All courses are designated COMM and are listed in the Undergraduate Catalog.
Communication, Health, and Well-Being
Focuses on the role of communication in understanding and explaining individual and relational health, promoting healthy behaviors, and helping persons navigate challenges.
Pre-health students would benefit from this emphasis.
Possible Careers
- Communication Manager for Federal Health Agencies
- Health Communication Analyst
- Health Educator
- Health Personnel Educator
- Hospice Care
- Health Facilities Fundraiser
- Hospital/Laboratory Corporate Director of Communication
- Marketing Director
- Activities Director
- Research Analyst
- Public Administrator or grant writer
Courses
- 354: Health Communication
- 368: Communication and Aging
- 370: Family Communication
- 373: Narratives and Health
- 380: Gender and Communication
- 454: Communication and Health Disparities
- 465: Communication and Social Identity
- 470: Interpersonal Communication
- 471: Dark Side of Interpersonal Communication
Suggested Minors
- Humanities in Medicine
- Psychology
- Chemistry
- Environmental Studies
- Women’s and Gender Studies
- Sociology Health Minor
- Sociology
- Biological Sciences
- Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs
- LGBTQ Minor
Diversity, Culture, and Global Communication
Focuses on the role of communication in constituting identity in a complex and diverse world.
Students will learn how we come to identify and understand difference, how power is constituted and perpetuated in communication processes, how people organize in ways that enable and constrain voice, and how marginalized groups can (re)claim power in local/global contexts.
Possible Careers
- Translator/interpreter
- Immigrants/naturalization services
- Public relations for transnational organizations
- International business and/or marketing
- Human resources for transatlantic organizations
- Communication Coordinator for transnational organizations
- International law
- Development work for non-profit and/or government agencies
- Conflict management for international organizations and institutions
Courses
- 311: Intercultural Communication
- 360: Intergroup Dialogue
- 378: Cultural Encounters on the Great Plains
- 386: Organizational Communication
- 454: Communication and Health Disparities
- 465: Communication and Social Identity
- 471: Dark Side of Interpersonal Communication
- 486: Communicating Organizational Culture and Power
- 487: Global Organizational Communication
Suggested Minors
- Global Studies
- African Studies
- African-American Studies
- Arabic, Czech, Japanese, or Greek
- Asian Studies
- French, Spanish, German, or Russian
- Anthropology
- Conflict and Conflict Resolution
- Environmental Studies
- Women’s and Gender Studies
- Sociology
- Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs
- LGBTQ Minor
- Latin American Studies
- Jewish Studies
- Native American Studies
Communication, Public Advocacy, and Civic Engagement
Focuses on the role of communication in facilitating public participation, mediating public controversies, and organizing for social change and citizen involvement.
Students will learn to become better advocates and critical thinkers. This emphasis stresses skills related to public speaking, writing, and message construction and analysis.
Possible Careers
- Consumer Advocate
- Consumer Affairs Specialist
- Communications Director
- Corporate Trainer
- Fundraising
- Human Resource Director
- Lawyer
- Lobbyist
- Media Relations
- Public Policy Analysis and Evaluation
- Sales agent
- Speechwriter
Courses
- 312: Argumentation
- 330: Freedom of Speech
- 334: Polls, Politics, and Public Opinion
- 371: Communication in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
- 375: Theories of Persuasion
- 386: Organizational Communication
- 400: Rhetorical Theory
- 430: Political Communication
- 482: Voices of Dissent and Activism
- 486: Communicating Organizational Culture and Power
Suggested Minors
- Global Studies
- Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs
- Philosophy
- Psychology
- Women’s and Gender Studies
- Sociology
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender/Queer Sexuality
- National Security Studies
- Political Science
- Film Studies
- Environmental Studies
- Conflict and Conflict Resolution
- Ethnic Studies
- History
- English
- Digital Humanities