| COM 1000 | Surv of Communication Studies |
| Description: | Process of communication; range of perspectives from which communication can be studied (from classical rhetoric to contemporary theory); the functions communication serves; and the forms of communication such as interpersonal, small group, organizational, public address, and mass media. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 |
| COM 1100 | Public Speaking |
| Description: | Principles of communication related to speech composition and delivery; finding, analyzing, organizing and presenting material in ways appropriate to and effective with diverse audiences. Does not fulfill VSB requirement. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 |
| COM 1101 | Business & Prof Communication |
| Description: | Communication strategies and skills for a variety of business professional settings. Combines public speaking and small group organizational communication, featuring individual and group presentations. Fulfills the VSB requirement; not intended for Communication Department majors. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Not Open to COM Majors |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 |
| COM 1200 | Intro to COM Research |
| Description: | Basics of research in communication. Introduction to the philosophy of scientific inquiry, the logic of research design, and the chief quantitative and qualitative methods used in communication studies. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 |
| COM 1300 | Film Analysis |
| Description: | Methods and perspectives used to analyze visual media drawing on contemporary and historically important films. Historical, theoretical, and aesthetic approaches to film analysis, as well as the social, political and economic forces that influence film content. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2009 |
| COM 1903 | Communication Internship |
| Description: | Supervised work/study program in radio, television, advertising, publicity or public relations. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to COM Majors |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 |
| COM 1906 | Communication Internship |
| Description: | Supervised work/study program in radio, television, advertising, publicity or public relations. 6.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to COM Majors |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 |
| COM 1909 | Communication Internship |
| Description: | Supervised work/study program in radio, television, advertising, publicity or public relations. 9.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to COM Majors |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 |
| COM 2200 | Theories of Rhetoric |
| Description: | Rhetoric as the process of symbolic creation and recreation of community identity. Theory and history of rhetoric applications to the study of politics, popular culture, speeches, media images, artistic works, advertising, and legal issues. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Spring 2009 , Spring 2008 , Fall 2007 |
| COM 2240 | Theories of Perform Studies |
| Description: | Exploration of theory surrounding the embodied and aesthetic elements of solo and group performance. Evaluates key approaches to performing literature, performance art, performance for social change, oral traditions, performance ethnography, and performance in everyday life. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Spring 2009 , Spring 2008 , Spring 2007 |
| COM 2280 | Theories of Persuasion |
| Description: | Presents the theoretical processes by which communication influences the attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of message recipients. Both rhetorical and social scientific approaches to persuasion are examined. Application is made to the areas of advertising, public relations, politics and health communication. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 , Fall 2008 |
| COM 2300 | Theories of Mass Communication |
| Description: | Traces the evolution and structure of core theoretical approaches to understanding mass communication phenomena. Both behavioral and critical approaches and their related research traditions are explored. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 |
| COM 2340 | Theories of Visual Com & Cultu |
| Description: | Introduction to the major theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of images as communicative phenomena. Explores the philosophical and strategic implications of these approaches and applies them both to the analysis and production of visual messages in a variety of media and contexts. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 , Fall 2008 |
| COM 2400 | Theories of Interpersonal Com |
| Description: | Survey of concepts and theories in interpersonal communication. Focuses on dyadic interaction and relationships as created, maintained, and modified through verbal and nonverbal behavior. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2009 |
| COM 2440 | Theories of Organizational Com |
| Description: | Exploration of the relationship between organizational and communication theories. Addresses issues of leadership, structure, culture, decision-making, communication channels, conflict, change, motivation, performance, diversity management, and external communication as they relate to organizations. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2009 , Fall 2008 |
| COM 2993 | Communication Internship |
| Description: | Supervised work/study program in radio, television, advertising, publicity or public relations. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to COM Majors |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 |
| COM 2996 | Communication Internship |
| Description: | More intensive, in depth work/study/program in radio, television, advertising, publicty or public relations. 6.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to COM Majors |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 |
| COM 3201 | Rhetoric & Social Justice |
