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Class Number	Class	Meeting Time	Instructor	Room	Unreserved Enrollment	Reserved Enrollment	Wait List
13126	COMM 63 - 001 First-Year Seminar: The Creative Process in Performance	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	Joseph Megel	Communication Media-Rm 0112	Seats filled (24 total)	Seats filled
Description: Students will be engaged with multimedia, music, dance, and theater performances. We will explore the creative processes and cultural contexts of these performances and will compare the arts as a way of knowing the world to the creative processes of academic scholarship. 3 units.
5389	COMM 89 - 001 First-Year Seminar: Special Topics	MoWe 5:45PM - 7:00PM	MICHAEL PALM	Phillips Hall-Rm 0212	19/24 (24 total)	Seats filled
Description: Special topics course. Content will vary each semester. 3 units.
12310	COMM 89 - 002 First-Year Seminar: Special Topics	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	Kumi Silva	Hanes Hall-Rm 0112	Seats filled (24 total)	Seats filled
Description: Special topics course. Content will vary each semester. 3 units.
13130	COMM 89 - 003 First-Year Seminar: Special Topics	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	Julia Haslett	Communication Media-Rm 0112	Seats filled (20 total)	Seats filled
Description: Special topics course. Content will vary each semester. 3 units.
14025	COMM 89 - 006 First-Year Seminar: Special Topics	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	Aaron Shapiro	Hanes Art Center-Rm 0117	Seats filled (24 total)	Seats filled
Description: Special topics course. Content will vary each semester. 3 units.
14559	COMM 89 - 007 First-Year Seminar: Special Topics	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	Kevin Marinelli	Phillips Hall-Rm 0206	Seats filled (24 total)	Seats filled
Description: Special topics course. Content will vary each semester. 3 units.
2123	COMM 113 - 001 Public Speaking	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	Emilio Horner	Hanes Art Center-Rm 0118	Seats filled (25 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Theory and extensive practice in various types of speaking. 3 units.
2124	COMM 113 - 002 Public Speaking	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	Josh Youakim	Dey Hall-Rm 0302	16/21 (25 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Theory and extensive practice in various types of speaking. 3 units.
2243	COMM 113 - 003 Public Speaking	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	Daniel Russo	Hanes Art Center-Rm 0118	Seats filled (25 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Theory and extensive practice in various types of speaking. 3 units.
3210	COMM 113 - 006 Public Speaking	MoWe 11:15AM - 12:30PM	Khari Johnson	TBA	Seats filled (25 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Theory and extensive practice in various types of speaking. 3 units.
2245	COMM 120 - 003 Introduction to Interpersonal and Organizational Communication	MoWeFr 1:25PM - 2:15PM	Soojung Nam	Davie Hall-Rm 0101	Seats filled (20 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: An introduction to communication theory, research, and practice in a variety of interpersonal and organizational contexts. This course examines the role of communication in both personal and professional relationships. 3 units.
3646	COMM 120 - 005 Introduction to Interpersonal and Organizational Communication	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	Dahlia Boyles	Murphey Hall-Rm 0118	Seats filled (20 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: An introduction to communication theory, research, and practice in a variety of interpersonal and organizational contexts. This course examines the role of communication in both personal and professional relationships. 3 units.
4922	COMM 120 - 006 Introduction to Interpersonal and Organizational Communication	MoWeFr 10:10AM - 11:00AM	Amelia Parker	Peabody Hall-Rm 2066	Seats filled (20 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: An introduction to communication theory, research, and practice in a variety of interpersonal and organizational contexts. This course examines the role of communication in both personal and professional relationships. 3 units.
5712	COMM 120 - 007 Introduction to Interpersonal and Organizational Communication	MoWeFr 12:20PM - 1:10PM	Chandler Classen	TBA	Seats filled (20 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: An introduction to communication theory, research, and practice in a variety of interpersonal and organizational contexts. This course examines the role of communication in both personal and professional relationships. 3 units.
2244	COMM 120 - 01F Introduction to Interpersonal and Organizational Communication	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	Katie Striley	Venable Hall-Rm G311	Seats filled (24 total)	Seats filled
Description: An introduction to communication theory, research, and practice in a variety of interpersonal and organizational contexts. This course examines the role of communication in both personal and professional relationships. 3 units.
