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Due
to
enrollment
pressures,
it
is
Department
of
Communication
policy
to
drop
from
the
class
roll
students
who
fail
to
attend
the
first
two
meetings
of
a
basic
course
(COMM
131X
and
141X)
even
if
they
have
preregistered.
Prerequisite
for
all
600-level
communication
courses
is
admission
to
the
M.A.
degree
Professional
Communication
program
or
permission
of
instructor.
COMM
131X
(3
Credits)
Fall,
Spring
Fundamentals
of
Oral
Communication:
Group
Context
(3+0)
Presentational
speaking
skills:
individual
and
group.
Includes
verbal
and
nonverbal
skills,
critical
thinking
in
selecting
and
organizing
materials,
audience
analysis,
and
speaking
presentation.
Group
skills
include
task
and
relational
interaction,
required
interdependence,
working
across
cultural
differences,
group
decision-making
and
shared
logistics
of
presentation.
Student
evaluations
are
based
on
nationally
normed
speaking
competencies.
COMM
141X
(3
Credits)
Fall,
Spring
Fundamentals
of
Oral
Communication:
Public
Context
(3+0)
Speaking
skills
for
individual
presentation.
Includes
verbal
and
nonverbal
skills,
critical
thinking
in
selecting
and
organizing
materials,
audience
analysis,
informative
and
persuasive
speaking,
and
actual
presentations.
Student
evaluations
are
based
on
nationally
normed
speaking
competencies.
COMM
180
(3
Credits)
Fall
Introduction
to
Human
Communication
(3+0) s
Critical
thinking
about
fundamental
concepts
in
human
communication
in
interpersonal,
group,
public,
organizational,
and
intercultural
settings.
Introduction
to
inquiry
into
human
communication
as
a
social
science.
COMM
231
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Years
Business
and
Professional
Communication
(3+0) s
Designed
to
provide
the
student
with
practical
applications
of
communication
in
organizations.
Includes
superior-subordinate
communication,
conference
and
meeting
management,
oral
presentation
of
written
proposals,
and
the
examination
of
information
flow
through
organizational
networks.
(Prerequisite:
Any
100
level
oral
communication
course
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2003-04)
COMM
280
(3
Credits)
Spring
Communication
and
Diversity
(3+0) s
Provides
students
with
a
cognitive
and
experiential
foundation
for
understanding
how
the
communication
process
works
in
the
context
of
diversity.
Includes
an
in-depth
examination
of
those
processes
and
products
of
processes
that
lead
communicators
to
devalue
differences
in
one
another.
COMM
300X
(3
Credits)
Spring
Communicating
Ethics
(3+0)
h
An
examination
of
ethical
choices
which
are
communicated
in
everyday
encounters.
Examines
human
moral
development
from
a
variety
of
perspectives,
including
feminist
interpretations.
Creation
and
communication
of
human
values
explored
through
the
discussion
of
a
series
of
contemporary
dilemmas.
(Prerequisite:
Junior
standing
or
above.)
COMM
320
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Years
Communication
and
Language
(3+0) s
Examination
of
the
nature
of
language
and
its
place
in
human
communication,
with
special
attention
to
the
creation
of
meaning
in
conversation.
(Prerequisite:
Any
lower
division
communication
course
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2003-04.)
COMM
321W
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Years
Nonverbal
Communication
(3+0) s
Non-lexical
behavior
in
human
communication,
including
consideration
of
space,
physical
environment,
physical
appearance
and
dress,
kinesics,
facial
expression,
and
non-lexical
vocal
behavior.
(Prerequisites:
ENGL
111X,
211X
or
213X;
and
any
lower
division
communication
course
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2004-05.)
COMM
322W
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Years
Communication
in
Interpersonal
Relationships
(3+0) s
An
examination
of
communication
in
the
most
basic
human
context,
the
relational
dyad.
Emphasis
on
the
ongoing,
co-construction
of
the
relationship
as
communicative
action.
Discussion
of
interpersonal
relationships
generally,
and
extensive
discussion
of
communication
in
the
patterns
of
coming
together,
relationship
maintenance,
relational
and
personal
growth
in
relationships,
relational
conflict,
and
relational
disengagement.
Theoretical
and
practical
perspectives.
Prerequisite:
ENGL
111X,
211X
or
213X.)
COMM
330
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Years
Intercultural
Communication
(3+0) s
The
nature
and
the
sources
of
problems
in
communication
that
may
arise
when
persons
with
different
cultural
backgrounds
interact.
