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
