USC/USC-Course-Catalog huggingface dataset:
IML 456: Nature, Design and Media 
Investigation of the impact of natural patterns on digital media design. Explores the relationships among chaos, harmony, beauty, proportion, spirituality, holistic systems and shaped experience.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture-Lab
Days: Wednesday
Time: 1:00-3:50pm
Instructor: Pablo Frasconi
IML 475: Media Arts Research Lab 
A hands-on mentored research lab experience within the context of media art and in association with a real-world project.
Units: (2.0-4.0 units, max 8)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture-Lab
Days: Friday
Time: 10:00-12:50pm
Instructor: Alexander Mcdowell
IML 481: Advanced Platform: Mixed Realities 
Exploration of advanced techniques for the creation of mixed reality artworks combining digital content and physical environments.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture-Lab
Days: Wednesday
Time: 1:00-3:50pm
Instructor: Scott Fisher
IML 490: Directed Research 
Individual research and readings.
Units: (1.0-8.0 units, max 12)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: 1 from (IML 104 or IML 201)
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Elizabeth Ramsey
IML 493: Creativity and Wellbeing 
Exploration of the intersections among creative practice, mindfulness and wellbeing through individual studio-based project work.
Units: (2.0-4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture-Lab
Days: Monday
Time: 1:00-3:50pm
Instructor: David Johnson
IML 500: The Praxis of Sonic and Visual Media 
An introduction to digital authorship at the graduate level, with a focus on the potential of multimedia scholarship and networked dissemination.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student, Master Student, Professional Year 1
Class type: Lecture-Lab
Days: Monday
Time: 1:00-3:50pm
Instructor: Vicki Callahan
IML 521: Non-Fiction Cinematic Practice II 
Deepening skills in audio/video storytelling methods through a semester-long, non-fiction media project.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: IML 520
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture-Lab
Days: Wednesday
Time: 10:00-12:50pm
Instructor: Michael Bodie
IML 555: Digital Pedagogies 
An exploration of varied pedagogical approaches and strategies informed by critical engagement with digital media and networked technologies.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture-Lab
Days: Tuesday
Time: 4:00-6:50pm
Instructor: Virginia Kuhn
IML 570: Topics in Ethnographic Media Arts 
A hands-on approach to contemporary topics in ethnographic media arts and creative nonfiction cinema.
Units: (2.0-6.0 units, max 12)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture-Lab
Days: Thursday
Time: 10:00-12:50pm
Instructor: Stephanie Spray
IML 575: Graduate Media Arts Research Lab 
A hands-on mentored graduate research lab experience within the context of media art and in association with a real-world project. Open only to graduate students.
Units: (2.0-4.0 units, max 8)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Professional Year 1, Doctoral Student
Class type: Lecture-Lab
Days: Tuesday
Time: 1:00-3:50pm
Instructor: Scott Fisher
IML 585: Creative Critical Writing Workshop 
A writing workshop to explore innovative forms for critical writing, media-rich writing and video that borrow from creative nonfiction, the lyric essay, poetic/vernacular criticism.
Units: (2.0 units, max 4)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 10:00-12:50pm
Instructor: Holly Willis
IML 590: Directed Research 
Research leading to the masters degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.
Units: (1.0-12.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
IML 603: Media Arts and Practice Colloquium/Professional Seminar 
Orientation to the profession, opportunities, presentation and analysis of recent developments and applications in Media Arts and Practice. Graded CR/NC. (Duplicates credit in former CNTV 603)
Units: (1.0 units, max 2)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Thursday
Time: 2:00-3:50pm
Instructor: Stephanie Spray
IML 607: Critique and Criticality 
Introduction to methods of critique, critiques of critique and alternatives to critique, with specific attention to interdisciplinary media-rich practices and works created by students.
