Course Requirements
The corporate communication program includes 34 credit-hours earned through
- Core courses
- A research component
- Elective courses selected by the student with approval of the primary adviser
Core Courses (13 credit-hours)
COMM 5000 Methods of Research Z (three credit hours)
COMM 5001 Proseminar in Communication (one credit-hour)
COMM 5030 Applied Communication Theory (three credit hours)
COMM 5600 Integrated Corporate Communication (three credit hours)
COMM 5650 Communication Law (three credit hours)
Research (three or six credit-hours)
COMM 5950, Research Project (three credit-hours)
COMM 590A and 590B,Thesis Writing (six credit-hours)
If you have not completed the research requirement within one year of your scheduled completion date, you must enroll in a one-credit-hour course, COMM 5991, Research Requirement Completion. You must continue to enroll in the course every semester, including summer terms, until you have fulfilled the research requirement.
Electives (15–18 credit-hours)
Select from:
COMM 5010 Advanced Communication Research (three credit hours)
COMM 5020 Organizational Communication (three credit hours)
COMM 5050 Public Relations (three credit hours)
COMM 5060 Public Opinion (three credit hours)
COMM 509B International Communication: Corporate Communication (three credit hours)
COMM 5100 Marketing Communication Strategies (three credit hours)
COMM 5110 Communication and Leadership (three credit hours)
COMM 5115 Sports Broadcasting Criticism & Workshop (four credit hours)
COMM 5150 Advertising Strategies (three credit hours)
COMM 5210 e-Communication Strategies (three credit hours)
COMM 5300 Audience and Consumer Behavior (three credit hours)
COMM 5350 Media Management (three credit hours)
COMM 5400 Politics and Mass Media (three credit hours)
COMM 5410 Web Design and Criticism (three credit hours)
COMM 5555 Independent Research (three credit hours) [permission of adviser]
COMM 5500 Electronic News Gathering (three credit hours)
COMM 5700 Interpersonal Communication (three credit hours)
COMM 5710 Media Ethics (three credit hours)
COMM 5730 Web Content Management (three credit hours)
COMM 5750 Feature Writing (three credit hours)
COMM 5800 Persuasion and Social Change (three credit hours)
COMM 5810 Race, Gender and Mass Media (three credit hours)
COMM 5900 Issues in Global Communication (three credit hours) [topics vary]
COMM 5920 Economics of Mass Media (three credit hours)