minor GPA. See the Grade-related Policies  section of this catalog for the policy on repeating courses.
4. Transfer credit policy: Certain courses taken at other universities may substitute for courses in the major. Credits from these courses will be counted when calculating your GPA in communication.

Test-out, Credit-by-Exam, and Retroactive Credit Policy

If you think you qualify for the above, contact the division head who will determine whether the exam will be for test-out, credit-by-exam, and/or retroactive credit. A designated instructor will administer a written exam that evaluates your level of ability with the content of the course. A grade of B or better will qualify for test-out.

Courses that involve applied skills and/or oral performance may also require a second performance exam if you score well enough on the written exam.

Programs

• Arts Management, B.A.
• Communication: Interpersonal and Organizational Communication, B.A.
• Communication: Interpersonal and Organizational Communication, B.S.
• Communication: Media Studies, B.A.
• Communication: Media Studies, B.S.
• Communication: Public Relations, B.A.
• Communication: Public Relations, B.S.

• Arts Management Minor
• Communication Minor

Courses

• ARTM 100 - Orientation to Arts Management
• ARTM 195 - Introduction to Arts Management
• ARTM 280 - Internship in Arts Management
• ARTM 300 - Topics in Arts Management
• ARTM 380 - Internship in Arts Management
• ARTM 395 - Seminar in Arts Management
• ARTM 480 - Arts Management Capstone: Externship in Arts Management
• ARTM 485 - Arts Management Capstone: Externship in Arts Management (London)

• COMM 100 - Orientation to Communication
• COMM 101 - Fundamentals of Oral Communication
• COMM 105 - Foundations of Media Production
• COMM 106 - Foundations of Media History, Theory, Criticism
• COMM 107 - Foundation of Media Writing
• COMM 153 - Video Production for Non-Majors
• COMM 160 - Introduction to the Art of Film
• COMM 190 - History of Media
• COMM 192 - Constructing Media Narratives
• COMM 200 - Communication Theory
• COMM 201 - Introduction to Communication Research
• COMM 221 - Basic Journalism: Newswriting and Reporting
• COMM 230 - Introduction to Public Relations
• COMM 240 - Introduction to Organizational Communication
• COMM 252 - Audio Production I
• COMM 253 - Video Production I
• COMM 254 - Music Production and Recording
• COMM 273 - Reasoning and Criticism
• COMM 280 - Introduction to Interpersonal Communication
• COMM 292 - Transmedia Storytelliing
• COMM 299 - Special Work
• COMM 306 - Media Theory
• COMM 307 - Media Research Planning and Management
• COMM 320 - Multimedia Writing
• COMM 321 - Intermediate Journalism
• COMM 322 - Multimedia Production
• COMM 323 - Topics in Journalism Writing
• COMM 324 - Environmental Journalism: Communicating About Science
• COMM 325 - Media Law
• COMM 326 - Sports Journalism
• COMM 327 - Culinary Journalism: Food & Wines of the World
• COMM 329 - Topics in Journalism
• COMM 330 - Public Relations Laboratory
• COMM 333 - Case Studies in Public Relations
• COMM 334 - Writing for Public Relations
• COMM 336 - Communication and Promotional Strategies
• COMM 338 - Special Topics in Public Relations
• COMM 339 - Crisis Communication
• COMM 342 - Organizational Communication Laboratory
• COMM 343 - Organizational Communication Assessment
• COMM 345 - Small Group Communication
• COMM 348 - Special Topics in Organizational Communication
• COMM 349 - Organizational Communication Topics
• COMM 351 - Writing for Media
• COMM 352 - Audio Production
• COMM 354 - Special Topics in Media Studies
• COMM 356 - Video Production II
• COMM 357 - Media and Popular Culture
• COMM 359 - Topics in Media
• COMM 360 - Film History: Beginning to 1945
• COMM 361 - Film History: 1945 to Present
• COMM 362 - Topics in Media History
• COMM 363 - Media Genres
• COMM 364 - Soviet Film and Culture
• COMM 367 - Topics in Global Media
• COMM 369 - Media Auteurs
• COMM 373 - Communication and Social Change
• COMM 374 - Art of Criticism
• COMM 382 - Health Communication
• COMM 383 - Interpersonal Communication in Organizations
• COMM 385 - Interpersonal Communication Laboratory
• COMM 387 - Interviewing
• COMM 388 - Special Topics in Interpersonal Communication
• COMM 389 - Personal Communication Topics
• COMM 390 - Seminar
• COMM 392 - Communication Ethics
• COMM 394 - Business and Professional Communication
• COMM 395 - Special Topics
• COMM 396 - Communication and Gender
• COMM 397 - Intercultural Communication
• COMM 398 - Communicating About Roads, Development, and Nature.
• COMM 400 - Communication Capstone
• COMM 431 - Public Relations Capstone. Public Relations Campaigns
• COMM 440 - Interpersonal and Organizational Communication Capstone
• COMM 460 - Media Studies Symposium
• COMM 480 - Communication Internship
• COMM 485 - Externship in Communication
• COMM 490 - Senior Seminar
• COMM 499 - Special Work
• COMM 523 - Topics in Journalism Writing
• COMM 524 - Environmental Journalism: Communicating About Science
• COMM 525 - Media Law
• COMM 527 - Culinary Journalism: Food & Wines of the World
• COMM 530 - Public Relations Laboratory
• COMM 533 - Case Studies in Public Relations
• COMM 538 - Special Topics in Public Relations
• COMM 539 - Crisis Communication
• COMM 542 - Organizational Communication Laboratory
• COMM 543 - Organizational Communication Assessment
• COMM 545 - Small Group Communication
• COMM 548 - Special Topics in Organizational Communication
• COMM 549 - Organizational Communication Topics
• COMM 554 - Special Topics in Media Studies

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