Emphasis
on
problems
in
intercultural
communication
in
Alaska.
(Prerequisite:
Any
lower
division
communication
course
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2004-05.)
COMM
331O
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Years
Advanced
Group
Communication
(3+0) s
Current
research
and
theory
in
intergroup
and
intragroup
relations.
Topics
include
the
study
of
leadership,
power,
group
structure,
participation,
and
conflict.
(Prerequisites
COMM
131X
or
141X:
and
any
100
level
communication
course;
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2003-04.)
COMM
335O
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Years
Organizational
Communication
(3+0) s
Examines
current
theoretical
and
methodological
approaches
undergirding
the
construction
of
organizations
via
the
communication
process.
Includes
functional
(message
flow,
load
and
network
analysis)
as
well
as
interpretive
(metaphors,
narratives
and
organizational
culture)
approaches
to
the
study
of
organizational
communication.
(Prerequisites
COMM
131X
or
141X:
and
one
lower
division
communication
course;
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2004-05.)
COMM
351
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Years
Gender
and
Communication
(3+0) s
(Cross-listed
with
WMS
351)
Basic
socialization
differences
exist
in
the
communication
practices
of
women
and
men
in
every
culture,
resulting
in
differing
cultural
constructions
of
male
and
female
gender.
Those
differences
are
addressed
in
the
interpersonal,
organizational,
and
cultural
contexts.
Exploration
of
cultural
female/male
dichotomy
as
well
as
individual
similarities.
(Prerequisite:
Any
lower
division
communication
course
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2003-04.)
COMM
352
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Years
Family
Communication
(3+0) s
Exploration
of
the
functions
of
communication
in
marriage
and
the
family,
sequences
and
patterns
of
family
communication,
family
communication
as
a
continual
process
of
coping
with
dialectical
tensions,
and
the
complexity
of
changing
family
life
in
Western
societies.
(Prerequisite:
Any
lower
division
communication
course
or
permission
of
instructor.
COMM
322
recommended.
Next
offered:
2003-04.)
COMM
353
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Years
Conflict,
Mediation
and
Communication
(3+0) s
Examines
conflict
as
a
complex
communication
event,
together
with
the
role
of
the
mediator
in
building
constructive
outcomes
in
conflicts.
Emphasis
on
developing
skills
to
engage
in
mediation.
(Prerequisite:
Any
100
level
communication
course
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2004-05.)
COMM
401
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Years
Communication
Research
Methods
(3+0) s
Quantitative
and
qualitative
research
methodologies
employed
in
the
conduct
of
research
on
communication
phenomena.
(Prerequisite:
Any
300
level
communication
courses
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2003-04.)
COMM
425W
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Years
Communication
Theory
(3+0) s
Theories
of
human
communication,
as
well
as
of
the
nature
of
inquiry
into
human
communication
phenomena.
Issues
include
the
nature
of
communication
as
a
discipline,
critical
and
scientific
inquiry,
and
major
paradigms
or
perspectives
within
which
communication
theories
are
created.
(Prerequisites:
ENGL
111X,
211X
or
213X;
and
any
300
level
communication
course;
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2004-05.)
COMM
432O
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Professional
Public
Speaking
(3+0)
Professional
clear
effective
speaking.
Uses
evaluation
criteria
and
assignments
to
build
speaking
competencies.
Professional
preparation
for
students
whose
career
path
includes
public
speaking.
(Prerequisites
COMM
131X
or
141X:
and
senior
standing.
Next
offered:
2004-05.)
COMM
441
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Years
Persuasion
(3+0) s
Examination
of
communication
situations
which
involve
attempts
to
modify
the
beliefs,
attitudes,
values,
intentions,
or
behaviors
of
another
individual
or
group
of
individuals.
Explores
the
process,
methods,
and
ethics
of
attempts
to
affect
change
via
persuasive
communication.
(Prerequisite:
Any
300
level
communication
course
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2004-05.)
COMM
462W
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Communication
in
Health
Contexts
(3+0) s
Health
communication
as
an
established
context
for
communication
study
will
be
explored.
Problems
in
health
communication
will
be
examined
as
well
as
how
those
problems
are
exacerbated
by
the
various
matters
of
diversity,
language,
and
setting.
Communication
between
health
care
professionals.,
between
health
care
providers
and
health
care
consumers,
between
health
care
facilities
and
communities,
and
the
legal
perspectives
of
health
communication
will
be
topical.
