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COMM 1101 - Introduction to Public Speaking [CIV]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 1101 until 03-SEP-02, COMM 1101H (starting 18-JAN-00, was SPCH 1101H until 03-SEP-02), PSTL 1461 (inactive, starting 07-SEP-99, was GC 1461 until 05-SEP-06), WRIT 1223 (inactive, ending 20-JAN-04, starting 07-SEP-99, was RHET 1223 until 21-MAY-07)
Public communication processes, elements, and ethics. Criticism of and response to public discourse. Practice in individual speaking designed to encourage civic participation.
COMM 1101H - Honors: Introduction to Public Speaking [CIV]
(3 cr; Prereq-Honors; A-F only; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 1101H until 03-SEP-02, PSTL 1461 (inactive, starting 07-SEP-99, was GC 1461 until 05-SEP-06), COMM 1101 (starting 07-SEP-99, was SPCH 1101 until 03-SEP-02), WRIT 1223 (inactive, ending 20-JAN-04, starting 07-SEP-99, was RHET 1223 until 21-MAY-07)
Public communication processes, elements, and ethics. Criticism of and response to public discourse. Practice in individual speaking designed to encourage civic participation.
COMM 1313W - Analysis of Argument [WI]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 1313W until 03-SEP-02, was SPCH 1313 until 05-SEP-00
Strategies for analyzing, evaluating, generating arguments. Problems in listening/responding to argument.
COMM 3110 - Topics in Communication Studies (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Summer; may be repeated for 15 credits; may be repeated 5 times)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 3110 until 03-SEP-02
Cases illustrating communication studies, theory, underlying issues.
COMM 3110H - Honors Topics in Communication Studies (Topics course)
(3 cr; Prereq-Honors; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 15 credits; may be repeated 5 times)
Cases illustrating communication studies, theory, underlying issues.
COMM 3201 - Introduction to Electronic Media Production
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 3201 until 03-SEP-02
Students work as a team to plan, script, and shoot video productions in a hands-on multi-camera television studio. By creating their own productions and reviewing the productions of others, students learn how media aesthetics shape the presentation of themes and messages.
COMM 3202 - Audio Production and Podcast Storytelling
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Introductory experience with sound design and production in podcasting, soundscape composition, music, and film. How sound advances media narratives and communicates emotion. The role sound plays in the producer's and audience's construction of worlds. Field recording, Foley work, vocal recording, music, and team production of longform nonfiction narrative podcast.
COMM 3204 - Advanced Electronic Media Production
(4 cr; Prereq-3201 or instr consent; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Video as communicative medium integrating visual/aural aesthetics. Creation of broadcast-quality production integrating message creation, audience analysis, argument development, and visual/audio scripting. Utilization of media aesthetics to develop/shape production content.
COMM 3211 - Introduction to Media Studies
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 3211 until 03-SEP-02
Historical development and current issues in electronic media technologies and programming. Effects of governmental, industrial, and public organizations on message content. Problem areas of electronic media.
COMM 3221 - Musical Communication
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall)
Equivalent courses: was COMM 4221 until 03-SEP-19
A critical media studies perspective on the production, distribution, consumption, circulation, and regulation of popular music.
COMM 3231 - Reality TV: History, Culture, and Economics
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Social, visual, cultural, economic, historical, and ethical dimensions of reality television.
COMM 3263W - Media Literacy: Decoding Media Images and Messages [WI]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was COMM 3263 until 23-MAY-11
Analysis of media images/messages. Principles of literacy. Media content/industries. Media and identity. Media effects. Textbook/packet readings, videos, small groups of peer writing workshops, media analyses.
