Graduate Courses Offered
Our graduate curriculum is designed around three areas of study: interpersonal communication, media & society, and organizational communication. In addition, we offer an innovative methodology curriculum designed to provide students with both breadth and depth. Below are some of the classes we have taught recently. The list is by no means exhaustive as our curriculum is guided, in part, by student interest and needs.
Core courses
- COMM 700 - Research Design (master's students only)
- COMM 701 - Research Design (doctoral students only)
- COMM 711 - Communication Theory
- COMM 706 - Theories of Interpersonal Communication
- COMM 783 - Theories of Organizational Communication
- COMM 7XX - Theories of Media & Society
Content courses
- COMM 702 - Introduction to College Teaching
- COMM 715 - Small Group Communication
- COMM 721 - Intercultural Communication
- COMM 725 - Communication & Change
- COMM 750 - Issues in Communication
- COMM 782 - Theories of Persuasion
- COMM 780 - Health Communication Campaigns
- COMM 785 - Crisis Communication
- COMM 786 - Risk Communication
Methods courses
- COMM 704 - Qualitative Methods
- COMM 708 - Quantitative Methods
- COMM 767 - Rhetorical Criticism
- COMM 750 - Issues in Methodology; these are one-credit classes designed to provide students a boutique methods experience. Past classes have included: MAXQDA data analysis software, archival research, focus groups and survey design.
