APLNG 200 introduces students to the ways that language intersects with culture and how language shapes, and is shaped by culture. The focus is on interaction - how social communication, membership in discourse communities, and the ways multiple identities are expressed through language and context.

CAS 100A explores how people use techniques of oral communication to address practical, professional and civic problems. It is designed to introduce students to principles of effective public speaking, implemented through the design and presentation of individual speeches. Drawing upon concepts from the study of both rhetoric and communication science, the course aims to foster habits of ethical self-reflection alongside practical speaking skills.