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Phone: (323) 343-4200
FAX: (323) 343-6467
Website: http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/comstud/

Chair

David Olsen
dolsen@calstatela.edu
323-343-5809

Overview

The Department of Communication Studies offers undergraduate programs leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication and minors in Communication and Health Communication. It also offers a graduate program leading to the Master of Arts degree in Communication Studies. The graduate program is described following the undergraduate programs. For more information, please refer to University Programs.

The Faculty

Professors: Mohammad Auwal, Kevin Baaske, Chunsheng Bai, Beryl L. Bellman, Lena Chao, and David Olsen (Chair).

Associate Professors: Angela Cooke-Jackson, Kate Kurtin, Nina O’Brien, Kristina Ruiz-Mesa, Elaine Wittenberg.

Assistant Professors: Kamran Afary, Cynthia Wang, and Mu Wu.

Emeriti: D. Rob DeChaine (Posthumous), Michael P. Kelley.

Programs

• Communication, B.A.

• Minor in Communication
• Minor in Health Communication

• Communication Studies, M.A.

Courses

• COMM 1100 - Oral Communication
• COMM 1200 - Argumentation
• COMM 1510 - Speech Proficiency Assessment for Teachers
• COMM 1800 - Introduction to Human Communication
• COMM 2100 - Communication Strategies in Conflict Management
• COMM 2200 - Argumentation and Reasoned Advocacy
• COMM 2300 - Interpersonal Communication
• COMM 2400 - Problem Solving through Group Discussion
• COMM 2500 - Communication, Identity and Culture
• COMM 2600 - Forensics
• COMM 2700 - Introduction to Oral Interpretation
• COMM 2890 - Introduction to Intercultural Communication
• COMM 2900 - Mediated Communication
• COMM 3000 - Applied Writing in Communication
• COMM 3100 - Theories of Communication: Social Sciences
• COMM 3200 - Theories of Communication: Humanities
• COMM 3300 - Methods of Communication: Social Sciences
• COMM 3400 - Methods of Communication: Humanities
• COMM 3420 - Rights and Justice (also listed as POLS 3420)
• COMM 3500 - Interviewing
• COMM 3600 - Advanced Forensics
• COMM 3670 - Performance Studies
• COMM 3720 - Media, Communication and the Environment
• COMM 3835 - Sex and Gender in Language and Literature (also listed as ENGL 3835)
• COMM 3840 - Globalization, Culture and Communication
• COMM 3850 - Communication of Raced, Classed, and Gendered Identities
• COMM 3855 - Media Literacy in the 21st Century
• COMM 3890 - Intercultural Communication in Civic Contexts
• COMM 3980 - Cooperative Education in Communication Studies
• COMM 4100 - Classical Approaches to Organizational Communication
• COMM 4110 - Critical Approaches to Organizational Communication
• COMM 4120 - Business and Professional Communications
• COMM 4140 - Communication and Leadership
• COMM 4150 - Communication Consulting and Training in Organizations
• COMM 4160 - Intercultural Business Communication (also listed as MKT 4510)
• COMM 4180 - Internship in Communication Studies
• COMM 4190 - Capstone: Organizational Communication Option
• COMM 4200 - Human Side of Computers and Information
• COMM 4300 - Mass Communication Theory
• COMM 4310 - Principles and Practices of Public Relations
• COMM 4320 - Advertising as a Communication Processes
• COMM 4330 - Children and Mass Communication
• COMM 4340 - Technology and Human Interaction
• COMM 4350 - Persuasive Communication
• COMM 4360 - Writing for Public Relations
• COMM 4370 - Public Relations and Event Planning
• COMM 4390 - Capstone: Mass Communication Option
• COMM 4400 - Foundations: Social Justice Communication
• COMM 4410 - Intercultural Communication
• COMM 4420 - Feminism and Communication
• COMM 4430 - Relational Communication
• COMM 4440 - Sex Roles in Communication
• COMM 4450 - Family Communication and Conflict
• COMM 4460 - Communication and Social Movements
• COMM 4490 - Capstone: Social Justice Communication
• COMM 4500 - Health Communication
• COMM 4510 - Health Communication and New Media
• COMM 4520 - Narrative Health Communication
• COMM 4530 - Health Education and Clinical Care
• COMM 4540 - Selected Studies in Communication
• COMM 4590 - Capstone: Health Communication Option
• COMM 4620 - Nonverbal Communication
• COMM 4630 - Language and Communication Behavior
• COMM 4780 - Group Communication: Dynamics of Leadership and Participation
• COMM 4800 - Advanced Rhetorical Theory
• COMM 4820 - Studies in National and International Public Discourse
• COMM 4830 - Performance and Social Change
• COMM 4840 - Campaign Communication
• COMM 4850 - Political Communication
• COMM 4860 - Communication and Cultural Studies
• COMM 4890 - Capstone: Communication for Social Change Option
• COMM 4910 - Communication Education
• COMM 4940 - Communication Behavior in Childhood
• COMM 4980 - Capstone in Communication
• COMM 4990 - Undergraduate Directed Study

• COMS 5000 - Graduate Scholarship in Media Studies
• COMS 5020 - Seminar in Quantitative Communication Research Methods
• COMS 5030 - Seminar in Qualitative Communication Research Methods
• COMS 5080 - Media Arts, Theatre & Society (also listed as TVFT 5080)
• COMS 5090 - Entertainment Industry Practices (also listed as TVFT 5590)
• COMS 5210 - Health Communication and Community Engagement
• COMS 5300 - Seminar: Organizational Communication
• COMS 5310 - Strategic Communication
• COMS 5400 - Seminar: Interpersonal Communication
• COMS 5500 - Theories of Communication: Social Sciences
• COMS 5540 - Selected Topics in Communication Studies
• COMS 5600 - Seminar: Language and Communication Behavior
• COMS 5620 - Seminar: Theories of Mass Media
• COMS 5670 - Seminar: Theories, Methods and Practices in Performance Studies
• COMS 5720 - Seminar: International Public Discourse
• COMS 5730 - Seminar: American Public Address
• COMS 5760 - Seminar: Argumentation, Discussion, and Debate
• COMS 5800 - Theories of Communication: Humanities
• COMS 5810 - Visual Rhetoric
• COMS 5820 - Rhetoric, Citizenship, and Social Change
• COMS 5830 - Communication and Cultural Studies
• COMS 5890 - Intercultural Communication
• COMS 5910 - Instructional Communication
• COMS 5960 - Comprehensive Examination
• COMS 5980 - Graduate Directed Study
• COMS 5990 - Thesis