COMM 3341 - Asian American Images [AH DSJ]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: AAS 3341
From 19th-century anti-Chinese political cartoons to Harold and Kumar, visual representations of Asians in the United States have long influenced how Asian Americans are seen and treated. What are some of the ways that photography, graphic arts, and digital culture have pictured Asian Americans as aliens, citizens, immigrants, workers, family and community members, entertainers, and artists? Course topics will relate visual images to particular historical moments, including the early exclusion period and the "yellow peril" stereotype; WWII Japanese American incarceration and the drawings of Mine Okubo, and photo-journalism documenting U.S. military involvement in Southeast Asia and its aftermath. How do photographic and other images work to counter historical amnesia, heal traumatic loss, and document social injustice? Other weeks of the class will explore the ways that individuals, families, and communities use photographs, video, and other visual media to preserve a sense of connection and belonging. We will also look at how contemporary Asian American photographers such as Tseng Kwong Chi, Nikki Lee, and Wing Young Huie experiment with visual images to raise questions of racial and national identity, social inequality, gender, sexuality, and political agency. The course also includes a digital storytelling project that encourages students to create video images and sound reflecting Asian American immigration stories from local communities.
COMM 3351 - Asian Americans and Popular Culture [AH DSJ]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: AAS 3351 (starting 05-SEP-17)
Over the past few decades, Asian Americans have become increasingly visible both as the subjects and producers of popular culture in the United States. This course will explore how this new recognition of Asian Americans in popular literature, cinema, television, and entertainment is related both to longer histories of Asian immigration and racial exclusion and to post-1960s efforts to forward racial awareness, community activism, and social justice. Our first unit will look at how particular stereotypes such as the yellow peril or the wartime enemy encouraged anti-Asian feeling and violence and legal restrictions on immigration and naturalization. We will then examine how throughout history, Asian immigrants and their descendants used song, dance, theater, writing, and other forms of popular culture to express personal desires and foster collective ties. Our final unit concentrates on contemporary popular culture and its relationship to the changing identities of Asian Americans. How do Asian Americans influence the current essays, films, and videos that are consumed by millions today? How are increasingly pan-ethnic, interracial, multiracial, transnational, and global experiences reflected in popular culture?
COMM 3401 - Introduction to Communication Theory
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 3401 until 03-SEP-02
Social scientific theory in human communication. Logic of scientific communication theories in interpersonal, small group, organizational, intercultural, and mediated communication.
COMM 3402 - Introduction to Interpersonal Communication
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 3402 until 03-SEP-02
Nature and function of communication between individuals in formal and informal relationships. Communicative interactions from theoretical and practical viewpoints.
COMM 3405 - Language and Gender
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Spring)
Equivalent courses: was WOST 3305 until 03-SEP-02, was SPCH 3405 until 07-SEP-99, GWSS 3305 (ending 05-SEP-06, was WOST 3305 until 05-SEP-06)
Gender/communication. Interdisciplinary theory. Role of communication in creating, maintaining, reinforcing, and changing gender relations in society.
COMM 3409 - Nonverbal Communication [SOCS]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Nonverbal communication in interpersonal communication process. Nonverbal codes (touch, space, smell, eye contact) and their communicative functions (impression management, flirting, persuading, lying) in relational contexts (intimate relationships, friendships, work relationship). Theories, practices.
COMM 3411 - Small Group and Team Communication
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 3411 until 03-SEP-02
Cooperative thinking in task-oriented groups. Planning, preparing for, and participating in small groups in private and public contexts.
COMM 3422 - Interviewing and Communication
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 3422 until 03-SEP-02
Application of communication concepts in information interview. Planning, conducting, and evaluating informational, journalistic/elite, helping, persuasive, appraisal, and employment interviews. Class training, field experience.
COMM 3431 - Persuasion Theories
(3 cr; Prereq-Soph recommended; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 3431 until 03-SEP-02
Sociological, psychological, and communication perspectives. Theoretical knowledge applied to persuasion problems.
COMM 3441 - Introduction to Organizational Communication
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 3441 until 03-SEP-02
Functions of communication in work groups, in organizational hierarchies, and between organizations.
COMM 3451 - Intercultural Communication - Theory & Practice: Business & Organizational Communication in Germany
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Periodic Summer)
A Global Seminar course in which you will learn how to communicate effectively interculturally generally and in German business settings specifically. The course combines theoretical knowledge about how culture affects communication with the lived experience of being in a foreign country and culture.
COMM 3451W - Intercultural Communication: Theory and Practice [WI]
(3 cr; Prereq-Planning an intercultural experience; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 3451W until 03-SEP-02, was SPCH 3451 until 05-SEP-00
Theories of and factors influencing intercultural communication. Development of effective intercultural communication skills.
