Course Description
Introduction to Communication, CMN 010V
Basic principles of communication and communication processes; models of communication; foundations of empirical research in communication; contexts of communication and communication research, including interpersonal, intercultural, news, entertainment, mediated, and others.
Key Information
Winter Quarter 2019
Instruction start date: January 7, 2019
Instruction end date: March 14, 2019
Credit: 4 quarter units / 2.67 semester units credit
UC Davis, CMN
Course Credit:
Upon successful completion, all online courses offered through cross-enrollment provide UC unit credit. Some courses are approved for GE, major preparation and/or, major credit or can be used as a substitute for a course at your campus.If "unit credit" is listed by your campus, consult your department, academic adviser or Student Affairs division to inquire about the petition process for more than unit credit for the course.
UC Berkeley:
Unit Credit
UC Davis:
General Education: Meets Social Science GE requirement
Major Preparation: Proposed pre-requisite for Communication major status
UC Irvine:
General Education: III - Social and Behavioral Sciences
UC Los Angeles:
Unit Credit
UC Merced:
Units toward your degree (See your adviser)
UC Riverside:
General Education: Elective units
UC San Diego:
General Education: Sixth - Social Analysis; Warren- May be counted depending on major/PofC/AS; Revelle Social Science; TMC 1 course toward lower-division disciplinary breadth if noncontiguous to major
UC San Francisco:
Unit Credit
UC Santa Barbara:
General Education: Possible Area D after petition
Course Equivalence: may be applicable to Communications major preparation after petition, see Communications department for details
UC Santa Cruz:
Unit Credit
Course Meeting Requirements
Online. Assignments due on specified dates/times. See syllabus for examples from Fall Quarter, 2018.
Course Fees
None
More About The Course
The two main concepts of the course are social change and technological change by digital means. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is not only an essential building block of a society, but currently also the driving force behind social development. Our generation has the luck to live through –and the responsibility to shape– an era in which mediated information and communication have become the catalyst of human progress. We will deepen our understanding on how social and technological revolutions go hand in hand.
Additional Course Information
Proctoring Info
Cross-campus students will take exams via ProctorU.
Course Creators

Laramie Taylor

John Theobald

Instructor of Term
John Theobald
jmtheobald@ucdavis.edu