Our graduate curriculum is designed around two areas of study: Media, Technology, & Society, and Organizational Communication. In addition, we offer an innovative methodology curriculum designed to provide students with both breadth and depth. Below are some of the classes we have taught recently. The list is by no means exhaustive as our curriculum is guided, in part, by student interest and needs.

Core courses

• COMM 700 - Research Design (master's students only)
• COMM 701 - Research Design (doctoral students only)
• COMM 711 - Communication Theory
• COMM 735 - Theories of Media, Technology, & Society
• COMM 783 - Advanced Organizational Communication I

 Content courses

• COMM 702 - Introduction to College Teaching
• COMM 715 - Small Group Communication
• COMM 750 - Advanced Issues in Communication
  ^{This class is a special topics class selected by the instructor. Students can take multiple COMM 750 classes during their coursework. Below is a sampling of 750s offered over the past semesters:} 
  • Defining 'Work' (Fall 2022)
  • Communication and Technology (Fall 2022)
  • UX Research and Writing (Fall 2022)
  • Media Effects (Fall 2021)
  • Account Planning for Strategic Communication (Fall 2020 & Spring 2023)
  • Modern Propaganda (Spring 2020)   
  • Debating the Impact of Technology (Fall 2019)     
  • Rhetoric of Work (Spring 2018)
  • Media Literacy, Identity, and Pop Culture Texts (Fall 2017)
  • Relationships in Organizations (Spring 2017)
     

Methods courses

• COMM 704 - Qualitative Methods
• COMM 707 - Quantitative Methods
• COMM 750 - Issues in Methodology (These are one-credit classes designed to provide students a boutique methods experience. Past classes have included: MAXQDA data analysis software, archival research, focus groups, and survey design. Students can take multiple COMM 750 classes during their coursework.) [not offered every year]
• COMM 767 - Rhetorical Criticism [not offered every year]