| Description: | Examination of public discourse surrounding issues in social justice and human rights. Through traditional and contemporary rhetorical theory, rhetorical strategies are traced through contemporary movements. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 2200 or COM 2280 or COM 2340 or COM 2240 or COM 2400 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2007 , Spring 2006 |
| COM 3202 | Rhetoric, Identity & Conflict |
| Description: | Focused reading of contemporary rhetorical theorists. Examines the cultural use of symbols for the generation of community and/or the promotion of social conflict; rhetoric as performed through ritual acts; and correct and incorrect enactment resulting in social acceptance and alienation. Instructor's permission required. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 2200 or COM 2280 or COM 2340 or COM 2400 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2007 |
| COM 3203 | Communication Law & Policy |
| Description: | Constitutional, statutory, and case law as well as other public policies affecting communication professions. Surveys a wide-range of issues related to the First Amendment, access, broadcasting, commercial speech, copyright, defamation, obscenity, political speech and privacy. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 2200 or COM 2280 or COM 2300 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Spring 2009 , Spring 2007 , Spring 2006 |
| COM 3204 | Rhetoric and Democracy |
| Description: | An upper-level course in which students study important rhetorical artifacts and theoretical perspectives to come to understand important ways that rhetoric has served and sometimes disserved democracy. The specific focus of the course will change according to the instructor and the semester taught. (Pre-requisites will be waived when the course is offered for the Study Abroad in Greece program). Instructor's permission needed to waive pre-requisites. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 2200 or COM 2280 or COM 2300 or COM 2340 |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2009 , Spring 2008 , Summer 2007 , Summer 2006 |
| COM 3205 | Adv Speaking & Speechwriting |
| Description: | Intensive study of oral style and content; introduction to rhetorical theory and criticism; utilizing these concepts to prepare and deliver speeches. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 2200 or COM 2240 or COM 2280 |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2006 , Spring 2006 |
| COM 3206 | Argumentation & Advocacy |
| Description: | Argumentation theory and practice, emphasizing the construction of well-reasoned arguments and attacks/ defense of arguments in a variety of contexts in which argument can be used in the interest of advocacy (such topics as political lobbying, agitating for social change, human rights law, civil rights law and other advocacy issues may be explored). Instructor's permission needed to waive pre-requisites. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 2200 or COM 2240 or COM 2280 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2009 , Spring 2006 |
| COM 3207 | African American Rhetoric |
| Description: | The symbolic construction of African American identity in the United States through an analysis of speeches, films, television and other media. (Pre-requisites will be waived for Africana Studies concentrators or minors). 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 2200 or COM 2240 or COM 2280 |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 , Spring 2009 , Spring 2007 |
| COM 3208 | Rhetoric and Myth |
| Description: | The relationship among rhetoric, myth, and culture with attention paid to the forces that shape mythic consciousness in culture(s). The focus of the course will vary according to instructor and semester the course is taught. (Pre-requisites will be waived when offered for the study abroad in Greece program or instructor's permission). 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 2240 or COM 2280 or COM 2340 or COM 2200 |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2008 , Summer 2007 |
| COM 3240 | Performance for Social Change |
| Description: | Performance as a powerful medium of art and art as a powerful tool for social change. Studying established performance artists and creating original peformance pieces, students address social issues through various modes of performance. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 2200 or COM 2240 or COM 2340 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2009 , Spring 2006 |
| COM 3241 | Performance of Literature |
| Description: | Solo and group performance of poetry, prose, and drama. Focus on rhetorical power of performed literature. Combines elements of theatre, literature and communication. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 2200 or COM 2240 |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 , Fall 2008 |
| COM 3242 | African American Performance |
| Description: | Recent work in the African-American Diaspora performance culture. Encompasses music, art, sports, religion, literature, politics as well as examples of performance. U.S. racial formation, and how it intersects, diverges, influences, and is influenced by other diasporic black cultures. (Pre-requisites will be waived for Africana Studies concentrators or minors). 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 3207 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2006 |
| COM 3243 | Performance Art |
| Description: | Introduction to performance art, a highly diverse theatrical art form that has gained popularity in American and European performance since the 1960s. Analysis of well-known performance artists as well as creation and performance of original student pieces. Emphasis on relationships among language, visual arts, music and dance; the construction and expression of self and identity through performance; and the relationship of performance to rhetoric and social change. Previous performance experience a bonus but not required. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 2200 or COM 2240 or COM 2340 |
| Last Offered: |
| COM 3244 | Folklore & Oral Traditions |
