SC&I Courses

Contemporary theories and major lines of classic and current research concerning interpersonal communication.

Survey of major principles and research organizational communication information processing. Analysis of the functions, transmission, and retention of information in the development and maintenance of organizations.

Provides an overview of the major areas of health communication including health communication campaigns, physician-patient communication, and communication among health professionals and individuals affected by health issues.

This doctoral seminar is a core requirement for the Communication area of the CILS PhD. This course provides a basic overview of social science research methods. The emphasis of the course is on appropriate method selection and the strengths and weakness of different approaches. The course covers a range of quantitative and qualitative methods.

This doctoral seminar is a core requirement for the Communication area of the CILS PhD. The course exposes students to many of the core theoretical foundations that underlie the field of communication and explores the principals underlying theory construction and theoretical model building within the discipline.

This course aims to provide deeper insight into the contested phenomenon of globalization and its implications for organizations and processes of organizing. Students taking this course will gain awareness of the complexities of organizing across national and other boundaries and the role of communication in this process, as well as assessing the implications of globalization for today’s organizations, including both corporations and non-profits, governmental and private.

Theory, concepts, methods, and analysis for understanding and applying social networks to organizational contexts.

This class examines key challenges, opportunities, and policies at the intersection of communication technology use and the workplace.

Provides a theoretical orientation to the examination of social media. Topics discussed include issues of self-presentation, identity, privacy, youth and social media, information exchange, political participation, social networks, social capital, virtual worlds, collective action and work.

Leadership is a topic of substantial current interest in corporate, political, academic, health and community settings. This seminar will examine organizational leadership concepts and practices across a variety of these contexts from both a scholarly and professional perspective. The course will include readings on and discussion of the scholarly and professional literature on leadership, individual and group projects, and experiential learning activities such as case studies and simulations.