Course Descriptions

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Communication Studies Discipline Courses

Course ID Title Latest Offering
COMM 150 Fundamentals of Oral Communication (3) Fall 2009
COMM 250 Argumentation and Advocacy (4) Effective Summer 2007
COMM 302 Communication and Social Process (4) Fall 2009
COMM 321 Communication Theory (4) Fall 2008
COMM 341 Rhetorical Theory (4) Fall 2009
COMM 350 Spoken English for the Non-native Speaker (4) Spring 2009
COMM 351 Public Speaking (4) Fall 2009
COMM 352 Women and Words (4) Fall 2009
COMM 353 Speech for the Classroom Teacher (4) Fall 2009
COMM 362 Introduction to Oral Interpretation (4) Fall 2009
COMM 363 Oral Interpretation of the First Person Voice (4) Spring 2009
COMM 364 Oral Interpretation of Children's Literature (4) Spring 2009
COMM 365 Argumentation and Debate (4) Fall 2009
COMM 366 Persuasion (4) Fall 2009
COMM 368 Forensics (2) Fall 2009
COMM 410 American Phonetics (4) Spring 2009
COMM 411 Language for Teachers (4) Spring 2009
COMM 440 Political Communication (4) Fall 2009
COMM 441 Rhetoric of American Dissenters (4) Effective Summer 2007
COMM 443 Rhetoric of Feminist Movements (4) Effective Summer 2007
COMM 444 Rhetoric of the Media (4) Spring 2009
COMM 445 The Rhetoric of Terrorism (4) Fall 2009
COMM 449 The Rhetoric of Criminality and Punishment (4) Spring 2008
COMM 461 Issues in Free Speech (4) Spring 2009
COMM 496 Special Studies in Communication and Social Criticism (4) Effective Summer 2007
COMM 496 Variable topics:
  COMM 496 Performance Art: Aesthetic Communications Criticism (4) Spring 2009
COMM 502 Interpersonal Communication (4) Fall 2009
COMM 503 Gender and Communication (4) Fall 2009
COMM 504 Communication and Masculinities (4) Effective Spring 2010
COMM 508 Children's Communication (4) Spring 2008
COMM 512 Nonverbal Communication (4) Fall 2009
COMM 515 Family Communication (4) Fall 2009
COMM 516 Special Studies in Interpersonal Communication (4) Effective Summer 2007
COMM 521 Group Discussion (4) Fall 2009
COMM 522 Organizational Communication (4) Fall 2009
COMM 525 Sexual Identity and Communication (4) Fall 2009
COMM 527 Health Communication (4) Effective Summer 2007
COMM 530 Communication in Organizational Training (4) Effective Summer 2007
COMM 531 Conflict Resolution (4) Spring 2009
COMM 532 Interviewing Methods in Organizational Settings (4) Effective Summer 2007
COMM 533 Communication and Empowerment in Organizations (4) Spring 2008
COMM 534 Mediation Theory and Practice (4) Fall 2008
COMM 534 GW Mediation Theory and Practice - GWAR (4) Fall 2009
COMM 536 Special Studies in Group and Organizational Communication (4) Effective Summer 2007
COMM 537 Leadership Communication (4) Fall 2009
COMM 541 Intercultural Communication (4) Fall 2009
COMM 542 Intracultural Communication (4) Fall 2009
COMM 543 Dialogues Across Differences (4) Spring 2009
COMM 544 Communication and Aging (4) Spring 2009
COMM 550 Classical Rhetoric (4) Effective Summer 2007
COMM 561 Social Semiotics (4) Fall 2009
COMM 561 GW Social Semiotics - GWAR (4) Fall 2009
COMM 562 Discourse in Interaction (4) Fall 2009
COMM 563 Conversational Analysis (4) Spring 2008
COMM 570 Human Communication and New Technologies (4) Effective Summer 2007
COMM 661 Communication Research Strategies (4) Fall 2009
COMM 662 Communication Criticism (4) Fall 2009
