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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. Graduate-level requirements include different readings, papers, and exams. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. May be convened with: COMM 407. Usually offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
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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. Graduate-level requirements include an in-depth theoretical paper on social effects of the mass media. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. May be convened with: COMM 409. Usually offered: Spring.
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Description: Examination of the campaign strategies and tactics of those seeking the nation's most powerful office from 1960 to the present. Graduate-level requirements include an in-depth research project. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Identical to: POL 510. May be convened with: COMM 410. Usually offered: Fall.
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Description: Consideration of theory and research pertaining to the handling of conflict across diverse contexts. Graduate-level requirements include an in-depth research paper of communication in some conflict situation. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. May be convened with: COMM 411. Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
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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). Graduate-level requirements include an in-depth research project on nonverbal communication. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. May be convened with: COMM 415. Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
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Description: The relational communication process and messages people use to define interpersonal relationships, including dominance-submissiveness, affection, involvement and similarity in close relationships. Graduate-level requirements include an in-depth research project or theoretical paper on some issue in the management of interpersonal relationships. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. May be convened with: COMM 417A. Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
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Description: Surveys the fundamental laws and regulatory policies governing electronic mass media, with an emphasis on broadcast television. The focus is on structural as well as content-based regulation. The course provides an overview of: - the process by which communication policies are created; - the fundamental regulatory structure for electronic mass media, including the philosophies and goals that undergird it; - the licensing or franchising requirements for broadcasting and cable television; - policies on the ownership and control of mass media; - basic content-related regulations, such as policies on obscenity/indecency, television violence, and requirements for children? television. Graduate-level requirements include extra readings, research papers. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. May be convened with: COMM 419. Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
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Description: Presents a number of accomplishments and challenges in the social scientific study of law, with special emphasis on the effects of communication and social structure on the legal processes. Graduate-level requirements include an in-depth research paper on a single aspect of communication in some legal context. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Identical to: SOC 520. May be convened with: COMM 420. Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Examination of presidential leadership and communication strategies of the modern presidents from Kennedy to the present. Graduate-level requirements include an in-depth research paper or project. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. May be convened with: COMM 422. Usually offered: Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Survey of field; media in political campaigns; media coverage of leaders, issues and institutions; leadership strategies to influence media. Graduate students are required to produce a 15 to 20 page research paper involving the application of two major, competing theories to a study of nightly network news. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. May be convened with: COMM 424. Usually offered: Fall.
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