Communication Themes

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COM - Communication

COM 110 Public SpeakingResearch skills, topic selection, speech organization, skills in speech d

COM 112 Interpersonal CommunicationInterpersonal communication competence: self-concept, self-disclosure

COM 200 Communication Media in a Changing WorldCredit is not allowed for both COM 200 and COM 250Traces ongoing evolution of communication media. Examines the placecontemporary mediascape. Challenges students to examine their use otake COM 250 cannot get credit for COM 200. For communication majo

COM 201 Introduction to Persuasion TheoryImpacts of persuasive communication on attitudes and behavior. Uses

COM 202 Small Group CommunicationTheory and practice of effective communication in small groups, includiconflict management, and the significance of power.

COM 211 Argumentation and AdvocacyTheory-based analysis of public argument in specialized settings of law

COM 226 Introduction to Public Relations
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Public relations as a communication function of organizations. Public recommunication, and audience influences on public relations practice; c

COM 230 Introduction to Communication TheoryPrerequisite: Communication MajorsMicro- and macro-analytic theories used in the study of human commucontexts, cultures, and media.

COM 240 Communication InquiryPrerequisite: Communication MajorsQualitative and quantitative methods of inquiry in communication: typesof different methods; reference tolls in the field; and channels of distribu

COM 250 Communication and Technology

Prerequisite: Communication Majors. Credit is not allowed for both COExamination of past, current, and future intersections of technology, culcommunication technologies in interpersonal, organizational, societal, a

COM 257 Media History and TheoryPrerequisite: COM 230

Historical development and social implications of telecommunications,methodological approaches to the field of communication media: mediamedia audiences; media technologies; and roles of the media in social,

COM 267 Electronic Media Writing: Theory and PracticePrerequisite: COM 230

Media writing as a social practice. Roles of writing and writers in media


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constrain writing and the writer. Specific media writing genres and formcommentary, and fictional genres in radio, television, film, and emergin

COM 296 Communication Internship-Non-LocalPrerequisite: Communication MajorsNon-local directed work experience for Communication majors with suppermission of the Internship Director and the Assoc. Dept. Head.

COM 298 Special Projects in CommunicationA special projects course to be utilized for guided research or experime

COM 301 Presentational SpeakingPrerequisite: COM 110Design, organization and delivery of oral presentations for policy deter

COM 302 Managing MeetingsRules and customs of meetings in committees, assemblies and organiz

COM 307 Digital Audio ProductionPrerequisite: COM 267Basic principles of digital audio production, including studio operation, p

COM 315 PhoneticsArticulatory and acoustic phonetics; application of the International Pho


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COM 316 Public Relations WritingPrerequisite: COM 226 and ENG 316Communication processes and procedures of public relations programs

COM 317 Television ProductionPrerequisite: COM 267Basic techniques of television studio production, including producing, w

COM (ENG)321

Survey of Rhetorical Theory

Prerequisite: Sophomore standing and abovePrinciples of rhetorical theory from its classical origins through the modprocesses of persuasive symbol use.

COM 322 Nonverbal CommunicationPrerequisite: COM 112Theory and research in nonverbal communication, including: environmcommunication in personal, workplace and cross-cultural setting.

COM 325 Anatomy and Physiology of SpeechAnatomy and physiology of the speech mechanism including the musc

COM 327 Critical Analysis of Communication MediaPrerequisite: COM 240 and COM 257, Corequisite: COM 240

Theoretical frameworks, methods, and aims of various approaches to c
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fictional, and hybrid media content; and historical forms of audiences a

COM 332 Relational CommunicationPrerequisite: COM 112Communication patterns in the development and deterioration of interp

COM 335 Language DevelopmentSyntactic, semantic, morphologic, and pragmatic development from birt

First language acquisition versus second language learning.

COM 336 Newsletter Writing and ProductionNewsletters are an important part of the corporate, non-profit, governm- print or electronic - to reach their audiences with their key messages.organization or their clients. Students in this course will work collaborati

COM 342 InterviewingPrerequisite: Junior standing.Theory and practice of effective communication skills applied in various

COM 346 Case Studies in Public RelationsPrerequisite: COM 226 and COM 230

Application of theory, principles, and problem-solving techniques used i

COM 357 Digital Video Production

Prerequisite: COM 267


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Principles of producing, directing, and editing techniques for digital vide

COM (WGS)362

Communication and Gender

Prerequisite: Junior standing, COM 112Effects of gender on the interpersonal communication process. Construrole of gender in organizational, institutional, and media communication

COM 364 History of Film to 1940Prerequisite: Sophomore standing and aboveTechnological developments and aesthetic movements that shaped intmovement, editing, sound, narrative form, and the documentary. The ricontexts.

