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2024-2025 University Catalog 
    
2024-2025 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

COMM 492 - Persuasion


Units: 3

Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

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.

Maximum Credits: 3