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Class Number	Class	Meeting Time	Instructor	Room	Unreserved Enrollment	Reserved Enrollment	Total Enrollment	Wait List
14381	COMM 75 - 001 First-Year Seminar: Researching Society and Culture	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	Torin Monahan	Dey Hall-Rm 0401	Seats filled	Seats filled	21/21
Description: Qualitative research offers an exciting way to discover the world. In this course, students will gain focused training in qualitative research methods, learn how to analyze qualitative data, design and perform qualitative research studies, and report research findings. 3 units.
14192	COMM 82 - 001 First-Year Seminar: Food Politics from an Organizational Communication Perspective	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	SARAH DEMPSEY	Hanes Art Center-Rm 0215	Seats filled	Seats filled	24/24
Description: This course provides an applied introduction to food politics by adopting a critical organizational communication lens on our globalized food system. We explore food system labor practices, the role of multinational companies and global commodity chains, the status of hunger and food deserts, the role of food marketing and consumption practices, and the growth of local and sustainable movements devoted to food justice. 3 units.
14216	COMM 89 - 001 First-Year Seminar: Special Topics	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	Julia Haslett	Communication Media-Rm 0112	Seats filled	Seats filled	20/20
Description: Special topics course. Content will vary each semester. 3 units.
14070	COMM 100 - 001 Communication and Social Process	MoWe 10:10AM - 11:00AM	Avi-Dan Santo, Joseph Richards, Preston Adcock, Sean Mcewan, Eunjin Ghim-Gwon	Genome Sciences Bui-Rm G200	31/32	73/94	104/126	0/999
Description: Addresses the many ways our communication--including language, discourse, performance, and media--reflects, creates, sustains, and transforms prevailing social and cultural practices. 3 units.
14061	COMM 100 - 601 Communication and Social Process	Fr 10:10AM - 11:00AM	Joseph Richards	Phillips Hall-Rm 0220	Seats filled	Seats filled	25/25	0/999
Description: Addresses the many ways our communication--including language, discourse, performance, and media--reflects, creates, sustains, and transforms prevailing social and cultural practices. 0 units.
14062	COMM 100 - 602 Communication and Social Process	Fr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Joseph Richards	Murphey Hall-Rm 0105	Seats filled	Seats filled	25/25	0/999
Description: Addresses the many ways our communication--including language, discourse, performance, and media--reflects, creates, sustains, and transforms prevailing social and cultural practices. 0 units.
14065	COMM 100 - 603 Communication and Social Process	Fr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Preston Adcock	Greenlaw Hall-Rm 0304	12/25	Seats filled	12/25	0/999
Description: Addresses the many ways our communication--including language, discourse, performance, and media--reflects, creates, sustains, and transforms prevailing social and cultural practices. 0 units.
14066	COMM 100 - 604 Communication and Social Process	Fr 11:15AM - 12:05PM	Preston Adcock	Gardner Hall-Rm 0210	Seats filled	Seats filled	25/25	0/999
Description: Addresses the many ways our communication--including language, discourse, performance, and media--reflects, creates, sustains, and transforms prevailing social and cultural practices. 0 units.
14071	COMM 100 - 605 Communication and Social Process	Fr 11:15AM - 12:05PM	Eunjin Ghim-Gwon	Dey Hall-Rm 0209	3/20	Seats filled	3/20	0/999
Description: Addresses the many ways our communication--including language, discourse, performance, and media--reflects, creates, sustains, and transforms prevailing social and cultural practices. 0 units.
14067	COMM 100 - 606 Communication and Social Process	Fr 12:20PM - 1:10PM	Eunjin Ghim-Gwon	Dey Hall-Rm 0208	3/20	Seats filled	3/20	0/999
Description: Addresses the many ways our communication--including language, discourse, performance, and media--reflects, creates, sustains, and transforms prevailing social and cultural practices. 0 units.
14068	COMM 100 - 607 Communication and Social Process	Fr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Sean Mcewan	Kenan Labs-Rm B121	1/20	Seats filled	1/20	0/999
Description: Addresses the many ways our communication--including language, discourse, performance, and media--reflects, creates, sustains, and transforms prevailing social and cultural practices. 0 units.
14069	COMM 100 - 608 Communication and Social Process	Fr 12:20PM - 1:10PM	Sean Mcewan	Greenlaw Hall-Rm 0305	10/20	Seats filled	10/20	0/999
Description: Addresses the many ways our communication--including language, discourse, performance, and media--reflects, creates, sustains, and transforms prevailing social and cultural practices. 0 units.
