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Courses: Communication (COMM)

6302: Communication Theory
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Theories and research findings regarding communication processes in interpersonal, organizational, and mass-mediated contexts.

6305: Applied Research Techniques in Communication
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: COMM 6300, COMM 6302 or consent of instructor. Quantitative and qualitative research methods used to solve practical problems in communication.

6306: Legal, Regulatory, and Ethical Issues
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302 or consent of instructor. Examination of legal, regulatory, and ethical principles and controversies affecting print, film, and electronic media, and the new communication technologies.

6308: Seminar in Persuasion
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302, or consent of instructor. Theories and research findings significant to the processes of social influence in interpersonal, organizational, and mass-mediated contexts.

6309: Propaganda
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302, or consent of instructor. Study of the history, theory, strategies, and social impact of propaganda.

6310: Mass Communication Theory and Research
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302 or consent of instructor. Examination of mass communications' theories and research.

6314: Issues in International Mass Communication
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302, or consent of instructor. A comparative analysis of political, social and economic issues that affect the operation of media industries in the industrialized world.

6315: History of Mass Communication
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302, or consent of instructor. The development, diffusion and evolution of mass communication emphasizing relationships between media technology, economics and aesthetics.

6316: Television and the Family
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302 or consent of the instructor. Examines both television portrayals of the family and the processes and relational consequences associated with family use of television.

6317: Media Effects
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302 or consent of instructor. Examination of media exposure.

6320: Seminar in Organizational Communication
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302, or consent of instructor. Investigates theoretical and pragmatic issues in complex organizations relevant to communication such as serial transmission, networks and communication climate.

6321: Organizational Communication Analysis
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302, or consent of instructor. Analysis of organizational communication audits and other methods of change directly concerning communication behavior and attitudes.

6322: Organizational Communication Symbolism
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302 or consent of the instructor. The impact of symbolic aspects of organizational culture on communication processes.

6324: Human Relationships and Communication in Organizations
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302 or consent of the instructor. Analysis of communication behaviors and activities in developmental and maintenance processes of supervisory, mentoring, peer, romantic, and customer relationships in organizations.

6330: Interpersonal Communication
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302, or consent of instructor. Theory and research relating to communication within established interpersonal relationships; such as friends, spouses, and coworkers.

6331: Interpersonal Conflict
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302, or consent of instructor. A study of communication that is characteristic of conflict and conflict resolution in interpersonal relationships.

6333: Relational Communication
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302, or consent of instructor. Communication research and theory regarding the variables that affect relationship formation and dissolution.

6334: Family Communication
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: COMM 6300 or consent of the instructor. Theories and research covering communication in the development and change of family relationships.

6335: Health Communication Theory & Research
Cr. 3. (3-0). Theories and research shaping health communication inquiry.

6336: Provider-Patient Interaction
Cr. 3. (3-0). Theories, research, and potential interventions targeting health care provider and patient relationships.

6337: E-health & Telemedicine
Cr. 3. (3-0).Theories and research concerning the roles of mediated health communication via various information technologies.

6338: Health Literacy
Cr. 3. (3-0). Theories and research concerning how individuals' communication and decision making skills shape health care interaction.

6339: Multicultural Health Communication
Cr. 3. (3-0). Theories and research examining host and assimilating cultural influences on health care interaction and decision making.

6340: Communication & Catastrophic Conditions
Cr. 3. (3-0). Theories and research concerning how catastrophic conditions, such as advanced cancer, Alzheimer's, and HIV/AIDS, influence interaction among health care providers, consumers, and family members.

6341: Communication & Crisis Across the Lifespan
Cr. 3. (3-0). Theories and research concerning how maturational, situational, and moral crises influence health outcomes among health care providers and consumers.

6344: Health Campaign Principles & Tailored Messages
Cr. 3. (3-0). Theories and research concerning how health campaigns are created and disseminated focusing on audience segmentation and message tailoring strategies.

6345: Health Campaigns
Cr. 3. (3-0). Systematic conceptual critique across successful, mixed, and unsuccessful public health campaigns focusing on lifestyle behaviors linked to health outcomes across diverse populations.

6346: Health Campaign Evaluation
Cr. 3. (3-0). Collaborating with community-based clients, conducting mixed-method investigation into health campaign efficacy to inform health care stakeholders.

6350: Communication Technology and Society
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302, or consent of instructor. Study of theories and research concerning the interaction of communication technology with individuals, communities, work, economics, and culture.

6360: Critical Theory in Media and Culture
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302, or consent of instructor. An introduction to critical cultural theory as it applies to the study of media and culture.

6361: Case Studies in Media and Culture
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302, or consent of instructor. Application of various theoretical approaches to specific case studies of media and culture.

6362: Twentieth Century Popular Culture
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302, or consent of instructor. Major theories explaining the impact of communication media on popular culture.

6363: Media and Development
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302, or consent of instructor. Contemporary issues involving the role of transnational media and cross-cultural communication in non-western environments.

6370: Public Relations Management
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302, or consent of instructor. Examination of staffing, planning, budgeting, and campaign management requirements in corporate, association, union, and non-profit public relations.

6371: Public Relations Theory
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302, or consent of instructor. Comparative analysis of public relations theories and research.

6372: Issues Management
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302, or consent of instructor. Theories, research and practices to change corporate images and to adjust relationships between companies and stockholders in a public policy environment.

6374: Investor Relations
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302, or consent of instructor. Study of the informational and persuasive theories, requirements, and strategies necessary for attracting and informing investors.

6375: Risk Communication
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302, or consent of instructor. Interactive communication processes in hazardous and crisis situations that threaten community or personal health and safety.

6376: Seminar in Crisis Communication
Cr. 3. (3-0). Theory, research, and best practices of organizational planning, training, and communication response to crises.

6398: Special Problems
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: Approval of associate director for graduate studies. A course designed for graduate students who wish to pursue special studies for which a course is not organized.

6399-7399: Master's Thesis
Cr. 3 per semester.