| Description: | Genres of oral literature and an introduction to the methods and aims of folklore research. Two themes in modern folkloristics: the nature of orality in performance and the importance of cultural context. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 2200 or COM 2240 |
| Last Offered: |
| COM 3245 | Voice & Diction |
| Description: | Improvement of vocal quality and articulation through study of vocal anatomy, phonetics, projection, and expressiveness. Emphasis on live and taped performance of readings. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 2200 or COM 2240 or COM 2280 or COM 2300 or COM 2340 or COM 2400 or COM 2440 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2009 , Fall 2008 , Fall 2006 , Spring 2006 |
| COM 3246 | Performance of Greek Lit |
| Description: | Students analyze and perform both ancient and contemporary Greek literary texts; the performances, both solo and group are at Greek archaeological sites based on Greek oral traditions, poetry and drama, such as from Homer, Sappho, Antigone and Medea. THIS COURSE IS ONLY OFFERED IN THE SUMMER STUDY ABROAD IN GREECE PROGRAM. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2009 , Summer 2008 , Summer 2006 |
| COM 3290 | Spec Top in Rhetoric & Perf |
| Description: | Topic or problem in the Rhetoric & Performance area of communication selected by the instructor. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2008 , Summer 2007 |
| COM 3301 | Intro to Film & Video Prod |
| Description: | In-studio workshop that deals with basic television production techniques, including producing and directing short interview programs, news, demonstrations and short dramatic pieces. Discussion of current problems in the management and operation of a television broadcasting station. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 1300 and (COM 2280 or COM 2300 or COM 2340) |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2009 , Fall 2008 |
| COM 3302 | Advanced Film & Video Prod |
| Description: | Visual aspects of location single camera video productions, audio acquisition, lighting, post production support, video editing and digital effects and finished distribution. Each student will work as producer, director, camerman, editor and writer. Helps students understand the world of film and video funding, production and distribution. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 3301 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Fall 2008 , Fall 2007 |
| COM 3303 | Screenwriting |
| Description: | Development of narrative strategies through improvisation and techniques of mediated visualization using video. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 1300 and COM 2240 or COM 2280 or COM 2300 or COM 2340 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2009 , Fall 2008 |
| COM 3304 | Documentary Theory & Practice |
| Description: | A study of the documentary as art, propaganda, social document, and instrument for social change. After a review of theory and work in documentary, students develop their own short works. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 3301 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2007 , Spring 2006 |
| COM 3305 | Radio Broadcasting |
| Description: | The history and principles of commercial radio broadcasting: programming, research, sales, promotions, broadcast engineering and federal regulations. Hands-on-audio production experience with broadcast equipment focusing on the art of audio production and development of public affairs radio program to air on WXVU. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 2240 or COM 2280 or COM 2300 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2009 , Spring 2008 , Spring 2007 , Spring 2006 |
| COM 3306 | Audio Production |
| Description: | Hands-on studio course serves as introduction to the history, fundamentals and methods of audio production used in radio, television and recording studios. Students learn, identify and operate different aspects of audio production hardware such as microphones, mixing boards, and digital multi-rack recorders. Students will complete in-studio or remote recording projects for evaluation. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 3305 |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 , Fall 2008 , Fall 2007 , Fall 2006 |
| COM 3307 | Multimedia Production |
| Description: | Principles of visual design, use of sound and images, and hands-on production of text and animated resources for use in a variety of communication contexts. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | (COM 3301 or COM 3305 or COM 2240 or COM 2280 or COM 2300 or COM 2340) |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2009 , Fall 2008 |
| COM 3308 | Digital Image Production |
| Description: | This hands-on workshop introduces to the fundamentals of using digital images to communicate specific information. Students produce still and moving images for use in public relations, advertising, photojournalism, and electronic or web-based publication. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | (COM 2200 or COM 2240 or COM 2280 or COM 2300 or COM 2340 or COM 2400 or COM 2440) |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 , Spring 2009 |
| COM 3340 | Film History |
| Description: | Evolution of film as an art form; includes the impact of technology. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 1300 and COM 2200 or COM 2240 or COM 2280 or COM 2300 or COM 2400 or COM 2440 |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2006 |
| COM 3341 | Gender and Film |
| Description: | This course attends to the role of cinematic images in the cultural production of gender in contemporary societies. Students analyze images of gender in a variety of films, as well as the work of film makers who have been marginalized because of gender. This analysis of specific films is grounded in course readings taken from primary sources in feminist film theory and criticism, gender theory and media studies. Students will have the opportunity to propose and explore analytic, creative, and/or theoretical projects within the purview of the course theme. Outside viewing required. (Pre-requisites will be waived for Women's Studies concentrators or minors). 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 1300 and COM 2200 or COM 2240 or COM 2280 or COM 2300 or COM 2400 or COM 2440 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Spring 2009 , Spring 2007 , Spring 2006 |