COMM 3601 - Introduction to Rhetorical Theory
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 3601 until 03-SEP-02, was SPCH 3601W until 22-JAN-02, was SPCH 3601 until 05-SEP-00
Theoretical systems to explain/direct creation of public discourse. Traditional rhetoric to contemporary perspectives. Using theory to explain practice of public discourse.
COMM 3605W - Persuasive Speaking and Speech Writing [WI]
(3 cr; Prereq-1101, soph; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 3605W until 03-SEP-02, was SPCH 3605 until 05-SEP-00
Performance/composition with critical inquiry into rhetoric theories. Writing, thinking, and speaking skills.
COMM 3614 - Advanced Public Policy and Debate
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Instruction in advanced theories and practices of both public and NDT/CEDA policy debate.
COMM 3615W - Argumentation [WI]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was COMM 3615 until 06-SEP-22, was SPCH 3615 until 03-SEP-02
This course explores how arguments help us manage uncertainties in various contexts, straddling the space between inquiry (knowledge making), and advocacy (change making). By combining theory and practice, the class provides students with strategies for thoughtfully analyzing and producing critical judgments. It cultivates their ability to read critically and charitably, to write and argue creatively, cogently and appropriately, and to participate ethically and constructively in various deliberative environments.
COMM 3625W - Communication Ethics [WI]
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was COMM 3625 until 18-JAN-22, was SPCH 3625 until 03-SEP-02
Applying concepts/theories from philosophy and social science to ethical issues in interpersonal, group, organizational, intercultural, and media communication.
COMM 3631 - Freedom of Speech [CIV]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was COMM 3631W until 17-JAN-06, was SPCH 3631W until 03-SEP-02, was SPCH 3631 until 05-SEP-00
Communication theories and principles that underlie the concept of freedom of speech in the United States. A variety of contexts and practices are examined in order to understand how communicative interaction should be described and, when necessary, appropriately regulated.
COMM 3635W - Famous Speeches [WI]
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall)
Speeches that became famous because of the occasion, issue, or speaker. Students analyze texts, research the issue?s history and the speaker?s biography/opposition, and evaluate the speech's artistry, ethical principles, effects on society, and contribution to history of ideas.
COMM 3645W - How Pictures Persuade [WI]
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall)
How words/pictures interact in graphic memoirs, political cartoons, and science to create/communicate meaning. How this interaction bears on public advocacy. Reading examples of comprehensive cognitive model of visual communication.
COMM 3666 - Greek Intellectual Revolution
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Spring)
This course is a three-week study abroad experience in Greece with the objective to examine how this ancient culture revolutionized its self-understanding of certain eternal human questions. Students will first acquire a degree of cultural competence in understanding the ancient culture, secondly understand how that revolution shaped our own western cultural foundations, and thirdly to use the ancient answers to provoke a critical assessment our answers to those same human questions.
COMM 3676W - Communicating Terrorism [WI GP]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was WRIT 3376W until 02-SEP-08, was RHET 3376W until 21-MAY-07, was RHET 3376 until 18-JAN-05
Terrorism as an ethical and international problem. Different cultures' historical trajectories for terrorism. Contrasts between Algerian, Irish, and Arab terrorism.
COMM 3681W - Rhetorical Fictions and 20th Century Conflicts [LITR WI GP]
(4 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was COMM 1681W until 21-MAY-12, was WRIT 1381W until 02-SEP-08, was RHET 1381W until 21-MAY-07, was RHET 1381 until 05-SEP-00
Analysis of selected 20th-century documentary novels. Nature of artistic truth in relation to historical truth. Cross-cultural comparisons of responses to impact of Anglo-American policies.
COMM 3682W - Communicating War [AH WI CIV]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was WRIT 3382W until 02-SEP-08, was RHET 3382W until 21-MAY-07, was RHET 3382 until 18-JAN-05
Claim: if ethics (right/wrong) exists in war, then right/wrong exist everywhere. Students experience this claim through its expression in various arts/humanities media of history, memoir, philosophical meditation, and film.