Units: (2.0 units, max 4)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture-Lab
Days: Wednesday
Time: 4:00-5:50pm
Instructor: Kiki Benzon
IML 794a: Doctoral Dissertation 
Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC. (Duplicates credit in CNTV 794a)
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
IML 794b: Doctoral Dissertation 
Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC. (Duplicates credit in CNTV 794b)
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: IML 794a
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
IML 794c: Doctoral Dissertation 
Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC. (Duplicates credit in CNTV 794c)
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: IML 794b
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
IML 794d: Doctoral Dissertation 
Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC. (Duplicates credit in CNTV 794d)
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: IML 794c
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
IML 794z: Doctoral Dissertation 
Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC. (Duplicates credit in CNTV 794z)
Units: (0.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: IML 794d
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
CTXA 423L: Visualizing Science Production 
Principles of 2-D and 3-D digital animation applied to scientific themes and research topics.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture-Lab
Days: Friday
Time: 9:00-11:50am
Instructor: Maks Naporowski
CTXA 524: Contemporary Topics: Animation Dreams and Consciousness 
Explores the relationship of science, philosophy and art to new forms of animation practice, including Artificial Intelligence with a focus on dreams and consciousness.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Monday
Time: 9:30-12:20pm
Instructor: Kathy Smith
CTXA 525: Gesture Movement for Animation 
The concepts of animation performance, body and facial gesture, and the emotional and psychological resonance through cinematic arts.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Friday
Time: 4:00-6:50pm
Instructor: Norland Tellez
CTXA 535: Writing and Story Art for Vision and Motion 
Story, narrative structure and storyboarding techniques examined through a creative lens.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Thursday
Time: 1:00-3:50pm
Instructor: Einar Arnason
CTXA 537: Applied Expanded Animation 
Examines post-graduation opportunities in Expanded Animation: arts, research, academia and industry. Includes grant writing, independent filmmaking, art galleries, festivals, starting a business and financing.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 1:00-3:50pm
Instructor: Sheila Sofian
CTXA 547: Expanded Animation Production I 
Creating a one-minute animated film, installation, VR performance or new media project with sound, including development, pre-production, production and post-production.
Units: (3.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: CTXA 544 and CTXA 579
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture-Lab
Days: Tuesday
Time: 4:00-6:50pm
Instructor: Gregory Garay,
CTXA 551: Stop Motion Performance 
Incorporating classic stop motion techniques for puppet performance and animation. Emphasis on timing, performance, movement, animation and gesture.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 7:00-9:50pm
Instructor: Musa Brooker
CTXA 561: Theory and Practice in Contemporary Animation 
Seminar and practicum featuring an inclusive investigation of contemporary animation theory and practices, with an emphasis on non-mainstream and marginalized themes, voices and methodology.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 4:00-6:50pm
Instructor: Elisabeth Mann
CTXA 575: Cinematic and Media-Based Installations 
The history and practice of media-based installation art, from site-specific architectural projection mapping, to activist and public art, video sculptures and immersive, physical transformations.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture-Lab
Days: Thursday
Time: 4:00-6:50pm
Instructor: Elisabeth Mann
CTXA 588: Animation for Virtual Characters, Robotics and AI 
Designed to explore the illusion of life, sentience and how to develop compelling animation, diverse stories and gesture for virtual characters, AI and robotics.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture-Lab
Days: Monday
Time: 7:00-9:50pm
Instructor: David Hanson
CTXA 590: Directed Research 
Research leading to the master's degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.
Units: (1.0-12.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Elisabeth Mann
CTXA 591: Expanded Animation Pre-Thesis Seminar 
Research and development of the thesis project in expanded animation. Presentation of the thesis proposal at the end of the semester.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: CTXA 545
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 1:00-3:50pm
Instructor: Everett Lewis
CTXA 592: Master Class in Expanded Animation 
A special projects course in which students study and create new works with a visiting master artist, animator, or researcher.
