COMS 6020 - Language and Symbol Systems

Role of verbal and nonverbal signs and symbols in communication. Emphasizes human symbolizing capabilities and relationships between symbolic structures and physical reality.

Requisites:
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:

Analyze, compare and contrast, and synthesize key issues and conceptions of language, nonverbal communication, and symbol systems.
Define and explain basic terms, principles, and theories of language and symbol systems in the communication field.
Locate and evaluate scholarship addressing language, nonverbal communication, and symbol systems, and apply that material to develop and pursue original research questions.

Ohio University

Ohio University

COMS 6020 - Language and Symbol Systems