Areas of Study
Students specialize in one of seven tracks by completing a minimum of three courses (12 units) in one of the following:
Rhetoric, Politics and Publics
- COMM 509 Classical Rhetorical Theory
- COMM 511 Contemporary Rhetorical Theory
- COMM 512 Rhetorical Criticism
- COMM 513 Neoclassical Rhetorical Theory
- COMM 514 Social Movements as Rhetorical Form
- COMM 515 Postmodern Rhetorical Theory
- COMM 517 Rhetorical Theory and Culture
- COMM 518 American Public Address
- COMM 520 The Rhetoric of the Presidential Campaign Trail
- COMM 521 Argumentation
- COMM 522 Kenneth Burke's Dramatistic Theory
- COMM 573 Networked Publics: Theories and Encounters
- COMM 576 Civic Media and Participatory Politics
- COMM 580 Media and Politics
- COMM 657 Critical Theories of Race and Culture
Media, Culture and Community
- CMGT 587 Audience Analysis
- COMM 516 Feminist Theory and Community
- COMM 517 Rhetorical Theory and Culture
- COMM 519 Cultural Studies in Communication
- COMM 564 Communication, Culture and Capitalism
- COMM 573 Networked Publics: Theories and Encounters
- COMM 580 Media and Politics
- COMM 605 Advanced Macro Theories of Communication
- COMM 618 Mass Media Effects
- COMM 629 Global Culture
- COMM 632 Cultures of Artificial Intelligence
- COMM 649 Methodologies in Cultural Studies
- COMM 653 Research, Practice and Social Change
- COMM 654 Art, Artists and Society
- COMM 655 Studies in Sound, Music and Communication
- COMM 656 Theorizing Race, Culture, Cross-Cultural Exchange
- COMM 657 Critical Theories of Race and Culture
- COMM 658 Science Fiction as Media Theory
- COMM 662 Video Games Research
- COMM 672 Experiments in Critical Writing
Health Communication and Social Dynamics
- CMGT 581 Media in Social Services: Design and Evaluation of Campaigns
- CMGT 583 Social Marketing and Entertainment Education
- CMGT 587 Audience Analysis
- CMGT 588 Global Storytelling: The Power of Narrative
- COMM 554 Regression and Multivariate Communication Research
- COMM 602 Seminar in Persuasion
- COMM 611 Communication Technology and Healthcare
- COMM 612 Designing Health Communication Interventions
- COMM 613 Grant Writing in Communication
- COMM 614 Computational Approaches in Health Communication
- COMM 615 Health Communication
- COMM 616 Health Communication for Prevention
- COMM 650 Survey Construction and Validation
- COMM 651 Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs
Groups, Organizations and Networks
- COMM 524 Small Group Process
- COMM 557 Data Science for Communication and Social Networks
- COMM 585 Organizational Communication
- COMM 636 Interpretive and Cultural Approaches in Organizational Communication
- COMM 637 Current Readings in Organizational Communication
- COMM 640 Communication and Organizational Change
- COMM 641 Organizations and Communication Technologies
- COMM 645 Communication Networks
- COMM 648 Online Communities and Networks
- COMM 652 Ethnographic Field Research in Communication
Political Economy of Global Communication
- COMM 553 Global Internet Governance
- COMM 559 Globalization, Communication and Society
- COMM 560 Global Media and Communication in China and Asia
- COMM 561 Leading and Communicating Change in Global Organizations
- COMM 567 The Political Economy of Privacy and Cybersecurity
- COMM 629 Global Culture
- COMM 645 Communication Networks
- COMM 647 Network Society
- PUBD 504 Global Issues and Public Diplomacy
- PUBD 507 Public Diplomacy and Global Security
- PUBD 510 Technologies and Public Diplomacy
- PUBD 522 Hard Power, Soft Power and Smart Power
Information, Political Economy and Entertainment
- CMGT 582 International Communication: National Development
- COMM 516 Feminist Theory and Communication
- COMM 559 Globalization, Communication and Society
- COMM 560 Global Media and Communication in China and Asia
- COMM 563 Black Popular Culture: Theory and Central Debates
- COMM 564 Communication, Culture and Capitalism
- COMM 566 Using Theory to Craft Policies to Affect Change
- COMM 647 Network Society
- COMM 654 Art, Artists and Society
- COMM 662 Video Games Research
- COMM 670 Economic Cultures
New Media and Technology
- CMGT 530 Social Dynamics of Communication Technologies
- CMGT 531 Communication and the International Economy
- CMGT 537 The Industry, Science and Culture of Video Games
- COMM 524 Small Group Process
- COMM 559 Seminar in Science and Technology Studies
- COMM 573 Networked Publics: Theories and Encounters
- COMM 574 Science and Technology Studies for Communication and Media
- COMM 576 Civic Media and Participatory Politics
- COMM 577 Fandom, Participatory Culture and Web 2.0
- COMM 578 New Media Literacies
- COMM 611 Communication Technology and Healthcare
- COMM 632 Cultures of Artificial Intelligence
- COMM 641 Organizations and Communication Technologies
- COMM 647 Network Society