Communication Arts and Sciences

Professors D. Freeberg (director of theatre), K. Groenendyk (cochair), W. Katerberg (cochair), G. Pauley, C. Plantinga, W. Romanowski (Arthur H. DeKruyter Chair in Faith and Communication)
Associate Professors C. Smit, S. Wieland
Assistant Professors G. Heetebrij, S. Smartt

The Communication Arts and Sciences (CAS) Department serves students intending careers in communication-related professions and those who wish to understand the society in which they live and to improve their ability to communicate. The department offers majors in film and media and strategic communication. The department also offers group majors in organizational communication and digital communication. Students with a GPA of 2.5 and above are encouraged to do an internship, either locally with CAS 346  or with the Chicago Semester, the American Studies Program in Washington, DC, or the Los Angeles Film Studies Center. The department’s internship advisor is S. Wieland.

The group minor in journalism, a program involving the department, is described under the English Department.

The core requirement in rhetoric in culture may be met by CAS 101 , CAS 141 , CAS 180 , or CAS 214 . The department offers an exemption exam for CAS 101 . Passing the exam constitutes completion of the rhetoric in culture core.

Programs

• Film and Media Major: Production Concentration
• Film and Media Major: Studies Concentration
• Organizational Communication Major
• Strategic Communication Major: Professional Track
• Strategic Communication Major: Rhetoric Track

• Communication Arts and Sciences Minor
• Communication Arts and Sciences Minor: Elementary Education
• Communication Arts and Sciences Minor: Secondary Education
• Film and Media Minor
• Theatre Minor

• Digital Communication Group Major

Courses

• CAS 101 - Oral Rhetoric
• CAS 120 - Calvin Theatre Company
• CAS 141 - Visual Rhetoric
• CAS 145 - Introduction to Film and Media
• CAS 180 - Communicating with Digital Media
• CAS 190 - Introduction to Digital Filmmaking
• CAS 200 - Advanced Oral Rhetoric
• CAS 201 - New Media
• CAS 203 - Performance Studies
• CAS 204 - Directing Co-Curricular Programs
• CAS 214 - Creating Communication Arts in the Classroom
• CAS 217 - Plays in Production
• CAS 222 - Calvin Media Company
• CAS 230 - Media Cultures
• CAS 231 - Intercultural Communication
• CAS 240 - Group Communication
• CAS 248 - Writing for the Media
• CAS 249 - Digital Audio Production
• CAS 250 - Multi-Camera Production
• CAS 254 - Film and Media Criticism
• CAS 255 - Documentary Film and Television
• CAS 260 - Interpersonal Communication
• CAS 263 - Communication and Conflict Resolution
• CAS 264 - Communication and Ministry Leadership
• CAS 265 - Leadership Communication for Organizations
• CAS 270 - Communication and Gender
• CAS 281 - Film and Cultures I
• CAS 282 - Film and Cultures II
• CAS 284 - Film and Media Theory
• CAS 285 - Advertising and Public Relations
• CAS 290 - Intermediate Digital Filmmaking
• CAS 296 - Film as a Narrative Art
• CAS 305 - Persuasion and Propaganda
• CAS 311 - Argumentation and Advocacy
• CAS 316 - Directing for Stage and Screen
• CAS 323 - Acting for Stage and Screen
• CAS 346 - Internship in Communication
• CAS 351 - Advanced Digital Filmmaking
• CAS 362 - Organizational Communication
• CAS 390 - Independent Study
• CAS 395 - Special Topics in Communication
• CAS 399 - Advanced Communication Study