Updated 2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog
Communication Studies Courses
All Communication Studies Courses
COMM 1090 Interpersonal Communication
(3 credits)
COMM 1100 Public Speaking
(3 credits)
COMM 2000 Applied Communication Theory
(3 credits)
COMM 2100 Career and Professional Communication
(3 credits)
COMM 2150 Small Group Communication
(2 credits)
COMM 2925 People of the Environment: Communication Perspective
(3 credits)
COMM 3100 Interviewing
(3 credits)
COMM 3110 Organizational Communication
(3 credits)
COMM 3130 Family Communication
(3 credits)
COMM 3150 Gender Communication
(3 credits)
COMM 3170 Health Communication
(3 credits)
COMM 3500 Communication and Conflict
(3 credits)
COMM 3700 Persuasion and Communication
(3 credits)
COMM 4000 Capstone in Communication and Community Connections
(3 credits)
COMM 4910 Directed Independent Study
(3 credits)
COMM 3130 Family Communication (3 credits)
This course examines how communication functions to develop, maintain, enrich, or limit family relationships. Topics covered include the meaning of narratives and stories, family roles and rules, decision-making, conflict resolution, exploration of family types, cultural implications of family functioning, societal influences on family functioning, and examining communication changes throughout the family life cycle. Overall, this course is designed to develop understanding of, and ability to, analyze communication within families. Liberal Education Goal Area 7.
Common Course Outline