(Prerequisites:
ENGL
111X,
211X
or
213X;
and
any
300
level
communication
course;
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2003
-
04.)
COMM
475W
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Years
Applied
Communication
in
Training
and
Development
(3+0) s
Applies
communication
theory
and
research
to
organizational
settings.
Includes
the
identification
and
assessment
of
problems
and
opportunities
that
would
benefit
from
the
application
of
communication
interventions
including
training,
development
and
transformation
technologies.
(Prerequisites:
ENGL
111X,
211X
or
213X;
and
any
300
level
communication
course;
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2003-04.)
COMM
482W,O
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Years
Capstone
Seminar
in
Communication
(3+0) s
Original
research
to
demonstrate
ability
to
read
and
understand
social
research,
synthesize
information,
formalize
a
research
question
and
research
skills.
This
senior
capstone
course
requires
a
research
project
presented
in
a
public
speaking
forum.
(Prerequisite:
ENGL
111X
and
211X;
or
ENGL
213X;
and
COMM
131X
or
141X;
and
any
300
level
communication
course;
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2003-04.)
COMM
600
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Fall
Introduction
to
Professional
Communication
(3+0)
An
introduction
to
professional
practices
important
to
communication
careers.
Professional
writing
and
editing
methods
and
techniques
used
in
academic
and/or
professional
careers.
Development
and
presentation
of
professional
reports
which
would
include
quantitatively-
and
qualitatively-based
support.
A.P.A.
style
guide
will
be
covered.
(Prerequisite:
Enrollment
in
M.A.
in
Professional
Communication
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2003-04.)
COMM
601
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Years
Communication
Research
Methodologies
(Social
Science)
(3+0)
(Cross-listed
with
JRN
601)
Introduction
to
the
range
of
methodologies
used
to
produce
both
practical
and
theoretic
knowledge
in
the
discipline.
Presents
the
relationships
between
scientific
questions,
appropriate
selection
of
methodology,
and
types
of
knowledge
products.
Note:
601
is
a
required
core
course
for
the
master's
degree
in
Professional
Communication.
(Next
offered:
2003-04.)
COMM
602
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Communication
Research
Methodologies
(Human
Science)
(3+0)
Introduction
to
research
using
a
constructionist
epistemology
and
the
methodologies
of
the
human
science
contexture.
Includes
evaluation
and
preparation
of
research
using
a
variety
of
methodologies
and
to
employ
the
data
collection
techniques
that
are
implied
by
those
methodologies.
(Prerequisites:
COMM
601
and
625,
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2004-05.)
COMM
622
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Years
Interpersonal
Interaction
(3+0)
All
understandings
of
communication
study
begin
at
the
interpersonal
level
because
this
is
the
context
in
which
the
relation
of
self
and
the
social
is
most
clear.
Interpersonal
Interaction
will
provide
students
an
opportunity
to
investigate
a
particular
communication
context
of
their
choice
(health
comm.,
family
comm.,
comm.
and
aging,
conflict
comm.,
relational
comm.,
comm.
education,
etc.)
and
ways
in
which
interpersonal
interactions
interconnect
human
social
life
at
all
levels
of
lived
experience.
(Prerequisite:
Enrollment
in
M.A.
in
Professional
Communication
degree
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2004-05.)
COMM
625
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Years
Communication
Theory
(3+0)
(Cross-listed
with
JRN
625)
Communication
625
is
a
required
course
for
the
master's
degree
in
Professional
Communication.
The
course
is
designed
to
acquaint
students
with
both
the
historical
evolution
of
the
discipline
against
the
backdrop
of
the
evolution
of
the
social
sciences
and
with
the
theoretical
perspectives
of
knowledge-building
that
have
marked
that
disciplinary
evolution.
Students
will
learn
the
contextual
interconnectedness
of
philosophy
and
theory.
Finally,
Communication
Theory
will
also
make
the
essential
connections
between
theoretical
perspectives
and
their
professional
uses.
COMM
631
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Years
Teambuilding
(3+0)
This
course
links
small
group
communication
theory
and
methods
to
professional
applications.
The
focus
of
the
course
is
on
ways
to
create,
maintain,
and
reward
productive
work
teams.
Face-to-face
and
mediated
group
sessions
will
be
discussed
as
well
as
the
impact
of
professional
work
groups
on
organizational
teambuilding.
Students
will
work
with
teambuilding
interventions
that
they
will
be
able
to
apply
in
a
variety
of
organizational
settings.
