COMM4451 · Communication
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
Satisfies one of two writing intensive course requirements within the Communication major. Restricted to Juniors and Seniors. This course is both a writing-intensive seminar and a Women's and Gender Studies minor course. Focus is on the social construction of gender through communication. The early section of the course compares historical and theoretical approaches to representations of gender in communication texts. Then, building on these comparisons, students read about, examine, and analyze texts, focusing particularly on television programming and advertising.
Course experience
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Organization
4.8 / 5
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Challenge
4.7 / 5
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Attendance
4.7 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.6 / 5
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Weekly effort
~4
hours per week
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Across time
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Fall 2024
1 sectionFall 2023
2 sectionsFall 2022
1 sectionFall 2020
1 section