COM 367 Multimedia Production and Digital CulturePrerequisite: COM 267Production lab and seminar combined. Digital production of visual imagCritical analysis of assumptions underlying development and deploymeand critical thinking.

COM 374 History of Film From 1940

Prerequisite: Sophomore standing and aboveTechnological developments and aesthetic movements that have shapsound, narrative form, and the documentary. Post-war Hollywood cinecultural context.
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COM 385 Speech SciencePrerequisite: COM 325

Acoustic properties of speech sounds and the dynamics of speech souphonatory, and atriculatory movements and the acoustic events that recompleted outside of class.

COM 386 Quantitative Communication Research MethodsPrerequisite: COM 240Design and implementation of communication research methods, inclu

COM (HSS)392

International and Crosscultural Communication

Patterns and problems of verbal and non-verbal forms of crossculturalcharacteristics and crosscultural communication. Impact on communica

COM (ENG)395

Studies in Rhetoric and Digital Media

Prerequisite: ENG 101Study of the influence of emerging technologies on rhetorical theory andigital media texts as a means of engaging rhetorical theory and analys

COM 402 Advanced Group CommunicationPrerequisite: COM 202Communication processes and outcomes in groups with complex, stratconstructing group processes. Advanced theory with application.

COM 407 Advanced Digital Audio
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Prerequisite: COM 307Advanced multichannel techniques for audio production. Studio acousti

COM (ENG)411

Rhetorical Criticism

Prerequisite: Junior standingRhetorical analysis of public speeches, social movements, political cammovement studies, genre criticism, dramatistic analysis, content analysi

COM 417 Advanced Topics in Communication and RacePrerequisite: COM 257, Corequisite: COM 250

Advanced topics seminar examining construction of racial and ethnic idcommunication works to construct, undermine, and reinforce understan

COM 421 Communication LawPrerequisite: Junior standing.Explores the historical, philosophical, and legal foundations of communichannels, receivers, and situations provide the central focus of the cour

COM 427 Game Studies

Prerequisite:COM 250 or STS 214Exploration of inter-relations among mobile technologies (cell phones,definition of basic gaming concepts (community, narrative, play, and sp(MUDs); and (3) the definition of games, which use the physical spaceDiscussion of inter-connections among games, education, and art. Jr/S

COM 431 Communication in Political Campaigns


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Prerequisite: COM 110 or COM 201Roles of analysis and criticism of oral communication in political campaiadvertising.

COM 436 Environmental CommunicationPrerequisite: COM 230 or STS 214Critical analysis of environmental discourse in organizational, mass meadvocacy and deliberation; environmental conflict management; rhetoririsk communication; and competing ecological paradigms. Must hold Ju

COM 437 Advanced Digital VideoPrerequisite: COM 357Hands-on experience in digital video production. Production of instructiorganization and critical analysis of final product.

COM 441 Ethical Issues in CommunicationPrerequisite: COM 110, 112Critical analysis of ethical problems in interpersonal and public commu

COM 442 Communication and Conflict Management

Prerequisite: COM 112Examination of conflict styles and theories; conflict management strateworkplace, families, and interpersonal relationships. Practical, theoretic

COM 444 Film ProductionPrerequisite:COM 267 or ENG 330

Principles of cinematography, production, and editing technologies for fi


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Critical analysis of production of classic and contemporary feature films

COM 447 Communication and Globalization

Corequisite: COM 327History and current trends in globalization of media, information, and telglobalization, including debates over corporate vs. public control of glob

American culture. Internet-based group research projects on globalizati

COM 451 Visual RhetoricPrerequisite: COM 201 or COM 321Examine the rhetorical strategies employed in various primarily visual fcommemorative artifacts and sites. Explore the concepts and methodsfield trips to which students will provide own transportation.

COM 456 Organizational CommunicationPrerequisite: COM 230Role of human communication in organizations, the assumptions inherrelationships among communication, job satisfaction, productivity, deve

COM 457 Media and the FamilyCorequisite: COM 327Impact of mediated messages upon children and the family unit. OriginImplications of commercial structure of the media industries on the strupro- and anti-social impacts.

