Electives

Each track has specific courses from outside of the department that students take to complement their major. In addition, students are asked to take two additional communication courses, which can come from another track or may be one of the courses listed below.

COM 319 Issues and Arguments
This course introduces students to the principles and practices of argumentation. The course enables students to be both better producers of arguments and more critical consumers of arguments.

COM 320 Communication and Culture
The purpose of this course is to provide students with the theoretical tools necessary to understand the reciprocal link between communication and culture: how communication practices create, reflect, and maintain cultures, as well as how culture influences communication practices. Focus will be on intercultural, cross-cultural, and interethnic communication.

COM 337 Advertising Copywriting
This course provides experience with writing for advertising. Students will explore the theoretical and research basis for communication and will examine the role of both strategy and creativity in the development and implementation of communication campaigns. Students will write for print, broadcast, and other media.

COM 403 Film Seminar
In-depth study of film as art and cultural document. Rotating topics include: film history, critical approaches to film, film noir, American comedy, etc.

COM 458 Production Seminar
The production seminar provides an in-depth opportunity to learn specialized production techniques. Topics will rotate and may include: Remote Audio Recording, Electronic Field Production, and Advanced Non-Linear Editing.