| COM 3342 | International Cinema |
| Description: | Study of the film of or about a particular country with emphasis on political, social, cultural and artistic issues. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 1300 and COM 2200 or COM 2240 or COM 2280 or COM 2300 or COM 2400 or COM 2440 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Spring 2009 , Fall 2007 |
| COM 3343 | Contemporary Cinema |
| Description: | Seminar course in which various strategies are applied to the analysis of contemporary films. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 1300 and COM 2200 or COM 2240 or COM 2280 or COM 2300 or COM 2400 or COM 2440 |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 , Fall 2007 , Spring 2006 |
| COM 3351 | Media & Society |
| Description: | Structure and content of the major media industries in America (radio, television, film, newspapers, magazines, recordings, and books), and how each interacts with individuals, groups, and institutions. Students analyze and critique media systems and content in terms of social, legal, political, and economics forces that influence them. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 2280 or COM 2300 or COM 2340 or COM 2200 |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2006 |
| COM 3352 | Media & Technology |
| Description: | Surveys the development of communication technologies from the printing press through the internet and beyond. Technological development will be used as a way to explore critical issues about economic development, the nature of meaning, technological determinism and globalization. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 2280 or COM 2300 or COM 2340 or COM 2200 |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 , Spring 2008 , Summer 2007 |
| COM 3353 | Media & Politics |
| Description: | Examination of political communication research, theory and history. A particular focus on the role of media, such as advertising and news reporting on political campaigns and policymaking. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 2200 or COM 2240 or COM 2280 or COM 2300 or COM 2340 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Spring 2009 , Fall 2008 , Fall 2006 |
| COM 3354 | Media Criticism |
| Description: | Analysis of contemporary film, television, music, print media and electronic media from a cultural studies perspective. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 2200 or COM 2240 or COM 2280 or COM 2300 or COM 2340 |
| Last Offered: |
| COM 3355 | Media Effects |
| Description: | A service learning course that trains students on how to critically evaluate media content given its role in society and degree of compliance with prevailing media policies. The course culminates with a compilation of analysis results and the production of a research report to be disseminated to academics, advocacy groups, industry executives, and parents. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 2280 or COM 2300 or COM 2340 |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Summer 2009 , Summer 2008 |
| COM 3360 | Introduction to Journalism |
| Description: | News is an integral part of our lives. This course aims to provide a critical understanding of the role of journalism in modern society, combining theoretical perspectives on the making of news with insights from the journalists, broadcasters and editors who produce it. Students will analyze research material on journalism in the press, as well as examining newsmaking on television and on the internet. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 2200 or COM 2280 or COM 2300 or COM 2340 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2009 , Fall 2008 |
| COM 3361 | Journalism Practices |
| Description: | Principles of gathering, researching and writing the news for students interested in journalism and those who expect to interact with journalists professionally. Press releases, news leads and features and techniques for successful interviewing. Surveys critical and ethical challenges facing today's journalist; explores business news, media reviews and comment writing, editing and page design, and how computer technology is changing investigative reporting. Classes will be held in a computer lab to simulate newsroom conditions. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 3360 or COM 3160 |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 , Spring 2009 , Fall 2008 , Spring 2008 |
| COM 3362 | Feature Writing |
| Description: | Theoretical and practical training in writing feature articles for newspapers and magazines. Develop ideas for articles, carry out research, conduct interviews and write appropriate articles. Suggests strategies for selling written work on a freelance basis. Range of related genres will be surveyed including columns, profiles, review, travel and comment. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 3361 and COM 3361 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2009 , Spring 2008 , Fall 2007 , Spring 2007 |
| COM 3363 | Broadcast Journalism |
| Description: | Styles and techniques of broadcast journalism performance, including studio and location reporting and interviewing. Historical and contemporary trends in broadcast journalism explored. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 3360 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2009 , Fall 2008 |
| COM 3390 | Spec Top in Media & Film |
| Description: | Topic or problem in the Media & Film area of communication selected by the instructor. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2009 , Fall 2008 |
| COM 3401 | Relational COM Studies |
| Description: | Explores everyday communication between people across many contexts. Critical examination of the personal, social, and cultural dimensions of human relationships. Experiential activities augment lectures/discussions. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 2200 or COM 2400 or COM 2440 |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 , Spring 2008 , Fall 2007 , Spring 2007 |