COM 466 Nonprofit Leadership & Development


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Nonprofit Leadership and Development is a service-learning course inorganization. Students will critically examine theories of communicationboards, volunteer management, and resource development. Students a

COM 467 Advanced Topics in Gender and CommunicationPrerequisite: COM 327 or COM 362

Advanced Topics seminar examining construction of gender identities tcritical approaches to social, political, and economic impact of gender c

COM 476 Public Relations CampaignsPrerequisite: COM 226, COM 316, COM 386 and Corequisite: COM 34Management of the public relations function in organizations and publicdepartments and counseling firms, practical analysis and development

COM 477 Communication and MobilityPrerequisite:COM 250 or STS 214Mobile communication technologies and their influence on communicatiinternet access points and gaming devices. History, current uses and fuThe influence of mobile images on communication and the creation ofand Latin America.

COM 484 Advanced Television ProductionPrerequisite: COM 317Television program production utilizing advanced production techniqueproduction of sophisticated program formats.

COM 487 Internet and Society


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Prerequisite: COM 250 or COM 257 or STS 214Exploration of major issues involved in the growth of computer-mediatetechnology to social, civic, and political life; gender, race, and class ason the nature of communication, knowledge, and information.

COM 493 Advanced Topics in Public RelationsThis course addresses current trends and recent development in the pueach semester subject to faculty availability, but may include topics sucpublic relations specializations. Juniors and Seniors only.

COM 496 Communication InternshipPrerequisite: Junior standing, Communication MajorsDirected work experience for Communication majors with supervision fr

COM 498 Advanced Topic in CommunicationPrerequisite:Junior or senior standing

Advanced study of contemporary theories, methods, practices, process

COM 499 Advanced Independent ResearchPrerequisite: Nine credits in Communication courses. Junior standing o

Special projects in communication developed under the direction of a fatwice.

COM (ENG)506

Verbal Data Analysis

Prerequisite: ENG 513 or ENG 527 or COM 541 or COM 542

Research strategies for understanding how spoken and written languag


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Tracking patterned uses of language as verbal data (e.g., grammaticallquestions through quantitative descriptive means. Sampling, collectingmeasures, and reporting the results.

COM (ENG)514

History Of Rhetoric

Historical development of rhetorical theory with attention to contemporacoverage of medieval, Renaissance, 18th-century, and 19th-century de

COM (ENG)516

Rhetorical Criticism: Theory and Practice

Prerequisite: Graduate Standing or the equivalent of COM/ENG 321 orDevelopment, achievements, limitation of major critical methods in thefantasy-theme and postmodern approaches. Criticism of political discouRelations between rhetorical and literary criticism and other forms of cu

COM 521 Communication and GlobalizationPrerequisite: Graduate standingEconomic, political, cultural dimensions of globalization. Role of informorganization.

COM 522 Critical Approaches to Organizational CommunicatPrerequisite: Graduate standingOverview of critical and interpretive organizational communication rese

COM 523 International and Intercultural Communication

Prerequisite: Graduate standing
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Survey of intercultural, cross-cultural, and international communication

COM 524 Political Communication in OrganizationsPrerequisite: Graduate standingExplore effects of modern communication techniques on political life inand governmental institutions.

COM 525 Communication and Decision-Making

Prerequisite: Graduate standingCommunication in decision-making process from individual, group, orgproblems, applied field consideration.

COM 526 Media OwnershipPrerequisite: Graduate standing

Identify major media companies worldwide areas of dominance. Exami

COM 527 Seminar in Organizational Conflict ManagementPrerequisite: Graduate standingExamination of conflict antecedents, interventions, outcomes through msystem design. Evaluation through participation in class discussion, ind

COM 528 Communication Culture and TechnologyPrerequisite: Graduate standingExamine Communication technology via historical examples. Inquiry intCommunication genres.


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COM 529 Communication CampaignsPrepares students to design, implement, monitor, and evaluate a succein sound theoretical approaches. The students conduct focus groups fomentioned types of organizations. The course emphasizes theoretical a

COM 530Interpersonal Communication in Science and TechOrganizations

Prerequisite: Graduate standingBlends theory and research to understand and analyze interpersonal c

conversations, engaging in active listening, managing conflict, influenciat work and improving student's communication competence.

