Apr 24, 2024  
OHIO University Graduate Catalog 2020-21 
    
OHIO University Graduate Catalog 2020-21 [Archived Catalog]

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COMS 7020 - Communication Inquiry I


COMS 7020 (and its companion course, 7030) provides students with a broad-based introduction to, and critical examination of, communication theory. Students read primary source materials coupled with contemporary texts that develop, apply, and/or test communication theory.

Requisites:
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be able to explain the philosophical commitments of humanistic and interpretive thinking.
  • Students will be able to describe the historical context in which humanistic and interpretive thought arose.
  • Students will be able to analyze, compare and contrast, and critique key issues and concepts of communication theory.
  • Students will be able to explain the relevance of humanistic and interpretive communication theories for contemporary scholarship.
  • Students will be able to appraise scholarship related to communication theory.
  • Students will be able to develop original hypotheses related to communication theory.



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