3900	COMM 113 - 001 Public Speaking	Tu 12:30PM - 1:45PM	Megan Fitzmaurice Mahan	Coker Hall-Rm 0201	Seats filled	Seats filled	71/71	10/999
Description: Theory and extensive practice in various types of speaking. 3 units.
14445	COMM 113 - 002 Public Speaking	Tu 9:30AM - 10:45AM	Megan Fitzmaurice Mahan	Alumni Bldg-Rm 0207	Seats filled	Seats filled	33/33	8/999
Description: Theory and extensive practice in various types of speaking. 3 units.
14658	COMM 113 - 003 Public Speaking	MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Khari Johnson	TBA	Seats filled	Seats filled	20/20	3/999
Description: Theory and extensive practice in various types of speaking. 3 units.
14799	COMM 113 - 004 Public Speaking	MoWeFr 1:25PM - 2:15PM	Daniel Russo	Murphey Hall-Rm 0202	Seats filled	Seats filled	20/20	1/999
Description: Theory and extensive practice in various types of speaking. 3 units.
4091	COMM 113 - 601 Public Speaking	Th 12:30PM - 1:45PM	To be Announced	Murphey Hall-Rm 0314	Seats filled	Seats filled	18/18	6/999
Description: Theory and extensive practice in various types of speaking. 0 units.
4095	COMM 113 - 602 Public Speaking	Th 9:30AM - 10:45AM	To be Announced	Graham Memorial-Rm 0213	Seats filled	Seats filled	17/17	0/999
Description: Theory and extensive practice in various types of speaking. 0 units.
15194	COMM 113 - 603 Public Speaking	Th 8:00AM - 9:15AM	To be Announced	Dey Hall-Rm 0412	16/17	Seats filled	16/17	1/999
Description: Theory and extensive practice in various types of speaking. 0 units.
4096	COMM 113 - 604 Public Speaking	Th 11:00AM - 12:15PM	To be Announced	Smith Bldg-Rm 0107	Seats filled	Seats filled	20/20	3/999
Description: Theory and extensive practice in various types of speaking. 0 units.
4097	COMM 113 - 605 Public Speaking	Th 9:30AM - 10:45AM	To be Announced	Hanes Art Center-Rm 0116	Seats filled	Seats filled	4/4	5/5
Description: Theory and extensive practice in various types of speaking. 0 units.
4098	COMM 113 - 606 Public Speaking	Th 11:00AM - 12:15PM	To be Announced	Hanes Art Center-Rm 0116	Seats filled	Seats filled	2/2	2/999
Description: Theory and extensive practice in various types of speaking. 0 units.
10345	COMM 120 - 001 Introduction to Interpersonal and Organizational Communication	MoWeFr 8:00AM - 8:50AM	Spirit Elder	Carolina Hall-Rm 0322	Seats filled	Seats filled	18/18	3/999
Description: An introduction to communication theory, research, and practice in a variety of interpersonal and organizational contexts. This course examines the role of communication in both personal and professional relationships. 3 units.
11131	COMM 120 - 002 Introduction to Interpersonal and Organizational Communication	TuTh 8:00AM - 9:15AM	Dahlia Boyles	Wilson Hall-Rm 0202	Seats filled	Seats filled	15/15	16/999
Description: An introduction to communication theory, research, and practice in a variety of interpersonal and organizational contexts. This course examines the role of communication in both personal and professional relationships. 3 units.
14357	COMM 120 - 003 Introduction to Interpersonal and Organizational Communication	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	Chandler Classen	TBA	Seats filled	Seats filled	18/18	45/999
Description: An introduction to communication theory, research, and practice in a variety of interpersonal and organizational contexts. This course examines the role of communication in both personal and professional relationships. 3 units.
14358	COMM 120 - 004 Introduction to Interpersonal and Organizational Communication	MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Soojung Nam	Murphey Hall-Rm 0118	Seats filled	Seats filled	19/19	14/999
Description: An introduction to communication theory, research, and practice in a variety of interpersonal and organizational contexts. This course examines the role of communication in both personal and professional relationships. 3 units.
