Civic Engagement focuses on the role of communication in facilitating public participation, mediating public controversies, and organizing for social change and citizen involvement. Students emphasizing in this area will learn to become better advocates and critical thinkers. This emphasis stresses skills related to public speaking, critical thinking, writing, and message construction and analysis. Students completing this emphasis area will tailor their upper-level Communication Studies courses to this content area.
Select four of the 3xx level classes below:
- COMM 312 – Argumentation
- COMM 330 – Freedom of Speech
- COMM 333 – Rhetoric of the American Presidency
- COMM 357 – Paranoia and Polarization in Digital Culture
- COMM 372 – Communication and Leadership
- COMM 375 – Theories of Persuasion
- COMM 386 – Organizational Communication
Select two of the 4xx level classes below:
- COMM 400 – Rhetorical Theory
- COMM 430 – Political Communication
- COMM 440 – Rhetoric of Sports and Games
- COMM 462 – Feminist Media Studies
- COMM 464 – Communication and Consent
- COMM 482 – Voices of Dissent and Activism