Presents principles to develop effective presentations for public and professional settings while integrating appropriate technologies. Emphasizes analyzing audience; composing meaningful, coherent messages; conducting responsible research; developing effective arguments; and improving delivery skills to strengthen confidence and credibility.

Presents principles to develop appropriate and effective communication strategies in one-to-one and small group communication settings. Emphasizes analyzing and assessing communication skills to create and sustain effective communication in personal and professional relationships.

Intensive work in creative forensics events, including rhetorical criticism and informative, persuasive, extemporaneous, after-dinner, and impromptu speaking.

Intensive work in recreative forensic events, including dramatic duo, program interpretation, poetry interpretation, dramatic interpretation, and prose interpretation.

Work in affirmative research, case construction, and oral presentation, directed toward affirmative analysis of intercollegiate debate proposition.

Work in negative research, case attacks, and oral presentation directed toward negative analysis of intercollegiate debate proposition.

Practical experience in writing, editing, or business aspects of newspaper production at Broadside or other papers. Coordinated by newspaper faculty advisor.

Practical experience in production, news writing, promotions, advertising, public relations, programming, or newscasting for student radio station WGMU.

Introduction to speaking, listening, and nonverbal skills required to communicate appropriately in university study.

Practical experience in learning production basics including camera, video, and lighting.

Introduces the field of communication, including perspectives on theory and research, topical areas within the discipline, basic research methodologies, and a survey of theories in those areas. Covers basic procedures for theory-building, research, and writing about communication.

Principles of communicating effectively in small group situations. Emphasizes problem-solving group communication. Practice in working cooperatively with others to complete projects using systematic approach to problem solving.

Examines the relationship between media and society through the study of the development of various media systems in the United States, including print media, radio, television, film, the recording industry, and new communication technologies.  Introduces media effects and basic theories.

American journalism including history and First Amendment components; role of professional journalist; print, broadcast, and computer assisted news operations; economics of publishing; and effect of new technologies. Serves as starting point for those interested in journalism careers, and as orientation for those interested in learning more about news business operations.

Principles of voice production, with practice in effective vocal use of American English. Emphasizes student participation.

Examines common persuasive message strategies and approaches. Covers basic principles of persuasive process. Case studies include advertisements, speeches, and persuasive activities from all segments of society.

On-site training related to one of the five communication department concentration fields through faculty-approved field work-study programs. Related class work includes navigating in-process media workplace culture and the post-CIE progression, including refining the resume, preparing for the COMM 450 internship, and ultimately interviewing for a job.

Principles and practices of media literacy. Emphasizes critical viewing, listening, and reading media skills; and media effects on consumer.

Theory and practice of formal debate, including approaches to analytical reasoning, research, delivery, and conceptual basis for debate. Does not require tournament participation.

Analyzes argument within communicative settings. Emphasizes deductive and inductive forms of reasoning, fallacies in reasoning, tests of evidence, and models for such analyses.

Theories and principles of public communication, emphasizing methods of persuasion, critical analysis, speaker-listener alignments in public setting, and measurements of effective public communication.

Theories and principles of interpersonal communication emphasizing models of communication, verbal and nonverbal message systems, and analysis of communicative relationships.

Theories and principles of mass communication emphasizing effects, the media as institution, and role of society.

Foundation course focusing on writing for the mass media:  Internet, public relations, newspapers, broadcast (television and radio) and advertising with a strong emphasis on adherence to Associated Press Style.

Explores health communication research practice: the role of communication in health care delivery, health promotion and disease prevention, risk communication, and personal as well as psychological well-being. Examines interpersonal, organizational, team, family, and intercultural relationships.

Analyzes communication variables as they relate to intercultural encounters. Emphasizes culture's influence on communication process, particularly influence of verbal and nonverbal communication on how message is interpreted.

Applies basic principles of intercultural communication to analyze specific situations involving communication and cultural differences.

Structured communication learning experience: one to three weeks of travel in a foreign environment involving another country or relevant U.S. co-cultures. Students must complete appropriate readings, laboratory assignments, and personal learning paper to process communication concepts and experiences.

Principles and theories of oral interpretation. Practice in oral communication of prose, poetry, and drama.

Study of basic theories and skills of communication in professional contexts, including interviewing, relationship maintenance, small group teams, and public presentations. Emphasizes developing practical and critical thinking skills.