14360	COMM 120 - 005 Introduction to Interpersonal and Organizational Communication	MoWeFr 12:20PM - 1:10PM	Amelia Parker	Dey Hall-Rm 0402	Seats filled	Seats filled	25/25	28/999
Description: An introduction to communication theory, research, and practice in a variety of interpersonal and organizational contexts. This course examines the role of communication in both personal and professional relationships. 3 units.
3901	COMM 130 - 001 Introduction to Media Production	Tu 11:00AM - 12:15PM	WILLIAM BROWN, Max Plumpton, Vanessa Sanders Taboada	TBA	Seats filled	Seats filled	50/50	14/999
Description: Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. Prerequisite for all production courses. Introduces students to basic tools, techniques, and conventions of production in audio, video, and film. 3 units.
4104	COMM 130 - 401 Introduction to Media Production	Fr 9:05AM - 10:20AM	Vanessa Sanders Taboada	Communication Media-Rm 0110	Seats filled	Seats filled	13/13	1/999
Description: Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. Prerequisite for all production courses. Introduces students to basic tools, techniques, and conventions of production in audio, video, and film. 0 units.
4105	COMM 130 - 402 Introduction to Media Production	Fr 9:05AM - 10:20AM	Max Plumpton	Communication Media-Rm 0109	Seats filled	Seats filled	12/12	0/999
Description: Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. Prerequisite for all production courses. Introduces students to basic tools, techniques, and conventions of production in audio, video, and film. 0 units.
4106	COMM 130 - 403 Introduction to Media Production	Fr 11:15AM - 12:30PM	Vanessa Sanders Taboada	Communication Media-Rm 0110	Seats filled	Seats filled	14/14	5/999
Description: Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. Prerequisite for all production courses. Introduces students to basic tools, techniques, and conventions of production in audio, video, and film. 0 units.
12420	COMM 130 - 404 Introduction to Media Production	Fr 11:15AM - 12:30PM	Max Plumpton	Communication Media-Rm 0109	Seats filled	Seats filled	11/11	8/999
Description: Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. Prerequisite for all production courses. Introduces students to basic tools, techniques, and conventions of production in audio, video, and film. 0 units.
4141	COMM 131 - 001 Writing for the Screen and Stage	Th 3:30PM - 6:00PM	Howard Craft	Wilson Hall-Rm 0139	Seats filled	Seats filled	17/17	2/999
Description: Restricted course. Dramatic writing workshop open only to students in the writing for the screen and stage minor. 3 units.
3892	COMM 140 - 001 Introduction to Media History, Theory, and Criticism	MoWe 10:10AM - 11:00AM	David Monje	Phillips Hall-Rm 0275	Seats filled	Seats filled	47/47	4/999
Description: An introduction to the critical analysis of film, television, advertising, video, and new media texts, contexts, and audiences. 3 units.
14451	COMM 140 - 002 Introduction to Media History, Theory, and Criticism	MoWe 11:15AM - 12:05PM	David Monje	Phillips Hall-Rm 0275	Seats filled	Seats filled	48/48	8/999
Description: An introduction to the critical analysis of film, television, advertising, video, and new media texts, contexts, and audiences. 3 units.
11505	COMM 140 - 003 Introduction to Media History, Theory, and Criticism	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	Jacob Smith	TBA	Seats filled	Seats filled	25/25	1/999
Description: An introduction to the critical analysis of film, television, advertising, video, and new media texts, contexts, and audiences. 3 units.
14362	COMM 140 - 601 Introduction to Media History, Theory, and Criticism	Fr 8:00AM - 8:50AM	To be Announced	Dey Hall-Rm 0202	Seats filled	Seats filled	22/22	3/999
Description: An introduction to the critical analysis of film, television, advertising, video, and new media texts, contexts, and audiences. 0 units.
14454	COMM 140 - 602 Introduction to Media History, Theory, and Criticism	Fr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	To be Announced	Global Education, F-Rm 1009	Seats filled	Seats filled	25/25	1/999
Description: An introduction to the critical analysis of film, television, advertising, video, and new media texts, contexts, and audiences. 0 units.
14364	COMM 140 - 603 Introduction to Media History, Theory, and Criticism	Fr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	To be Announced	Woollen Gym-Rm 0302	Seats filled	Seats filled	23/23	2/999
Description: An introduction to the critical analysis of film, television, advertising, video, and new media texts, contexts, and audiences. 0 units.
