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Course Criteria
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Description: Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Prerequisite(s): COMM 101, COMM 228, COMM 300, see advisor. May be repeated: an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions. Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: This is an advanced course aimed at providing a broad overview of the ways in which communication affects, and is affected by, the aging process from birth to death. We will read research articles relating to life-span communication. During the course I wish to convey as much about research methods and how to read technical prose as much as communication and the life-span. The exams will test students understanding of the articles (in terms of their methodological and statistical content and their information about life-span communication) as well as lecture material. In class we will be discussing the articles, clarifying problems etc. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Prerequisite(s): COMM 101, COMM 228, COMM 300. COMM 101 and COMM 228 must be completed with a minimum grade of C in each and a minimum GPA of 2.5 across the two courses. May be convened with: COMM 501. Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Theory and research on social control and deviance in groups from the perspective of communication behavior. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Prerequisite(s): COMM 101, COMM 228, COMM 300. COMM 101 and COMM 228 must be completed with a minimum grade of C in each and a minimum GPA of 2.5 across the two courses. Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: This course employs a developmental perspective to examining the relationship between the mass media and young audience members. Major topics covered include issues related to children and adolescents as a unique audience (e.g., media use habits, attention and comprehension of media content), media and their content (e.g., media violence, advertising, educational programming), media effects (e.g., fear reactions, construction of role and reality perceptions), and intervention issues (e.g., parental mediation of media exposure, media literacy, and relevant public policy). Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Prerequisite(s): COMM 101, COMM 228, COMM 300. COMM 101 and COMM 228 must be completed with a minimum grade of C in each and a minimum GPA of 2.5 across the two courses. May be convened with: COMM 505. Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Focus on issues related to family interaction, functioning, and communication. We will examine research and theories from communication, sociological, and psychological perspectives. Readings and discussions will include coverage of marital, parent-child, sibling, and intergenerational interactions in the family. Research on topics such as marital satisfaction, divorce, courtship, and the impact of the family on its children (and vice versa) will be examined. We will also focus on the nature of family interaction as it is associated with family dysfunction. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Prerequisite(s): COMM 101, COMM 228, COMM 300. COMM 101 and COMM 228 must be completed with a minimum grade of C in each and a minimum GPA of 2.5 across the two courses. May be convened with: COMM 507. Usually offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
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3.00 Credits
Description: This course is designed to familiarize the student with the prominent social scientific theories of mass communication. It addresses the development of media theories from the early stages to contemporary models. Particular emphasis is placed on the most notable theories. Upon completion of the course, students should have an extensive understanding of how theory and research can be used to explain the impact of media on individuals and society and how the social effects of the mass media are studied. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Prerequisite(s): COMM 101, COMM 228, COMM 300. COMM 101 and COMM 228 must be completed with a minimum grade of C in each and a minimum GPA of 2.5 across the two courses. May be convened with: COMM 509. Usually offered: Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Examination of the campaign strategies and tactics of those seeking the nation's most powerful office from 1960 to the present. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Identical to: POL 410. May be convened with: COMM 510. Usually offered: Fall.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Consideration of theory and research pertaining to the handling of conflict across diverse contexts. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Prerequisite(s): COMM 101, COMM 228, COMM 300. COMM 101 and COMM 228 must be completed with a minimum grade of C in each and a minimum GPA of 2.5 across the two courses. May be convened with: COMM 511. Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Theory and research on nonverbal communication codes (kinetics, touch, voice, appearance, use of space.) and social functions (impression formation and management, relational communication, emotional expressions, regulation of interaction, social influence). Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Prerequisite(s): COMM 101, COMM 228, COMM 300. COMM 101 and COMM 228 must be completed with a minimum grade of C in each and a minimum GPA of 2.5 across the two courses. May be convened with: COMM 515. Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: The relational communication process and messages people use to define interpersonal relationships, including dominance-submissiveness, affection, involvement and similarity in close relationships. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Prerequisite(s): COMM 101, COMM 228, COMM 300. COMM 101 and COMM 228 must be completed with a minimum grade of C in each and a minimum GPA of 2.5 across the two courses. May be convened with: COMM 517A. Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
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