Graduate Courses
COMM 6300 Qualitative Research
Provides students with the knowledge and skills on the major qualitative research methods used in communication disciplines to collect, describe, analyze, and interpret data. Students are expected to competently design and conduct a research project.
COMM 6301 Quantitative Research
Provides an understanding of quantitative research methods in communication disciplines, and prepares students to effectively and competently gather and analyze data using these methods. Students are expected to competently design and conduct a research project.
COMM 6319 Communication Education
This course provides graduate students with helpful teaching tools and tips that can be applied in all areas of instruction. students will learn how to develop and evaluate syllabi, assessments, assignments, teaching plans, and lectures.
COMM 6320 Communication Theory
Study of the major developments in rhetorical and communication theory. Emphasis is on the effects of human interaction and of the media on individuals and society.
COMM 6321 Instructional Communication
As Scheduled This course will examine interactions in educational contexts such as student/teacher interactions, student/student interactions and teacher/teacher interactions using instructional communication models and communication theories.
COMM 6322 Culture & Comm
As scheduled Study of the relationship between culture and communication with emphasis given to social, psychological, linguistic and nonverbal problems in and the development of strategies for the practice of intercultural and international communication.
COMM 6323 Interpersonal Comm
As Scheduled Current theories and research in interpersonal communication. Emphasis on symbolic interaction approaches to interpersonal communication and performance-centered theories of interpersonal communication.
COMM 6324 Organizational Comm
As Scheduled Theories and models of communication in organizations, design and management of organizational communication systems.
COMM 6326 Nonverbal Comm
As Scheduled Review and analysis of theory and research in nonverbal communication, including relationship of nonverbal communication to oral communication. Emphasis on intercultural and international nonverbal communication.
COMM 6327 Health Comm
Provides an overview of theoretical and applied approaches to health communication. Students will be exposed to topics including delivery systems of formal care, health information sources, mediators and moderators of care and understanding, communication outcomes, research methods, and overarching issues in health communication.
COMM 6328 Applied Research Communication
As Scheduled This course provides students with an understanding of the logic underlying empirical inquiry. Specifically, this course prepares students to consume published research reports, competently design and justify a personal research project, and encourages students to develop and demonstrate an understanding of the specific requirements associated with quantitative or qualitative analysis. Prerequisite: COMM 6300 or permission of instructor.
COMM 6329 Special Topics in Communication
As Scheduled Course will focus on current communication theory and research in specialized areas of the discipline. May be repeated for credit when the topics varies.
COMM 6330 Training and Development
This course explores communication training and development as a research and teaching focus for students interested in applied communication. Specifically, the course provides students with opportunities to identify and assess communication competence, to acquire the skills needed for developing training programs, and to gain an understanding of the theoretical and applied elements of adult education.
COMM 6332 Mass Media Campaigns
As Scheduled This course will examine the elements of effective campaigns and will analyze the role of mass media in a variety of social, health, and political settings.
COMM 6333 Seminar in Media Psychology
This course examines the relationship between media and human thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Emphasis on ways that media has an influence on audiences, how audiences influence media content, how various groups are portrayed, and the impacts of these portrayals on audiences.
COMM 6334 Conflict Management
The objectives of this course are to provide the student with a theoretical understanding of the communication processes involved in conflict management, to enhance students' critical analysis of a variety of conflict situations, and to develop techniques and strategies for managing those conflicts more appropriately and effectively.
COMM 6339 Independent Research
This course provides the student with the opportunity for individual investigation of an advanced problem in Communication under the direction and supervision of a graduate faculty member. This course does not fulfill the requirements for any of the courses (COMM 7300, COMM 7301, or COMM 7101) for the thesis option. Prerequisite: With permission of instructor only.
COMM 6351 Communication Technology
This course surveys emerging communication technologies and examines their social and behavioral impact on human interaction.
COMM 6352 Media, Race and Ethnicity
This course examines the historical and philosophical roots of the concepts of race and ethnicity, and their relation both to migration/immigration and personal/collective identity construction. It also examines the impact of mass media on racial and ethnic identity, using mass communication theory to understand the political and social dimensions of the concepts in question. Particular attention is given to racial and ethnic identity on the U.S.-Mexican border, and the media's influence on conceptions and perceptions.
COMM 6355 Professional Speaking
The course provides students with an understanding of the knowledge and skills used in business and professional situations. The emphasis is on the professionals' use of oral communication as a tool to identify issues, solve problems and communicate policy.
COMM 6356 Seminar in Persuasion
This course examines the theories, principles, models and research related to attitude change and social influence. The course takes a contemporary, interdisciplinary approach to persuasion.
COMM 6360 Hist Study-Mass Media
Historical study of cultural, legal and technical movements in print, broadcasting and recorded mass media. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
COMM 7101 Thesis Research
Continuing preparation of thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the master's degree.
COMM 7300 Thesis I
Preparation, completion and submission of an acceptable thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the master's degree.
COMM 7301 Thesis II
Preparation, completion and submission of an acceptable thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the master's degree.