http://www.augustana.edu/academics/catalog/courses-and-areas-of-study/areas-of-study-a- c/communication-studies
BARBARA BRAUN, Part-time Instructor
B.A., University of Northern Iowa; M.A., Illinois
IAN KIVELIN DAVIS, Visiting Assistant Professor
B.A., Eastern Illinois University; Ph.D., Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
DONNA HARE, Adjunct Assistant Professor
B.F.A., University of Montevallo, M.F.A., Western Illinois
WENDY HILTON-MORROW, Associate Dean of the College and Associate Professor B.A., Augustana; M.A., Ph.D., Iowa
MARGARET KUNDE, Assistant Professor
B.A., College of St. Benedict; M.A., Ph.D. Minnesota
PAUL LEWELLAN, Adjunct Instructor
JESSICA NODULMAN, Assistant Professor
B.A., M.A., Eastern Illinois University; Ph.D., New Mexico
ANGELA NORMOYLE, Part-time Assistant Professor B.A., Augustana; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern
DAVID A. SCHWARTZ, Assistant Professor B.A., Iowa; M.S., Northwestern; Ph.D., Iowa
DAVID SNOWBALL, Professor, Chair
B.A., Pittsburgh; M.A., Ph.D., Massachusetts
DOUG TSCHOPP, Instructor of Communication Studies and Director of Entrepreneurial Development
B.A., St. Ambrose; M.B.A., Iowa
SHARON VARALLO, Professor
B.A., William and Mary; M.A., North Carolina; Ph.D., Ohio State
CAROLYN YASCHUR, Assistant Professor
B.A., Gettysburg College; M.A., University of Missouri, Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
MAJOR IN COMMUNICATION STUDIES. 28 credits, including two of COMM-210, COMM-211,
COMM-212; one of COMM-104, COMM-204, COMM-301, COMM-401; one of COMM-320, COMM- 321, COMM-322; one from among COMM-371, COMM-372, COMM-374, COMM-375; one from among COMM-381, COMM-382, COMM-384, COMM-385, one additional 1-credit research module and either COMM-451, COMM-452 or COMM-453, COMM-454. [Exceptions: With pre-approved SI in a second major and with the completion of 28 credits and a second course from among
COMM-320, COMM-321, or COMM-322, then COMM-451/COMM-452 or COMM-453/COMM-454 could be waived.]
MINOR IN COMMUNICATION STUDIES. 18 credits, at least 6 credits of which must be at
300-400 level, including one of COMM-104, COMM-204, COMM-301, COMM-401; two of COMM- 210, COMM-211, COM-212; and one of COMM-320, COMM-321, COMM-322.
Courses (COMM)
COMM-104 Public Speaking (3 Credits)
Training in the art of public address. Focus on structure, resources, reasoning and delivery skills needed to perform effectively in front of an audience, including attention to communication apprehension. Seniors need permission from department chair to register.
COMM-150 Communication Connections (1 Credits)
A course for new majors that introduces career and graduate school options in the field and promotes planning of curricular and co-curricular experiences relevant to each student's goals for the future.
COMM-199 Directed Study (1 Credits)
Focus on a specific body of information not ordinarily covered in the curriculum. Normally entails reading and discussing literature assigned by a faculty member, and preparing a final
presentation.
COMM-200L Practical Debate (0 Credits)
For participation only.
COMM-204 Argumentation and Oral Advocacy (3 Credits)
Skills-based course focused on learning to organize, present and defend ideas. Includes instruction in group discussion, persuasive public speaking and basic debate.
COMM-206 Small Group Communication (2-3 Credits)
Considers variables that affect group functioning such as cohesiveness, conformity, climate, structure and leadership. Assignments include group projects.
COMM-210 Communication & Social Relationships (3 Credits)
(PS, D) Examines how family, peer and cultural socialization influences communication in close relationships. Consideration of race, class, gender and sexual orientation as they relate to communication. Seniors will need permission slips from the Dept. Chair to enroll in this course.
COMM-211 Comm, Politics & Citizenship (3 Credits)
(PL) Communication, Politics and Citizenship addresses issues of communication as they impinge on citizens of a free society, with a focus on political discourse in the public sphere. Features communication strategies and argument patterns in political campaigns, public policy and the media. Also MJMC 211.