COMM 3896 - Internship for Academic Credit
(1 cr [max 4]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 4 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
An applied learning experience in an agreed-upon, short-term, supervised workplace activity, with defined goals, which may be related to a student's major field or area of interest. The work can be full or part time, paid or unpaid, primarily in off-campus environments. Internships integrate classroom knowledge and theory with practical application and skill development in professional or community settings. The skills and knowledge learned should be transferable to other employment settings and not simply to advance the operations of the employer. Typically the student's work is supervised and evaluated by a site coordinator or instructor.
COMM 3993 - Directed Study
(1 cr [max 3]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 6 times)
Equivalent courses: was COMM 3970 until 17-MAY-21, was SPCH 3970 until 03-SEP-02
Guided individual reading or study. An opportunity in which a student completes a reading project, and/or designs and carries out a research project under the direction of a faculty member.
COMM 3994 - Directed Research
(1 cr [max 3]; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 6 times)
Equivalent courses: was COMM 3990 until 17-MAY-21, was SPCH 3990 until 03-SEP-02
How communication research is designed, implemented, and published. Focus is on working with senior faculty on their current research projects.
COMM 3996 - Directed Instruction
(3 cr; S-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was COMM 3980 until 19-JAN-21, was SPCH 3980 until 03-SEP-02
Supervised planning/teaching of undergraduate courses.
COMM 3999W - Capstone Project [WI]
(1 cr; S-N only; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was COMM 3995W until 08-SEP-20, was COMM 3995 until 17-JAN-06
The Capstone is fulfilled by completing a 10-20 page capstone paper. Students seeking honors in communication studies may fulfill the capstone requirement with the honors thesis. The honors thesis is completed by taking 6 credits of of COMM 3190H, which counts towards the Additional Electives requirement. Students who double major and choose to complete the capstone requirement in their other major may waive the communication studies BA capstone, and they do not need to replace the 1 credit. Take COMM 3999W concurrently with any COMM 4xxx or 5xxx course. COMM 3999W is taken S-N only and must be taken during the same semester in which the capstone paper is written. The instructor sets the criteria for standards of quality and conceptual/theoretical content. Prerequisites: COMM major; instructor consent
COMM 4204 - Producing for Television: Theory and Practice
(4 cr; Prereq-3201, 3204; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Producing media content based on audience, design, and story. Developing a thematic design. Evaluating and choosing a projected audience based on story concept and program bible. Each student completes a television program, including writing a script, preproduction planning, and considering crew and talent needs. Media producer responsibilities.
COMM 4235 - Electronic Media and Ethnic Minorities--A World View
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 4235 until 03-SEP-02
Representation and involvement of various ethnic groups (e.g., African-Americans, Native Americans in United States and Canada, Maori, Turks in Europe) in radio, TV, cable, Internet. Roles of government, industry, public organizations, and minority groups in regulating, managing, and financing ethnic media activities.
COMM 4251 - Environmental Communication [ENV]
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was COMM 4250 until 08-SEP-20, COMM 5250 (inactive, starting 20-JAN-15)
Historical, cultural, material contexts within which environmental communication takes place. Understand environmental communication as well as develop communication strategies that lead to more sustainable social practices, institutions, and systems.
COMM 4263 - Feminist Media Studies [DSJ]
(3 cr; Prereq-3211 or instr consent; A-F only; offered Every Spring)
Issues, controversies, and practices of gender and their relationship to U.S. media. Ways in which gender is represented in and comes into play with media texts/institutions. Histories of feminism, theories/methods/political economy, case studies.
COMM 4291 - New Telecommunication Media
(3 cr; Prereq-3211 or instr consent; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Fall)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 4291 until 03-SEP-02
Development and current status of new telecommunication media such as cable TV, satellites, DBS, MDS, and video disk/cassettes. Technology, historical development, regulation, and programming of these media and their influence on individuals, organizations, and society.
COMM 4404W - Language Borderlands [WI]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was COMM 4404 until 02-SEP-14, was COMM 3404 until 04-SEP-07, was SPCH 3404 until 03-SEP-02
Effect of multilingualism on self identity/sense of community. Subjective/social dimensions of being multilingual. Experience of language loss.
