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Communication and Film

Graduate Course Offerings

The Department of Communication offers an array of courses at the graduate level. For a full listing, consult the Graduate Catalog. Check the Registrar's Office for an up-to-date schedule.

Fall 2026 Graduate Courses

Communication Studies

COMM 6016 - Public Health Campaigns - Online
COMM 6322 - Persuasion & Influence - Online
COMM 6341 - Interpersonal Communication - Online
COMM 7/8014 - Public Health Communication - Online
COMM 8017 - Intro to Grad Studies - T 5:30-8:30
COMM 7/8350 - Rhetorical Theory - M 5:30 - 8:30
COMM 7/8434 - Qualitative Research Methods - W 5:30-8:30*
* Course Fulfills Methods Requirement

Film & Video Production

COMM 6824 - Cinematography - W - 1:00-4:00
COMM 6970 - Screenwriting - TR 11:20-12:45
COMM 7891 - Graduate Film Production - R 1:00-4:00

PhD Course Rotation**

  F24 S25 F25 S26 F26 S27
Required 7/8017 Intro to Grad Studies (Johnson) 7/8321 - Comm Theory (Nyawaga) 7/8017 - Intro to Grad Studies (Stewart) 7/8321 - Comm Theory (Nyawaga) 7/8017- Intro to Grad Studies (de Velasco) 7/8321- Comm Theory (Atkins-Sayre)
Online 7/8012 - Sem Health Comm (Young) 7/8369 - Org Comm (Carstensen) 7/8345 - Health Literacy (Goldsmith) 7/8354 - Topics in Rhetoric HSM (Young) 7/8014 - Public Health Comm (Young) 7/8369 - Org Comm (Nyawaga)
Methods

7/8804 Sem in Media Crit (Levina)

7/8332 - Topics in Comm Methods (Photovoice) (Goldsmith)

 7/8332 - Topics in Comm Methods: Field Research (Atkins-Sayre) 7/8371 - Rhetorical Criticism  (Moss)  7/8804 - Media Criticism (Stephens) 7/8434 - Qual Methods (Stewart) 7/8332 - Topics in Comm Methods (Liu)
Elective 7/8616 -Rhet Theory (de Velasco) COMM 7/8358 - Critical Regionalism and Rhetoric - Moss   COMM 7/8351 - African American Public Address - Johnson Rhetorical Theory  - Johnson Rhetoric TBD - Moss
Elective   COMM 7/8355 - Topics in Crit/Cult Studies: Black Popular Culture - Stephens 7/8355 - Topics in Crit/Cult Studies: Authoritarianism -(Levina) COMM 7/8357 - Pedagogical Rhetoric - de Velasco Applied TBD - Goldsmith Media TBD - Levina

 

**Rotation is subject to change based on faculty availability and department need.