14367	COMM 140 - 604 Introduction to Media History, Theory, and Criticism	Fr 11:15AM - 12:15PM	To be Announced	TBA	Seats filled	Seats filled	25/25	6/999
Description: An introduction to the critical analysis of film, television, advertising, video, and new media texts, contexts, and audiences. 0 units.
9385	COMM 150 - 001 Introduction to New Media	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	JOYCE RUDINSKY	Communication Media-Rm 0105	Seats filled	Seats filled	12/12	21/999
Description: An introduction to the design, aesthetics, and analysis of various forms of digital media. Hands-on experience with different modes of creation, including graphics, web-based communication, and social media. 3 units.
4142	COMM 160 - 001 Introduction to Performance Studies	Tu 9:30AM - 10:45AM	To be Announced	Swain Hall-Rm 0110	33/36	Seats filled	59/62	0/999
Description: As the introductory course in performance studies, students will explore and experiment with performance as ritual, performance in everyday life, and the performance of literature. 3 units.
14372	COMM 160 - 002 Introduction to Performance Studies	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	Leah Woehr	Swain Hall-Rm 0104	Seats filled	Seats filled	19/19	0/999
Description: As the introductory course in performance studies, students will explore and experiment with performance as ritual, performance in everyday life, and the performance of literature. 3 units.
11671	COMM 160 - 601 Introduction to Performance Studies	Th 8:00AM - 9:15AM	Cree Noble	Swain Hall-Rm 0104	11/13	Seats filled	11/13	0/999
Description: As the introductory course in performance studies, students will explore and experiment with performance as ritual, performance in everyday life, and the performance of literature. 0 units.
11672	COMM 160 - 602 Introduction to Performance Studies	Th 9:30AM - 10:45AM	Cree Noble	Swain Hall-Rm 0110	14/15	Seats filled	14/15	0/999
Description: As the introductory course in performance studies, students will explore and experiment with performance as ritual, performance in everyday life, and the performance of literature. 0 units.
12394	COMM 160 - 603 Introduction to Performance Studies	Th 9:30AM - 10:45AM	To be Announced	Swain Hall-Rm 0104	Seats filled	Seats filled	17/17	0/999
Description: As the introductory course in performance studies, students will explore and experiment with performance as ritual, performance in everyday life, and the performance of literature. 0 units.
12412	COMM 160 - 604 Introduction to Performance Studies	Th 11:00AM - 12:15PM	To be Announced	Swain Hall-Rm 0110	Seats filled	Seats filled	17/17	0/999
Description: As the introductory course in performance studies, students will explore and experiment with performance as ritual, performance in everyday life, and the performance of literature. 0 units.
14671	COMM 170 - 001 Rhetoric and Public Issues	MoWeFr 8:00AM - 8:50AM	Stephen Ross	Carolina Hall-Rm 0213	Seats filled	Seats filled	23/23	0/999
Description: Examines the basic nature and importance of rhetoric and argumentation. Attention is devoted to interpreting the persuasive function of texts and their relation to modern forms of life. 3 units.
14670	COMM 170 - 002 Rhetoric and Public Issues	MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Kelly Errera	Murphey Hall-Rm 0112	Seats filled	Seats filled	24/24	1/999
Description: Examines the basic nature and importance of rhetoric and argumentation. Attention is devoted to interpreting the persuasive function of texts and their relation to modern forms of life. 3 units.
5665	COMM 170 - 003 Rhetoric and Public Issues	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	Julie Terebkov	Murphey Hall-Rm 0202	Seats filled	Seats filled	21/21	5/999
Description: Examines the basic nature and importance of rhetoric and argumentation. Attention is devoted to interpreting the persuasive function of texts and their relation to modern forms of life. 3 units.
5666	COMM 170 - 004 Rhetoric and Public Issues	MoWeFr 1:25PM - 2:15PM	Emilio Horner	Genome Sciences Bui-Rm 1374	Seats filled	Seats filled	24/24	6/999
Description: Examines the basic nature and importance of rhetoric and argumentation. Attention is devoted to interpreting the persuasive function of texts and their relation to modern forms of life. 3 units.
9379	COMM 223 - 001 Small Group Communication	MoWeFr 10:10AM - 11:10AM	Jesica Speed Wiley	TBA	Seats filled	Seats filled	16/16	1/999
Description: Introduction to the theory and practice of communication in the small group setting. Topics may include group development, conformity and deviation, gender, problem solving, and power and leadership. Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. 3 units.
