Language & Communication

Business Communication

A core undergraduate business communication course: principles of effective communication, audience analysis, professional writing (emails, memos, reports, proposals), oral presentations and public speaking, team communication and collaboration, intercultural communication, visual communication and data presentation, persuasion and negotiation, crisis communication, and digital and social media communication.

French I

A first-semester college French course: pronunciation and the French alphabet, greetings and introductions, present tense of regular and irregular verbs, articles and gender/number agreement, question formation, negation, adjective placement and agreement, telling time and dates, family and descriptions, food and ordering, daily routines with reflexive verbs, and foundational vocabulary for everyday communication.

French II

A second-semester college French course building on French I: passé composé with avoir and être, imparfait, passé composé vs imparfait contrast, direct and indirect object pronouns (combined), y and en, imperative mood, introduction to the subjunctive, comparative and superlative, future and conditional tenses, relative pronouns, and expanded vocabulary for travel, health, and professional contexts.

Introduction to Communications

A standard undergraduate introduction to the communications field: communication theory and models, verbal communication and language, nonverbal communication, listening, interpersonal communication and relationships, small-group and team communication, organizational communication, intercultural communication, mass communication history and industries, media effects and literacy, digital and social-media communication, and communication ethics.

Public Speaking

A standard undergraduate public speaking course: speech communication foundations, managing speech anxiety, audience analysis, topic selection and research, speech organization and outlining, introductions and conclusions, supporting materials and evidence, informative speaking, persuasive speaking, special occasion speeches, delivery techniques (vocal and physical), visual aids and presentation technology, listening and critique, and ethical communication.

Spanish I

A first-semester college Spanish course: pronunciation and the alphabet, greetings and introductions, present tense of regular and irregular verbs, ser vs estar, gender and number agreement, articles and adjectives, question formation, telling time and dates, family and descriptions, food and ordering, daily routines with reflexive verbs, and foundational vocabulary for everyday communication.

Spanish II

A second-semester college Spanish course building on Spanish I: preterite tense of regular and irregular verbs, imperfect tense, preterite vs imperfect contrast, direct and indirect object pronouns (combined), formal and informal commands, present subjunctive (introduction), por vs para, comparatives and superlatives, expanded vocabulary for travel, health, and professional contexts, and intermediate reading and writing.

Technical Writing

A standard undergraduate technical writing course: foundations of technical communication and audience analysis, the writing process for technical documents, document design and visual communication, style and clarity for technical prose, definitions, descriptions, and process writing, instructions and procedures, technical reports (informal, formal, progress, recommendation), proposals, correspondence (memos, emails, business letters), collaborative writing and project documentation, usability, accessibility, and documentation for digital products, and ethics, intellectual property, and plain language.