College of Arts and Sciences

 This list is for planning purposes only. Each semester the department will offer a minimum of one course in each category of mass communication/rhetoric, interpersonal/group/organizational, and research methods/specialized.

This course rotation allows a graduate student entering the program to complete all required courses in any four-semester span; however, this schedule is only a statement of intent. Personnel and budget circumstances may force a change in the specific courses offered.

Beginning Fall 2011, all incoming graduate students will be required to take COM 500 Intro to Grad Studies.  In addition, all grad students must take one (1) Methods course and three (3) theories courses in order to complete the degree.  These are outlined in our Degree Requirements.

You can download this course rotation as well as the timeline for the program as a 2-page .pdf document.

Fall 2011

  • COM 500: Intro to Grad Studies (Intro)
  • COM 502: Communication in the Classroom
  • COM 520: Small Group Communication (Theories)
     
  • COM 527: Introduction to Cultural Studies (Theories)
     
  • COM 576: Health Communication
     
  • COM 582: Descriptive/Experimental Research in Communication (Methods)
  • COM 597: Special Topics: Customers and Clients
  • COM 598: Synthesis Research

Spring 2012

  • COM 507: Introduction to Semiotics
  • COM 515: Persuasion in Social Movements
  • COM 521: Theories of Rhetoric (Theories)
  • COM 559: Current Trends in Mass Communication Research (Theories)
  • COM 574: Organizational Communication
  • COM 584: Historical/Critical Research in Communication
  • COM 597: Research and Family Communication

Summer 2012

  • COM 597: Masculinities in Media

Fall 2012

  • COM 500: Intro to Grad Studies (Intro)
  • COM 585: Intro to Qualitative Research Methods (Methods)
  • COM 502: Communication in the Classroom
  • COM 512: Theories of Interpersonal Communication (Theories)
  • COM 518: Theories of Persuasion (Theories)
  • COM 523: Communication in Personal Relationships
  • COM 522: History and Criticism of Public Communication

Spring 2013

  • COM 582: Descriptive/Experimental Research in Communication (Methods)
  • COM 520: Small Group Communication (Theories)
  • COM 521: Theories of Rhetoric (Theories)
  • COM 527: Introduction to Cultural Studies (Theories)
  • COM 508: Nonverbal Communication
  • COM 531: Special Topics in Mass Communication
  • COM 560: Rhetorical Dimensions of Mass Media

Summer 2013

 

  • COM 597: Special Topics in Communication

 

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