Doctoral Program Course Descriptions and Sample Syllabi

Please be reminded these are sample syllabi, and your faculty member may have different policies, assignments and schedules.

COM 507 Qualitative Research Methods in Communication, 3 credits
Qualitative research methods, including interviewing, field methods, and other nonquantitative techniques for analyzing communication.

Click here for a sample COM 507 syllabus

COM 508 Quantitative Research Methods in Communication, 3 credits
Empirical research designs, measurements, and statistical strategies and techniques in analyzing and evaluating experimental and descriptive research in communication.

Click here for a sample COM 508 syllabus

COM 604 Theory Construction in Communication, 3 credits
Review and analyze philosophical problems inherent in communicative research and metatheories designed to deal with these problems.

Click here for a sample COM 604 syllabus


COM 607 Contemporary Rhetorical Methods, 3 credits
Analysis of issues in the practice of rhetorical communication research, including criticism and scholarship.

Click here for a sample COM 607 syllabus


COM 608 Multivariate Statistical Analysis of Data in Communication, 3 credits
Statistical analysis of communication research data. Multivariate procedures used in communication research and methods of causal analysis.

Click here for a sample COM 608 syllabus

COM 609 Advanced Qualitative Research Methods in Communication, 3 credits
Analysis of issues in the practice of qualitative communication research, including data gathering, fieldwork issues, analysis strategies, and reporting results.

Click here for a sample COM 609 syllabus

COM 691 Seminar (various topics), 3 credits
A small class emphasizing discussion, presentations by students, and written research papers.


Click the links below for more sample syllabi:

Communication for Wellbeing and Social Impact (Tracy)
Communication, Health, and Organizing (Zanin)
Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) in Critical Health Communication (Davis)
Critical-Cultural Approaches to Communication (LeMaster)   
Culture, Communication, & Health in Applied Contexts (Shin)
Facilitating Intercultural Dialogue (Broome)
Health Communication Campaigns (Roberto)
Interpersonal Communication in the Digital Age (Sharabi)   
Interpersonal Conflict Theory & Research (Guerrero)
Mindful Heresy (de la Garza)
Performance Studies Survey (LeMaster)
Persuasion and Social Influence (Mongeau)
Positive Organizing (Kim)
Questioning the Body (de la Garza)
Survey of Intercultural Communication (Shin)