Information about the Department of Communication

Office

Music 104
Phone: (323) 343-4200
Fax: (323) 343-6467                                                                           
Email: comsdept@calstatela.edu
Department of Communication

Chair

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

The Faculty

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. 

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