AP/COMN1000 6.0 A: Introduction to Communications
Offered by: COMN
Session
Summer 2019
Term
SU
Format
BLEN (Blended online and classroom)
Instructor
Calendar Description / Prerequisite / Co-Requisite
Provides a critical overview of the main issues in the field of communication and media. It examines how forms and processes of communication are implicated in our understanding of the world at both the personal and social levels. Course credit exclusions: AP/COMN 1310 9.00 (prior to Fall 2012), AP/SOSC 2410 6.00, AP/SOSC 2410 9.00 (prior to Fall 2014).
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An important message about the use of personal electronic devices during lectures and seminars:
In recent years the use of new technologies have become pervasive in the classroom. While some of these technologies can facilitate teaching and learning (such as the use of notebook computers for note-taking), these technologies now also present a risk of significant disruption to the classroom environment. As a result, the use of mobile phones (including text messaging) will not be tolerated. Turn your phones off at the beginning of lecture/seminar. You may check your messages during the break period, and at the end of the lecture/seminar. Laptop computers, ipads, and other personal electronic devices are for the use of note-taking only, unless requested otherwise by the Course Director or TA. Surfing the net, checking your email, looking at photos, etc., are distracting to students around you, as well as to the Course Director or TA. If you find these uses of technology more compelling than the lecture or seminar discussion, you are requested to immediately leave the classroom environment.
Should you find this policy unacceptable, you should immediately drop this course. Your continued enrollment in this course indicates your willingness to comply with this policy.
Deborah Brock, Rebecca Raby and Mark Thomas (eds.) Power and Everyday Practices Toronto: Nelson, 2011.
Deborah Brock, ed. SOCI 2070 B: Social Order and Social Organization Reading Kit
Toronto: York University Bookstore, 2011. Please cite articles using original publication information. Supplementary readings are not required readings. They are suggestions for further research. Note that this reading kit has changed substantially from previous years.
Linda Elder and Richard Paul, The Art of Asking Essential Questions (First Edition) The Foundation for Critical Thinking, 2009.
| 20% | Mid-Term Test |
| 20% | Final Test |
| 40% | Four Quiz @ 10% each |
| 20% | Seminar Attendance and Participation (10% will be provided with your mid-term results) |
20% Mid-Term Test
20% Final Test
40% Four Quiz @ 10% each
20% Seminar Attendance and Participation (10% will be provided with your mid-term results)
Lecture Schedule:
| Date | Topic | Reading |
| Sept. 8 | Introduction to Course | Ch 1 |
| Sept. 13 | Power | Ch 2 |
| Sept. 15 | Power | Ch 2 |
| Sept. 20 | Method | Ch 3 |
| Sept. 22 | Representation Quiz 1 (2:00/14:00) | KIT: Hall, 1997 |
| Sept. 27 | Counting Past Two | Part 2 Intro & Ch 4 |
| Sept. 29 | Heterosexuality | Adams, 1997, 2002; Rochon, 1995 |
| Oct. 4 | Whiteness | Ch 5 |
| Oct. 6 | Beauty | KIT: Dyer, 1997;
Chapkis, 1986; TBA |
| Oct. 10/12 | Reading Week | |
| Oct. 18 | Class, State, Power | Ch 6 |
| Oct. 20 | Age Quiz 2 (2:00/14:00) | Ch 7 |
| Oct. 25 | Mid-Term Test | |
| Oct. 27 | Science | Part 3 Intro & Ch 8 |
| Nov. 1 | Therapy | Ch 9 |
| Nov. 3 | Shopping | Ch 10 |
| Nov. 8 | Finance Quiz 3 (2:00/14:00) | Ch 11 |
| Nov. 10 | The West and the Rest | Part 4 Intro; Marx 1998; Hall, 1995 |
| Nov. 15 | The Imaginary Indian | Ch 12 |
| Nov. 17 | Coffee | Ch 13 |
| Nov. 22 | Tourism
Quiz 4 (2:00/14:00) |
Ch 14 |
| Nov. 24 | Nation States, Borders, Citizens | Ch 15 |
| Nov. 29 | Course summary and test prep | Review |
| Dec. 1 | Test & final class | |
| Dec. 5 | No class scheduled |
Course Director: Professor Deborah Brock
Office: 2108 Vari Hall x60302
Web Site: www.yorku.ca/dbrock
Office Hours: Following lectures, or by appointment. Please speak to me during lecture period to arrange a discussion. I can also be reached by email at: dbrock@yorku.ca.
- Academic Honesty
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- Religious Observance
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- 20% Rule
No examinations or tests collectively worth more than 20% of the final grade in a course will be given during the final 14 calendar days of classes in a term. The exceptions to the rule are classes which regularly meet Friday evenings or on Saturday and/or Sunday at any time, and courses offered in the compressed summer terms. - Academic Accommodation for Students with Disabilities
