Communication and Culture Courses [510-712]

[510-712] [713-799]

COMC 510. Communication Theory II. 3 crs. Advanced survey of contemporary theories of communication. Prereq.: COMC 202.

COMC 512. History and Criticism of Public Address. 3 crs. Considers public speaking in its historical milieu to determine the role played by such discourse, standards appropriate to its appreciation, and means of assessing its effectiveness. Prereq.: COMC 401.

COMC 514. Small Group Communication. 3 crs. Verbal and nonverbal factors that affect communication are analyzed via information, motives, and effect. Fall semester only. Prereq.: COMC 307.

COMC 516. Nonverbal Communication. 3 crs. Theory and research of nonverbal communication and behavior.

COMC 519. Field Study: Communication Theory. 3 crs. Application of communication theories to practical experiences. Prereq.: COMC 202 or COMC 510.

COMC 520. Organizational Communication. 3 crs. Theory and research on communication problems, patterns, and practices in business, government, and professional organizations. Prereq.: COMC 202.

COMC 529. Field Study: Organizational Communication. 3 crs. Methods for observation and research of communicative behavior in organizational settings. Spring semester only. Prereq.: COMC 520.

COMC 546. Sociolinguistics. 3 crs. Language variation and its relationship to social factors, including ethnography of communication within and across cultural and social groups. Fall semester only.

COMC 547. Language and Culture. 3 crs. Seeks to survey and analyze the range of issues that evidence the dynamic/dialectical nature of the language-culture relationships.

COMC 551. Mass Communication and Society. 3 crs. Analysis of the relationships between mass communication and society, including institutional functions and effects and socio-economic, structural-cultural, and other factors affecting mass communication processes. Prereq.: COMC 510.

COMC 552. Mass Communication Theory. 3 crs. Review of the mass communication research literature and related theories; introduction to theory construction with emphasis on the critique of the methodological framework of mass communications theories. Prereq.: COMC 551.

COMC 553. Mass Communication Law and Policy Making. 3 crs. Examination of the professional, legal and policymaking aspects of mass communications control.

COMC 559. Mass Communication Practicum. 3 crs. Designed to provide work-study experience and/or research internship in mass communications with an area agency, institution, or business (at least one work day per week). This course may be repeated once.

COMC 590. Introduction to Graduate Study in Communication. 1 cr. Orients master’s level graduate students to the nature, resources, challenges, expectations and procedural aspects of graduate study. COMC 591. Communication Research Methods. 3 crs. Introduction to research methodologies regarding communication problems. Prereq.: Statistics.

COMC 592. Thesis Execution. 3 crs. Supervised execution of a thesis. Prereq.: COMC 591.

COMC 593. Thesis Continuation. 1 cr. Continuation of COMC 592.

COMC 594. Research Writing. 3 crs. Preparation research for scholarly publication. Prereq.: COMC 591.

COMC 601. Independent Study. 3 crs.

COMC 602. Independent Study. 1 cr. Opportunity for students to engage in an independent program of reading under the supervision of a faculty member.

COMC 604. African American Communication. 3 crs. Study of the strategies, communication behavior, and styles of African Americans.

COMC 610. Communication and Social Issues. 3 crs. Examines the theories and practical strategies for the management and/or resolution of social problems via communication.

COMC 615. Intercultural/Interracial Communication. 3 crs. Using the case study approach, examines role of culture and race in human communication.

COMC 620. Organizational Communication:Training and Development. 3 crs. Theory and application in organizational training and development. Prereq.: COMC 520.

COMC 651. Strategies of Advertising. 3 crs. Examines the theories and effects of various communication strategies in advertising.

COMC 652. Mass Communication and Development. 3 crs. Examines the role of communications in development and modernization. Analyzes the role of the mass media in the creation, dissemination and diffusion of existing and new ideas. Spring semester only.

COMC 653. Development Communication Evaluation. 3crs. Evaluation of communication development policies and programs. Internship with an appropriate agency expected.

COMC 654. Special Topics in Mass Communication. 3 crs. Examiniation of selected topics germane to modern mass communications. Course will focus on a single topic each semester. Prereq.: COMC 551.

COMC 701. Quantitative Research Methods. 3 crs. Quantitative research methods and design in communication. Includes the use of statistics in experiments, surveys, and content analysis. Relationship between theory and research will be examined. Assumes knowledge of intermediate statistics.

COMC 702. Qualitative Research Methods. 3 crs. Qualitative research methods and design in communication. Includes the treatment of historical-critical, interpretive, ethnographic, and textual data. Relationship between theory and research will be examined.

COMC 705. Contemporary Issues in African American Communication. 3 crs. Examination of historical and contemporary issues, relating to communication studies.

COMC 710. Seminar in Communication Theory. 3 crs. Review and critical analysis of major theories and theoretical perspectives in communication. Metatheoretical issues will be examined.

COMC 712. Seminar in Public Address. 3 crs. Views selected public discourse as genre, cultural expression, historically relevant text, persuasive discourse, instrumental to social movements. Considers appropriateness of critical standards.