| COM 3402 | Family Communication |
| Description: | Explores the relationships that have the most consequences for us. Examines ways to rework relational dilemmas, collisions through dialogue, and generate effective communicative strategies. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 2200 or COM 2400 or COM 2440 |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2008 |
| COM 3403 | Intercultural Communication |
| Description: | The impact on culture of communication styles, and practices. The role of communication in personal and professional intercultural relationships. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 2200 or COM 2240 or COM 2280 or COM 2400 or COM 2440 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2009 , Fall 2007 |
| COM 3404 | Communication & Conflict |
| Description: | Communicative elements of conflict that arise out of personal and cultural differences in a variety of interpersonal interactions and relationships. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 2200 or COM 2280 or COM 2400 or COM 2440 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Spring 2009 , Fall 2008 , Spring 2006 |
| COM 3405 | Health Communication |
| Description: | The role of communication in constructing the health beliefs of individuals, interactions between providers and patients, cultural dimensions of dyadic and team encounters, mediated health messages and strategic public health campaigns. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 2200 or COM 2280 or COM 2300 or COM 2400 or COM 2440 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Spring 2009 |
| COM 3406 | Gender & Communication |
| Description: | Communication of women and men against the backdrop of society and feminism in such communicative contexts as families, schools, friendships and relationships, organizations, media, and technology. (Pre-requisites will be waived for Gender & Women's Studies concentrators or minors). 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 2200 or COM 2240 or COM 2280 or COM 2300 or COM 2340 or COM 2400 or COM 2440 |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Summer 2009 , Summer 2008 , Spring 2008 |
| COM 3407 | Nonverbal Communication |
| Description: | Examination of codes and theories of nonverbal communication within personal, interpersonal, and professional contexts. Topics includes appearance, body language, space, touch, interpersonal attractiveness, credibility and impression management. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 2200 or COM 2240 or COM 2280 or COM 2400 or COM 2440 |
| Last Offered: |
| COM 3440 | Leadership |
| Description: | Examination of organizational leadership in the context of managing continuous change. Topics include models and theories of leadership, leading organizational culture, effective leadership models, theories and applications of change management, and leading and sustaining change. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 2200 or COM 2280 or COM 2400 or COM 2440 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2009 , Spring 2008 |
| COM 3441 | Negotiation & Dialogue |
| Description: | Examination of the practical, theoretical, and critical analysis of a variety of approaches to negotiation and resolving conflicts. Verbal forms of negotiation, mediation, and dialogue are developed as key components in the maintenance of any healthy organization. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 2200 or COM 2280 or COM 2400 or COM 2440 |
| Last Offered: |
| COM 3442 | Teambuilding & Small Group Com |
| Description: | Theory and practice of communication for idea generation and problem-solving in groups, teams, and in other multiple contexts. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 2200 or COM 2280 or COM 2400 or COM 2440 |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 , Fall 2008 |
| COM 3444 | Interviewing |
| Description: | Theory and practice of methods in selected interview settings: informational, employment, and persuasive. Emphasis on communication between two persons, questioning techniques, and the logical and cultural bases of organizational persuasion. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 2200 or COM 2240 or COM 2280 or COM 2400 or COM 2440 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Spring 2008 , Spring 2007 |
| COM 3445 | COM Consulting in Organization |
| Description: | Course explores theory and practice of communication consulting through a variety of case studies in the field of organizational/corporate communication. Students will be expected to work as part of a consulting team for part of the semester. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 2200 or COM 2240 or COM 2280 or COM 2400 or COM 2440 |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 , Spring 2009 , Fall 2006 , Summer 2006 |
| COM 3447 | Globalization, Work, & Organiz |
| Description: | Course focuses on changing landscape of work and organizations within context of globalization. Draws on organizational communication theories to consider various ways of theorizing globalization and how globalizing shapes meanings of work and organizational forms and practices. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | (COM 2200 or COM 2240 or COM 2280 or COM 2400 or COM 2440) |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Spring 2009 |
| COM 3460 | Public Relations |
| Description: | Provides a foundation for students interested in the field of public relations. It chronicles the development of the profession from its earliest beginnings to its role in modern management. Also attempts to bridge the gap that exists between theory and practice. It achieves this by emphasizing the fundamental management perspective of the profession and the persuasive intent of message construction while highlighting the four essential skills required for success in the industry - research, writing, planning and problem solving. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 2200 or COM 2280 or COM 2300 or COM 2340 or COM 2400 or COM 2440 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 , Spring 2009 |