COMM 4407 - Communication and Conflict
(3 cr; Prereq-3401 or instr consent; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 4407 until 03-SEP-02
Aspects of conflict common across types of relationships. Theories as alternative lenses to illuminate aspects of conflict. Communication strategies to manage or resolve conflict.
COMM 4461 - Prosocial Communication and Health
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Spring)
There has been a shift in how we think about and study human health and well-being. This shift also emphasizes the cultivation of positive emotions, behaviors, and practices into our daily lives so that we may improve our relationships with others and ultimately our well-being. In this senior-level undergraduate seminar we will examine a) the meaning and importance of prosocial communication in our lives; b) the communicative and relational contributions of prosociality to our health and well-being; and c) how the popular press presents happiness research.
COMM 4471 - Communication in Marriage and Family
(3 cr; Prereq-3401 or 3402 or instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 4471 until 03-SEP-02
Contemporary theories of marriage/family communication using life-cycle approach. Role/function of communication in changing relational contexts. Ways of improving marriage/family relationships.
COMM 4602W - Contemporary Political Persuasion [WI]
(3 cr; Prereq-1101, 3431 or instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall)
Equivalent courses: was COMM 4602 until 21-JAN-03, was SPCH 4602W until 03-SEP-02, was SPCH 4602 until 05-SEP-00
Contemporary political speech. Ideologies in political persuasion.
COMM 4616 - African American Civil Rights Rhetoric
(3 cr; Prereq-Jr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 4616 until 03-SEP-02
Uses the struggle of African Americans to explore and analyze philosophical concepts, political issues, moral complexities, and discursive characteristics of civil rights rhetoric.
COMM 4621W - Rhetoric of Feminism [WI DSJ]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 4621W until 03-SEP-02, was SPCH 4621 until 05-SEP-00, GWSS 4621W (inactive)
History/criticism of rhetoric of feminism from 19th century to present.
COMM 4642W - The Rhetoric of Secrecy and Surveillance [WI]
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Spring)
"The Rhetoric of Secrecy and Surveillance" is a 4xxx-level course that focuses on rhetorical theory and criticism as expressed in recurring secrecy scandals and political states of emergency that demand ever-greater oversight of the population. This course is divided into three units: the history, theory, and wicked problems of secrecy and surveillance as they manifest in public and political culture. The core argument of this class is that we live in public, and that our information and our bodies are frequently exposed to the world and to a degree that we may not realize. One recurring theme of this course that is intended to prepare students for civic life beyond the university is that what we consider to be secret is often no secret at all, and the fact that we must live in public creates moral dilemmas which often go unrecognized in our everyday lives.
COMM 5110 - Special Topics in Communication Theory (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Summer; may be repeated for 9 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 5110 until 03-SEP-02
Advanced theoretical problems. See department office for current offering.
COMM 5211 - Critical Media Studies: Theory and Methods
(3 cr; Prereq-Graduate students or undergraduates who have completed COMM 3211 (Introduction to Media Studies) or its equivalent; A-F only; offered Every Spring)
Survey of theories, research methods, and scholars dominating critical media studies since late 1920s.
COMM 5221 - Media, Race, and Identity
(3 cr; Prereq-3211 or instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall)
Critical media studies perspective on cultural politics of race and ethnicity. Social construction of race, politics of racism, media representations of race.
COMM 5231 - Media Outlaws
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Fall Even Year)
People working outside of mainstream media institutions who find creative/provocative ways to use media as space for cultural, political, or economic critique/resistance.
COMM 5261 - Political Economy of Media Culture
(3 cr; Prereq-3211 or instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 5261 until 03-SEP-02
Organizational practices of media communicators. Media content as link between communicators and audiences. How viewers use/process media content.
COMM 5402 - Advanced Interpersonal Communication
(3 cr; Prereq-3401 or 3402; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 5402 until 03-SEP-02
Social scientific approaches to interpersonal communication. Theory, research findings.
COMM 5411 - Small Group Communication Research
(3 cr; Prereq-3411 or instr consent; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 5411 until 03-SEP-02
Survey of small group communication research; theory and practice. Group decision-making and leadership.
