Course Choice Guidance Tool

Here are the COMM courses that are most closely associated with each Methods course. This list is not all-inclusive and does not indicate prerequisites.

All courses are listed in the Undergraduate Catalog.

Select a Methods course:

Introduction to social-scientific research methods in communication studies. Location, interpretation, and application of extant communication research.

Foundational

  • 283: Interpersonal Communication
  • 271: Organizing Social Change

Examples of Upper-Level Courses

  • 311: Intercultural and Intergroup Communication
  • 354: Health Communication
  • 360: Intergroup Dialogue
  • 364: Communication, Medicine, and Health Equity
  • 368: Communication and Aging
  • 465: Communication and Social Identity
  • 470: Interpersonal Communication Theory
  • 471: The Dark Side of Interpersonal Communication
  • 485: Small Group Communication Theory

Introduction to the humanistic research tradition in communication studies with a focus on understanding and applying various critical approaches to the analysis of public discourse.

Foundational

  • 250: Rhetoric, Media, and Civic Life
  • 271: Organizing Social Change

Examples of Upper-Level Courses

  • 312: Argumentation
  • 333: The Rhetoric of the American Presidency
  • 400: Rhetorical Theory
  • 430: Political Communication
  • 440: Rhetoric of Sports and Games
  • 452: Media and Culture
  • 482: Voices of Dissent and Activism