| COM 3461 | Advertising |
| Description: | Strategies and techniques used in contemporary American advertising: consumer behavior, market research and analysis, message development for print and broadcast, and media selection. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 2200 or COM 2280 or COM 2300 or COM 2340 or COM 2440 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2009 , Fall 2008 |
| COM 3462 | Public Relations Writing |
| Description: | Offers students the foundation for producing a variety of written public relations materials. Structure includes an overview of the journalistic style of writing along with extensive practice in writing fundamentals. Following the work on enhancing writing skills, students will develop a variety of pieces for their portfolios. Final class products include print news releases, position papers, feature stories, media advisories, media kit, and other related assignments. Course is strongly recommended for students interested in public relations, advertising, marketing, and organizational communication. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 3460 |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 |
| COM 3464 | Public Relations Campaigns |
| Description: | Course explores a variety of case studies in the field of public relations including examples in media relations, crisis communication and planning. Following the review of cases, student groups will be created and will spend the remainder of the semester developing a professional campaign for a client. The final project is a presentation of this overall public relations plan. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | COM 3462 or COM 3150 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2009 , Fall 2008 |
| COM 3490 | Spec Top in Interpersonal Org |
| Description: | Topic or problem in the interpersonal/Organizational area of communication selected by the instructor. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2009 , Fall 2008 |
| COM 4001 | Qualitative Research in COM |
| Description: | Review of basis principles of critical inquiry in the interpretive paradigm. Reading and designing qualitative research in communication through gathering and critically analyzing literature in the field and proposing an original study. Methods include ethnography and textual analysis. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to COM Majors |
| Prerequisites: | COM 1200 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2009 , Fall 2008 |
| COM 4002 | Quantitative Research in COM |
| Description: | Review of basic principles of scientific inquiry in the empirical paradigm. Reading and designing quantitative research in communication through gathering and critically analyzing literature in the field and proposing an original study. Methods include experiments and surveys. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to COM Majors |
| Prerequisites: | COM 1200 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2009 , Fall 2008 |
| COM 5000 | Communication Research |
| Description: | Reading and designing research in communication through gathering and critically analyzing literature in the field and introduction of the chief methods used in communication studies. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to COM Majors |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2007 , Spring 2007 , Fall 2006 , Summer 2006 |
| COM 5050 | Senior Project |
| Description: | Design, implementation, and presentation of a group research project in which students apply the knowledge and skills learned through the Communication program of study to the investigation of rhetorical or communication phenomena. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to COM Majors |
| Prerequisites: | COM 5000 or COM 4002 or COM 4001 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2009 , Fall 2008 |
| COM 5100 | Directed Study |
| Description: | Supervised project culminating in term paper. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to COM Majors |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 |
| COM 5150 | Spec Top in Communication |
| Description: | A topic or problem in Communication selected by the instructor. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2004 , Spring 2003 , Spring 2002 , Fall 2000 |
| COM 5200 | Topics |
| Description: | Intensive workshops in selected areas of professional development or communication research. 1.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Spring 2009 , Spring 2008 , Fall 2007 |
| COM 8001 | Qualitative Research Methods |
| Description: | Qualitative approaches to communication research including phenomenology, ethnography, rhetorical criticism, and semiotic analysis. Emphasis on the performative turn in ethnography and alternative forms of ethnographic writing. Primary work consists of semester-long original study. With Departmental permission, this course can substitute for Senior Project. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Spring 2009 , Spring 2008 , Spring 2007 |
| COM 8002 | Quantitative Research in COM |
| Description: | Fundamentals of quantitative communication research. After reviewing the philosophy and practice of scholarly inquiry, students engage in research design and execution, thematic and statistical inference, and presentation of research results. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 , Fall 2008 , Spring 2008 , Fall 2007 |
| COM 8003 | Internship in Communication |
| Description: | Internships at area businesses and organizations supervised by a faculty member. Graduate students may only take this course once. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 |
| COM 8004 | Ind Study: Strategic Com |
| Description: | Individual research project in an advanced area of communication, conducted under the guidance of a faculty member. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 |
| COM 8005 | Spec Topics in Strategic Com |
