ENG 6312 - Ethical and Legal Dimensions of Communication

Credits: 3 Class: 3 Lab: 0
Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or departmental approval.
Helps students identify and address the ethical challenges that occur in private, social, and professional contexts. Focus on real world ethical dilemmas with diverse approaches to decision making using ethical reasoning and applied ethics. Legal considerations will include first amendment issues such as freedom of speech and press, copyright, libel, privacy, access, administrative law of advertising and broadcasting, and other legal problems in professional writing situations.