Social and political forces of contemporary era from communication perspective, emphasizing political leadership, pressures for social and political change, and transformations in communicative environment.

Surveys nature, history, scope, and practice of public relations in business, trade associations, nonprofit organizations, and educational and government institutions. Covers principles, practice of public relations, including media relations, issues management, and public service announcements; marketing and research; planning and publicity for special events; house publications; and institutional advertising.

Theory, principles, and methods to analyze nonverbal communication. Emphasizes physical behavior, facial expression, personal space and territoriality, physical appearance, vocal cues, and environment.

Theory, practice, and methods to analyze communication in organizations. Emphasizes process and structure, interaction formats, mechanisms for modification, and career paths in organizational communication.

Intensive work in various types of creative forensics events, including rhetorical criticism and informative, persuasive, extemporaneous, after-dinner, and impromptu speaking.

Intensive work in various types of recreative forensics events, including dramatic duo, program interpretation, poetry interpretation, dramatic interpretation, and prose interpretation.

Work in affirmative research, case construction, and oral presentation directed toward affirmative analysis of intercollegiate debate proposition.

Work in negative research, case attacks, and oral presentation directed toward negative analysis of intercollegiate debate proposition.

Procedures of parliamentary law as practiced in voluntary organizations. Practice in leading groups that conduct business according to Roberts Rules of Order, Newly Revised. Brief review of other parliamentary manuals.

Practical experience in writing and editing for student newspaper or other papers.

Practical experience in promotion, marketing, and sales of video yearbook, or practical experience working on Senior Expressions , a print supplement to the video yearbook.

Practical experience in television programming, promotion, and marketing of a campus television cable network operation.

Intense practical application of previously acquired skills in production, promotions, advertising, public relations, programming, or news writing for student radio station WGMU.

Investigates how matters of public importance are communicated via various mass communication channels. Emphasizes regulations to minimize influence of mass media on public decision-making, and media manipulation by pressure groups, politicians, and media gatekeepers.

Experience in actual news gathering. Students write and report for print and online outlets. Numerous inclass and out-of-class writing assignments train students in unique styles of print and online journalism.

Copy preparation, headline writing, news judging, and layout for various forms of print and electronic formats. Introduces working on news copy desks.

Investigates unique writing style of electronic media journalists. Emphasizes concise, conversational, and timely news writing. Techniques of mixing words of report with sights, sounds of news story.

Theory and practice of operational radio broadcasting. Topics include programming, production, and promotion aspects of commercial and noncommercial radio.

General introduction to video production including camera, audio, lighting, and editing. Lab work required.

Writing for video, performance skills for on-air work, interviewing.

Introduces techniques, theory, and practices in producing and directing including studio and field producing and directing, budget, floor plans, and production material associated with video productions.

Principles, practices of media management from general techniques to operation of individual departments within a media organization.

Focus on advanced techniques in digital editing, software associated with video editing (Final Cut Pro), theories of video editing and necessary skills associated with digital editing.

Focuses on online journalism, research, reporting, web page and weblog creation, and writing for Internet.

Develops argumentative skills while examining contemporary public policy. Applies methods of argumentative analysis to design, implementation of public policy. Students learn by constructing, examining, and using public argument.

Practicum for students with production experience; students produce a final resume in area of expertise.

Focus on camera techniques such as framing, editing within the camera, shot composition, storyboarding, camera angles, video levels, and continuity.

Introduces concepts of power, influence of mass media. Allows students to see themselves as products, producers of media influence, and gives sense of the roles in the media or lack thereof, of groups based on their gender, race and/or class.

Teaches visual communication theories and applies them to creation of videos, web pages, multimedia production, Computer Based Training (CBT) and other technologies. Covers limits of visual communication in terms of perception, economics, and technology. Partial distance course includes viewing video modules, and using electronically mediated discussion.

Introduces aspiring journalists to research techniques and critical writing skills needed to produce publishable magazine or newspaper feature stories.

Experience in actual sports-related news gathering and reporting. Covers writing and reporting on sports-related subjects for print and online media. Numerous in-class and out-of-class writing assignments train students in the unique style of covering sports events, reporting breaking news, and writing feature stories.

Examines the role of mass media in constructing images of athletes, sport, and sports culture. Critical attention is given to broadcast, print, and film of sport media. Assesses sociological and cultural issues that shape sport media and culture.