| Description: | Contemporary topics in communication. Taught on an occasional basis to reflect critical and changing debates and inquiries in the discipline. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 , Spring 2009 , Summer 2007 , Fall 2004 |
| COM 8006 | Thesis Direction I |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 |
| COM 8007 | Thesis Direction II |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 |
| COM 8008 | Orientation:Grad Study Comm |
| Description: | Orients new students to graduate study in communication. 1.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Spring 2010 , Summer 2009 , Spring 2009 |
| COM 8009 | Personal Promotion in Com |
| Description: | Provides useful information and competitive advantages in many areas of self-promotion in communication 1.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Spring 2009 , Spring 2008 , Spring 2007 |
| COM 8010 | Academic Prof Development |
| Description: | Serves to prepare Master's students interested in academic professions. Focuses on developing a better understanding of the vicissitudes of preparing and presenting research to academic audiences. 1.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| COM 8100 | Strategic Communication Theory |
| Description: | Grounds students in communication theory orienting them to theoretical and ethical issues involved in strategic discourse. Beginning with controversies over rhetoric (public communication), course then examines meaning-making, and its consequences in various contexts. Assignments include a midterm essay and final paper analyzing an instance of strategic discourse (i.e. public relations, advertising, or marketing campaign; in-house organizational communication; news coverage; health campaign; political discourse; films/television/internet). 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 , Fall 2008 , Fall 2007 , Spring 2007 |
| COM 8101 | Persuasive Performance |
| Description: | Examines performance across contexts: public to interpersonal, verbal to nonverbal, stage to everyday life. Uses performance, rhetorical, and cultural studies theory to experience the strategic nature of performance in aesthetic, political, interpersonal, organizational, and cultural contexts. Emphasizes both analyzing and creating performance. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2007 , Fall 2005 |
| COM 8200 | Teambuilding & Leadership |
| Description: | Theories of effective group communication; group development, cohesion, conflict management and diversity; strategies for building and maintaining teams, enacting leadership, constraints and opportunities for teams and leaders, organizational outcomes, and effective project management. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2006 |
| COM 8201 | Health Communication |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2006 |
| COM 8202 | Administrative Communication |
| Description: | Communication processes in complex organizations. Listening, writing and speaking skills to promote better relations among individuals and organization. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2005 , Fall 2004 |
| COM 8203 | Org Research & Consulting |
| Description: | Course is designed to prepare students to understand and analyze organizations as researchers and to prepare them to conduct consulting interventions in organizations as communication consultants. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2008 , Fall 2006 , Spring 2005 |
| COM 8204 | Com, Conflict & Negotiation |
| Description: | The role of communication in the development and management of conflict and negotiation; types of conflict, resolution strategies, power relationships, intercultural/international conflict; conflict in organizations. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2005 |
| COM 8205 | Intercultural Communication |
| Description: | Historical and contemporary study of intercultural communication in interpersonal, organizational, and mass mediated contests. Topics: cultural identity, ethnocentrism, culture and language, culture and the body, intercultural conflict, intercultural communication competence, and cultural adaptation. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2008 |
| COM 8206 | Leadership & Diversity |
| Description: | Study of effective leadership for diverse groups and organizations. Cultural diversity's impact on communication environment and organizational politics. Participants model of leadership; group/team observation and participation. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Summer 2009 , Summer 2008 |
| COM 8207 | Organizational Communication |
| Description: | Centrality of communication to organizaing and practices of organizational life. Theoretical and historical perspective on org. com. Topics: org. structure and culture, communication networks, decision making, socialization, training, consulting, and workplace democracy. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 , Spring 2008 , Summer 2007 , Spring 2006 |
| COM 8300 | Public Relations Writing |
| Description: | Journalistic style of writing, media ethics, targeting audiences, practice in fundamentals, media relations techniques; create portfolio writing samples, e.g. industry standard news releases, pitch letters and features, Q & A documents, crisis statements and position papers. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Summer 2009 , Spring 2009 , Fall 2007 |
| COM 8301 | Strategic Public Relations |
| Description: | Foundation, history and evolution of public relations, including media, management, and client relations, writing, research, ethical counsel and crisis communication. Students form "agency" groups to solve a client's public relations challenges and present plan to leading public relations professionals. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2008 , Spring 2007 , Fall 2005 |
| COM 8302 | Advertising |
| Description: | Research process in advertising, creative platform, development and execution, media planning and buying, evaluating, advertising effectiveness, new and non-traditional advertising, internet and web-based advertising, client management, and advertising in a socially conscious marketplace. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2008 , Summer 2007 , Summer 2006 |