COMM 5431 - The Process of Persuasion
(3 cr; Prereq-3431; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 5431 until 03-SEP-02
Communication campaigns (e.g., advertising, political) illustrating persuasive processes and theories. Research paper required.
COMM 5441 - Communication in Human Organizations (Completely Online)
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 5441 until 03-SEP-02
Communication in organizational settings. Organizational structure and dynamics and their effect upon the communication process. Individual projects.
COMM 5451W - Intercultural Communication Processes [WI]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 5451W until 03-SEP-02, was SPCH 5451 until 05-SEP-00
Theory and research on cultural differences in values, norms, behaviors, and perceptions that affect communication across cultures internationally and domestically.
COMM 5611 - Survey of Rhetorical Theory
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 5611 until 03-SEP-02, WRIT 5776 (starting 28-MAY-13, was RHET 5776 until 21-MAY-07)
Rhetorical theory, from ancient to contemporary period. Application to public discourse.
COMM 5615W - Introduction to Rhetorical Criticism [WI]
(3 cr; Prereq-1101; 3601 recommended; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 5615W until 03-SEP-02, was SPCH 5615 until 05-SEP-00
Analysis of public discourse using various theoretical perspectives.
COMM 5617 - History and Criticism of U.S. Public Discourse: 1630-1865
(3 cr; Prereq-Jr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 5617 until 03-SEP-02
How discourse has been used to establish or maintain power. Speeches and public debates used to examine American public address from 17th century (e.g., Puritan sermons) to the Civil War.
COMM 5970 - Directed Study
(1 cr [max 3]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 18 credits; may be repeated 6 times)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 5970 until 03-SEP-02
Guided individual reading or study. Instructor and department consent is required.
COMM 5994 - Communication Research Practicum
(1 cr [max 3]; Prereq-instr consent; S-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 9 credits; may be repeated 9 times)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 5994 until 03-SEP-02
Students participate in research group.
COMM 8000 - Communication Studies Research Colloquium
(1 cr; S-N only; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 4 credits; may be repeated 4 times)
The Friday Colloquium is a mix of research presentations by scholars in Communication Studies and related fields, and workshops on professional development. The Colloquium provides graduate students with a broader introduction to the field, cutting edge work, and opportunities for developing their interests and skills. The content and specific requirements of COMM 8xxx will vary by year, depending upon the faculty member who coordinates the colloquium series and the direction provided by the Director of Graduate Studies. In the fall of each year, the professional development portion of the Colloquium will focus on teaching. Professional development sessions in the spring may include: navigating the job market, publishing, networking, or alternative academic career paths, depending on the range of speakers and interests of the cohort.
COMM 8100 - Communication Studies Research Colloquium (Topics course)
(0 cr; S-N only; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated 4 times)
The Friday Colloquium is a mix of research presentations by scholars in Communication Studies and related fields, and workshops on professional development. The Colloquium provides graduate students with a broader introduction to the field, cutting edge work, and opportunities for developing their interests and skills. The content and specific requirements of COMM 8xxx will vary by year, depending upon the faculty member who coordinates the colloquium series and the direction provided by the Director of Graduate Studies. In the fall of each year, the professional development portion of the Colloquium will focus on teaching. Professional development sessions in the spring may include: navigating the job market, publishing, networking, or alternative academic career paths, depending on the range of speakers and interests of the cohort.
COMM 8101 - Introduction to Graduate Communication Studies
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
COMM 8101 is a required course that provides beginning graduate students with a foundation for understanding the discipline of communication studies from the perspective of a graduate student, scholar, and faculty citizen.
COMM 8110 - Seminar: Communication Research Methods (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 15 credits; may be repeated 5 times)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 8110 until 03-SEP-02
Evaluation of research methods in speech-communication.
COMM 8210 - Seminar: Selected Topics in U.S. Electronic Media (Topics course)
(3 cr; Prereq-5210 or instr consent; offered when feasible; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 18 credits; may be repeated 6 times)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 8210 until 03-SEP-02
Literature survey; evaluating research on topics; conducting independent research project on a particular topic.
