Description

Skills

University

Career boost

To understand one another, we must first learn how to communicate with one another. With emphasis on building the charisma, writing, and logic skills, the Communications degree is a big help to anyone looking to work effectively in a professional environment.

Charisma

Writing

Logic

Regular

Foxbury Institute

Journalist (Writer Career)

Management (Business Career)

Charity Organizer (Politician Career)

Public Relations (Social Media Career)

Distinguished

University of Britechester

Description:

Using a variety of communications careers as examples, this class looks at the many ways communications affects all of our lives, from the news we consume to the choices we make as consumers and citizens.

Skill:

Charisma

Class:8:00am – 9:25am

Mon, Wed, Fri

Coursework:

Take Final Exam!

Daily Task:

Homework

Description:

Understanding the ways in which media communicates with its audience – both overtly and in less-obvious subtext – is an important aspect of understanding how cultural ideas are processed in general.

Skill:

Charisma

Class:9:30am – 10:55am

Tues, Thurs

Coursework:

Give a Presentaion!

Daily Task:

Homework

Description:

Sometimes, journalism doesn’t have the luxury of time. This class looks at how to effectively write stories when news is happening at a faster pace than normal, while still maintaining good sources and solid facts.

Skill:

Writing

Class:3:00pm – 4:25pm

Mon, Wed, Fri

Coursework:

Take Final Exam!

Daily Task:

Homework

Description:

Communicating important and complex ideas is hard enough without limits. Is it possible to do a good job when you need to do it in a sentence or two? This course examines the limits of communication on social media and how to be an effective communicator regardless of the medium.

Skill:

Writing

Class:11:00am – 12:25am

Tues, Thurs

Coursework:

Submit a Term Paper!

Daily Task:

Homework

Description:

So much writing and reading now happens online, where data is collected at every turn. Students will learn how to use this data to their advantage by learning what readers respond to and how subtle changes to their writing can greatly boost readership.

Skill:

Logic

Class:11:00am – 12:25am

Mon, Wed, Fri

Coursework:

Take Final Exam!

Daily Task:

Homework

Description:

Who is actually on the other side of that keyboard? When communicating online, there’s always the possibility that it isn’t a real person at all, but a bot! Learn how to tell the difference and the ways in which online bots are permanently changing online communication.

Skill:

Logic

Class:3:00pm – 4:25pm

Mon, Wed, Fri

Coursework:

Take Final Exam!

Daily Task:

Homework

Description:

Finally, a class where students won’t need a compelling opening sentence! Here, the focus is on the efficient communication of established information, and students should leave with the skills needed for writing things like manuals and other instrumental pieces of communication.

Skill:

Writing

Class:8:00am – 9:25am

Tues, Thurs

Coursework:

Submit a Term Paper!

Daily Task:

Homework

Description:

In a world where large news stories break on countless platforms simultaneously, the scoop is no longer what it used to be. This course pushes students to look at news analysis, and other writing about current events from unique angles, finding a story that plays to their writing styles and strengths.

Skill:

Writing

Class:9:30am – 10:55am

Tues, Thurs

Coursework:

Give a Presentation!

Daily Task:

Homework

Description:

This course uses popular memes as a starting point to examine what can be communicated within a shareable piece of content. Memes often encapsulate a lot of context into a single image and are used here to spark exercises in how to encapsulate complex information in simpler packages.

Skill:

Charisma

Class:11:00am – 12:25pm

Mon, Wed, Fri

Coursework:

Take Final Exam!

Daily Task:

Homework

Description:

The term “free speech” is bandied about a fair bit. This course sets out to define what free speech has historically meant, in what ways it is used now as a rallying call to some, and what the benefits and drawbacks are to platforms that either allow all speech or seek to set rules around it.

Skill:

Charisma

Class:1:30pm – 2:55pm

Tues, Thurs

Coursework:

Give a Presentation!

Daily Task:

Homework

Description:

Technology has the power nowadays to make some startling suggestions: when to publish a story, what words will interest readers, and even how many words are the ideal length for a piece. This class looks at when to trust the answers an algorithm provides and when to look a bit closer.

Skill:

Logic

Class:8:00am – 9:25am

Tues, Thurs

Coursework:

Submit a Term Paper!

Daily Task:

Homework

Description:

With the rise of machine learning, computers have started to take on tasks once thought impossible. This advanced course examines the future of computers writing and interrogates where machines may excel and where they may lack the necessary nuances that still require a living communicator.

Skill:

Logic

Class:9:30am – 10:55am

Mon, Wed, Fri

Coursework:

Take Final Exam!

Daily Task:

Homework