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Acting under its delegated authority SCUS approved a

change in title for CMNS 200-3 from "Pragmatics of Human

Communication" to "Introduction to Communication Theory".

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Old

QSIS 200-3 Pragmatics at

NSI' C(J1iCSti0

An examination of the

process

of

hIfl

c"iicatiOn and

the ways in which

It a used to conétructunique

reality for each

o'iptc*tin9 individual

Crwdcation is approached as a

sy.tiC

relationshiP that is

qualitatively

different

from

the

'poptti•S"

of the individualS ivold.

NasiC character

istic.

of the

00.NIIII.LCSttOfl

procesS

are

reviewed slang with their iwçlicatiOfl5

and

the

ways La Ihich

oo*"&Ct°" ptheloqi$

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to

ptoduos such disorders

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New

asis

200-3 thttOdu0ti0 to

oc1,iCstLOb

theory.

(the ó.scriptiOn is the

son except

for the last eastases ièidi

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basic charactoristice of the

commanication p

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and their i1iCattOns

arereviewed and related to .ajor ,

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'iicatioi' theories.

c2lis210-3

History

or

information-diessainat

ion

An e**lOtattOfl aM

interpretation of th• theds of

that hay,

been

.loyed from prehistory to the present century.

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major

tel5td

technology will

be

l

ooked

at by focussing

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on their eCOnomic and social

in

preconditi0S

ój...111ICatiOn

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and cultuta1

consequences. Topics

to be covered will include

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language as

OONIliCatiOIl • oral ttsdiUon, the

rule of various

forms

of

writing and notational systems in the emergence of

old and New

World civilii*tiOfls.

the

'"Pact of print, and the innovations of

the industrial age.

New

CP'tlS

210-3 HistOry of C0nunicati0fl

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analysts of the-mode

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of communication that have been developed from

present century. using a biosocial perspective, the course

will

prehistory

critically assess the human impact of coiriunic&tionrelated

to the

technology

in various epochs. Topics to h covered will include: the evolution of

intelligence '

and the origin of .nguage; the nature of oral traditions; the

elaboration of various notational

systems and

writingi the

Consequences of

print and lit.racy; and the innoatiOn5 of industrial and postindustrial society.

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descriptions

with hiving calendar

The changáa to these courses reflect an ongoing concern

descriptions that C0W%iCitS accuratelY to the student the nature of the course.