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2021/2022 University Catalog 
    
2021/2022 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


General Education Courses  

Courses offered at the SDSU Imperial Valley campus.  

Detailed information about course offerings can be found on the Class Schedule website.

 

Civil Engineering

  
  • CIV E 545 - Field Methods in Hydrology


    Units: 3

    Two lectures and two hours of laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): CIV E 220  and CIV E 445  with a grade of C (2.0) or better. Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Copy of transcript.

    Equipment, field methods, and techniques used to study hydrologic systems and water resources, to include local streams and watersheds in California. Tools provided to design and implement field studies and interpret data.

  
  • CIV E 580 - Traffic Engineering Design


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CIV E 481 . Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Copy of transcript.

    Sizing and configuration of highway facilities based on capacity analysis. Traffic signal design, impact and mitigation studies, parking, safety design.

  
  • CIV E 596 - Advanced Civil Engineering Topics


    Units: 1-3

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

    Modern developments in civil engineering. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units for any combination of Civil Engineering 496, 499 and 596 applicable to a bachelor’s degree.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Credit for 596 and 696 applicable to a master’s degree with approval of the graduate adviser.

  
  • CIV E 605 - Prestressed Concrete Structures


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CIV E 421  with minimum grade of C.

    Fundamental concepts of prestressed concrete theory. Design applications to various types of structures.

  
  • CIV E 607 - Dynamics of Structures


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CIV E 521  with minimum grade of C.

    Dynamic disturbances, structures with variable degelastic beams; continuous beams, rigid frames, floor systems. Energy methods in structural dynamics.

  
  • CIV E 608 - Earthquake Engineering


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CIV E 607 .

    Elements of seismology. Methods of analysis for earthquake loads. Procedures and code provisions for the design of earthquake- resistant structures.

  
  • CIV E 610 - Finite Element Analysis of Structures


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CIV E 321  with minimum grade of C.

    General procedure, various types of finite elements; analysis and design of isotropic and orthotropic plates and shells, deep beams, and shear walls using finite element technique; use of digital computers for solutions. Application to civil engineering structures.

  
  • CIV E 612 - Advanced Concrete Materials


    Units: 3

    Two lectures and three hours of laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): CIV E 421 .

    Microstructure and cracking behavior of concrete. Theory and application of high strength and fiber reinforced concrete. Concrete durability additives and fiber reinforced plastic reinforcement for concrete. Innovative applications of advanced concrete materials. Includes a laboratory project.

  
  • CIV E 620 - Traffic Flow and Control


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CIV E 481  or C P 625 , with minimum grade of C.

    Advanced treatment of traffic flow and control issues. Highway capacity and traffic flow characteristics, traffic flow modeling, intersection control, freeway control systems, intelligent transportation systems.

  
  • CIV E 621 - Transportation Demand Analysis


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CIV E 481  or C P 625 , with minimum grade of C.

    Travel demand modeling with emphasis on application to growing metropolitan areas; four-step travel demand forecasting; disaggregate, behavioral, and activity-based approaches; recent methodological developments; transportation-land use interactions.

  
  • CIV E 622 - Mass Transit Engineering


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CIV E 481  or C P 625 , with minimum grade of C.

    Transit system characteristics, analysis of demand for transit services, transit system planning, scheduling, analysis and design.

  
  • CIV E 631 - Spatial Hydrology


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CIV E 445  with a minimum grade of C or graduate standing.

    Integration of spatial data analysis and hydrologic modeling. Quantification of spatially distributed hydrologic characteristics. Decomposition of drainage network systems to support quasi-distributed hydrologic modeling. Quantification of hydrologic impacts due to model resolution, altered land use conditions, and modeling techniques.

  
  • CIV E 632 - Computational Hydraulics and Hydrology


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CIV E 445  and CIV E 530 .

    Computational methods applied to hydraulics and hydrology. Explicit and implicit schemes for solving hyperbolic problems. Method of characteristics. One- and two-dimensional nonsteady open channel flow simulation.

  
  • CIV E 633 - Environmental Hydrology


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CIV E 445  and ENV E 355 .

    Hydrosphere function, hydroclimatology, hydrographic characteristics, desertification, hydroecology, salinity modeling and management, stream and lake restoration, and case studies.

