Mar 28, 2024  
OHIO University Graduate Catalog 2019-20 
    
OHIO University Graduate Catalog 2019-20 [Archived Catalog]

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COMS 8285 - Topics in Advanced Organizational Communication


This course is an advanced seminar focusing on the role and dynamics of communication employed across a range of organizational contexts. Topic varies with instructor. Students may repeat course as topics rotate for a total of 12 credits.

Requisites:
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 12.0 hours.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of the major theories within organizational communication addressing the specialized topic of the seminar.
  • Students will be able to define and explain basic communication terms and principles that serve as a basis for inquiry in the focal domain.
  • Students will be able to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the relevant theories of organizational communication.
  • Students will be able to apply principles of organizational communication to pertinent situations and demonstrate competent communication practices that respect diverse perspectives.
  • Students will be able to demonstrate appropriate, ethical use of organizational communication practices in research and everyday situations.
  • Students will be able to synthesize bodies of relevant literature in order to build, evaluate, and critique theory addressing a specific topic of organizational communication inquiry.
  • Students will be able to apply knowledge in an independent research project/proposal.
  • Students will be able to synthesize research, design research studies, and analyze data.
  • Students will be able to explain their theoretical and methodological assumptions concerning a specific topic area of interpersonal communication inquiry and how these assumptions guide their own interpersonal communication and their own research.



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