Course Rotation
This list is for planning purposes only. Each semester the department will offer a minimum of one course in each category of mass communication/rhetoric, interpersonal/group/organizational, and research methods/specialized.
This course rotation allows a graduate student entering the program to complete all required courses in any four-semester span; however, this schedule is only a statement of intent. Personnel and budget circumstances may force a change in the specific courses offered.
Entries marked with an asterisk (*) means that course fulfills the Research Requirement, as outlined in Degree Requirements. A plus sign (+) means that course fulfills the Theory Core requirements.
You can download this course rotation as well as the timeline for the program as a 2-page .pdf document.
Fall 2009
- COM 502: Communication in the Classroom
- COM 512: Theories of Interpersonal Communication+
- COM 518: Theories of Persuasion+
- COM 523: Communication in Personal Relationships
- COM 527: Introduction to Cultural Studies+
- COM 522: History and Criticism of Public Communication
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Spring 2010
- COM 582: Descriptive/Experimental Research in Communication*
- COM 520: Small Group Communication+
- COM 559: Current Trends in Mass Communication Research+
- COM 531: Special Topics in Mass Communication
- COM 597: Special Topics in Communication: Customers & Clients
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Summer 2010
- COM 597: Special Topics in Communication: Organizations and Conflict
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Fall 2010
- COM 584: Historical/Critical Research in Communication*
- COM 574: Organizational Communication+
- COM 502: Communication in the Classroom
- COM 560: Rhetorical Dimensions of Mass Media
- COM 516: Analysis of Persuasive Messages
- COM 597: Intro to Grad Studies
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Spring 2011
- COM 585: Intro to Qualitative Research Methods (pending approval)*
- COM 512: Theories of Interpersonal Communication+
- COM 521: Theories of Rhetoric+
- COM 508: Nonverbal Communication in Human Interaction
- COM 557: Legal Dimensions of Communication
- COM 523: Communication in Personal Relationships
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Summer 2011
- COM 522: History and Criticism of Public Communication
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Fall 2011
- COM 582: Descriptive/Experimental Research in Communication*
- COM 574: Organizational Communication+
- COM 518: Theories of Persuasion+
- COM 527: Introduction to Cultural Studies+
- COM 502: Communication in the Classroom
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Spring 2012
- COM 520: Small Group Communication+
- COM 521: Theories of Rhetoric+
- COM 559: Current Trends in Mass Communication Research+
- COM 507: Introduction to Semiotics
- COM 515: Persuasion in Social Movements
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