  
  • CIV E 634 - Surface Water Hydrology


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CIV E 445 .

    Hydrologic systems. Physical hydrology. Kinematic wave theory. Diffusion and dynamic wave theories. Watershed and stream channel routing. Hydrologic simulation.

  
  • CIV E 638 - Sedimentation Engineering


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CIV E 444  with minimum grade of C.

    Hydraulics of sediment transport; erosion and sedimentation problems; river mechanics and morphology; mathematical modeling of river hydraulics; sediment transport and river channel changes. Design and environmental problems; erosion control and river training.

  
  • CIV E 640 - Advanced Soil Mechanics


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CIV E 462  and CIV E 463  with minimum grades of C.

    Advanced theories of soil mechanics applied to geotechnical and environmental engineering. Classification of terrestrial and marine soils, compaction, consolidation, expansion, stress distribution, strength, permeability and seepage, site improvement, and remediation.

  
  • CIV E 641 - Advanced Foundation Engineering


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CIV E 462  and CIV E 463  with minimum grades of C.

    Advanced theories of soil bearing capacity, settlement, and stress distribution applied to design of shallow and deep foundations and earth retaining structures. Subsurface exploration and dewatering methods.

  
  • CIV E 642 - Groundwater Seepage and Earth Dams


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CIV E 462  and CIV E 463  with minimum grades of C.

    Groundwater seepage and contaminant transport in saturated and unsaturated soils. Flow nets for homogeneous and layered soils. Design and stability analysis of embankments and earth dams.

  
  • CIV E 644 - Soil Dynamics


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CIV E 462  and CIV E 463  with a minimum grade of C.

    Behavior of soil and soil-structure systems under dynamic loading. Applications include dynamic earth bearing capacity and pressure, soil spring constants for machine foundation design, liquefaction analysis, site response spectra, and seismic stability of slopes. Case histories discussed.

  
  • CIV E 696 - Advanced Topics in Civil Engineering


    Units: 2-3

    Intensive study in specific areas of civil engineering. May be repeated with new content.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Credit for 596 and 696 applicable to a master’s degree with approval of the graduate adviser.

  
  • CIV E 697 - Traffic Signal Systems Operations and Control


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.

    State-of-the-art traffic signal system control to include advanced traffic control strategies, incorporation of surface street systems into Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), signal system design and operations, and traffic simulation techniques.

  
  • CIV E 730 - Advanced Topics in Water Engineering


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CIV E 530  and consent of instructor.

    Advanced treatment of several fields in water engineering to include time series analysis, hydromodification, and online hydrologic modeling.

  
  • CIV E 781 - Seminar in Transportation Engineering


    Units: 2-3

    Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade point average of 3.0 and consent of instructor.

    An intensive study in transportation engineering. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree.

  
  • CIV E 797 - Independent Research


    Units: 1-3

    Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of graduate adviser.

    Independent research in civil and environmental engineering. Maximum Credits: three units applicable to a master’s degree.

  
  • CIV E 798 - Special Study


    Units: 1-3

    Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of staff; to be arranged with department chair and instructor.

    Individual study. Maximum Credits: three units applicable to a master’s degree.

  
  • CIV E 799A - Thesis or Project


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP

    Prerequisite(s): An officially appointed thesis committee and advancement to candidacy.

    Preparation of a project or thesis for the master’s degree.

  
  • CIV E 799B - Thesis or Project Extension


    Units: 0

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Prior registration in Thesis or Project 799A with an assigned grade symbol of RP.

    Registration required in any semester or term following assignment of RP in Course 799A in which the student expects to use the facilities and resources of the university; also student must be registered in the course when the completed thesis or project is granted final approval.

  
  • CIV E 799C - Comprehensive Examination Extension


    Units: 0

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Completion or concurrent enrollment in degree program courses.

    Registration required of students whose only requirement is completion of the comprehensive examination for the master’s degree. Registration in 799C limited to two semesters.


Classics

  
  • CLASS 101G - Ancient Greek I


    Units: 5 GE

    Beginning classical Greek. Basic grammar, vocabulary.

    Note: Classics includes courses in Greek and Latin as well as non-language courses. Greek course numbers have a G suffix; Latin courses have an L suffix. No credit will be given for Classics 101G, CLASS 202G , CLASS 303G , CLASS 304G  taken out of sequence.