Writing and reporting about business and the economy with focus on understanding financial news, and reporting about companies, trade, and markets for print, broadcast, and online media. Students practice through in-class and out-of-class writing assignments.

Writing and reporting about politics, elections and campaigns, and the legislative and executive branches of government for print, broadcast, and online media. Students practice the style and substance of covering political news through in-class and out-of-class writing assignments. A unique collaboration with C-SPAN including video conference opportunities with political and media personalities.

History, regulation, and ratings of advertising, as well as media buying, advertising campaigns, and strengths and weaknesses of media vehicles used in advertising.

Examines practical criticism of a wide variety of media texts including television programs, newspapers, articles, films, photographs, and advertisements. Introduces principles of major contemporary modes of analysis for systematically interpreting visual and verbal forms of communication.

Principles of editing and journalism applied to publications, public relations, and advertising needs within corporate environment. Job requirements of editorial positions in public relations, publications, and information as defined by trade associations, nonprofit organizations, and large corporations.

Focuses on current issues in corporate, government, and nonprofit public relations.

Focuses on public relations writing including news releases, client memos, broadcasting, speeches, brochures, journals, and advertisements. Includes writing styles, formats, organization, and writing research.

Concentrated survey course in public relations for business, trade associations, nonprofit organizations, and governmental institutions from the perspective of a location abroad. Emphasis is placed on the global and intercultural aspects of public relations.

Work individually with a faculty member on a faculty research project. Requires readings in research methods and topic area and a final project.

Topics vary; some require laboratories.

Explores applications for primary research methodologies used in communication. Research project, with focus on survey, critical ethnographic, or experimental methodologies.

Comprehensive study of theories and research associated with dynamics of interpersonal relationships in the workplace. Emphasizes individual motivation, interpersonal needs, communication styles, leadership, problem solving, decision making, diversity, interpersonal conflict, individual adaptation to organizational change, and influence of technology on workplace relationships.

Explores health communication research practice: the role of communication in health care delivery, health promotion and disease prevention, risk communication, and personal as well as psychological well-being. Examines interpersonal, organizational, team, family, and intercultural relationships.

Helps communication majors to apply their public relations education. Covers three general areas: public relations theory and applications, writing and editing, and networking/story placement. Includes public relations strategy and tactics, interviewing and analysis, writing and message delivery.

Covers responsibilities, freedoms of mass media in a democracy; and media influence on citizens' opinions, elections, and decisions of public officials.

Explores primary theories explaining human communicative behavior, including traditional rhetorical, contemporary social science, critical, and mass communication.

Examines foundations, connectedness, and applications of numerous communication theories across the discipline.

Theories of persuasive communication including traditional and contemporary attitudinal change; relationship among speaker, message, and audience; and relationship between attitudinal and behavioral change.

Studies impact of information network of wire and wireless communications and computers on political process in advanced industrial countries.

Studies how political communication shapes development of "political reality." Examines interactions between media and politics with respect to the ways communication functions in political settings.

Rhetoric and persuasion about environmental issues in contemporary society. Investigation of case studies in corporate, institutional, and movement attempts to mobilize and cope with ecological concerns. Critical assessment of public communication is emphasized.

Theory, principles, and practical skills essential to interview process. Emphasizes information gathering, journalistic, persuasive, employment, and performance-appraisal interviews.

Offers practical application, skill development, and theoretical and critical assessment of computer-mediated communication. Discusses culture and language, functional and dysfunctional communication, social interaction, critical perspectives and ideology, freedom and responsibility, and images of future. Students contract for course assignments within course categories.

Provides students with the opportunities to develop speaking skills for a variety of contexts from eulogies to commencement speeches.

On-the-job training in communication through approved field work study programs. Internships arranged and supervised by Department of Communication through internship coordinator. Related class work in resume preparation and job interviewing.

Theory and practice in facilitating learning of communication principles and skills. Students work as instructor aides in lower-division classes under supervision of faculty member. Activities include facilitating small-group activities, and individually critiquing oral performances.

Theory and practice in creation, distribution, and response to media productions. Students complete minimum 150 hours of work as assistants to engineers, producers, directors, and organizers of media production facilities on campus, under supervision of faculty members. Activities include working on telecourses, public relations videos, and multimedia projects; aiding in creating in-house productions for departments; and working as cable caster for master control campus operations.

