Please note that room locations and schedules are subject to change and all details should be confirmed before the start of the class.
Click here for a list of complementary courses in other departments which count towards the Minor.
Fall 2024
COMS 210 (CRN 2015)
Introduction to Communication Studies (3 credits)
TBD
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2:35 pm-3:55 pm
COMS 301 (CRN 2016)
Core Concepts in Critical Theory (3 credits)
TBD
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4:05pm-5:25pm
COMS 310 (CRN 2017)
Media and Feminist Studies (3 credits)
TBD
Wednesdays and Fridays, 1:05pm-2:25pm
COMS 320 (CRN 2018)
Media and Empire (3 credits)
Wednesdays and Fridays, 2:35pm-3:55pm
COMS 350 (CRN 2019)
Sound Culture (3 credits)
Prof. Alex Blue V
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8:35am-9:55am
COMS 361 (CRN 2020)
Selected Topics Communication Studies 1 (3 credits)
Children, youth and digital media
Sara Grimes
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:35am-12:55pm
COMS 491 (CRN 2023)
Special Topics in Communication Studies (3 credits)
Prof. Bobby Benedicto
Tuesdays, 2:35pm-5:25pm
COMS 492 (CRN 7753)
Power, Difference and Justice (3 credits)
Prof. Mark Lloyd
Mondays, 11:35am-2:25pm
Winter 2025
COMS 230 (CRN 1845)
Communication and Democracy (3 credits)
Prof. Mark Lloyd
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4:05pm-5:25pm
COMS 330 (CRN 1846)
Media in Cultural Life (3 credits)
Sara Grimes
Mondays and Wednesdays, 2:35pm-3:55pm
COMS 340 (CRN 1847)
New Media (3 credits)
TBD
Tuesdays and Thursdays,听2:35pm-3:55pm
COMS 360 (CRN 1848)
Environmental Communication (3 credits)
TBD
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:35am-12:55pm
COMS 400 (CRN 1849)
Critical Theory Seminar (3 credits)
Prof. Darin Barney
Thursdays, 2:35pm-5:25pm
COMS 435 (CRN 7014)
Advanced Issues in Media Governance (3 credits)
Prof. Mark Lloyd
Mondays, 11:35 am-2:25 pm
COMS 500 (CRN 6882)
Special Topics in Communications Studies 1 (3 credits)
Noise
Prof. Alex Blue V听
Tuesdays, 2:35PM-5:25PM
This course will cover everything from the implications of the word as both fixed meaning and metaphor, to the ramifications of private and public perceptions of noisiness; noise music scenes; policy and legislation around noise complaints and noise ordinances, etc. It will also discuss visual noise, static, interference, and various other permutation of noise. While the final project can be a research paper, there will an option for different media submissions.
