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COM 490: Senior Seminar: 
Topics in Communication

Communication Training

Course Outline

ECIC  Tag : I
General Description

As described in the course catalog:
​
This senior seminar is a capstone option for communication majors. This course will allow students an opportunity to pursue advanced study of a topic in communication beyond the regular course offerings. Topics will vary each year and could include race and gender in the media, cultural identity in the media, the dark side of communication, and the role of communication within the liberal arts. Students will write a literature review paper on a course topic as the capstone of their work in the major. This course should be taken in the spring term closest to a student's graduation, assuming that student is not choosing to do an internship in communication as his or her capstone in the major.

The topic for this course is Communication Training and Development

Course Objectives
  
By the end of this course, students will
  • understand how to prepare a professional communication training program.
  • know how to produce a well-written proposal.
  • have met the ECIC "I" tag requirements. 

Textbooks

Required
Recommended
Additional required readings will be made available on Blackboard.

Resources

  • Nielsen Wire
  • State of Social Media (2012)
  • PR News Wire
  • HubSpot

Pedagogy

Methods of Instruction
  • Intensive reading
  • Lecture
  • Class discussion
  • Group and individual activities
Assignments
  • Intensive reading
  • Quizzes or exams
  • Training Project
  • Presentation
  • Group and individual activities

ECIC Objectives

Tag: I (Information Literacy)

This course is designated as an information literacy course. According to the faculty-approved Elmhurst College Integrated Curriculum Guidelines, all “I” courses must:​
  • Demonstrate an understanding that information may be defined, stored, and organized in different ways in different disciplines.
  • Demonstrate an ability to access and use discipline based information resources appropriate to the discipline.
  • Demonstrate the ability to evaluate information sources and determine the appropriate use of information.
  • Demonstrate the ability to incorporate disciplinary information sources into significant research based assignments.
  • Demonstrate an ability to correctly use disciplinary citation conventions.

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    • Why I love D2L
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    • CPTD Exam Prep
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    • CMST 390/490 - Applied Communication
    • Online/Hybrid Courses >
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    • Course Policies (Syllabus) >
      • Writing
    • Courses Archive >
      • COM 213: Public Speaking
      • COM 220: Intro to Org Comm
      • CMST 380 Intro to Leadership and Org Comm
      • CMST 411 - Rhetorical Criticism
      • CMST 480: Biz & Org Comm Cases
      • CMST 493-19: International Films
      • CMST 480: Dynamics of Org Comm (SIUC)
      • CMST 483: Adv. Business & Org Comm
      • CMST 484: Social Media >
        • Sample SoMe Plans
        • Graduate Readings
      • COM 315: Intercultural Comm
      • COM 319: Bus and Prof Comm
      • COM 320: Org Comm
      • COM 321: Case Studies in Org Comm
      • COM 353: Intercultural Films
      • COM 490: Comm Training (Capstone)
    • Common Forms >
      • Students > Share Work
      • Students' Kind Words
      • Group Evaluation
      • Leader Evaluation
  • Resources
    • Branding
    • Craig's Video Recommendations
    • Job Hunt Resources
    • Learning Paths >
      • How to Create Vertical Videos in PowerPoint
      • Conflict Seminars: Training Guides
      • Conflict & Negotiation
    • Student Resources >
      • Blog Topics
      • How To Vids
      • Haiku Deck
    • Teaching Resources
    • Career Resources >
      • Resume Resources
      • Leveraging LinkedIn
    • Public Speaking Resources >
      • Public Speaking Resources
      • Sample Ignite Talks
      • Infographics
    • CMST Projects >
      • My Communication Story
      • Comm Posters
      • CMST Templates
    • SIU Scholarships
  • CV/Research
    • Podcasts >
      • Podcast D.J. Jeffries
      • Podcast Drew Swithin
      • Podcast Kaci Huelsman
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    • Communication Teacher Article
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