14675	COMM 223 - 002 Small Group Communication	MoWeFr 11:15AM - 12:05PM	Jesica Speed Wiley	TBA	Seats filled	Seats filled	17/17	0/999
Description: Introduction to the theory and practice of communication in the small group setting. Topics may include group development, conformity and deviation, gender, problem solving, and power and leadership. Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. 3 units.
9431	COMM 224 - 001 Introduction to Gender and Communication	TuTh 8:00AM - 9:15AM	Cristiana Mcfarland	Dey Hall-Rm 0304	Seats filled	Seats filled	20/20	0/999
Description: Examines multiple relationships among gender, communication and culture. Explores how communication creates gender and shapes relationships and how communication reflects, sustains, and alters cultural views of gender. 3 units.
14977	COMM 224 - 005 Introduction to Gender and Communication	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	To be Announced	TBA	Seats filled	Seats filled	15/15	1/999
Description: Examines multiple relationships among gender, communication and culture. Explores how communication creates gender and shapes relationships and how communication reflects, sustains, and alters cultural views of gender. 3 units.
10039	COMM 230 - 001 Audio/Video/Film Production and Writing	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	To be Announced	Communication Media-Rm 0109	2/9	Seats filled	7/14	0/999
Description: Prerequisites, COMM 130 and 140; Grade of C or better in COMM 130; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites. The material, processes, and procedures of audio, video, and film production; emphasis on the control of those elements of convention that define form in the appropriate medium. Lecture and laboratory hours. 3 units.
14209	COMM 230 - 003 Audio/Video/Film Production and Writing	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	Kristin Hondros	Communication Media-Rm 0110	Seats filled	Seats filled	14/14	0/999
Description: Prerequisites, COMM 130 and 140; Grade of C or better in COMM 130; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites. The material, processes, and procedures of audio, video, and film production; emphasis on the control of those elements of convention that define form in the appropriate medium. Lecture and laboratory hours. 3 units.
8653	COMM 260 - 001 Introduction to Performance and Social Change	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	To be Announced	Swain Hall-Rm 0104	Seats filled	5/6	16/17	0/999
Description: This course addresses the relationship between performance and power, focusing on topics concerned with the potential for performance to contribute to social change. 3 units.
14666	COMM 260 - 002 Introduction to Performance and Social Change	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	To be Announced	Swain Hall-Rm 0104	Seats filled	Seats filled	14/14	0/999
Description: This course addresses the relationship between performance and power, focusing on topics concerned with the potential for performance to contribute to social change. 3 units.
10776	COMM 312 - 001 Persuasion	MoWeFr 11:15AM - 12:05PM	Josh Youakim	TBA	Seats filled	Seats filled	25/25	1/999
Description: Prerequisite, COMM 120 or COMM 170. Examines contemporary theory and practice of influencing others' attitudes, beliefs, and actions. Focuses particularly on analyzing and developing persuasive messages. Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. 3 units.
5664	COMM 318 - 001 Cultural Diversity	MoWe 1:25PM - 2:40PM	Taylor Jackson	Dey Hall-Rm 0204	Seats filled	Seats filled	25/25	0/999
Description: Introduction to basic paradigms of thinking about cultural difference, encouraging students to examine how these paradigms shape how we think, act, and imagine ourselves/others as members of diverse cultures. 3 units.
12318	COMM 325 - 002 Introduction to Organizational Communication	MoWe 1:25PM - 2:40PM	To be Announced	Global Education, F-Rm 1005	Seats filled	Seats filled	38/38	3/999
Description: The course explores the historical and theoretical developments in the research and practice of organizational communication. Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. 3 units.
3904	COMM 330 - 001 Introduction to Writing for Film and Television	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	Joy Goodwin	Communication Media-Rm 0112	Seats filled	Seats filled	18/18	1/999
Description: An introduction to screenwriting for film and television with strong emphasis on the scene. 3 units.
3905	COMM 330 - 002 Introduction to Writing for Film and Television	MoWe 11:00AM - 12:15PM	Robert Bowman	Communication Media-Rm 0112	Seats filled	Seats filled	18/18	5/999
Description: An introduction to screenwriting for film and television with strong emphasis on the scene. 3 units.
14220	COMM 330 - 003 Introduction to Writing for Film and Television	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	MICHAEL ACOSTA	Murphey Hall-Rm 0222	Seats filled	Seats filled	18/18	4/999
Description: An introduction to screenwriting for film and television with strong emphasis on the scene. 3 units.
