Topic: Special Topics in Communication and Media Studies

Catalog description

This upper-level course offers an in-depth focus on a selected topic in communication and media studies, allowing students to apply the theoretical and analytical perspectives they have acquired in communication and media studies to a specific context. The thematic focus will vary from semester to semester, and the course will be taught by instructors with varying areas of expertise. The course topic may focus on such topics as media audiences, rhetoric and social change movements, fashion media, reality television and nonfiction media, popular music studies, comic studies, video games studies, health communication, environmental communication, and scientific communication. The course can be repeated for credit with a different topic. See section notes for the specific topic offered.