Teaches advanced journalism skills relevant to online and broadcast-based news programs. Students cover news assignments and shoot and edit into a feature suitable for a webcast or broadcast news program across media platforms.

Major issues surrounding roles of speech, press, and electronic media in society. Includes history of free speech and press issues in society, government role in regulating marketplace of ideas, and responsibility of individual in free society.

Development of print journalism, emphasizing interaction of technology, audience, and government intervention. Topics include birth of press, development of modern newspaper, and American development including Revolutionary and Civil wars, rise of independent press, and yellow journalism.

Survey of major foreign mass media systems as they compare with American system. Focuses on broad dimensions of international mass media, and describes issues facing global journalism and media systems. Provides substantive framework to critically evaluate various national media systems.

Topics may include gender and culture, women as rhetors, male and female communication, and communication and gender roles. Examines specific interests, ideally in seminar setting.

Explores complex interrelationships that affect modern telecommunications and how major mergers, acquisitions, regulatory decisions, congressional initiatives, or engineering breakthroughs can profoundly affect telecommunications industry at any given time.

Examines law as it relates to working journalist. Topics include libel, invasion of privacy, free press and fair trial, First Amendment, broadcast regulation, access to media, advertising, and effect of new technologies on these issues. Uses case approach to study leading court decisions in mass media law.

Designed to assist soon to be graduates in the employment transition process. Fundamental to the course are effective communication skills, creative research and the desire to actively and aggressively seek meaningful employment.

Honors version of COMM 400.

Completion of independent honors research project under the guidance of the student's faculty sponsor.

Study of a selected area in communication. Independent study application must be processed before start of semester in which work is to take place.

Topics vary; some require laboratories.

Topics may include gender and culture, women as rhetors, male and female communication, and communication and gender roles. Examines specific interests, ideally in seminar setting.

Focuses on interpersonal interactions, including dyadic and small-group levels in various settings such as friendships, marriage, family, and workplace. Examines factors that generate conflicts, and communication strategies and skills that help shape conflict interaction toward productive ends.

Analyzes communication variables as they relate to organizational and managerial functions in international organizations. Topics include developing understanding of how cultural differences influence managerial activities, and learning to deal effectively with differences.

Advanced-level theory and practice of small group interaction. Examines current research, focusing on learning applications of theories to relevant settings.

Intensive study of specific topics; content varies.

This course offers a broad introduction to the field of communication in terms of communication-based theories and research.

Explores theoretical perspectives and relevant research to communication strategies and skills for various professional roles and situations. Relates theoretical foundations to practice, assessing theories and applications in individual professional fields.

Explores theories that have guided development of mass media. Emphasizes major scientific and humanistic approaches to mass media effects.

Helps communication master's students determine focus for program of study, thesis, and projects. Includes readings in applied communication research and exercises in topic selection, analysis.

Analyzes communication variables related to communication across cultures. Topics include nonverbal communication, time conceptualizations, perceptions and attitudes, values, social organization patterns, cultural norms, language, ethics, conflict across cultures, and research in intercultural communication.

Analyzes how political communication messages and strategies shape the development of perceptions and behavior in US presidential elections. Examines the interactions between media content and political action in election campaigns.

Examines interpersonal communicative processes associated with health in consumer-provider, family, and health communication campaign contexts. Particular attention to understanding cultural differences in perceptions of and communication about health and disease.

Provides a survey of public relations theories and major ethical issues. Examines ways theories relate to organizations, mass and international communication research, rhetoric, persuasion, and social movements.

Introduces various theoretical and practical approaches to group facilitation with in-depth focus and practice in one approach. Students participate in group sessions, analyze videotapes of decision-making groups, and practice methodologies for facilitating group interaction.

Analyzes contemporary theories, concepts, and approaches to improving interpersonal communication. Examines interpersonal communication research.

Analyzes communication systems, processes in public and private organizations. Topics include conflict management, group decision making, interviewing, technical presentations, and using various channels for improving internal and external communication.

Investigates theories providing foundation for communication consulting. Provides theoretical information and mechanisms for application necessary to modify communicative behavior within organizations.

Research on sharing information about physical hazards such as toxic waste, radiation, disease, injury, biohazards. Topics include communication concerning workplace safety, environmental problems, risk assessments, and scientific uncertainties.

