Pending Curriculum Improvements

The graduate faculty has proposed a revision to the masters curriculum, and this proposal is currently under review. If accepted, the new curriculum will be implemented starting fall 2008. Those who have matriculated into the program and who have started taking courses prior to fall 2008 will have the choice of staying with the old curriculum or switching to the new one. Below is a side-by-side comparison of the two.

Current (all with COMM prefix)                                Proposed

Core (18 credits)                                                         Core (24 credits)

64000 Designing Systems and Messages                          50100 Designing Communication Strategies                                                                                     (new title number)

64400 Communication, Learning, and Organization           50300 Theoretical Foundations Theory                                                                          (new title & number)       

52000 Organizational Media Production                           50500 Visual Design and Organizational Media                                                                                     (new title & number; switch from elective
                                                                                     to core)

                                                                                 53000 Communication Campaigns (added to core)

                                                                                 53500 Workplace Learning and Performance (revised                                                                                      course; added to core)

64100 Management of Organizational                               64100 Managing Corporate Communication and Communication, Learning, and Design                               Training (new title)

64300 Research Methods in Communications                     64300 Research Methods in Communication

68000 Seminar: Theory in Practice                                   68000 Seminar: Theory in Practice

Restricted Electives (9 credits)

Media Production (3 cr. - select one)

54000 Visual Design and Organizational Presentations

57000 Corporate Communication Media

65700 E-learning

Org Comm & Mgmt (3 cr. - select one)

58000 Organizational Culture and Diversity

58500 Communication Technology and Organizations

Applications ( 3 cr. - select one)

53000 Communication Campaigns

53500 Learning Systems

Elective Courses (9 cr.)                                                    Elective Courses (12 cr.)

51000/51100 Selected Topics                                           51000/51100 Contemporary Topics     
54100 Contemporary Issues                                              (combines   51000/51100 & 54100)

                                                                                    60500 Organizational Media Production
                                                                                    (new number;  switch from core to elective)

55000 Org Video Design & Production                                55000 dropped

                                                                                    61000 Organizational Culture and Diversity
                                                                                    (new number)

                                                                                    62000 Communication Technology and Policy
                                                                                    (formerly 58500; new title & number)

                                                                                    63000 Corporate Communication Media
                                                                                    (new number)

                                                                                    63500 E-learning (new number)

56000 Online Learning and Collaboration                            63600 Online Learning and Collaboration
                                                                                    (new number)

59000/59100 Internship                                                  66000/66100 Internship (new number)

65000/65100 Independent Study                                      65000/65100 Independent Study

690/691 Thesis                                                              690/691 Thesis

or any other remaining course in the program                   or courses from other programs, with grad chair approval