COMM 8211 - Critical Communication Studies: History, Theory, Method
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 8211 until 03-SEP-02
Qualitative research methods for studying media institutions, texts, audiences, and contexts.
COMM 8231 - Seminar: National and International Electronic Media Systems
(3 cr; Prereq-4231 or instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 8231 until 03-SEP-02
Historical and contemporary aspects of national and international electronic media systems. Roles of national and international regulatory bodies. Approaches to programming and evidence of effectiveness.
COMM 8333 - FTE: Master's
(1 cr; Prereq-Master's student, adviser and DGS consent; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; 6 academic progress units; 6 financial aid progress units)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 8333 until 03-SEP-02
(No description)
COMM 8402 - Seminar: Interpersonal Communication
(3 cr; Prereq-5402 or instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 8402 until 03-SEP-02
Evaluate and develop new perspectives for analyzing, diagnosing, and managing interpersonal communication problems.
COMM 8403 - Seminar: Emotion and Communication
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 8403 until 03-SEP-02
Major theories of emotion and the role of emotion in communication.
COMM 8444 - FTE: Doctoral
(1 cr; Prereq-Doctoral student, adviser and DGS consent; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; 6 academic progress units; 6 financial aid progress units)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 8444 until 03-SEP-02
(No description)
COMM 8451 - Seminar: Intercultural and Diversity Research
(3 cr; Prereq-instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 8451 until 03-SEP-02
Development of ideas/methods for research project, M.A. Plan B project, or Ph.D. dissertation.
COMM 8452 - Seminar: Methods of Intercultural/Diversity Facilitation
(3 cr; Prereq-4451 or 5452 recommended; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 8452 until 03-SEP-02
Theories of and techniques for managing effective intercultural communication and diversity. Intercultural training.
COMM 8502 - Seminar: Communication Theory Construction
(3 cr; Prereq-5421 or instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 8502 until 03-SEP-02
Logic of communication theory development and modification from a social scientific perspective. Types of communication theories.
COMM 8504 - Seminar: Rhetorical Criticism
(3 cr; Prereq-5615 or instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 8504 until 03-SEP-02
Rhetorical criticism theories and methods. Rhetoric as applied to literary studies and the growth of hermeneutics as vantage points for reassessing rhetorical methods.
COMM 8606 - Seminar: Rhetorical Analysis of Campaigns and Movements
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 8606 until 03-SEP-02
Literature and methodology in historical and contemporary rhetorical campaigns and movements.
COMM 8611 - Seminar: Rhetoric (Topics course)
(3 cr; Prereq-5611 or instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 4 times)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 8611 until 03-SEP-02
History/criticism of rhetorical theory. Research in rhetoric.
COMM 8625 - Seminar: Communication Ethics
(3 cr; Prereq-Ethics course or instr consent; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Fall)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 8625 until 03-SEP-02
Independent research on communication ethics in interpersonal, group, organizational, intercultural, and media settings. Theories of ethics and methods of analysis.
COMM 8666 - Doctoral Pre-Thesis Credits
(1 cr [max 6]; Prereq-Doctoral student who has not passed prelim oral; no required consent for 1st/2nd registrations, up to 12 combined cr; dept consent for 3rd/4th registrations, up to 24 combined cr; doctoral student admitted before summer 2007 may register up to four times, up to 60 combined cr; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 8666 until 03-SEP-02
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COMM 8777 - Thesis Credits: Master's
(1 cr [max 18]; Prereq-Max 18 cr per semester or summer; 10 cr total required [Plan A only]; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 18 credits)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 8777 until 03-SEP-02
(No description)
COMM 8888 - Thesis Credit: Doctoral
(1 cr [max 24]; Prereq-Max 18 cr per semester or summer; 24 cr required; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 100 credits; may be repeated 10 times)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 8888 until 03-SEP-02
(No description)
COMM 8910 - Advanced Topics in Communication Studies (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 18 credits; may be repeated 6 times)
Literature survey; evaluating research on topics; conducting independent research project on a particular topic.
COMM 8994 - Directed Research
(1 cr [max 3]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 6 times)
Equivalent courses: was SPCH 8994 until 03-SEP-02
Supervised research project.

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