COMM 663 Qualitative Methods in Communication and Performance (4) Fall 2009
COMM 664 Research Methods in Language and Social Interaction (4) Fall 2008
COMM 681 Voice and Articulation Theory and Practice (4) Effective Summer 2007
COMM 685 Projects in the Teaching of Communication (1-4) Effective Summer 2009
COMM 685 Variable topics:
  COMM 685 Projects in the Teaching of Communication (1) Effective Summer 2009
  COMM 685 Projects in the Teaching of Communication (2) Effective Summer 2009
  COMM 685 Projects in the Teaching of Communication (3) Effective Summer 2009
  COMM 685 Projects in the Teaching of Communication (4) Fall 2009
COMM 695 Internship/Service Learning in Communication Studies (4) Fall 2009
COMM 696 Ensemble Performance Workshop (4) Spring 2008
COMM 697 Advanced Performance Study (4) Fall 2009
COMM 699 Special Study (1-4) Effective Summer 2009
COMM 699 Variable topics:
  COMM 699 Special Study (1) Fall 2009
  COMM 699 Special Study (2) Fall 2009
  COMM 699 Special Study (3) Fall 2009
  COMM 699 Special Study (4) Fall 2009
COMM 700 Introduction to Graduate Study (4) Fall 2009
COMM 721 Seminar in Rhetorical and Communication Theory (4) Fall 2009
COMM 725 Seminar in Sexual Identity and Communication (4) Spring 2009
COMM 731 Seminar in Communication and Social Criticism (4) Effective Summer 2007
COMM 740 Seminar in Interpersonal Communication (4) Spring 2009
COMM 742 Seminar in Group Communication Theory and Practice (4) Fall 2008
COMM 745 Seminar in Gender and Communication (4) Spring 2008
COMM 750 Seminar in Communication and Culture (4) Fall 2009
COMM 751 Intercultural Communication Training (4) Effective Summer 2007
COMM 760 Seminar in Organizational Communication (4) Spring 2009
COMM 761 Seminar: Corporate Communication (4) Effective Summer 2007
COMM 780 Studies in Contemporary Theory (4) Effective Summer 2007
COMM 780 Variable topics:
  COMM 780 Communication of Innovations and Change (4) Effective Summer 2007
  COMM 780 Rhetoric of the Courts (4) Effective Summer 2007
  COMM 780 Seminar in Performance Art, Communication, and Culture (4) Fall 2008
COMM 797 Performance Theory and Practice in Communication (4) Fall 2009
COMM 850 Teaching Communication (4) Fall 2009
COMM 851 Internship in Teaching Communication (2) Fall 2009
COMM 852 Supervision of Teaching Communication (1) Fall 2009
COMM 855 Coaching Forensics (4) Spring 2008
COMM 871 Communication Research Strategies (4) Spring 2009
COMM 872 Field Research Strategies (4) Fall 2008
COMM 873 Research Strategies in Language and Social Interaction (4) Spring 2009
COMM 885 Graduate Projects in the Teaching of Communication (4) Fall 2009
COMM 894 Creative Work Project (3) Fall 2009
COMM 896 Directed Readings in Communication Studies (3) Spring 2009
COMM 896 Directed Readings in Speech Communication (3) Fall 2008
COMM 898 Master's Thesis (3) Fall 2009
COMM 899 Advanced Problems for Investigation in Communication Studies (1-4) Effective Spring 2009
COMM 899 Variable topics:
  COMM 899 Advanced Problems for Investigation in Communication Studies (1) Fall 2009
  COMM 899 Advanced Problems for Investigation in Communication Studies (2) Fall 2009
  COMM 899 Advanced Problems for Investigation in Communication Studies (3) Fall 2009
  COMM 899 Advanced Problems for Investigation in Communication Studies (4) Fall 2009
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