Communication Education (GC)

Courses in the graduate certificate may double-count toward the Communication & Composition (C&C) master's degree. Completion of the master's qualifies the student to also earn a graduate certificate in the Teaching of Writing (English). Students in C&C are highly encouraged to apply for graduation in all three credentials.

Current Catalog Year

2024-2025

Degree

Certificate

Major / Total Credits

18 / 18

Locations

Online

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Program Requirements
Degree Plan

Program Requirements

Common Core

Choose 3 credits

COMM 611 Qualitative Research Methods 3 credits

This course is designed to provide graduate students in Communication Studies with knowledge and skills necessary to evaluate qualitative research as it appears in scholarly writing and to perform qualitative research in the academic or organizational context with the rigor appropriate to that context.

Prerequisites: none

COMM 612 Quantitative Research Methods 3 credits

his course is designed to provide graduate students in Communication Studies with knowledge and skills necessary to evaluate quantitative research as it appears in scholarly writing and to perform quantitative research in the academic or organizational context with the rigor appropriate to that context.

Prerequisites: none

COMM 620 Modern Rhetorical Criticism 3 credits

This course includes the skills in the analysis, application, and evaluation of argumentative communication.

Prerequisites: none

Restricted Electives

Teaching - Choose 3 - 6 Credit(s). If a student takes both COMM 600 and COMM 602, only 9 credits are required in the Theory & Practice Category.

COMM 600 Seminar in Communication Theory 3 credits

An introduction to the communication field focusing on theory construction and the function of communication theory/models in the human experience. Contemporary theories of communication will be reviewed.

Prerequisites: none

COMM 602 Communication Pedagogy 3 credits

Required for all graduate students in the Department of Communication Studies. Surveys traditional pedagogoical theories as well as critical pedagagical theories as they pertain to teaching communication courses.

Prerequisites: none

Unrestricted Electives

Theory & Practice - Choose 9 - 12 Credit(s). 12 credits are required unless a student takes both COMM 600 and COMM 602 in the Teaching category.

COMM 500 - 697 credits

Prerequisites: none

Degree Plan

First Year

Fall - 6 Credits

Spring - 6 Credits

Summer - 6 Credits