Ph.D. and M.A. Graduate Courses
Listed below are the on-campus M.A. and Ph.D. courses taught in the Department of Communication Studies. Unless noted, each course is worth three credit hours. In addition to these courses, new courses are often proposed and customized to fit the unique interest areas of current graduate students.
COMM 509 Health Communication Dissemination (M.A. only)
COMM 511 Research Methods for Non-Profit Organizations (M.A. only)
COMM 601 Instructional Communication
COMM 602 Interpersonal Communication
COMM 603 Communication Training and Development
COMM 604 Theory and Research in Persuasion
COMM 605 Theory and Research in Mass Communication
COMM 606 Theory and Research in Organizational Communication
COMM 608 Nonverbal Communication
COMM 610 Family Communication COMM 611 Intergroup CommunicationCOMM 612 Small Group Theory and Practice
COMM 623 Leadership
COMM 625 Computer-Mediated Communication
COMM 629 Health Communication
COMM 645 Masspersonal Communication
COMM 675 Entertainment-Education
COMM 695 Independent Study
COMM 697 Thesis Research (6 hours)
COMM 700 Survey of Human Communication Theory
COMM 701 Graduate Research Methods
COMM 702 Advanced Interpersonal Communication
COMM 706 Advanced Organizational Communication
COMM 711 Advanced Seminar in Research Methods
COMM 712 Communication Measurement
COMM 713 Qualitative Research Methods
COMM 719 Advanced Instructional Communication
COMM 722 Dark Side of Interpersonal Communication
COMM 790 Teaching Practicum
COMM 795 Independent Study
COMM 796 Graduate Seminar (1 credit hour)
COMM 797 Dissertation Research (9 hours)
Specialized Seminars
COMM 691G Communication and Aging
COMM 691N Communication Traits
COMM 691O Communication Campaigns
COMM 691P Relational Maintenance
COMM 691U Communication in Later Life
COMM 693D Experiments and Causality
COMM 693G Developmental Communication
COMM 693H Presence
COMM 693I New Media and Society
COMM 693J Bullying
COMM 793H Communication Research Design
COMM 793I General Linear Models
COMM 794B Personality
COMM 794H Affectionate Communication
COMM 794T Aggressive and Antisocial Communication