Small Group Communication Approaches, methods and findings of research in small group communication and development of an ability to engage effectively in small group situations. Communication Campaigns and Applied Research Application of media, persuasion, and social change theories to the design of communication campaigns, including focus groups, interviews and other background research. Students will work with community organizations. Advanced Persuasion and Communication Advanced consideration and criticism of selected modern persuasion theories and research in communications. Communication Processes in Advertising Covers communication theory relevant to advertising with specific application to the creative elements of art and copy.
Students create actual print advertisements and radio commercials.
Government Communication Examination of the process of communication in the various branches and levels of government. Students will review current media and government publications to develop an understanding of communication in government processes. The relationship among people, words and meaning. The politics of gender and communication. Introduction to Research Literature in Communication A survey of research in major sub-areas of communication.