Dec 10, 2024  
OHIO University Graduate Catalog 2020-21 
    
OHIO University Graduate Catalog 2020-21 [Archived Catalog]

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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.



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