  
  • CLASS 101L - Latin I


    Units: 5 GE

    Beginning classical Latin. Basic grammar, vocabulary.

    Note: Classics includes courses in Greek and Latin as well as non-language courses. Greek course numbers have a G suffix; Latin courses have an L suffix. No credit will be given for Classics 101L, CLASS 202L , CLASS 303L , CLASS 304L  taken out of sequence. Not open to students with credit in Classics 250L.

  
  • CLASS 120 - English Words from Latin and Greek


    Units: 3 GE

    Latin and Greek words and bases and their English derivatives. Etymology, word analysis and construction, language history, and structure.

  
  • CLASS 140 - Introduction to Classics


    Units: 3 GE

    Survey of Greek and Roman art, literature, drama, sculpture, and institutions. Influence on our culture today. Contemporary relevance of epic heroes, tragic heroines, gods and goddesses. Impact of political thought.

  
  • CLASS 202G - Ancient Greek II


    Units: 5 GE

    Prerequisite(s): CLASS 101G .

    Continuing classical Greek. Grammar, vocabulary, syntax. Preparation for CLASS 303G .

    Note: Classics includes courses in Greek and Latin as well as non-language courses. Greek course numbers have a G suffix; Latin courses have an L suffix. No credit will be given for CLASS 101G , 202G, CLASS 303G , CLASS 304G  taken out of sequence.

  
  • CLASS 202L - Latin II


    Units: 5 GE

    Prerequisite(s): CLASS 101L .

    Continuing classical Latin. Grammar, vocabulary, syntax. Preparation for CLASS 303L .

    Note: Classics includes courses in Greek and Latin as well as non-language courses. Greek course numbers have a G suffix; Latin courses have an L suffix. No credit will be given for CLASS 101L , 202L, CLASS 303L , CLASS 304L  taken out of sequence. Not open to students with credit in Classics 250L.

  
  • CLASS 296C - Experimental Topics in Classics


    Units: 1-4

    Selected topics. May be repeated with new content.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree.

  
  • CLASS 296G - Experimental Topics in Greek


    Units: 1-4

    Selected topics. May be repeated with new content.

    Note: Classics includes courses in Greek and Latin as well as non-language courses. Greek course numbers have a G suffix; Latin courses have an L suffix. See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree.

  
  • CLASS 296L - Experimental Topics in Latin


    Units: 1-4

    Selected topics. May be repeated with new content.

    Note: Classics includes courses in Greek and Latin as well as non-language courses. Greek course numbers have a G suffix; Latin courses have an L suffix. See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree.

  
  • CLASS 303G - Reading Greek Prose


    Units: 3 GE

    Prerequisite(s): CLASS 202G .

    Reading classical prose authors such as Xenophon or Plato in original Greek. Attention to vocabulary, syntax, style, and historical-cultural context.

    Note: Classics includes courses in Greek and Latin as well as non-language courses. Greek course numbers have a G suffix; Latin courses have an L suffix. No credit will be given for CLASS 101G , CLASS 202G , 303G, CLASS 304G  taken out of sequence.

  
  • CLASS 303L - Reading Latin Prose


    Units: 3 GE

    Prerequisite(s): CLASS 202L .

    Reading classical prose authors such as Caesar or Cicero in original Latin. Attention to vocabulary, syntax, style, and historical-cultural context.

    Note: Classics includes courses in Greek and Latin as well as non-language courses. Greek course numbers have a G suffix; Latin courses have an L suffix. No credit will be given for CLASS 101L , CLASS 202L , 303L, CLASS 304L  taken out of sequence.

  
  • CLASS 304G - Reading Greek Poetry


    Units: 3 GE

    Prerequisite(s): CLASS 303G .

    Reading classical poets such as Homer or Euripides in original Greek. Attention to vocabulary, syntax, style, and historical-cultural context.

    Note: Classics includes courses in Greek and Latin as well as non-language courses. Greek course numbers have a G suffix; Latin courses have an L suffix. No credit will be given for CLASS 101G , CLASS 202G , CLASS 303G , 304G taken out of sequence.

  
  • CLASS 304L - Reading Latin Poetry


    Units: 3 GE

    Prerequisite(s): CLASS 303L .

