Communication, Culture, and Representation (4)Ī critical introduction to the practice and the effects of representation within historically situated cultural contexts. Students will not receive credit for COHI 100 and COMM 100A. Includes historical survey of theories/methods, including actor network theory, conversation analysis, ethnography, ethnomethodology, cultural linguistics, performance, and social cognition and integrates scholarly study with production-oriented engagement. Communication, the Person, and Everyday Life (4)Ī critical introduction to processes of interaction and engagement in lived and built environments. Upper Division Core RequirementsĬOMM 100A. Enrollment is limited to fifteen to twenty students, with preference given to entering first-year students. First-year student seminars are offered in all campus departments and undergraduate colleges, and topics vary from quarter to quarter. The First-year Student Seminar Program is designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small seminar setting. By exploring today’s digital communication dynamics, students will have the opportunity to become more mindful, active consumers of media and to feel empowered to be engaged participants in public life. The role of digital communication in a democratic system, and the ways mass media both facilitate and inhibit the development of a viable public sphere. Digital Media Literacy: Analyzing Forms, Practices, and Infrastructures of Mediated Public Life (4) Course is offered fall, winter, and summer quarters.ĬOMM 30. COMM 10 may be taken concurrently with the COMM A-B-C courses and intermediate electives. Integrates the study of communication with a range of media production (for example, writing, electronic media, film, performance).
Introduction to the history, theory, and practice of communication, including language and literacy, representation and semiotics, mediated technologies and institutional formations, and social interaction. Coursesįor course descriptions not found in the UC San Diego General Catalog 2022–23, please contact the department for more information. All courses, faculty listings, and curricular and degree requirements described herein are subject to change or deletion without notice.