Upcoming Communications Online & Hybrid Courses

COM 201 - Speech Description

Introduction to the theory and practice of speech with an emphasis on the development of public speaking skills. The class emphasizes kinds of speeches, audiences, organization, delivery, and critical assessment of speech performances. Fulfills one of the Social and Behavioral Sciences requirements. Offered every semester.

Available Semesters

Winter 2024 - Online
Fall 2024 - Online
Winter 2025 - Online

COM 209 - Health Communication Systems Description

A general systems approach applied to understanding the interplay of individuals, institutions, audiences, purposes, and tasks relevant to the health communication professional. Offered fall and winter semesters. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.

Available Semesters

Winter 2024 - Online
Spring/Summer 2024 - Online
Winter 2025 - Online

COM 215 - Story Making Description

How to create a story, scene, or image in your mind and render it in a variety of modes: oral story, written story, one-shot image told verbally, short script, previsualization for media, previsualization for dance, etc. Course includes discussion of the nature of narrative. Offered fall and winter semesters. Prerequisite: Fulfillment of general education Foundations - Writing.

Available Semesters

Winter 2024 - Online
Winter 2025 - Online

COM 275 - FNDs of COM Research Description

Examination of issues and topics associated with communication research conducted by scholars and practitioners. Introduction to research areas in the discipline, library research strategies, the ethics of research, qualitative and quantitative research methodologies. Prerequisite: COM 101.

Available Semesters

Spring/Summer 2024 - Hybrid

COM 295 - Theories of Communication Description

A critical survey of major theories of human communication. Analysis and application of concepts from representative primary sources to understand what they presuppose, say, and imply about the nature of communication. Offered every semester. Prerequisite: COM 101.

Available Semesters

Spring/Summer 2024 - Online
Fall 2024 - Hybrid

COM 375 - Communication Research Description

Examination of empirical methodologies used in the evaluation of audiences, media, and products. Special attention given to the integration of empirically derived information in the communication process. Offered fall and winter semesters. Prerequisites: COM 275 and STA 215.

Available Semesters

Spring/Summer 2024 - Hybrid

COM 378 - Intercultural Communication Description

This course introduces students to the ways culture, communication, and identity influence one another. Students will learn about the theories, traditions, new technologies and societal structures which nuance and shape our intercultural experiences in domestic and global contexts. Course topics may include race, language, national identity, gender, sexuality, religion. Offered fall semester. Prerequisite: Junior standing.

Available Semesters

Spring/Summer 2024 - Hybrid
Fall 2024 - Hybrid

COM 438 - Communication Ethics Description

An upper-division course for the study of communications ethics. Students explore how language and innocence are mutually exclusive, examine how rhetoric, ideology, and information bear upon social and personal evil, and consider ethics issues relating specifically to communicative media. Focus is directed to the assessment and development of ethical sense-making. Part of the Identity Issue. Offered winter semester. Prerequisite: Junior standing.

Available Semesters

Winter 2024 - Online
Winter 2025 - Online

COM 495 - Issues in Communication Description

Selected communications theories are examined in the context of contemporary issues/questions. Seminar-style analysis and application of concepts based on readings selected to support discussions about one or more current critical issues in communication. Topics vary with instructor/semester. Offered every semester. Prerequisites: Senior standing and School of Communications major.

Available Semesters

Spring/Summer 2024 - Hybrid

COM 680 - Special Topics Description

A study of special topics not regularly covered in the curriculum. Prerequisite: Admission into the Master of Science in communications.

Available Semesters

Spring/Summer 2024 - Online