(Prerequisite:
Enrollment
in
MA
in
Professional
Communication
degree
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2004-05.)
COMM
635
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Years
Organizational
Culture
and
Communication
(3+0)
Organizational
Culture
and
Communication
addresses
the
most
contemporary
perspective
of
communication
in
the
organizational
context.
The
interpretive
paradigm
will
be
examined
in
terms
of
the
broad
range
of
knowledge
currently
being
generated
by
Communication
scholars
and
other
professionals
who
are
looking
more
closely
at
the
ways
communication
produces
the
social
contexts
in
which
it
occurs.
Human
organizations
and
their
transparency
to
the
communication
of
their
members
is
the
pragmatic
substance
of
the
course.
(Prerequisite:
Enrollment
in
MA
in
Professional
Communication
degree
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2004-05.)
COMM
642
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Health
Communication
(3+0)
Health
Communication
is
intended
to
give
students
and
interested
professionals
in
related
fields
access
to
the
most
current
research
in
this
area.
The
course
will
address
human
communication
at
every
level
of
interaction
in
the
provision
of
health
care:
interpersonal
(e.g.,
doctor/patient),
small
group
(e.g.,
clinic
cardiac
team),
intra-organizational
(e.g.,
medical
staff
and
business
staff),
interorganizational
(e.g.,
hospital
and
schools),
public
campaigns
(e.g.,
Center
for
Disease
Control
and
prevention
initiatives
on
drunk
driving),
and
associated
communication
factors
such
as
culture
and
diversity.
Includes
involvement
in
research
and
grant-proposal
writing.
(Prerequisite:
Enrollment
in
MA
in
Professional
Communication
degree
or
permission
of
instructor.)
COMM
661
(1
Credit)
Fall,
Spring
Mentored
Teaching
in
Communication
(1+0+2)
Mentored
teaching
provides
consistent
contact
on
course-related
issues
between
teaching
assistants
and
mentoring
faculty.
(Prerequisites:
Enrollment
in
M.A.
in
Professional
Communication
or
permission
of
instructor;
award
to
teaching
assistantship
in
communication.
Note:
Teaching
assistants
are
required
to
be
enrolled
in
a
mentoring
teaching
section
while
teaching.
May
be
repeated
up
to
four
times
for
credit.)
COMM
675
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Years
Training
and
Development
Communication
(3+0)
Training
and
Development
Communication
offers
students
practical,
current
understandings
of
planned
training,
development,
and
transformation
processes
as
they
are
applied
in
the
organizational
setting.
The
information
and
class
projects
will
help
prepare
training
and
development
specialists,
consultants,
and
others
whose
interest
is
in
this
growing
communication
field.
(Prerequisite:
Enrollment
in
MA
in
Professional
Communication
degree
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2003-04.)
COMM
680
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Years
Communication
and
Diversity
in
the
Professional
World
(3+0)
Students
will
learn
to
apply
case
study
methods
to
the
ever-expanding
problems
of
communication
in
a
changing
workplace.
The
diversity
of
gender,
race,
ethnicity,
nationality,
physical
ability,
sexual
orientation,
and
age
are
reshaping
the
professional
world
at
every
level
and
Communication
professionals
are
increasingly
called
upon
to
formulate
ways
of
accommodating
this
change.
The
course
will
prepare
students
to
address
diversity
and
planned
changes
in
the
workplace.
(Prerequisite:
Enrollment
in
MA
in
Professional
Communication
degree
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2004-05.)
COMM
682
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Years
Seminar
in
Communication
(3+0)
Communication
682
is
a
capstone
course,
intended
to
provide
the
student
an
opportunity
to
integrate
his
or
her
graduate
coursework
in
Professional
Communication.
Students
will
explore
a
variety
of
communication
contexts
by
analyzing
interpersonal,
group,
and
organizational
considerations
related
to
the
context
they
select
to
investigate.
(Prerequisite:
Enrollment
in
MA
in
Professional
Communication
degree
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2003-04.)
COMM
699
(3
Credits)
Fall,
Spring
Thesis
(0+0)
Every
candidate
for
the
Communication
concentration
of
the
master's
degree
in
Professional
Communication
will
complete
a
thesis
project.
The
requirement
consists
of
an
original
piece
of
Communication
research
directed
by
a
member
of
the
graduate
faculty
in
the
Communication
Department.
The
completed
and
accepted
thesis
will
be
presented
in
an
appropriate
public
forum.
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