Communication Graduate Courses

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The degree involves a two-year program of study that includes that following elements:

Coursework: Minimum of 33 total hours are required to graduate

• 12 Credit Hours Required Communication Courses (4 required courses)
  • COMM7001 - Advanced Rhetorical Theory
  • COMM7041 - Empirical Communication Research Methods
  • COMM7042 - Qualitative and Rhetorical Research Methods
  • COMM7007 - Advanced Communication Theory
• 12 Credit Hours Minimum of Communication Electives
• 3 - 9 Thesis or Praxis Hours

• To achieve full-time status, students must take 10 or more hours of graduate coursework per semester. Students receiving assistantships or scholarships must maintain a 12-hour course-load.
• Full-time students are required to register for COMM8093 - Introduction to Graduate Studies during Fall and Spring semesters in the first year and COMM8094 - Academic and Professional Prep during Fall and Spring semesters of the second year.
• All students complete either a Master's Thesis, an independently developed and executed research project, or a Praxis Research Project, an applied paper based on internship or other field experience. Students may register for 3 to 9 thesis or praxis hours with an advisor. The thesis or praxis research project may involve a variety of approaches and methods, including experimental, survey, observation/participation, fieldwork, or critical-textual.

Coursework: A minimum of 33 total credit hours are required to graduate

• 12 Credit Hours Required Communication Courses (4 required courses)
  • COMM7001 - Advanced Rhetorical Theory
  • COMM7041 - Empirical Communication Research Methods
  • COMM7042 - Qualitative and Rhetorical Research Methods
  • COMM7007 - Advanced Communication Theory
• 12 Credit Hours of Communication Electives
• 3 - 9 Thesis or Praxis Hours

COMM 7007: Advanced Communication Theory
COMM 7001: Advanced Rhetorical Theory
COMM 7041: Empirical Communication Research Methods
COMM 7042: Qualitative and Rhetorical Research Methods

COMM6008: Organizational Culture and Diversity
COMM8008: Advanced Survey in Organizational Communication
COMM8011: Seminar in Communication and Organizational Leadership
COMM8010: Seminar in Organizational Communication: Power and Politics
COMM7008: Seminar in Public Relations and Issue Management
COMM8012: Seminar in Organizational Discourse & Discourse Analysis

COMM8067: Seminar in Environmental Communication
COMM8056: Seminar in Communication, Science, and Technology
COMM8058: Seminar in Risk Communication
COMM8068: Seminar in Health Communication: Provider-Patient & Caregiver Communication
COMM8069: Seminar in Health Communication: Culture, Meaning, and Power

COMM7002: Mediated Communication and the Individual
COMM7003: Mediated Communication in Social Systems
COMM7004: Mediated Communication and Technology
COMM7005: Mediated Communication and Postmodern Culture
COMM8080: Seminar in Cultural Studies
COMM8088: Seminar in Visual Rhetoric and Visual Culture

COMM6005: Communication and Social Movements

COMM 6008 Organizational Diversity
COMM8025: Dialogue in Theory and Practice

COMM6043: Advanced Interpersonal Communication Theory
COMM7025: Advanced Interpersonal Communication Research

COM 8057  Rhetoric and LGBTQ Life

COM 8057 African American Communication and Identities

COMM8093: Introduction to Graduate Studies
COMM8061: Directed Problems in Communication
COMM8092: Communication Teaching Practicum
COMM8091: Practicum in Communication
COMM9041: M.A. Thesis in Communication
COMM8062: Internship in Communication