SPECIAL TOPICS IN COMMUNICATION SCIENCE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Junior standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the ways in which communication contributes to and can ameliorate various deficient societal an individual conditions Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Identify and analyze communication and social science theories and methods commonly employed to examine communication and wellbeings Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Critique methodology and samples designed to investigate the relationships between communication and wellbeings Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Utilize communication theories and concepts to evaluate current communication about wellbeings Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Write cogent analyses of journal articles, policy documents, and media Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Communicate research findings of empirical research on communication and wellbeings to fellow researchers and/or general public Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the ways in which communication contributes to and can ameliorate various deficient societal an individual conditions Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Identify and analyze communication and social science theories and methods commonly employed to examine communication and wellbeings Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Critique methodology and samples designed to investigate the relationships between communication and wellbeings Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Utilize communication theories and concepts to evaluate current communication about wellbeings Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Write cogent analyses of journal articles, policy documents, and media Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Communicate research findings of empirical research on communication and wellbeings to fellow researchers and/or general public Audience: Graduate