Units: (2.0-6.0 units, max 12)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Monday
Time: 7:00-9:50pm
Instructor: Miguel Jiron
CTXA 594b: Master's Thesis 
Credit on acceptance of Thesis.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: CTXA 594A
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 10:00-11:50am
Instructor: Kathy Smith,Elisabeth Mann,Maks Naporowski
ASCJ 200: Navigating Media and News in the Digital Age 
Students will be engaged as discriminating media/news consumers and contributors. Emphasis on critical skills needed to understand, employ, enjoy and help shape our media landscape.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 11:00-12:20pm
Instructor: Gabriel Kahn,Alison Trope
ASCJ 210: Contours of Change in Media and Communication 
Provides an introduction to cultivating a curious, critical, and proactive approach to the challenges of social change. Students will be encouraged to develop an expansive and critical definition and understanding of change as it relates to the role of media and communication in producing and responding to political and cultural transformations that shape our status as citizens and our ideas of citizenship.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Mon, Wed
Time: 2:00-3:20pm
Instructor: Robert Scheer
ASCJ 420: Annenberg Collaboratory 
Collaborative, cutting-edge, experimental, experiential, interdisciplinary, results-based classes taught in new ways and places. Recommended preparation: ASCJ-220.
Units: (0.0-4.0 units, max 8)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Willow Bay,Lisa Pecot-Hebert
CMGT 500: Managing Communication 
Production and distribution of information within large organizations; information networks, organization structure, control and decision-making functions. Resources necessary for effective organizational communication systems.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
CMGT 501: Communication Management Pro-Seminar 
Theories, core concepts and practice in management of communication; analysis based on cases, structured and semi-structured data, historical research and participant observation.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Communication Management
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 2:00-4:50pm
Instructor: Monica Koyama,Brad Shipley
CMGT 502: Strategic Corporate Communication 
Roles, responsibilities and requirements of communication functions within corporations; design and implementation of communication plans; strategic message production for internal and external audiences.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
CMGT 505: Communication in Work Settings 
How work settings determine communication: basic structures of communication, influence of technology, social contexts and physical space. Applications to management.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Communication Management
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 6:00-8:50pm
Instructor: Colleen Keough
CMGT 507: Information Management: Analysis and Visualization 
Conceptual frameworks for analyses and visualization of information and data. Principles and strategies for data transformation, intermediate statistical analyses, data-based presentation, sense-making.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 2:00-4:50pm
Instructor: Liuning Zhou
CMGT 510: Communication, Values, Attitudes and Behavior 
Theory and research on value and attitude formation and change; consequences for communication and behavior.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Thursday
Time: 2:00-4:50pm
Instructor: Sheila Murphy
CMGT 513: Communication Ethics for New Media and Technology 
Ethics for new media and technology. Leverages case studies, historical analysis, observational analysis. Equips data-oriented communication practitioners to be ethical stewards of data.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 2:00-4:50pm
Instructor: Morten Bay
CMGT 514: Analytical Tools for Communication Decisions 
Measurement and advanced statistical analysis with foundational and advanced data gathering techniques, including data mining. Statistical inferences for and effective communication about solutions.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: CMGT 540
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Communication Management
Class type: Lecture
Days: Monday
Time: 1:00-3:50pm
Instructor: Mathew Curtis
CMGT 516: Communication Strategies For Innovators and Entrepreneurs 
Communication research, analysis and strategies for new ventures to establish spread and acceptance in saturated mediascapes. Help founders find persuasive voice and identity.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Monday
Time: 11:00-1:50pm
Instructor: Keemia Ferasat
CMGT 517: Communication in the Luxury Fashion Industry 
Examines luxury fashion marketing communication, focusing on connecting with the audience. Topics include history of the industry, media channels, digital platforms and communicating values.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Monday
Time: 2:00-4:50pm
Instructor: Alexis Brunswick
CMGT 518: Principles of Communicating in the Self-Care Industries 
Foundational examination of beauty, personal care and wellness industries through brand strategy, promotion, advertising, social media and influencer marketing.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 6:00-8:50pm
Instructor: Jennifer Houghton
CMGT 519: Analyzing Communication Strategies: Self-Care Segments 
Covers various segments of beauty, personal care and wellness brands and how they utilize communication strategies to differentiate products and persuade targeted consumers.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 6:00-8:50pm
