DEPTH CONCENTRATIONS

1) PRACTICAL AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS CONCENTRATION

The Practical and Professional Ethics Concentration offers an intensive, interdisciplinary preparation in ethical reflection and practice in personal, social, and professional life. Students may choose a practical or professional context, set of issues, or theme around which to organize their study.

Through this concentration, students have the opportunity to focus on the following:

• Power dynamics in oral, written, nonverbal, and visual communication.
• Multicultural and invitational communication theories and practices.
• Cooperative argumentation, moral reasoning and empathic, self-reflexive listening skills.
• Relational rights and responsibilities.
• Ethics of justice and care.
• Leadership, advocacy, and coalition-building skills.
• Ethical issues confronting business, legal, media, medical, educational, political, and other professionals.

Prerequisites:

Culture and Equity ULR
ENGCOM ULR
Ethics ULR

Practical and Professional Ethics Concentration Courses:

HCOM 304: Relational Ethics

HCOM 306: Gender and Communication

HCOM 307: The Social Impact of the Mass Media

HCOM 307S: The Social Impact of the Mass Media Service Learning
HCOM 309: Intercultural Communication: Relating to Whiteness
HCOM 310: Free Speech & Responsibility
HCOM 312: Cooperative Argumentation: Theory and Practice
HCOM 316: Media Ethics
HCOM 340S: Topics in Social Movements: Leadership and Empowerment

HCOM 403: Ethical Issues in the Professions
HCOM 404: Restorative Justice
HCOM 405: Philosophy and Sexualities
HCOM 406: Philosophy According to the Movies

HCOM 412: Multicultural Conflict Resolution

HCOM 440: Leadership in Multicultural Communities

Advisor:

....... .Debian Marty