COMM-212 Advertising and Social Influence (3 Credits)
(PS) Examines the history, strategies, techniques and effects of advertising on individuals and society. The course has a considerable focus on issues concerning consumer culture, gender, and race. Also MJMC-212.
COMM-220 Radio Production (1-2 Credits)
Practical work at one of the college radio stations. Students will have individual evaluation sessions. May be repeated for a maximum of 2 credits.
COMM-220L Radio Production (0 Credits)
COMM-250 Critical Analysis of Messages (3 Credits)
(PL) Critical Analysis of Messages focuses on strategies of rhetorical criticism, demonstrating the value of rhetorical criticism to a variety of disciplines.
COMM-265 Intro to Health Communication (3 Credits)
An introductory examination of major communication challenges, theories and practices as they relate to health. The course focuses primarily on the US context and cultures, but will draw from the experiences and systems of other nations and cultures as well. The course has a strong practical component and will engage you with the community.
COMM-299 Directed Study (1 Credits)
Focus on a specific body of information not ordinarily covered in the curriculum. Normally entails reading and discussing literature assigned by a faculty member, and preparing a final
presentation.
COMM-300 Advanced Debate (1 Credits)
Participation in intercollegiate debate at the championship level. May be repeated for a maximum of 4 credits. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
COMM-301 Performance Studies (3 Credits)
Develops creative, critical, and presentational abilities through analyzing and performing prose, poetry and drama, and creating and presenting stories
COMM-320 Communication Theory I: Rhetorical Trad (3 Credits)
(PL) Addresses definitions and frameworks of rhetoric from theorists ranging from Plato, Aristotle and Cicero to Burke, Toulmin and Foucault. Considers the role of rhetoric in the liberal arts and the relationship of rhetoric to knowledge, ethics and public life. Prerequisite: COMM-210, COMM/MJMC-211 or COMM-MJMC-212 or permission of instructor.
COMM-321 Communication Theory II: Soc Sci Rev (3 Credits)
(PS) Examines the rise of the social sciences and reviews contemporary social science theories and perspectives in communication. Prerequisite: COMM-210, COMM/MJMC-211 or COMM-MJMC- 212 or permission of instructor.
COMM-322 Communication Theory III (3 Credits)
(PS) Emphasizes how media and mass communication are theorized and researched by
communication scholars. Also MJMC 322. Prerequisite: COMM-210, COMM/MJMC-211 or COMM- MJMC-212 or permission of instructor.
COMM-330 Intercultural Communication (3 Credits)
(PH, G) Examines how communication helps create culture and how culture constrains communication; how membership in racial, ethnic and national cultures helps shape our communication, reasoning and morality; and how intercultural skills relate to communication competence.
COMM-340 Propaganda (3 Credits)
(PP) Examines some of the most significant events of the past century and the public persuasion campaigns surrounding them, including propaganda campaigns and techniques from WWI through the current conflict between Islamic factions and the West. Also MJMC 340.
COMM-345 Cultural History of Broadcasting (3 Credits)
(PP) Addresses shifting relationships between broadcasting institutions, politics, culture, social organizations and technology. Considers the development of radio and television. Offered every other year, rotating with 350. Also MJMC 345.
COMM-350 Issues in Broadcasting (3 Credits)
Examines the role that broadcasting plays in society, applying legal and ethical perspectives to controversial issues surrounding media ownership and media content. Offered every other year, rotating with 345. Also MJMC 350.
COMM-360 Communication & Emerging Technologies (3 Credits)
Focuses on a nuanced understanding of the effects -- real and imagined -- of emerging communication technologies on communication practices.
COMM-371 Historiography of Communication (1 Credits)
A three-week mini-course which teaches students how to understand and conduct research on historical communication artifacts. Addresses construction and interpretation of historical communicative exchanges: (1) what was said? and (2) what did it mean?
COMM-372 Rhetorical Criticism (1 Credits)
A three-week mini-course which teaches students how to understand and use rhetorical critical methods in the analysis of communication artifacts.
COMM-374 Media Content Analysis (1 Credits)
A three-week mini-course which teaches students how to understand and use content analysis in researching communication artifacts. Students learn methods to draw representative samples of content from media texts (such as television shows) by using or developing categorical rules, analyzing patterns in texts, and making arguments about what those patterns mean.
COMM-375 Critical Media Analysis (1 Credits)
A three-week mini-course which teaches students how to understand and use critical media analysis as a research method to interpret media artifacts and uncover potential ideological meanings.
