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Curriculum
The Department of Communication's curriculum consists of courses in four broad areas:
Organizational/Professional Communication
Organizational/Professional Communication probes communication issues posed by the challenges facing 21st-century profit and non-profit organizations: management issues, changes created by technological innovation, communication training, and teams. This specialty provides advanced training to those who seek the Masters as either a destination degree or as a stepping-stone to doctoral organizational, technological, or small group communication studies. [Back]
Intercultural/Global Communication
Intercultural/Global Communication focuses on communication relationships across cultures and nations as well as among diverse groups within a single culture. Courses on the theoretical aspects of global and cultural communication are complemented by those featuring cultural adjustment and training issues or communication about globally shared problems (i.e., AIDS). [Back]
Interpersonal Communication/Conflict Management
Interpersonal Communication/Conflict Management examines interactions with others as unique humans, rather than as members of groups, cultures, or publics. Interpersonal Communication is fundamental to managing marriages, friendships, and superior/subordinate relationships. Conflict mediation and the study of social influence are central to this specialty. [Back]
Rhetorical/Public Communication
Rhetoric/Public Communication analyzes Communication's operation in public fora, including politics, popular culture, social movements, and the courts. Its theoretical and critical perspectives range from classically-grounded argumentation, persuasion, and traditional public address to postmodern and post-postmodern approaches consistent with recent developments in media technology as well as in feminism, cultural, and critical theories. [Back]
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