Course Projection

Spring, 2009

Advocacy

Dr. John Daly
This course focuses on research and theory related to the very practical issue of how one "sells" ideas and themselves. Integrating topics in persuasion and marketing, the course reviews relevant theories and research on strategic influence.

Metaphor and Symbolic Communication

Dr. Matt McGlone
To be determined

Family Communication

Dr. Anita Vangelisti
This course designed to acquaint students with some of the more common issues involved in integrating theory and research on communication, cognition, and emotion. More specifically, we will be examining a number of social scientific theories of cognition and emotion, empirical work on various types of emotions, and studies on several current issues that affect the nature and impact of research on communication and emotion.

Contemporary Rhetorical Theory

Dr. Rick Cherwitz
This course will examine current issues and trends in rhetorical theory: analysis will be made of the grammatical, psychological-epistemological, and socio-linguistic foundations of rhetoric. Related issues regarding the relationship of rhetoric to other disciplines, including science, ethics, philosophy, communication, poetry and literature, will be investigated.

Rhetoric of Social Movements

Dr. Dana Cloud
A survey course covering the range of U.S. social movements from the 19th century to the present, including the labor movement, women's rights movements, abolition and civil rights, gay and lesbian rights, etc. Consideration of primary documents, theoretical and critical issues, and debates between "old" and "new" social movements scholars.

Campaign Communication

Dr. Sharon Jarvis
An introduction to research surrounding the actors (voters, candidates, consultants, new constituencies) and the texts (advertisements, debates, speeches, news coverage, party conventions, new media environments) of political campaigns with special attention to how this discourse shapes political life in the United States.

Rhetoric and Psychoanalysis

Dr. Joshua Gunn
To be determined

Qualitative Research Methods

Dr. Larry Browning
This course emphasizes developing texts in the field for analysis and includes all areas of communication studies. Students complete a field research project using interview, observational, and archival methods.

Time Matters

Dr. Dawna Ballard
To be determined

Advanced Computer Mediated Communication: Groups

Dr. Jorge Peña
To be determined