    Reading classical poets such as Catullus or Ovid in original Latin. Attention to vocabulary, syntax, style, and historical-cultural context.

    Note: Classics includes courses in Greek and Latin as well as non-language courses. Greek course numbers have a G suffix; Latin courses have an L suffix. No credit will be given for CLASS 101L , CLASS 202L , CLASS 303L , 304L taken out of sequence.

  
  • CLASS 310 - Greek and Roman Myth and Legend


    Units: 3 GE

    Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite(s) recommended: RWS 200 .

    Great stories from the past. Heroes and heroines. Gods and goddesses. War and peace. Love and death. Adventure, romance, and peril in ancient literature, arts, and religion. Relevance and influence today.

  
  • CLASS 320 - Epic and the Novel


    Units: 3 GE

    Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite(s) recommended: RWS 200 .

    Four classic works in the genre of epic and the novel in English translation; Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, Vergil’s Aeneid, and Apuleius’ Golden Ass. Literary criticism in historical-cultural contexts and relevance today.

  
  • CLASS 330 - Comedy, Tragedy, Actors, and Audiences


    Units: 3 GE

    Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite(s) recommended: RWS 200 .

    Classical tragedy and comedy in English translation. Playwrights such as Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Plautus. Ancient theatre, stagecraft, literary criticism, and popular attitudes.

  
  • CLASS 340 - Gods, Gladiators, and Amazons


    Units: 3 GE

    Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite(s) recommended: RWS 200 .

    Literary, artistic, and intellectual achievements of the classic world. Temples, tragedies, and texts. Priests, prostitutes, and proconsuls. Great cultural traditions and influences.

  
  • CLASS 350 - Classics and Cinema


    Units: 3 GE

    Heroes, heroines, and conflicts of ancient Greece and Rome as represented in major cinematic “sword and sandal” productions. Screenplays compared with Greek and Latin sources in English translation.

  
  • CLASS 360 - Sex, Gender, and the Erotic in the Ancient World


    Units: 3 GE

    Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite(s) recommended: RWS 200  with a grade of C (2.0) or better.

    Women’s lives and experiences in ancient Greek and Roman history and literature. Gender/feminist theory and application to readings of ancient texts and material culture. Ancient attitudes toward love and sexual activity. Gender identity, homosexuality, and pederasty.

    Note: This course satisfies the general education cultural diversity requirement.

  
  • CLASS 450L - Seminar: Variable Topics in Latin Literature


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CLASS 304L .

    Reading significant Latin language texts in history, biography, religion, and other areas. Attention to vocabulary, syntax, style, and historical-cultural context. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: Classics includes courses in Greek and Latin as well as non-language courses. Greek course numbers have a G suffix; Latin courses have an L suffix. See Class Schedule for specific content.

  
  • CLASS 496C - Topics in Classical Studies: Classics


    Units: 1-4

    Topics in classical languages, literatures, cultures, and linguistics. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: nine units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree.

  
  • CLASS 496G - Topics in Classical Studies: Greek


    Units: 1-4

    Topics in classical languages, literatures, cultures, and linguistics. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: nine units.

    Note: Classics includes courses in Greek and Latin as well as non-language courses. Greek course numbers have a G suffix; Latin courses have an L suffix. See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree.

  
  • CLASS 496L - Topics in Classical Studies: Latin


    Units: 1-4

    Topics in classical languages, literatures, cultures, and linguistics. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: nine units.

    Note: Classics includes courses in Greek and Latin as well as non-language courses. Greek course numbers have a G suffix; Latin courses have an L suffix. See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree.

  
  • CLASS 499C - Special Study in Classics


    Units: 1-3

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor and department chair.

    Directed individual study. Maximum Credits: six units in any combination of 499C, 499G, 499L.

  
  • CLASS 499G - Special Study in Greek


    Units: 1-3

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor and department chair.

    Directed individual study. Maximum Credits: six units in any combination of 499C, 499G, 499L.

    Note: Classics includes courses in Greek and Latin as well as non-language courses. Greek course numbers have a G suffix; Latin courses have an L suffix.

  
  • CLASS 499L - Special Study in Latin


    Units: 1-3

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor and department chair.

    Directed individual study. Maximum Credits: six units in any combination of 499C, 499G, 499L.

    Note: Classics includes courses in Greek and Latin as well as non-language courses. Greek course numbers have a G suffix; Latin courses have an L suffix.