Reviews research on best practices in science communication for scientists and communication professionals. Explores theory on conceptualizing science communication as disseminating knowledge, promoting informed decision making, involving citizens in scientific research (i.e., citizen science), promoting legislative and individual actions, or creating entertainment. Students practice communicating complex science and designing contexts for public engagement with scientific research.

Examines the communication implications related to selected current topics of scientific controversy.

Examines the specific oral, written, and mediated communication competencies needed by scientists in modern society.

Examines the relationship between science and society, with a particular emphasis on the role of communication in shaping public opinion on issues related to science and technology.

Examines media coverage of technically complex topics in science, social science, environment, health and medicine, and technology. Explores the influence of institutional media practices on news about science and technology.

Introduces various research methods used by communication professionals. Focus is to achieve understanding and knowledge of social scientific research, qualitative and quantitative, and critical analysis through use and application.

Investigates theoretical and philosophical implications of communication instruction. Exposes graduate students to principles and practices of teaching college communication courses at upper and lower divisions.

Theories of visual communications and how they are used in creating images for web sites, video productions, corporate presentations, virtual reality, computer graphics. Explores problems of fitting messages to various telecommunications media, how target audience perceives the visual image, and aesthetic demands of products imposed by new technologies.

Offers practical application, skill development, and theoretical basis of communication campaigns developed in response to global warming and other threats to sustainability.  Focuses on purposive campaigns to promote changes in individual behavior and public policy.

Offers conceptual overview of social marketing, marketing methods designed to influence people to behave in ways that benefit society. Develops skills necessary to conduct a social marketing initiative and provides an opportunity for practical application of those skills. Designated a Green Leaf Course.

Introduces content analysis, a research technique for making replicable and valid inferences about text in sources such as news articles, advertisements, and television programs. Students design and conduct research using content analysis techniques.

Explores contemporary issues in communication theory, research, and practice.

Students work in approved, professional-level communication position, meeting regularly with internship supervisor from department. Requires paper, journal, minimum 60 hours work for each credit of enrollment. Students usually enroll in internships at end of program of study.

Reading and research on specific topic under direction of faculty member. Written report required; oral or written exam may be required.

Media or creative production activities under direction of faculty member. Requires completed production; written report, oral exam may be required.

Examines intercultural health and risk communication interventions, including health communication campaigns, public relations and advertising for health organizations, and how the media and Internet present health information.

Examines commonalities of strategic communication campaigns across fields (e.g., military, diplomacy, health, politics, marketing, public relations) in order to understand strategic communication, compare fields, and emphasize strategic and evaluative research across fields.

Explores relational health communication research and practice. Examines the role of interpersonal communication in health care delivery, health promotion, disease prevention, risk communication, as well as in promoting personal and psychosocial well being.

Explores the use of computer-mediated communication technologies in health care and health promotion, including examination of technology in health information dissemination, health education, health communication interventions, and the management of health care delivery.

Examines qualitative research in communication. Emphasis is placed on techniques of naturalistic inquiry such as observation, interviewing, focus group methods, and ethnography, as well as tools for analyzing and reporting qualitative data.

Examines crisis communication contexts with a particular emphasis on the role of communication in a variety of crises and how the media and Internet present crisis information to the public.

Extends basic research knowledge and skills learned in COMM 650 Research Methods I. Students will be taught to analyze and synthesize literature, develop theoretical linkages, and construct measurement scales.

Final research seminar for all MA in communication students. Students discuss practical and theoretical issues related to project or thesis. Includes readings related to underlying theoretical, methodological, and ethical issues facing contemporary communication researchers and practitioners.

Original research endeavor related to student's concentration in communication under supervision of faculty committee.

Program of studies designed by student's discipline director and approved by doctoral committee. Students participate in research activity of discipline director, and write paper reporting original contributions.

Provides a survey of international public relations with an emphasis in three areas: applied knowledge for actual international practice, relevant theory, and ethical issues.

Explores use of communication campaigns to promote health and reduce health risks, examines how health communication campaigns are designed, implemented, and evaluated, and describes the role of communication research throughout the campaign process.

Selected topics reflecting specialized areas in communication.

Independent reading on a topic agreed on by student and faculty member.

Development of a research proposal that constitutes the basis for a doctoral dissertation.

Research on an approved dissertation topic under the direction of dissertation committee.

Selected topics reflecting specialized areas in communication.