May be repeated for a maximum of 12 credits. Mass communications Law 3 cr. Same as JOUR 493 and GOVT 493. Research Methods 3 cr. Survey of qualitative research methods in the study of human communication, including historical and critical approaches, interviewing, participant-observation, and communication ethnography.
Students apply methods to their own research.
Training and Development in Communication 3 cr. Critical analysis of communication strategies in training and development programs. Special attention will focus on human resource development from a communication perspective. Seminar in Philosophies of Communication Research 3 cr. Explores philosophy of theoretical and methodological perspectives in communication, including logical positivism, phenomenology, critical theory, systems theory and rules theory.