COMM-380 Quantitative Tools for Comm Research (3 Credits)
[Q]Introduces social scientific research process, foundations of measurement and the descriptive and inferential statistical procedures necessary to conduct research on communication questions and variables. Credit may not be earned for more than one of COMM-380, BUSN-211, MATH- 316, PSYC-240 and SOC-230.
COMM-381 Survey Research (1 Credits)
A three-week mini-course which teaches students how to construct, conduct and analyze surveys in order to understand communication phenomena.
COMM-382 Qualitative Interviewing for Research (1 Credits)
A three-week mini-course which teaches students how to construct, conduct and analyze qualitative information-gathering interviews in order to understand communication phenomena.
COMM-384 Social Action Research (1 Credits)
A three-week mini-course which teaches students how to appropriately engaged in community- based problem solving. Required for 453-454.
COMM-385 Focus Group Research (1 Credits)
A three-week mini-course which teaches students how to construct, conduct and analyze focus group research as a tool for understanding community beliefs.
COMM-399 Directed Study (1 Credits)
Focus on a specific body of information not ordinarily covered in the curriculum. Normally entails reading and discussing literature assigned by a faculty member, and preparing a final
presentation. Permission of Instructor.
COMM-400 Independent Study (1 Credits)
Original research in an area of particular interest not covered in regular courses. Normally requires weekly meetings with the supervising faculty member and some variety of spoken or written final presentation. Prerequisite: Permission of Instructor.
COMM-401 Business & Professional Communication (3 Credits)
A practical course designed to prepare students to deal with the challenges of effective communication in a corporate or professional setting. Topics include presentation skills,
information gathering interviews, intercultural communication and communication technologies.
COMM-402 Organizational Communication (3 Credits)
(PH) Discusses how structure, leadership, values, goals and climate contribute to organizational culture and communication, and explores how individuals and groups are impacted by these variables.
COMM-403 Principles of Public Relations (3 Credits)
Reviews current practices and emerging trends in public relations. Students will create a portfolio-quality public relations plan. Also MJMC-403.
COMM-405 Health Communication Campaigns (3 Credits)
This course focuses on the purpose, design, implementation, and evaluation of public health communication campaigns-promotional messages or interventions aimed at health behavior education or change. Students gain an overview of relevant theory and research and the opportunity to study, design, implement, and evaluate health communication campaigns.
COMM-410 Seminar in Communication (3 Credits)
In-depth analysis of communication topics offered for advanced students. Typically reading and discussion-intensive, with an expectation that students take active roles in the classroom. Seminar topic changes every year. Can be repeated.
COMM-411 Seminar in Media (3 Credits)
COMM-451 SI: Traditional Research Proposal (3 Credits)
With the assistance of faculty, students identify issues in communication that they are passionate about, review scholarly literature surrounding it then design and present a proposal for original communication research. Prerequisites: 320, 321 or 322, and two methods modules. Permission of Instructor.
COMM-452 Senior Inquiry: Traditional Research (1 Credits)
Execution of the project designed the preceding term in 451 and presentation of results. Prerequistes: 451
COMM-453 SI: Civic Engagement Action Plan (2 Credits)
Senior Inquiry: Civic Engagement Action Plan involves researching a contemporary issue or problem, volunteering at an agency that addresses this situation, and designing a project to serve the needs of the agency. Prerequisites: 320, 321 or 322; 384 and one other methods module; permission of instructor.
COMM-454 SI: Civic Engagement Project (2 Credits)
Senior Inquiry: Civic Engagement Project Implementation of action plan from 453 and presentation of results. Prerequisites: 453
COMM-499 Directed Study (1 Credits)
Focus on a specific body of information not ordinarily covered in the curriculum. Normally entails reading and discussing literature assigned by a faculty member, and preparing a final
presentation.
COMM-INTR Communication Internship (0-9 Credits)
COMM-INTR-Sxx/Lxx/Axx Senior Inquiry/Service Learning/Academic Internship (1-9) Prerequisite: a declared major or minor in communication studies, at least 6 earned COMM credits and at least a 3.0 in the major. Departmental internships must be approved by the department. COMM-INTR-Exx/VxxExperiential/Volunteer (0-9) Departmental internships also must be approved by the department. A maximum of three internship credits may be applied toward the Communication Studies major or minor.