Instructor: Jennifer Houghton
CMGT 528: Website Strategies for Organizations 
Assess organizations' online needs, to examine the use of the Internet in terms of electronic commerce and global pressures, and design Web page strategies.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Thursday
Time: 2:00-4:50pm
Instructor: Sarah Dzida
CMGT 529: Creator Culture and Industries 
Maps the evolution of global and Chinese creator industries, as distinguished by social media entrepreneurs, online cultural producers, creators, influencers, live streamers, KOLs and wanghong.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Monday
Time: 6:30-9:20pm
Instructor: David Craig
CMGT 530: Social Dynamics of Communication Technologies 
Impact of television, satellites, computers, and other new technologies; competing theories about the role of technology in society; historical effects of introducing new technologies.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Thursday
Time: 2:00-4:50pm
Instructor: Christina Dunbar-Hester
CMGT 537: The Industry, Science and Culture of Video Games 
History, social dynamics, and cultural impact of video games; developments in technology and design; issues confronting the video game industry and organizations.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 6:00-8:50pm
Instructor: Dmitri Williams
CMGT 540: Uses of Communication Research 
Data collection and elementary statistical analysis in communication management. Methods include surveys, focus groups, content analysis, experiments, secondary data sources.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Communication Management, Communication Management
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
CMGT 541: Integrated Communication Strategies 
Communication strategies for product marketing and advertising; communication's role in developing domestic and international marketplaces; practical applications of persuasion theory.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Thursday
Time: 2:00-4:50pm
Instructor: Marina Kosten
CMGT 544: Creating Organizational Identity: Meaning Through Messages 
Use of rhetorical theories and communication models to create organizational identification with internal and external audiences; the role of values and ethics in creating identities.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 6:30-9:20pm
Instructor: Simon Uwins
CMGT 546: Sports Media and Society 
History and evolution of sports media industry; traditional, new and alternative sports media; globalization of sports; sports promotions and personalities.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Monday
Time: 2:00-4:50pm
Instructor: Eric Markgraf
CMGT 547: Distribution of Recordings: Media, Retail and Online Channel 
Cultural and critical analyses of radio and recording industry development and business strategy; influence of legal and regulatory institutions, impact of new forms of distribution.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Monday
Time: 6:30-9:20pm
Instructor: Robert Borg
CMGT 550: Hollywood 3.0-Entertainment Industry in the Convergence Age 
In-depth analysis of the challenges confronting the entertainment industry in the wake of media convergence including a survey of media convergence history and theories.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 6:00-8:50pm
Instructor: Joshua Feldman
CMGT 551: Communicating Entertainment Media Identities 
Understanding dynamics in entertainment markets enabled by emerging digital technologies; broad and niche strategies to target appropriate audiences, building audience engagement with entertainment content identities.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Thursday
Time: 6:30-9:20pm
Instructor: Allan Gungormez
CMGT 552: Visual Storytelling: Production, Management and Culture 
Focuses on management, production and distribution of scripted film, television and web stories to understand visual storytelling as a communicative strategy for advertising and education.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Thursday
Time: 6:30-9:20pm
Instructor: Adam Fratto
CMGT 553: Marketing Communication Theory and Application 
Applies communication theory and research to understand emerging marketing communication topics and issues.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Communication Management
Class type: Lecture
Days: Monday
Time: 5:30-8:20pm
CMGT 554: Copywriting and Creativity 
Foundational and advanced practices for copywriting and related design incommunication; integrated analysis of concepts and pragmatics surrounding creativity forcommunication effectiveness
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Monday
Time: 6:30-9:20pm
Instructor: Eric Markgraf
CMGT 555: Online Marketing Communication Development and Analysis 
Analysis and development of online communication and marketing campaigns; exploration of current Internet best practices in social media, SEM, privacy, location-based marketing, and online measurement.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Monday
Time: 6:00-8:50pm
Instructor: Rich Guest
CMGT 556: Global Marketing Communication 
Communication strategies in a global marketing environment; analysis of global â€“ local challenges and opportunities; effective global integrated communication to create and sustain competitive advantage
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Thursday
Time: 2:00-4:50pm
Instructor: Ted Skidmore
CMGT 558: International Entertainment Marketplaces 
