Department of Communication

Courses

All courses are three credits unless otherwise indicated.

History, Theory, and Criticism of Rhetoric

COMMRC 2201 Rhetorical Criticism
COMMRC 2203 Philosophy and Rhetoric
COMMRC 2216 American Rhetorical Idioms
COMMRC 2217 Modern Theories of Rhetoric
COMMRC 2245 Classical Rhetoric
COMMRC 3302 Seminar in Rhetorical Criticism
COMMRC 3306 Seminar in Rhetoric and Culture
COMMRC 3317 Seminar in Rhetorical Theory

Media and Culture

COMMRC 2035 Seminar in Audience and Reception History
COMMRC 2040 Voices of Remembrance: Oral History
COMMRC 2226 Media and Cultural Studies
COMMRC 2227 Media Theory
COMMRC 3325 Seminar in Mass Communication
COMMRC 3326 Seminar in Media Studies

Public Address and Argument

COMMRC 2213 American Public Argument
COMMRC 2214 Contemporary Public Argument
COMMRC 3314 Seminar in Public Argument

Rhetoric of Science

COMMRC 2285 Science and Its Rhetoric
COMMRC 3340 Rhetoric of Science Policy

General Introductions

COMMRC 2296 Proseminar
COMMRC 2298 Research Colloquium
COMMRC 3384 Teaching Practicum

General

COMMRC 2000 Research and Thesis for the Master's Degree (one to six credits)

COMMRC 2990 Independent Study (one to nine credits)

COMMRC 3000 Dissertation Research for the PhD Degree (one to nine credits)

COMMRC 3902 Directed Study (one to nine credits)

Graduate Certificates

Graduate students in communication often choose to enhance their degrees by pursuing program certificates offered in other university units or master of arts degrees in other departments. Read more about graduate certificates.

Research Faculty

Donald Egolf
Bill Fusfield
John Lyne
Gordon Mitchell
Lester Olson
John Poulakos
Barbara Warnick
Ron Zboray