  
  • CLASS 599C - Special Study in Classics


    Units: 1-3

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor and department chair. CLASS 304L  or CLASS 304G .

    Directed individual study. Maximum Credits: nine units in any combination of 599C, 599G, 599L.

  
  • CLASS 599G - Special Study in Greek


    Units: 1-3

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor and department chair. CLASS 304G .

    Directed individual study. Maximum Credits: nine units in any combination of 599C, 599G, 599L.

    Note: Classics includes courses in Greek and Latin as well as non-language courses. Greek course numbers have a G suffix; Latin courses have an L suffix.

  
  • CLASS 599L - Special Study in Latin


    Units: 1-3

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor and department chair. CLASS 304L .

    Directed individual study. Maximum Credits: nine units in any combination of 599C, 599G, 599L.

    Note: Classics includes courses in Greek and Latin as well as non-language courses. Greek course numbers have a G suffix; Latin courses have an L suffix.


Communication

  
  • COMM 103 - Oral Communication


    Units: 3 GE

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    One lecture and two hours of recitation.

    Training in fundamental processes of oral expression; method of obtaining and organizing material; outlining; principles of attention and delivery; practice in construction and delivery of various forms of speeches.

    Note: Not open to students with credit in AFRAS 140  or CCS 111A .

  
  • COMM 160 - Argumentation


    Units: 3

    Argument as a form of discourse; organizing, supporting, presenting and refuting arguments in a variety of formats; evaluating argument, including common fallacies in reasoning.

  
  • COMM 201 - Communication and Community


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): COMM 103 .

    Communication as an academic and professional discipline, its associations and journals, history and traditions, relationships to other disciplines, research methodologies, and careers for graduates.

  
  • COMM 204 - Advanced Public Speaking


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): COMM 103 .

    Practice in extemporaneous speaking on subjects of current interest, both national and local, with stress on organization and delivery.

  
  • COMM 245 - Interpersonal Communication


    Units: 3 GE

    Theory and practice of interpersonal communication. Role of communication in developing, initiating, maintaining, and transitioning through everyday social relationships. Challenges of managing interpersonal communication; contexts, and verbal and nonverbal messages.

  
  • COMM 296 - Experimental Topics


    Units: 1-4

    Selected topics. May be repeated with new content.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree.

  
  • COMM 300 - Conceptualizing Communication


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to a major, minor, or certificate program in the School of Communication.

    Communication theory, concepts, principles, and practices. Communication as art and process on micro and macro levels, integrates understanding of sources, messages, transmission, and feedback in creating meaning and culture.

  
  • COMM 301 - Intercollegiate Speech and Debate Competition


    Units: 1-3

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Two to six hours of activity.

    Prerequisite(s): COMM 103 .

    Competitive intercollegiate debate and/or individual speaking events. Apply communication theory to comprehensively analyze relevant contemporary issues. Weekend travel to competitive tournaments required. Travel expectation commensurate with units. May be repeated with maximum credit three units applicable to the communication major.

  
  • COMM 307 - Communication in Professional Settings


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to a major or minor in the School of Communication.

    Communication principles in professional contexts including interviewing and technical and nontechnical oral presentations. Skill in meeting management.

  
  • COMM 321 - Introduction to Health Communication


    Units: 3 GE

    Prerequisite(s): Completion of the General Education requirement in Communication and Critical Thinking I.1., Oral Communication or I.3., Critical Thinking. Open to majors and nonmajors.

    Health communication topics to include patient-provider communication, health communication campaigns, supportive relationships, and public policy. Research methodologies, theories, and best practices in health communication.

    Note: Required of all health communication majors prior to 400-level coursework.

  
  • COMM 350 - Investigating Communication


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to a major or minor in the School of Communication.

    Study of human communication, from methodological and epistemological perspectives.

  
  • COMM 371 - Intercultural Communication


    Units: 3 GE

    Prerequisite(s): COMM 103 . Open to majors and nonmajors.

    Study of communication with emphasis on influence of cultural background, perception, social organization, language and nonverbal messages in the intercultural communication experience.

    Note: This course satisfies the general education cultural diversity requirement.

  
  • COMM 405 - Performance as Communication


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): COMM 300  and COMM 350 .