COM 532 Communication ConsultingThis course provides an introduction to the art and methods of consultistudents the opportunity to develop and/or refine training and facilitatio

required.

COM 536 Environmental CommunicationResearch and critical analysis of environmental discourse in organizatienvironmental advocacy and deliberation; environmental conflict manaenvironmental risk communication; and competing ecological paradigm

COM 537 Gaming and Social NetworksExploration of inter-relations among mobile technologies (cell phones,gaming concepts (community, narrative, play, and space); (2) the historthe definition of games, which use the physical space as the game enviinter-connections among games, education, and art. By permission of d


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COM 538 Risk CommunicationComprehensive review of principles, theory, research, and practices invmanagement of risks. Emphasis on risks associated with emerging scie

COM (PA) 539 Fund DevelopmentIdentifies and assesses techniques and best practices of fund developorganizing and staffing a fund development campaing, and identifying dissues, and government regulations. PBS status or Graduate standing.

COM 541 Quantitative Research Methods in Applied CommuPrerequisite: Graduate standingIntroduction to research methods in applied communication. Knowledg

COM 542 Qualitative Research Methods in Applied CommuniPrerequisite: Graduate standingTheoretical and practical dimensions of conducting qualitative research.representation of data, analyzing texts and discourse, writing qualitative

COM 543 Visual Content AnalysisResearch methods class in social science-orientated quantitative or quconcepts for visual media. Readings will focus on analytic techniques aorganizational websites, blogs, online news sites, films, games, mobilerequired

COM 546 Nonprofit Marketing and Public Relations
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Survey of the marketing and public relations principles and practices ap

COM 547 Mobile Technologies and Social PracticesMobile communication technologies and their influence on communicatiInternet access points and gaming devices. History, current uses and fThe influence of mobile images on communication and the creation ofand Latin America. Permission of department.

COM (ENG)554

Contemporary Rhetorical Theory

Contemporary rhetorical theory covering the 20th and 21st centuries. Cbetween rhetorical theory and philosophical trends, institutional historierevival of invention, rhetorical agency, and ethics.

COM 556 Seminar In Organizational CommunicationPrerequisite: Advanced Undergraduate standing or Graduate standingTheoretic and applied approaches for studying communication perspecmethods, leadership, power, attraction, conflict and theory developmen

COM 561 Human Communication Theory

Prerequisite: Graduate standing or PBS statusThe role of theory in study of human communication. General social sciand mass communication contexts.

COM 562 Communication and Social ChangePrerequisite: Graduate standing

Examine persuasive theories and methods including compliance gainin


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COM 563 Public Relations TheoryStudy the theoretical body of knowledge in public relations and its appli

COM 566 Seminar In Crisis CommunicationWorking within theoretical perspectives of communication, conflict manthorough guidelines for strategic communication planning for, managin

COM (ENG)581

Visual Rhetoric: Theory and Criticism

Graduate Students OnlyApplication of visual theory to rhetoric and of rhetorical theory to visualinformational media, political communication, instructional material, sci

COM 585 Teaching College CommunicationPrerequisite: Graduate standingIntroduction to communication education theory and research. Coursepractice.

COM 598 Special Topics In CommunicationDetailed investigation of a special topic in communication. No more tha

COM 630 Independent Study in CommunicationPrerequisite: Graduate standing

Special projects course to be utilized for guided research at graduate le


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with master's degree.

COM 685 Master's Supervised TeachingPrerequisite: Master's studentTeaching experience under the mentorship of faculty who assist the stuteaching assignment, and evaluate the student upon completion of the

COM 688 Non-Thesis Masters Continuous Registration - Half

Prerequisite: Master's studentFor students in non-thesis master's programs who have completed all ccomplete incomplete grades, projects, final master's exam, etc.

COM 689 Non-Thesis Master Continuous Registration - FullPrerequisite: Master's student

For students in non-thesis master's programs who have completed all ccomplete incomplete grades, projects, final master's exam, etc. Student

COM 695 MR Thesis ResearchPrerequisite: Master's studentThesis Research

COM 696 Summer Thesis Res

COM 798 Special Topics in Communication


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Intensive exploration of specialized or emerging topics in an area of coresearch and writing. May be used to test and develop new courses. M

COM 810 Directed Readings in CommunicationIntensive study of a specific topic from various specializations of the Coapproved by Director of Graduate Studies. May be repeated for credit.

COM 896 Summer Dissert Res

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