College of Communications

These are college suggested courses. If you have questions, please contact the College of Communications.

COMM 501 — PROSEMINAR IN MASS COMMUNICATIONS (3)
Overview of the paradigms in mass communications research.

COMM 505 — INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS PROBLEMS (3)
Legal and communications problems of the international flow of news and opinion; international press codes.

COMM 507 — NEWS MEDIA & PUBLIC OPINION (3)
Problems in the function, techniques, and responsibilities of press, radio, and television in forming and interpreting opinion.

COMM 510 — COMPARATIVE THEORIES OF PRESS SYSTEMS (3)
Institutional structure and normative functions of press systems in modern societies as shaped by prevailing world view and social organization.

COMM 512 — GOVERNMENT AND MASS COMMUNICATIONS (3)
Problems of freedom of information; governmental efforts to control mass communication agencies; government news coverage; public information agencies.

COMM 513 — CONSTITUTIONAL PROBLEMS OF THE NEWS MEDIA (3)
Problems involving conflict between guarantees of press freedom in the First and Fourteenth Amendments and rights and privileges of others.

COMM 514 — POLITICAL ECONOMY OF COMMUNICATIONS (3)
Structure and functions of United States and global media systems and their relationship to political and economic systems.

COMM 521 — ADVERTISING PERSPECTIVES (3)
An overview of advertising in industrial societies including institutional issues; socio-demographic issues; public policy issues; and ethical issues.

COMM 553 — SPECIAL TOPICS IN FILM AND TELEVISION (1 - 3)
Advanced studies in current theoretical paradigms in film and television studies.

COMM 580 — TELECOMMUNICATIONS SEMINAR (3)
Study of the historical and contemporary issues and problems in telecommunications.

COMM 581 — TELECOMMUNICATIONS HISTORY (3)
Study of the historical development of the telecommunications industries.

COMM 582 — ETHICS AND EMERGING COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (3)
Identification and analysis of ethical issues raised by electronic communications technologies.

COMM 583 — TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY (3)
Examination of the U.S. telecommunications policy process and current issues.

COMM 584 — INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND TRADE POLICY (3)
An interdisciplinary perspective that investigates contemporary debates and ongoing or anticipated conflicts in international telecommunications and trade policy.

COMM 585 — MEDIA & TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRIES (3)
Study the structure and performance of media, telecommunications and information industries applying principles and ideas from microeconomics, finance and communications.

COMM 586 — ISSUES E-COMMERECE POLICY (3)
To research, understand and analyze selected issues in e-commerce policy

COMM 587 — INTERNET LAW AND POLICY (3)
Examination of legal, policy and business developments in Internet-mediated communications emphasing the impact on existing regulatory and economic models.