14221	COMM 330 - 004 Introduction to Writing for Film and Television	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	MICHAEL ACOSTA	Murphey Hall-Rm 0222	Seats filled	Seats filled	18/18	2/999
Description: An introduction to screenwriting for film and television with strong emphasis on the scene. 3 units.
14958	COMM 334 - 001 Writing the One-Hour TV Drama	We 2:30PM - 5:15PM	To be Announced	Swain Hall-Rm 0104	15/18	Seats filled	15/18	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, COMM 330. Students in this class will live the life of a writing staff on a just-picked-up, fictional, one-hour television series. As if on a real series, they will individually and cooperatively create story ideas, treatments, and outlines, as well as write scenes, acts, and entire scripts. 3 units.
14226	COMM 335 - 001 Film Story Analysis	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	Joy Goodwin	Swain Hall-Rm 0104	Seats filled	Seats filled	23/23	3/999
Description: A variety of feature films (both domestic and foreign) are screened in class and analyzed from a storytelling perspective. Emphasis is on the range of possibilities the screenwriter and film director face in the process of managing the audience's emotional involvement in a story. 3 units.
14686	COMM 350 - 001 Practices of Cultural Studies	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	Ian Williams	TBA	Seats filled	Seats filled	25/25	8/999
Description: Introduces students to the history, methods, and central intellectual questions of cultural studies. 3 units.
14728	COMM 378 - 001 Environmental Filmmaking: Creative Production and Social Impact	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	Julia Haslett	Communication Media-Rm 113A	6/9	Seats filled	11/14	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, COMM 130 or Permission of the Instructor. A workshop to study and create non-fiction films about the environment. The course examines aesthetic, narrative, and representational strategies with an eye to how these films can contribute to critical conversations about our species' impact on the natural world. Special attention will be paid to questions of environmental justice and the disproportionate effects of environmental hazards on communities of color and low-income communities. Previously offered as COMM 622. 3 units.
8900	COMM 412 - 001 Critical Theory	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	Victoria Le-Sweatman	Murphey Hall-Rm 0115	12/15	Seats filled	22/25	0/999
Description: An introduction to European modern and contemporary philosophy, from the enlightenment to contemporary postmodernism. 3 units.
14194	COMM 423 - 001 Critical Perspectives on Work, Labor, and Professional Life	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	SARAH DEMPSEY	Graham Memorial-Rm 0035	Seats filled	Seats filled	30/30	4/999
Description: This upper level seminar develops a critical perspective on work, labor, and professional life within the global context. Throughout, we will engage in moral and philosophical debates about the status of labor and the meanings of work in our daily lives. 3 units.
8540	COMM 431 - 001 Advanced Audio Production	MoWe 9:05AM - 10:20AM	Mark Robinson	Communication Media-Rm 0111	Seats filled	Seats filled	14/14	3/999
Description: Prerequisite, COMM 130 or 150; Grade of C or better in COMM 130; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite. Advanced analysis and application of the principles and methods of audio production. 3 units.
9537	COMM 450 - 001 Media and Popular Culture	MoWeFr 11:15AM - 12:05PM	Nicholas Gerstner	Dey Hall-Rm 0302	Seats filled	Seats filled	25/25	3/999
Description: Prerequisite, COMM 140 or COMM 249. Examination of communication processes and cultural significance of film, television, and other electronic media. Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. 3 units.
12390	COMM 453 - 001 The History of New Media Technology in Everyday Life	MoWe 5:05PM - 6:20PM	MICHAEL PALM	Dey Hall-Rm 0203	27/30	Seats filled	27/30	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, COMM 140 or COMM 249. The starting point for this course, chronologically and conceptually, is the emergence of popular media technology. Our purview includes transformative innovations in mediated communication, such as telephony and e-mail, alongside familiar media technologies such as televisions and computers. 3 units.
14430	COMM 464 - 001 Collaborative Performance	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	Tony Perucci	Communication Media-Rm 0112	Seats filled	Seats filled	14/14	0/999
Description: Theory and practice of collaborative performance, emphasizing image, intertextual adaptation, site-specific and installation work, avant-garde traditions, and the play of time and space. 3 units.
14448	COMM 471 - 001 Rhetorics of Public Memory	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	Megan Fitzmaurice Mahan	Mitchell Hall-Rm 0205	19/30	Seats filled	19/30	0/999
Description: Takes up the fundamental assumptions of contemporary memory studies and the centrality of rhetoric to memory. Research focus on how constructions of the past respond to the present and future. 3 units.