    Performance as a tool to investigate aspects of identity. Performance ethnography, performance in everyday life, and personal narrative.

  
  • COMM 406 - Organizational Communication


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): COMM 300  and COMM 350 . Admission to a major or minor in the School of Communication.

    The organization as a communication system; role of the organization in persuasive campaigns; communication strategies and problems within the organizational structure.

  
  • COMM 407 - Communicative Perspectives on Interviewing


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): COMM 300  and COMM 350 . Admission to a major or minor in the School of Communication.

    Application of communicative theory to interviewing situations. Emphasis on perception, source, message, and receiver variables, defensive communication, feedback. Phrasing of questions, ways to enhance respondent participation, and formulation of behavioral objectives. Classroom simulation, supplemented by out-of-class interviews.

  
  • COMM 415 - Nonverbal Communication


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): COMM 300  and COMM 350 . Admission to a major or minor in the School of Communication.

    Theory and research on nonverbal aspects of communication, with emphasis on codes and functions.

  
  • COMM 420 - Quantitative Methods in Communication


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): COMM 300  and COMM 350 . Admission to a major or minor in the School of Communication.

    Quantitative research in communication. Construction and analysis of surveys and experiments.

  
  • COMM 421 - Health Communication and Community Based Service Learning


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): COMM 321 . Admission to a major, minor, or the health communication certificate program in the School of Communication.

    How people understand, share ideas about, and adjust to health and illness. Personal, interactional, cultural, and political complexities of health beliefs, practices, and policies in the context of community-based service learning project.

  
  • COMM 422 - Politics of Health Communication


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): COMM 321 . Admission to a major, minor, or the health communication certificate program in the School of Communication.

    How communicating about health is culturally and politically charged. Contemporary concerns in health communication to include how ethnicity, gender, disability, social class, and sexual orientation inform our understandings of health, fitness, and illness.

  
  • COMM 423 - Patient-Provider Communication


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): COMM 321 . Admission to a major, minor, or the health communication certificate program in the School of Communication.

    Primary communication activities organizing medical interviews in clinical settings to include techniques for raising and responding to concerns about life, illness, and disease; implications for quality of care, healing outcomes, and medical education.

  
  • COMM 424 - Health Communication and Relationships


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): COMM 321 . Admission to a major, minor, or the health communication certificate program in the School of Communication.

    Influences of institutional, social, and personal relationships on health. Influences of health on development of human relationships, interaction between relationships, health practices, and outcomes.

  
  • COMM 425 - Theory and Research in Health Communication Campaigns


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): COMM 321 . Admission to a major, minor, or the health communication certificate program in the School of Communication.

    Theory and research on effective health communication campaigns in various settings to promote healthy lifestyles, nutrition, exercise, health screening, disease and injury prevention behavior.

  
  • COMM 426 - Communication in Health Risk and Crises


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): COMM 321 . Admission to a major, minor, or the health communication certificate program in the School of Communication.

    Role of communication in preventing, responding to, and coping with community health crises; principles of competent communication in health related risks and crises.

  
  • COMM 427 - Health Communication and Cultural Communities


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): COMM 321 . Admission to a major, minor, or the health communication certificate program in the School of Communication.

    Diversity of cultural perspectives on communicating health, illness, and prevention. Understanding cultural knowledge patients, families, providers, and communities bring to communicating health.

  
  • COMM 428 - Communicating Health and Well-Being at Work


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): COMM 321 . Admission to a major, minor, or the health communication certificate program in the School of Communication.

    Research and theory regarding communication topics that restrict well-being at work to include stress, bullying, sexual harassment, and injustice. Concepts and trends that alleviate or eliminate stress to include social support, spirituality, and wellness programs at work.

  
  • COMM 441 - Foundations of Critical and Cultural Study


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): COMM 300  and COMM 350 . Admission to a major or minor in the School of Communication.

    Central concepts, examples, theories, and experiences of critical studies of communication in culture through cultural, rhetorical, and media literature and cases.

  
  • COMM 445 - Relational Communication


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): COMM 300  and COMM 350 . Admission to a major or minor in the School of Communication.

    Theory and application of effective relational communication principles in both intimate and nonintimate contexts. Theoretical and empirical evidence on communication strategies and behaviors in relationship initiation, development, and termination. Relationship of communication behaviors to relational goals.