Global influences on linear and streaming television and theatrical. Case analyses of organizations and content focusing on interconnected partnerships and promotions to attract local audiences.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 2:00-4:50pm
Instructor: Ted Skidmore
CMGT 561: Principles of Public Relations 
Practical and theoretical survey of the public relations profession as it is currently practiced, providing a social/contextual backdrop for further study of the field.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
CMGT 564: Methodological Fundamentals of Big Data in Communication 
Understanding of fundamental methodological issues about big data: types, platforms, tools, analysis techniques, and relevant theoretical frameworks.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Thursday
Time: 6:30-9:20pm
Instructor: Drew Shackleton
CMGT 568: Influencer Strategies 
Students master skills and strategies to distinguish the truly influential from the merely popular, manage international influencer campaigns and develop successful influencers.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 6:00-8:50pm
Instructor: Freddy Nager
CMGT 575: Communicating in Crisis 
How to use effective organizational communication to facilitate crisis prevention, provide leadership during a crisis and manage organizational change.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
CMGT 577: Communicating Corporate Social Responsibility 
Evolution, models, metrics and stakeholders. Key communication issues in designing and implementing initiatives, CSR reporting, strategic partnerships and online communities. Analysis of communication paradoxes.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 6:30-9:20pm
Instructor: Catie Saralegui
CMGT 586: Entertainment Media: Content, Theory, and Industry Practices 
Examination of social scientific theory and research on patterns of media content; effects of mass media exposure on individuals and society; and industry practices.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Communication Management
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 6:30-9:20pm
Instructor: David Craig,Monica Koyama
CMGT 587: Audience Analysis 
Audience research fundamentals - sampling and segmentation; advanced questionnaire design; audience observation; advanced quantitative and qualitative analyses. Model formulation to describe and predict data.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Monday
Time: 6:30-9:20pm
Instructor: Austin Roy
CMGT 589: Storytelling, Culture and Experiential Communication 
How to communicate through storytelling in contemporary culture. Strategic story development for brands, for self-branding, and for social impact. Story creation utilizes narrative theories and workshop-style participatory activities.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Thursday
Time: 6:00-8:50pm
Instructor: Mayanna Framroze
CMGT 590: Directed Research 
Research leading to the master's degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the school. Graded CR/NC.
Units: (1.0-12.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Ben Lee
CMGT 591: Communication Internship 
Field experience in applying communication principles to settings in organizations, campaigns, or other contexts; analysis and assessment of issues and problems. Graded CR/NC.
Units: (1.0-2.0 units, max 3)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Global Communication, Communication Management, Communication, Digital Social Media, Public Diplomacy (Practitioner and Mid-Career Professional),, Public Diplomacy
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Daniela Baroffio
CMGT 597a: Communication Research Practicum 
Communication management research project design and execution - thesis formulation, literature review, methods choice and instrument design. Analysis and reporting with appropriate quantitative or qualitative techniques.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: CMGT 501 and CMGT 540
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Communication Management
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Ben Lee
CMGT 597b: Communication Research Practicum 
Communication management research project design and execution - thesis formulation, literature review, methods choice and instrument design. Analysis and reporting with appropriate quantitative or qualitative techniques.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: CMGT 597A
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Communication Management
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 2:00-3:40pm
Instructor: Ben Lee
CMGT 599: Special Topics 
Units: (2.0-4.0 units, max 8)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Thursday
Time: 6:00-8:50pm
Instructor: Andrea Hollingshead
COMM 200: Communication and Social Science 
Social scientific inquiry into human communication; core theories of message production and reception in interpersonal, group and organizational contexts.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 2:00-3:20pm
Instructor: Jillian Pierson
COMM 204: Public Speaking 
Principles and practices of effective oral communication; analysis of the speaking-listening process; selection and organization of speech materials; use of new presentation technologies.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 12:30-1:50pm
Instructor: Kiran Dhillon
COMM 205x: Communication Practicum 
Students address communication issues in a field setting. They will evaluate communication practices using appropriate methodology. Projects are jointly evaluated by internship supervisor and professor. Sophomore standing. Graded: CR/NC. Not for major credit for Communication majors.
