Communication Major

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Courses

A limited number of these or similar courses will be offered each quarter (for course descriptions, see the UW Course Catalog):

Communication (COM)

201 Introduction to Communication I

202 Introduction to Communication II

220 Introduction to Public Speaking

222 Communication in a Free Society

234 Public Debate

251 Interviewing

270 Interpersonal Communication

273 Parliamentary Procedure and Public Meetings

285 Communication in the Classroom

300 Basic Concepts of New Media

301 Navigating Information Networks for Mass Media

302 The Cultural Impact of Communication Technology

304 The Press and Politics in the United States

305 The Politics of Mass Communication in America

306 Media, Society, and Political Identity

320 Advanced Public Speaking

321 Communication in International Relations

322 Global Communication

329 Rhetoric of Social and Political Movements

331 The Rhetorical Tradition in Western Thought

334 Essentials of Argument

340 History of Mass Communication

342 Media Structure

343 Effects of Mass Communication

359 Writing for Mass Media

373 Communication in Small Groups

374 Perspectives on Language

375 Communication Ethics

376 Nonverbal Communication

378 Social Approaches to Interpersonal Communication

382 Social Scientific Approaches to Comm. Research

395 Communication Internship

401 Telecommunication Policy and Convergent Media

402 New Media as Virtual Communities

405 New Media Criticism

406 Public Discourse on the Internet

407 The Internet and Politics

411 Seminar in Political Communication

414 Public Opinion and the Mass Media: Processes and Methods

417 Political Deliberation

418 Communication and the Environment

420 Comparative Media Systems

423 Communication and Social Change

425 European Media Systems

426 International Media Images

427 International Communications Law and Policy

428 Asian Media Systems

429 Chinese Communication Systems

430 Canadian Documentary Film Traditions

431 Rhetorical Criticism

433 Speech Composition

434 Argumentation Theory

435 Historic American Public Discourse

436 Contemporary American Public Discourse

437 Rhetorical Perspectives in Intellectual Revolutions

438 Rhetoric of Science

440 Mass Media Law

441 United States Media History

442 History of Media Technology and Regulation

444 Public Relations and Society

445 Journalism and Literature

451 Mass Media and Culture

452 Crisis Communications

464 Opinion and Editorial Writing

468 Journalism Ethics

469 Intellectual Foundations of American Journalism

471 Persuasion

472 Empirical Approaches to Interpersonal Communication

473 Discussion Leadership

474 Communication, Conflict, and Cooperation

475 Organization Communication

476 Models and Theories in Communication

478 Intercultural Communication

479 Communication in Children's Environments

480 Communication in Adolescent Environments

482 Computer-Mediated Interpersonal Communication

484 Cultural Codes in Communication

485 Fieldwork in Communication Studies

489 Ethnicity, Gender, and Communication

495 Special Topics in Communication

498 Independent Research

499 Directed Research

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