  
  • COMM 446 - Communication and Rhetorical Movements


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): COMM 300  and COMM 350 . Admission to a major or minor in the School of Communication.

    Historical perspectives of role of communication in social change in rhetorical movements and social change.

  
  • COMM 450 - Rhetorical Theory


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): COMM 300  and COMM 350 . Admission to a major or minor in the School of Communication.

    Development of rhetorical theory as a mechanism for generating and understanding public discourse. Theories from ancient Greece to the present.

  
  • COMM 452 - Interaction and Gender


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): COMM 300  and COMM 350 . Admission to a major or minor in the School of Communication.

    Contemporary research and theory on communication and gender. Examination of gender as ongoing interactional achievement. Gender displays and myths across diverse relationships, institutions, media, and society.

  
  • COMM 462 - Ethnography and Communication


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): COMM 300  and COMM 350 . Admission to a major or minor in the School of Communication.

    Naturally occurring interactions drawn from a variety of communication settings. Primary methods of gathering data include: participant observation, interviewing, document and artifact analysis, and other forms of communication.

  
  • COMM 465 - Conversational Interaction


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): COMM 300  and COMM 350 . Admission to a major or minor in the School of Communication.

    Sequential organization of naturally occurring conversational practices. Reliance on recordings and transcriptions for detailed examinations of interactants’ methods for achieving social actions and organizing interactional occasions.

  
  • COMM 470 - Argumentation Theory


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): COMM 300  and COMM 350 . Admission to a major or minor in the School of Communication.

    Approaches to argument and the patterns and problems in argument. Consideration of implications for society. Written and oral reports.

  
  • COMM 482 - Communication and Politics


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): COMM 300  and COMM 350 . Admission to a major or minor in the School of Communication.

    Contemporary political communication events and processes, with a focus on speeches, debates, and campaigns.

  
  • COMM 485 - Communicating Leadership


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): COMM 300  and COMM 350 . Admission to a major or minor in the School of Communication.

    Current theory and research in leadership and communication. Understanding yourself, role of leadership, and selection of appropriate communication strategies for leadership.

  
  • COMM 490 - Internship


    Units: 1-3

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): COMM 300  and COMM 350 . Admission to a major or minor in the School of Communication.

    Students work at approved organizations off-campus under the combined supervision of organization personnel and instructors. Internship hours to be arranged. Maximum Credits: three units.

  
  • COMM 492 - Persuasion


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): COMM 300  and COMM 350 . Admission to a major or minor in the School of Communication.

    Key variables and theories in the persuasion process; persuasive sources, messages, receiver variables, propaganda, brainwashing, cognitive, behavioral, and social theories of persuasion.

  
  • COMM 495 - Communication Capstone: Conceptualizing and Investigating Communication


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): COMM 300  and COMM 350 . Admission to a major or minor in the School of Communication. Communication majors must have completed conceptualizing (9 units) and investigating (3 units) requirements. Health communication majors must have completed investigating (6 units) and two upper division health communication courses beyond Communication 321 (6 units).

    Capstone survey, analysis, and comparison of theories, methods, and discipline of communication.

  
  • COMM 496 - Experimental Topics


    Units: 1-4

    Experimental topics. May be repeated with new content.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296,496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree.

  
  • COMM 499 - Special Study


    Units: 1-3

    Prerequisite(s): Approved special study contract required prior to enrollment.

    Approved individual study, project or research under supervision of faculty member. Maximum Credits: three units.

  
  • COMM 508 - Media Literacy


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): COMM 300  and COMM 350 . Admission to a major or minor in the School of Communication.

    Role played by video texts in shaping culture including information distribution, entertainment, and socio-cultural influence exercised by television. Emphasis on audience/medium relationship and to developing critical skills.

    Note: Communication courses numbered 500 to 599 are not acceptable for the Master of Arts degree in Communication.

  
  • COMM 540 - Communicating Science in the Public Interest


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Senior or graduate standing and admission to a communication or other approved major or minor.

    Case studies of scientific distortion and success. Importance, misuses, and uses of scientific communication. Competent scientific communication, from manuscript preparation to public presentation.

    Note: Communication courses numbered 500 to 599 are not acceptable for the Master of Arts degree in Communication.

 

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