Units: (1.0-2.0 units, max 4)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration closed to the following class level(s): Freshmen
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Kathryn Kelly
COMM 206: Communication and Culture 
Examines cultural institutions, ideologies, artifacts, and productions; role of culture in everyday life; cultural studies as methodology; culture and power.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Mon, Wed
Time: 2:00-3:20pm
Instructor: Cristina Visperas
COMM 209: Communication and Media Economics 
Economic and political economic principles for the analysis of communication and media industries including broadcasting, newspapers, motion pictures, music, video games, advertising and public relations.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Mon, Wed
Time: 3:30-4:50pm
Instructor: Paolo Sigismondi
COMM 300: Entertainment, Communication and Society 
Theoretical foundation for understanding the construction, consumption, and consequences of entertainment from classical to contemporary times; situates entertainment within the ecology of information and communication.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 11:00-12:20pm
Instructor: Daniela Baroffio
COMM 301Lg: Empirical Research in Communication 
Experimental and survey methods for communication study; basic statistical concepts, procedures, and tests.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture-Lab
Days: Mon, Wed
Time: 12:00-1:50pm
Instructor: Robin Stevens
COMM 302: Persuasion 
Theories and research in social influence; strategies and tactics of persuasive communications in such settings as politics, public relations, advertising, business.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 9:30-10:50am
Instructor: Liyuan Wang
COMM 304: Interpersonal Communication 
Analysis of face-to-face interaction; role of communication in the development, maintenance and destruction of relationships; communication processes in managing interpersonal conflict.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Mon, Wed
Time: 3:30-4:50pm
Instructor: Qiaozhen Jia
COMM 305: Understanding Social Science Research 
Students learn to be consumers rather than creators of social science research. Examines the challenges and opportunities of communicating research through mass media.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 12:30-1:50pm
Instructor: Marlon Twyman
COMM 307: Sound Clash: Popular Music and American Culture 
Music as inter-cultural communication and method for exploring race and ethnicity in the constitution of American culture and American self; role of music industry.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 11:00-12:20pm
Instructor: Josh Kun
COMM 308: Communication and Conflict 
Nature and functions of communication in human conflict; development of communication skills for managing conflict productively in interpersonal, organizational and intercultural contexts.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 2:00-3:20pm
Instructor: Colleen Keough
COMM 309: Communication and Technology 
Cultural, social, political, and economic dynamics of communication technologies, including internet architecture, social media, participatory cultures, privacy, surveillance, networked journalism, big data, algorithms, online activism.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture-Discussion
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 3:30-4:50pm
COMM 310: Media and Society 
Interplay between media and society, including family and children's socialization, inter-group relations and community, pornography and violence, gender and race, media ethics, conduct of politics.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 6:30-9:20pm
Instructor: Robert Scheer
COMM 311: Communication and Publics 
Forms of civic life; opportunities and obstacles in forming, participating in, and disrupting community; issues of knowledge, power, identity; theories/methods of rhetorical analysis and production.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture-Discussion
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 9:30-10:50am
Instructor: Kiran Dhillon
COMM 312: The Business and Culture of Celebrity 
Employs the concept of "celebrity" as an optic through which to view and assess some of the key aspects of the communication revolution.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Mon, Wed
Time: 3:30-4:50pm
Instructor: Nazli Offringa
COMM 313: Communication and Mass Media 
Survey of mass communication research; history, content, effects, theories, and policy implications of various media.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture-Discussion
Days: Mon, Wed
Time: 3:30-4:50pm
Instructor: Carmen Lee
COMM 320: Small Group and Team Communication 