17609	COMM 475 - 001 Fostering Civil Discourse: Reasoning Together for Common Good	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	Kevin Marinelli	TBA	Seats filled	Seats filled	12/12
Description: People are finding it increasingly difficult to reason with anyone outside their political affiliations. Must that be the case? This course is founded on the belief that democratic participation begins with earnest conversation and, given the right tools, we can do democracy better. The course is committed to the promise of shared reasoning and aims to foster student capacities for robust deliberative practices, rooted in the rhetorical tradition and tackling the most challenging public issues. 3 units.
9447	COMM 490 - 003 Special Topics in Communication Studies	MoWe 1:25PM - 2:40PM	David Monje	Murphey Hall-Rm 0112	23/30	Seats filled	23/30	0/999
Description: Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. A special topics course on a selected aspect of communication studies. 3 units.
12671	COMM 490 - 004 Special Topics in Communication Studies	Tu 5:00PM - 7:45PM	Joseph Megel, Avi-Dan Santo	Swain Hall-Rm 0104	9/20	Seats filled	9/20	0/999
Description: Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. A special topics course on a selected aspect of communication studies. 3 units.
14206	COMM 490 - 007 Special Topics in Communication Studies	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	E. Chebrolu	Venable Hall-Rm G307	14/30	Seats filled	14/30	0/999
Description: Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. A special topics course on a selected aspect of communication studies. 3 units.
14972	COMM 490 - 009 Special Topics in Communication Studies	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	David Dooling	Murphey Hall-Rm 0105	9/30	Seats filled	9/30	0/999
Description: Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. A special topics course on a selected aspect of communication studies. 3 units.
14988	COMM 490 - 010 Special Topics in Communication Studies	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	Kevin Marinelli	TBA	8/20	Seats filled	8/20	0/999
Description: Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. A special topics course on a selected aspect of communication studies. 3 units.
15022	COMM 490 - 011 Special Topics in Communication Studies	MoWe 11:15AM - 12:30PM	To be Announced	Murphey Hall-Rm 0221	Seats filled	Seats filled	14/14	0/999
Description: Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. A special topics course on a selected aspect of communication studies. 3 units.
10777	COMM 521 - 001 Communication and Social Memory	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	MICHAEL WALTMAN	Murphey Hall-Rm 0115	Seats filled	Seats filled	30/30	0/999
Description: Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. An investigation of psychological aspects of communication, particularly the perceptual and interpretive processes underlying the sending and receiving of messages. 3 units.
15000	COMM 523 - 001 Communication and Leadership	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	To be Announced	Dey Hall-Rm 0307	22/30	Seats filled	22/30	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, COMM 120 or COMM 170. Critical examination of alternative theories of leadership and trends in the study of leadership; focuses on the communicative dimensions of leadership. Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. 3 units.
14196	COMM 524 - 001 Gender, Communication, and Culture	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	Kumi Silva	Hanes Hall-Rm 0112	24/30	Seats filled	24/30	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, COMM 224; permission of the instructor for non-majors. Course examines the speeches and other texts that announced and embodied the goals and political strategies of multiple branches of three waves of feminist activism in the United States. 3 units.
14198	COMM 525 - 001 Organizational Communication	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	Steve May	Wilson Hall-Rm 0202	18/30	Seats filled	18/30	0/999
Description: Prerequisites, COMM 120 and 325. Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. Provides a critical exploration of organizational communication theory, research, and application, examining the factors involved in the functioning and analysis of complex organizations. 3 units.
12779	COMM 527 - 001 Organizational Ethics	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	Steve May	Hanes Hall-Rm 0112	22/30	Seats filled	22/30	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, COMM 325 or permission of instructor. A critical examination of the theory, research, and practice of organizational ethics. 3 units.
3902	COMM 534 - 001 Aesthetic and Technical Considerations in Making Short Videos	MoWe 9:05AM - 10:25AM	To be Announced	Communication Media-Rm 0110	7/11	Seats filled	10/14	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, COMM 230. The course examines the aesthetic and technical elements at work and play in cinematic storytelling. The student is required to complete three projects and will gain hands-on experience in narrative filmmaking. 3 units.
