Cultural approaches to the study of language behavior and communication. Focus on ethnography. Concepts such as ritual, myth, code, and discourse; enactments such as verbal duels, song challenges, communicative use of silence, and jokes; approaches include empirical, theoretical, and comparative study.

This course combines reading and discussion with application of theoretically informed methods in the study of everyday social interaction. We will: 1) Read and discuss representative studies of social interaction and communicative behavior in cultural context. 2) Do graduated classroom and field exercises to assemble methodological tools and accumulate data for your final paper. The final paper will be based on accumulated data?observations, transcripts, and interviews?and analyses from your field site/activity. Satisfies the Integrative Experience requirement for BA-Comm majors.

Communication as it creates, maintains, and transforms cultural identities, and, in turn, culture as it creates, maintains, and transforms communication. Grounded in the substantive patterns of communication from areas such as Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Caribbean, Polynesia, and the Far East. (Gen.Ed. SB, G)

Communication as it creates, maintains, and transforms cultural identities, and, in turn, culture as it creates, maintains, and transforms communication. Grounded in the substantive patterns of communication from areas such as Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Caribbean, Polynesia, and the Far East. (Gen.Ed. SB, G)

Communication as it creates, maintains, and transforms cultural identities, and, in turn, culture as it creates, maintains, and transforms communication. Grounded in the substantive patterns of communication from areas such as Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Caribbean, Polynesia, and the Far East. (Gen.Ed. SB, G)

Communication as it creates, maintains, and transforms cultural identities, and, in turn, culture as it creates, maintains, and transforms communication. Grounded in the substantive patterns of communication from areas such as Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Caribbean, Polynesia, and the Far East. (Gen.Ed. SB, G)

Communication as it creates, maintains, and transforms cultural identities, and, in turn, culture as it creates, maintains, and transforms communication. Grounded in the substantive patterns of communication from areas such as Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Caribbean, Polynesia, and the Far East. (Gen.Ed. SB, G)

Communication as it creates, maintains, and transforms cultural identities, and, in turn, culture as it creates, maintains, and transforms communication. Grounded in the substantive patterns of communication from areas such as Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Caribbean, Polynesia, and the Far East. (Gen.Ed. SB, G)

Communication as it creates, maintains, and transforms cultural identities, and, in turn, culture as it creates, maintains, and transforms communication. Grounded in the substantive patterns of communication from areas such as Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Caribbean, Polynesia, and the Far East. (Gen.Ed. SB, G)

Theory and applications of modern optoelectronic components such as waveguides and optical fibers, photodetectors, light emitting diodes, and semiconductor lasers. Emphasis on the physics and operating characteristics of optoelectronic semiconductor devices. Prerequisite: E&C-ENG 344.