Group process theories relevant to communicative behavior in small group/team settings, including information exchange, decision making, leadership, and meetings; student team projects testing theoretic propositions.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 11:00-12:20pm
Instructor: Julianna Kirschner
COMM 321: Communication and Social Media 
Social media within the broader social, political, and historical contexts; key themes include labor, Web 2.0, self-branding, celebrity, participation, privacy, online shaming, and activism.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Mon, Wed
Time: 10:00-11:50am
Instructor: Karen North
COMM 322: Argumentation and Advocacy 
Basic argumentation theory including analysis. Research and evidence, case construction, refutation; discursive and visual argument; diverse fields of advocacy including law, politics, organizations, interpersonal relations.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 12:30-1:50pm
Instructor: Tom Hollihan
COMM 324mw: Intercultural Communication 
Cultural variables and social psychological processes that influence intercultural interaction; relationship between communication and culture in diverse settings including business, medicine, and education.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Mon, Wed
Time: 12:00-1:50pm
Instructor: Carmen Lee
COMM 330p: Rhetoric in Classical Culture 
Theories of communication and persuasion in ancient Greece and Rome; cultural and social contexts of classical rhetorical theory; major historical figures and concepts.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Mon, Wed
Time: 10:00-11:50am
Instructor: Randy Lake
COMM 337: The LGBTQ Revolution and the Media 
Explores the role of the media in the LGBTQ revolution that transformed the lives of sexual and gender minorities in the United States.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 12:30-1:50pm
Instructor: Teresa Delfin
COMM 339: Communication Technology and Culture 
This course examines philosophies and popular representations of technology from the origins of western culture to the present and identifies the complex attitudes toward technology.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 12:30-1:50pm
Instructor: Morten Bay
COMM 340: The Cultures of New Media 
Cultural implications of computer-mediated communication and related media. Ideological responses to media innovation; debates over artificial intelligence, virtual communities, and virtual reality. Recommended preparation: COMM 339.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 3:30-4:50pm
Instructor: Julianna Kirschner
COMM 350: Video Games: Content, Industry, and Policy 
Introduction to the medium; history of video games; video games as aesthetic products, cultural products, economic outputs; policy issues, effects, and sites of community.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Mon, Wed
Time: 3:30-4:50pm
Instructor: Dmitri Williams
COMM 355: Advertising and Communication 
Advertising as a mode of communication; US advertising history and institutions; economic and policy contexts (domestic and global); critical analysis of advertising texts
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Mon, Wed
Time: 12:00-1:50pm
Instructor: Rook Campbell
COMM 363: Media Consumption 
Theoretical approaches to the study of media consumption and audiences; examines international media and consumption practices; explores new media's impact on consumption.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Mon, Wed
Time: 2:00-3:20pm
Instructor: Hye Jin Lee
COMM 365: The Rhetoric of London 
Examination of the modern city as a communicative text with London as the case study.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Georgia Stahl
COMM 366: Designing Media for Social Change 
Students explore the theoretical and practical issues involved in designing effective media and communication projects for social change.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 2:00-3:20pm
Instructor: Alison Trope
COMM 369w: Public Diplomacy and Global Citizenship 
Introduces public diplomacy as a central feature of contemporary international relations and challenges students to locate themselves as both its target and practitioners.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 11:00-12:20pm
Instructor: Nick Cull
COMM 375: Business and Professional Communication 
Oral and written communication skills demanded in the workplace including informative and persuasive speeches; interviewing; team communication; and training material preparation. Recommended preparation: COMM 204
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Mon, Wed
Time: 12:00-1:50pm
Instructor: Michael Wissot
COMM 380: Forensics Laboratory 
Directed individual research studies of contemporary problems. Supervised laboratory experience. Open only to members of the University debate squad.