6668	COMM 537 - 001 Master Screenwriting	We 5:00PM - 7:30PM	MICHAEL ACOSTA	Communication Media-Rm 0112	6/12	Seats filled	14/20	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, COMM 433. Open only to students in the writing for the screen and stage minor. Students will write and workshop a full-length feature film screenplay. Students will learn about the film and television business through a combination of research, in-class discussions, and interactive interviews with industry insiders. 3 units.
12494	COMM 562 - 001 Oral History and Performance	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	Renee Alexander Craft	Communication Media-Rm 0112	17/20	Seats filled	17/20	0/999
Description: This course combines readings and field work in oral history with the study of performance as a means of interpreting and conveying oral history texts. 3 units.
14205	COMM 620 - 001 Theories of Interpersonal Communication	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	MICHAEL WALTMAN	Dey Hall-Rm 0203	11/30	Seats filled	11/30	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, COMM 120. Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. Course focuses on how communication is used to build and sustain interpersonal relationships. Forms and functions of communication are examined as a means of testing and defining relationships. 3 units.
15025	COMM 636 - 001 Interactive Media	MoWe 1:25PM - 2:40PM	To be Announced	Communication Media-Rm 0105	Seats filled	Seats filled	14/14	1/999
Description: Explores interactive media through creative projects that include sound, video, and graphic elements. Technical information will serve the broader goal of understanding the aesthetics and critical issues of interactive media. 3 units.
9384	COMM 638 - 001 Game Design	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	JOYCE RUDINSKY	Communication Media-Rm 0105	Seats filled	Seats filled	14/14	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, COMM 150. Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. Studio course that explores gaming critically and aesthetically. Practice in game design and production including 3-D worlds and scripting. 3 units.
14212	COMM 656 - 001 Sound for Film and Video: Theory and Practice for Motion Picture Sound Design	MoWe 12:20PM - 1:35PM	WILLIAM BROWN	TBA	12/14	Seats filled	12/14	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, COMM 130. The aim of this course is to provide students who have an interest in film and video production with an understanding of the technical, conceptual, and aesthetic implications of the motion picture soundtrack, with a special emphasis on sound-image relationships. Students who have already developed a basic proficiency in the use of video cameras, audio recorders, and editing software will be asked to cultivate an understanding of and appreciation for the expressive and artistic possibilities. 3 units.
7939	COMM 660 - 001 Advanced Projects in Performance Studies	Mo 4:40PM - 7:30PM	Joseph Megel	New East-Rm 0305	7/12	Seats filled	7/12	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, COMM 160 or COMM 260 or COMM 263. Course provides a workshop setting for the process of creation, dramaturgy, development, analysis, and critique of graduates' and undergraduates' original performance work, focusing on the needs of each project in progress. 3 units.
3939	COMM 700 - 001 Introduction to Modern Philosophy and Contemporary Theory	Tu 3:30PM - 6:20PM	Lisa Calvente	Murphey Hall-Rm 0111	6/15	Seats filled	6/15	0/999
Description: Considers the emergence of modern and contemporary social and cultural theory. Surveys major paradigms of modern and contemporary philosophy. 3 units.
6623	COMM 702 - 001 Teaching in Communication Studies	Th 3:30PM - 6:20PM	Tony Perucci	Dey Hall-Rm 0405	6/12	Seats filled	6/12	0/999
Description: Communication studies graduate students only. An introduction to teaching at the university level for new teaching assistants and graduate students hoping to have teaching-related responsibilities in communication studies. It is designed to encourage us to have intellectually rigorous and personally meaningful conversations about our teaching. 3 units.
15001	COMM 705 - 001 Communication and the Social	Tu 3:30PM - 6:20PM	MICHAEL PALM	TBA	8/14	Seats filled	8/14	0/999
Description: This class theorizes the Social by drawing on resources inside and outside of communication studies, thinking through the implicit and explicit investments that communication scholarship has in the concept of the social. 3 units.
14432	COMM 842 - 001 Seminar in Performance and Cultural Studies	Mo 2:45PM - 5:25PM	Lisa Calvente	Communication Media-Rm 0112	10/15	Seats filled	10/15	0/999
Description: This course focuses on performance-related issues in the emergent field of cultural studies. 3 units.
14433	COMM 879 - 001 Topics in Rhetorical and Cultural Studies	We 5:45PM - 8:35PM	E. Chebrolu	New East-Rm 0305	9/12	Seats filled	9/12	0/999
Description: Special problems in rhetorical and cultural studies. May be repeated. 3 units.