Prerequisite(s): CMST 110. This course orients students to the academic discipline of communication and media studies. Students develop understanding and appreciation of the discipline's rich history, broad topical scope, and ever-evolving possibilities for inquiry and application. As they practice looking at the world through a communication and media studies disciplinary lens, students become familiar with a range of influential theories that span interpersonal, group/organizational, cultural, rhetorical, and mass-mediated communication contexts. The course is required for Communication and Media Studies major and provides a valuable introduction to the discipline and its various topics for non-majors.