Units: (1.0-4.0 units, max 8)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Friday
Time: 3:00-5:00pm
Instructor: Sean Kennedy
COMM 381: Issues in Contemporary Sport 
Explores social, political and ethical issues in elite sports and how issues are addressed through popular media; examination includes the relationship between sports and politics.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Mon, Wed
Time: 8:30-9:50am
Instructor: Rook Campbell
COMM 382: Sports, Business and Media in Today's Society 
An inside look at the important stories, topical issues, trends and historical developments related to the growing influence of business and media on college and professional sports; identifying the key components and meeting the influencers in class that help shape the business side of sports, while recognizing the role the media plays in providing daily coverage across multiple platforms.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 6:30-9:50pm
Instructor: Jeffrey Fellenzer
COMM 383m: Sports, Communication and Culture 
Rhetorical and critical approaches to sports and public discourse; application to sports organizations, the news and popular media; representations of gender and race in sports.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 2:00-3:20pm
Instructor: Daniel Durbin
COMM 384: Interpreting Popular Culture 
Popular culture as an indicator of cultural values, a producer and reflection of cultural meaning, and a means of communication; theory and case studies.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Mon, Wed
Time: 10:00-11:50am
Instructor: Hye Jin Lee
COMM 385: Organizational Communication 
How communication processes both create organizations and are constrained by them. Theory and research into topics such as culture, technology, power, leadership and decision-making in a variety of organizational contexts.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 2:00-3:20pm
Instructor: Marlon Twyman
COMM 387: Sports and Social Change 
Application of critical, sociological and rhetorical theories to sports events and sport media; examination of the role of sports in enacting social change.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Mon, Wed
Time: 2:00-3:20pm
Instructor: Rook Campbell
COMM 391: Made in Italy: The Marketing of an Ideal 
Examines case studies on important Italian companies, ranging from the transportation to the luxury goods industries from both an economical and business point of view.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Communication, Journalism, Public Relations
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Georgia Stahl
COMM 392: Media and Migration in Times of European Crisis 
Investigates the implications of the perceptual process of mass media generated immigration discourse in Europe.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Communication, Journalism, Public Relations
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Georgia Stahl
COMM 393: The Rhetoric of Rome 
Examination of the modern city as a communicative text with Rome as the case study.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Communication, Journalism, Public Relations
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Georgia Stahl
COMM 395m: Gender, Media and Communication 
Issues of gender in communication, including: mediarepresentations of femininity and masculinity; and gender's rolein communication at the interpersonal, public, and cultural levels.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture-Discussion
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 3:30-4:50pm
Instructor: Perry Johnson
COMM 400: Seminar in Communication 
Advanced readings in communication theory and research (broadly defined); specialized interest areas of individual faculty on the frontiers of knowledge; seminar topics change each semester.
Units: (4.0 units, max 12)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 3:30-4:50pm
Instructor: Maximilian Brichta
COMM 405: From the Ground Up: Communicating About Food 
Explores food communication as a facilitator of human interaction and cultural diplomacy; controversies regarding food production/consumption; and evolution of food entertainment programming.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 12:30-1:50pm
Instructor: Colleen Keough
COMM 406: Communicating About Sex 
Communicating with partners, friends, parents and health care professionals about sexual behavior; interpersonal and mediated contexts; understanding of sexual scripts; current theory and research.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration closed to the following class level(s): Freshmen, Sophomore
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 11:00-12:20pm
Instructor: Jillian Pierson
COMM 411: Communication Criticism 
Methods and functions of criticism in forms of public communication; historical-contextual, textual and interpretive procedures; diverse theoretical approaches including formalism, dramatism, genre and ideology.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior
Class type: Lecture
Days: Mon, Wed
Time: 2:00-3:20pm
Instructor: Randy Lake
COMM 412: Communication and Social Movements 
Social and political movements as rhetorical phenomena; ideology, organization, and influence of such movements as civil rights, "New Left," feminism, "New Right," environmentalism.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 3:30-4:50pm
Instructor: Teresa Delfin
COMM 413: Propaganda, Ideology and Public Controversy 
Seminar examining the relationship between propaganda, ideology, critical thinking and rhetoric; application to contemporary controversies, both domestic and global; role of public argument.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior
Class type: Lecture
Days: Mon, Wed
Time: 12:00-1:50pm
Instructor: Gerald Goodnight
COMM 422: Legal Issues and New Media 
Examines laws and regulatory policies shaping new media, especially the Internet; impact of regulation on development and use of communication technology.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior
Class type: Lecture
Days: Mon, Wed
Time: 3:30-4:50pm
Instructor: Carlos Godoy