| COM 8303 | Mas Media Industries |
| Description: | Surveys media industries - newspaper, film/home video, broadcast television, cable television and the Internet - focusing on how consumer demand, technology and government policies interact to affect industry behavior. Examines audiences as products of mass media industries. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2009 , Fall 2005 |
| COM 8304 | Journalism |
| Description: | Principles of journalism and specialized topic areas, e.g. investigative, freelance, political, scientific, educational, medical, business, environmental, consumer, international, crime, sports, entertainment and lifestyle journalism. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2009 , Spring 2006 |
| COM 8305 | Media Literacy |
| Description: | Provides a critical media studies model for analysis of mass media form, content, organizational structures and audience reception. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2008 , Spring 2007 , Spring 2005 , Summer 2004 |
| COM 8306 | Media Production |
| Description: | Provides hands-on production experience for educators who want to include media production in teaching the analysis of media form, content, organizational structures and audience reception. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Summer 2009 , Summer 2008 , Summer 2007 |
| COM 8307 | Visual Communication & Culture |
| Description: | Theoretical and methodological introduction to the study of images as communicative and cultural phenomena. Theories of the image; implications for visual communication and culture; analysis and production of images in a variety of media and contexts. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 , Fall 2007 , Spring 2006 |
| COM 8308 | Theories/Effects of Mass Comm |
| Description: | Social scientific investigation of media effects and history of mass communication research. Globalization of mass media, direction and impact of new forms of communication, emerging media technologies and media convergence. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Spring 2008 , Fall 2006 |
| COM 8309 | Public Opinion/Attitude Change |
| Description: | Influences of strategic communication on attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of message recipients. definitional, ethical and methodological issues; rhetorical and social scientific approaches to opinion and attitude change; application to advertising, public relations, politics, and health communication. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2009 , Fall 2006 |
| COM 8310 | New Media |
| Description: | Examines communication technology from the multiple perspectives of technology, markets and policy. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Spring 2008 , Spring 2007 , Fall 2006 |
| COM 8311 | Special Topics in Media, Cult. |
| Description: | Contemporary topics in communication. Taught on an occasional basis to reflect critical and changing debates and inquiries in the discipline. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Summer 2008 , Fall 2007 , Fall 2006 |
| COM 8312 | Ind Study: Media & Culture |
| Description: | Individual research project in an advanced area of communication, conducted under the guidance of a faculty member. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 , Spring 2009 |
| COM 8313 | Independent Study in Comm. |
| Description: | Individual research project in an advanced area of communication, conducted under the guidance of a faculty member. 1.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2009 , Fall 2008 |
| COM 8314 | Photoshop: Digi Rlty & Fantasy |
| Description: | Introduce students to Adobe Photoshop software. Learn how to use Photoshop to alter existing images, to create new material, such as banners or logos. Focus on 'new' possibilities of Photoshop, that is, the two ends of the digital manipulation spectrum: creating a non-existent but believable readity, or constructing an impossible fantasy. COm 8100, COM 8001 or COM 8002, or permission of Grad. Director. 1.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2009 , Fall 2008 , Summer 2008 |
| COM 8315 | Video Shooting Lab |
| Description: | Designed to give students who already have a basic understanding of video shooting a chance to explore issues of lighting, framing, lens choice, white balance, and shutter speed. Pre-reqs.: COM 8100, COM 8001 or COM 8002 or permission Grad. Director. 1.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2009 , Fall 2008 , Summer 2008 |
| COM 8316 | Audio Prod. & Audio Culture |
| Description: | Introduce students to the technology and related issues in the production of audio-only work. Combined theory and production lab devoted to developing critical and theoretical skills around sound and focusing on technology and software. Prereqs.: COM 8100, COM 8001 or COM 8002, or permission of Grad. Director. 1.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2008 |
| COM 8317 | Basic Web Design |
| Description: | Aesthetics of making quality websites through HTML coding and Adobe Dreamweaver software. Conformity with W3C standards and website architecture. Pre-reqs.: COM 8100, COM 8001 or COM 8002 or permission Grad. Director. 1.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | COM 8100 and (COM 8001 or COM 8002) |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2009 , Fall 2008 |
| COM 8318 | Developing Crisis Com Material |
| Description: | Essential strategies and tools needed by professional communicators. Proven techniques for crisis statements, talking points for media interviews, briefs for management and legal counsel and message vehicles for the post-crisis environment. Agency teams formed to manage crisis through developed materials. 1.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | COM 8100 and (COM 8001 or COM 8002) |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Spring 2009 |
| COM 9080 | Thesis Continuation |
| Description: | Continuation of supervised research for students writing master's theses. Permission of Chair or Graduate Director required. 0.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 |