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COMMS 699 R - Master's Thesis

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COMMS 698 R - Master's Project

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COMMS 695 R - Topical Seminar

Seminar on focused pre-announced topic relating to specific media issues.
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COMMS 692 R - Professional Practicum

Individual work in professional communications settings, with oversight and assessment by graduate faculty member.
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COMMS 691 R - Spec Studies Comms

Individual study with a graduate faculty member.
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COMMS 640 - Strategic Communications

Students in this class will identify a real organization that requires a strategic communication project to solve an important problem for the organization. Throughout the semester students will then create a strategic plan for the organization. They will then execute a project that helps the organization achieve its strategic communications objectives and evaluate its success. Throughout this process, communication theory, practices, and research will be applied to analyzing and solving public relations, advertising, and other strategic communication problems. Students will create a strategic plan using elements from their previous courses, including the advertising and public relations graduate courses.
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COMMS 628 - Computer-Mediated Comm

Students will develop skills needed to study the intersection of human communication, personal relationships, and communication technologies. In particular, students will be able to engage with key theoretical issues associated with communication in social media contexts. Further, they will evaluate influential research on creativity, organization, politics, virality, interpersonal communication, identity, representation, and civility, and apply them to online social interaction. The innovative ideas addressed in this seminar will equip media scholars and professionals with the grounding necessary to determine the best practices to use when communicating via emergent media technologies.
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COMMS 627 - PR Issues & Strategy

Relationship of strategic communications and stakeholder theory to current issues in the field, including reputation, image, apologia, trust, transparency, power, leadership, conflict resolution, and change.
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COMMS 626 - Ad Issues and Strategy

Advertising theory, research, target market analysis, campaign strategy, creative and media strategies, advertising promotions, and ethical issues facing the advertising industry.
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COMMS 625 - Integrative Persuasive Comms

Persuasion theories and links to practice of integrated communications, including promotion, advertising, public relations, direct marketing, and branding.
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COMMS 624 - Media Law & Ethics

Review of literature and research on ethics. Legal and regulatory relationship between government and communications; legal research methods.
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COMMS 623 - Literature of Journalism

Critiquing journalism theories and philosophy ranging from traditional libertarian ideals to contemporary movements of public journalism and public service broadcasting.
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COMMS 622 R - Current Issues

Preannounced societal issue or issues ( such as environment, impact of new technologies, vulnerable audiences, consumerism, nonprofits, health communications, terrorism, etc.).
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COMMS 621 - Media & Religion

Seminar regarding the interface of media and religion.
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COMMS 619 - Media Literacy and Culture

Issues related to gender, race, and class in the communication process. Implications of current developments in critical theory and issues of diversity.
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COMMS 616 - Media Effects

Media's roles in major social settings. Capstone course, including preparation for comprehensive exams.
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COMMS 612 R - Research Practicum

Practical experience in research under direction of individual faculty.
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COMMS 611 - Research Methods

Major methods of research used in communications studies.
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COMMS 610 - Comms Theory

Nature and content of contemporary mass communication theory.
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COMMS 607 - International Media & Comms

Role of communication internationally and its impact on culture, ethics, morality, and politics around the world. Comparison of communication systems, media flows, and communications among countries.
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COMMS 604 - History & Hist Rsrch Methods

In-depth investigation of the history of mass media, including study of historical research methods.
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COMMS 602 - Qualitative Research Methods

Major methods of qualitative research used in communications studies.
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COMMS 600 - Intro to Graduate Studies Comm

Introduction to graduate education, communications theory, research, and academic writing. Faculty research programs presented.
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