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Applied Communication
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  • COMM–C 500 Advanced Communication Theory (3 cr.) Students ex­plore how scholars from various traditions have described and explained the universal human experience of communication. Students develop an understanding of a variety of communi­cation theories to more completely interpret events in more flexible, useful, and discriminating ways.
  • COMM–C 501 Applied Quantitative Research Methods in Communica­tion Studies (3 cr.) The course is designed to offer an oppor­tunity to examine, assess, and conduct quantitative research that employs communication theory and quantitative research methods as a means to test theory in applied settings and/or as a means to applied ends (i.e., problem-solving policy analysis).
  • COMM–C 502 Applied Qualitative Research Methods in Communica­tion Studies (3 cr.) P: 6 credits (at any level) of coursework in Communication Studies. Inductive (data-to-theory) approach to knowledge, and associated sequential and non-sequential methods for studying communication in applied everyday situa­tions, e.g., friendships and other close personal dyads, fami­lies, small groups, organizations, and public, media, historical, computer mediated, or health-related contexts.
  • COMM–C 503 Applied Learning Project (3 cr.) An applied learning project that provides students with a culminating educational experience. The project gives students the opportunity to apply their knowledge of communicative processes to real-life orga­nizational problems, and provides the opportunity to produce a body of work reflecting their abilities.
  • COMM–C 510 Health Provider-Consumer Communication (3 cr.) Designed to teach communication skills and practices related to health care talk by examining transactional communication within health care contexts. Topics covered in this course focus directly upon interpersonal dialogue between health care pro­viders and patients.
  • COMM–C 520 Advanced Public Communication (3 cr.) Critical analysis and employment of rhetorical strategies in forms and types of professional discourses incorporating current technologies.
  • COMM–C 526 Effective Media Strategies (3 cr.) Contemporary com­municators in need of mediums of communication in addition to face-to-face interaction require an expanded knowledge of rhetorical strategies. This course will have a special focus on the effective use of media as a means of persuasion.
  • COMM–C 528 Group Communication and Organizations (3 cr.) This seminar-format course examines the ways in which informal groups and communication networks facilitate a variety of organizational processes (i.e., socialization, diffusion of innova­tion). Emphasis is placed on developing theoretical understand­ing of informal groups in organizations as well as on method­ological issues involved in studying communication networks in organizations.
  • COMM–C 530 Communication Criticism (3 cr.) This course will introduce students to criticism as a method of studying persuasive mes­sages in speeches, fiction, mass media, musical lyrics, political campaign literature, art, and other modes of communication in contemporary culture.
  • COMM–C 531 Media Theory and Criticism (3 cr.) A course organized primarily around theories and critical strategies commonly considered within the broad category of contemporary criti­cism. The course utilizes primary theoretical texts to introduce students to a variety of methodologies employed in analyzing media messages, and emphasizes the application of theoretical frameworks on the analysis of specific media texts.
  • COMM–C 544 Advanced Relational Communication (3 cr.) Applications of communication theory/research in such areas as relational culture and relationship development. Includes a scholarly project on a real relationship, and applications of research to areas such as pedagogy and couple/family therapy.
  • COMM–C 580 Advanced Organizational Communication (3 cr.) The course provides a solid foundation of concepts for understand­ing and discussing human organizations. Students will analyze, evaluate, and apply the theories and practices related to orga­nizational issues. Through case studies, readings, and practical applications, this course combines a theory-based understand­ing of communication in organizations with real-world applica­tions.
  • COMM–C 582 Advanced Intercultural Communication (3 cr.) An in-depth analysis of how variables such as values, beliefs, tradi­tions, language, background, and experiences are manifested in the verbal and nonverbal meaning of messages communicated by cultures and subcultures throughout our global society.
  • COMM–C 591 Topics/Seminar in Applied Communication (3 cr.) This is a revolving topics course. The changing nature of the topic allows graduate students to explore, synthesize, and integrate knowledge of the field of communication and the particular discipline of applied communication while focusing on a single topic not otherwise addressed in the course of study.
  • COMM–C 592 Advanced Family Communication (3 cr.) Applications of theory and research on the role of communication in creating and maintaining marriages/committed couples and families. Includes a scholarly term paper on a real couple or family's communication.
  • COMM–C 593 Advanced Health Communication (3 cr.) A course de­signed to teach communication skills and practices related to health care by examining health care communication theory. Topics range across communication levels (interpersonal, intrapersonal, group, organization, mass media, and mediated communication) within a variety of health care contexts.
  • COMM–C 594 Communication and Conflict Management in Organiza­tions (3 cr.) This seminar-format course examines the com­munication exchanges that facilitate conflict management within organizational contexts. Specific attention is focused on negotiation and mediation; however, the communication of alternative means of conflict and dispute resolution are also discussed. In addition, students will be introduced to methods for assessing conflict interaction in organizations.
  • COMM–C 597 Thesis (3 cr.) Applied communication students who choose the thesis option will identify a research topic and develop it under the guidance of the student’s thesis director (IUPUI professor). The thesis topic will be related to the field of applied communication in its foci and method.
  • COMM–C 598 Internship (1–3 cr.) This course integrates applied com­munication theory and practice in a practice setting. Students will apply theoretical concepts and research tools, conduct projects, and interact with communication professionals in the designated setting. In concert with the student's chosen area of concentration, he or she will address issues of importance to that particular organization.
  • COMM–C 599 Independent Study (1–6 cr.) This course provides stu­dents with the opportunity to synthesize and apply knowledge acquired through course work and professional experience into a completed research project in applied communication. Stu­dents will work independently on a topic/issue of choice under the guidance of graduate faculty.
  • COMM–C 620 Computer-Mediated Communication (3 cr.) An overview of practical and scholarly approaches to computer mediated communication. The readings address mass communication, discourse, community, gender, intercultural understanding, ethics, interpersonal relationships, identity, organizational com­munication, and education.

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