2025 - 2026 College Catalog 
    
    Mar 03, 2026  
2025 - 2026 College Catalog

COMM 380 - Systems & Theories


Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Laboratory (or Other) Hours: 0

Other Course Attribute(s): LASC, LAUP

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 100  or higher
This course provides a theoretical, yet practical, approach to understanding the mechanisms of complex, sustainable human communication systems.  Students will apply knowledge to career advancement skills such as the ability to effectively navigate the processes and interdependent connections within and among organizations, and between people.

Student Learning Outcomes of the Course:
  1. Analyse the theories that undergird effective human communication endeavors and the systems within which those theories operate
  2. Evaluate the physiological, societal, psychological, cultural, political,  and/or technical interdependencies necessary for sustainable human activity
  3. Apply a systems-theory, systems-learning approach to problem solving 


Repeatable: No
CIP Code: 090101