Phebe Szatmari, Adjunct Asst. Professor
Office: 3439 Boylan Hall
718-951-5225
Zoom Office Hr: Th 12:15-1:15 & by appointment
phebe.szatmari@brooklyn.cuny.edu
Spring 2025
COMM 1000 (1415)
Survey of Communication Studies
3 units
Online Asynchronous
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Week |
Date |
Content |
Assignment/Reading Due |
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1 |
Th-1/30 @12:00pm |
Course Introduction/Syllabus Review Introduction to Communication |
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2 |
Th-2/6 |
Introduction to Communication |
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3 |
Th-2/13 |
History of Communication Study |
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4 |
Th-2/20 |
Communicating with Words--Verbal Communication |
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5 |
Th-2/27 |
Communicating without Words--Nonverbal Communication |
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Th 3/6 |
No Class–Classes follow Wednesday Schedule |
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6 |
Th-3/13 |
Communicating in Close Relationships--Intrapersonal & Interpersonal Communication |
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7 |
Th-3/20 |
Communicating Across Cultures--Intercultural Communication |
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8 |
Th-3/27 |
Midterm Exam |
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9 |
Th-4/3 |
Gender Communication |
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10 |
Th-4/10 |
Group Communication |
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Th-4/17 |
No Class–Spring Recess |
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11 |
Th-4/24 |
Organizational Communication |
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12 |
Th-5/1 |
Mass Communication |
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13 |
Th-5/8 |
Communication Theory |
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14 |
Th-5/15 |
Communication Research |
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15 |
Th-5/22 |
Final Exam |
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Upon completion of the course, students will know, understand, and be able to:
Describe the communication discipline and its central questions
Employ communication theories, perspectives, principles, and concepts
Engage in communication inquiry
Critically analyze and create messages appropriate to the audience, purpose, and context
Identify and apply ethical communication principles and practices
Utilize communication to embrace difference
As an educator, I support the rights of undocumented students to an education. If you have any concerns in that regard, feel free to discuss them with me, and I will respect your wishes concerning confidentiality. For resources and support, please visit Brooklyn College’s Immigrant Student Support Office located at 117 Roosevelt Hall. You can also contact them via email at ISSO@brooklyn.cuny.edu or via phone at 718-951-5023.
In order to receive disability-related academic accommodations students must first be registered with the Center for Student Disability Services. Students who have a documented disability or suspect they may have a disability are invited to set up an appointment with the Director of the Center for Student Disability Services, Ms. Valerie Stewart-Lovell at (718) 951-5538. If you have already registered with the Center for Student Disability Services, please provide your professor with the course accommodation form and discuss your specific accommodation with him/her.
All people have the right to be addressed in accordance with their personal identity. In this class, you can indicate the name that you prefer to be called by and pronouns by which you would like to be addressed. I will refer to all students accordingly as well as support classmates in doing so.
Academic Integrity:
a. Plagiarism: Plagiarizing is submitting work that is in any way not your own.
i. The faculty and administration of Brooklyn College support an environment free from cheating and plagiarism. Each student is responsible for being aware of what constitutes cheating and plagiarism and for avoiding both. The complete text of the CUNY Academic Integrity Policy and the Brooklyn College procedure for policy implementation can be found at www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/bc/policies. If a faculty member suspects a violation of academic integrity and, upon investigation, confirms that violation, or if the student admits the violation, the faculty member MUST report the violation.
ii. If you’re not sure what constitutes plagiarism, review this tutorial:
Strategies for Avoiding Plagiarism
iii. Take pride in completing your own work.
b. Grade grubbing:
Hounding me for higher grades is called “grade grubbing,” and it’s a form of academic dishonesty. It will not be tolerated.
Emergencies and religious holidays will be excused with proper documentation. Students who are unable, because of religious beliefs, to submit work or participate in any examination, study, or class-related activity on a particular day should contact the instructor ahead of the time to facilitate special arrangements without prejudice or penalty; please see the link below for further information: Reasonable Accommodations and Academic Adjustments
Please be aware that Brooklyn College has a Student Bereavement Policy: Student Bereavement Policy
You will create and maintain a free weekly blog on CUNY Academic Commons Wordpress, posting a personal response to a specific topic as assigned by the instructor. All weekly blog topics and due dates can be found in Blackboard.
Your blog must be public; be sure to make it accessible/public and send me the published link every week.
Pick a good title for your blog that will be meaningful to you and to your audience; do NOT pick “COMM 1000,” or “My Blog” or “Communication Connection,” etc. Remember your title is the very first thing anyone sees or reads of your work.
Your blog posts will be evaluated using a rubric that you can download from Blackboard. Your blog will be evaluated based on content, voice, citations, multimedia inclusion, and tagging your posts. This is an opportunity to gain writing experience and begin building your communication portfolio.
