Master of Arts in Communication
Graduate Course List
COMM 6300 - Communication and Design (3-0) This course will apply communication theories of design and persuasion while introducing the communication software packages required for this degree. These software packages include publication, illustration, video editing, photography, instructional portal programs, and web design packages. This course will be required on the degree plans of students who have not had Graphic Design or Desktop Publication communication course work. It may be an elective course for students who completed those two undergraduate courses.
COMM 6301 - Emerging Technologies in Communication (3-0) A course to instruct students in the use of the latest communication technology in a pedagogical environment.
COMM 6302 - Quantitative Research Methods (3-0) A course to familiarize the student with the types of research and related statistical tools for the communication professional.
COMM 6303 - Communication Theory (3-0) An overview of interpersonal, organizational, and mass communication theories impacting the design and maintenance of communication systems..
COMM 6304 - Communication Literature (3-0) A review of core literature in communication studies.
COMM 6305 - Organizational Communication in a Global Context (3-0) Cultural, organizational, and interpersonal issues in communication.
COMM 6306 - Legal and Ethical Issues in Communication (3-0) Issues and concerns of the communication professional including: communication law, copyright law, technological innovations, instructional/educational paradigms, organizational policies, and application of ethics in communication.
COMM 6307 - Communication and Information Diffusion (3-0) A survey of the methods of information diffusion with emphasis on the philosophical, legal, psychological, and ethical issues of message diffusion in the workplace and in society.
COMM 6308 - Small Group Communication (3-0) The concepts, theories, and decision making techniques involved in small group communication.
COMM 6312 - Qualitative Research Methods (3-0) An introduction to qualitative research methods. This course will cover historical and critical analysis, discourse and conversation analysis, ethnography, and analysis of narrative and myth.
COMM 6313 - Rhetorical Analysis (3-0) An introduction to rhetorical analysis. Persuasive texts along with persuasive tools will be covered. Fundamental theories of persuasion, influence, and social movements will be introduced along with implications for communication studies.
COMM 6314 Intercultural Communication (3-0) Examination of communication dynamics in diverse societies and between different cultural communities. The interactions among communication, culture, and identity are explored within historical and contemporary perspectives.
COMM 6315- Race, Gender and the Media (3-0) This course investigates the role of race, ethnicity, gender and culture in a variety of media contexts.
COMM 6316- Interpersonal Communication (3-0)The study of human dyadic interaction, including topics such as perception processes, verbal/nonverbal communication, theoretical models of communication, conflict, and interpersonal communication in various relationships.
COMM 6381 - Special Topics (Current Issues) (3-0) Selected readings in communication. May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
COMM 6391 - Research (3-0) Directed readings or individual research projects. May be repeated once.
COMM 6399 - Thesis
COMM 6999 - Thesis