2205	COMM 130 - 001 Introduction to Media Production	Mo 12:20PM - 2:00PM	WILLIAM BROWN, Eunjin Ghim-Gwon, Vanessa Sanders Taboada	Communication Media-Rm 0112	Seats filled (56 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. Prerequisite for all production courses. Introduces students to basic tools, techniques, and conventions of production in audio, video, and film. 3 units.
2206	COMM 130 - 401 Introduction to Media Production	Fr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Eunjin Ghim-Gwon	Communication Media-Rm 0110	Seats filled (14 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. Prerequisite for all production courses. Introduces students to basic tools, techniques, and conventions of production in audio, video, and film. 0 units.
2207	COMM 130 - 402 Introduction to Media Production	Fr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Vanessa Sanders Taboada	Communication Media-Rm 0109	Seats filled (14 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. Prerequisite for all production courses. Introduces students to basic tools, techniques, and conventions of production in audio, video, and film. 0 units.
4470	COMM 130 - 403 Introduction to Media Production	Fr 11:15AM - 12:05PM	Eunjin Ghim-Gwon	Communication Media-Rm 0109	Seats filled (14 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. Prerequisite for all production courses. Introduces students to basic tools, techniques, and conventions of production in audio, video, and film. 0 units.
13139	COMM 130 - 404 Introduction to Media Production	Fr 11:15AM - 12:05PM	Vanessa Sanders Taboada	Communication Media-Rm 0110	Seats filled (14 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. Prerequisite for all production courses. Introduces students to basic tools, techniques, and conventions of production in audio, video, and film. 0 units.
2208	COMM 140 - 001 Introduction to Media History, Theory, and Criticism	MoWe 10:10AM - 11:00AM	David Monje, Spirit Elder	Davie Hall-Rm 0112	Seats filled (50 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: An introduction to the critical analysis of film, television, advertising, video, and new media texts, contexts, and audiences. 3 units.
5407	COMM 140 - 002 Introduction to Media History, Theory, and Criticism	MoWeFr 1:25PM - 2:15PM	Sean Mcewan	Phillips Hall-Rm 0222	Seats filled (25 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: An introduction to the critical analysis of film, television, advertising, video, and new media texts, contexts, and audiences. 3 units.
4218	COMM 140 - 004 Introduction to Media History, Theory, and Criticism	MoWe 11:15AM - 12:05PM	David Monje, Cree Noble	Global Education, F-Rm 1005	Seats filled (50 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: An introduction to the critical analysis of film, television, advertising, video, and new media texts, contexts, and audiences. 3 units.
3080	COMM 140 - 005 Introduction to Media History, Theory, and Criticism	MoWeFr 12:20PM - 1:10PM	Victoria Le-Sweatman	TBA	7/8 (25 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: An introduction to the critical analysis of film, television, advertising, video, and new media texts, contexts, and audiences. 3 units.
14674	COMM 140 - 601 Introduction to Media History, Theory, and Criticism	Fr 10:10AM - 11:00AM	Spirit Elder	Swain Hall-Rm 0104	Seats filled (25 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: An introduction to the critical analysis of film, television, advertising, video, and new media texts, contexts, and audiences. 0 units.
14675	COMM 140 - 602 Introduction to Media History, Theory, and Criticism	Fr 11:15AM - 12:05PM	Spirit Elder	Swain Hall-Rm 0104	24/25 (25 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: An introduction to the critical analysis of film, television, advertising, video, and new media texts, contexts, and audiences. 0 units.
14676	COMM 140 - 603 Introduction to Media History, Theory, and Criticism	Fr 11:15AM - 12:05PM	Cree Noble	Phillips Hall-Rm 0222	Seats filled (25 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: An introduction to the critical analysis of film, television, advertising, video, and new media texts, contexts, and audiences. 0 units.
14677	COMM 140 - 604 Introduction to Media History, Theory, and Criticism	Fr 12:20PM - 1:10PM	Cree Noble	Dey Hall-Rm 0205	Seats filled (25 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: An introduction to the critical analysis of film, television, advertising, video, and new media texts, contexts, and audiences. 0 units.
5371	COMM 150 - 001 Introduction to New Media	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	JOYCE RUDINSKY	Communication Media-Rm 0105	Seats filled (13 total)	Seats filled	0/7
Description: An introduction to the design, aesthetics, and analysis of various forms of digital media. Hands-on experience with different modes of creation, including graphics, web-based communication, and social media. 3 units.
2209	COMM 160 - 001 Introduction to Performance Studies	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	Cristiana Mcfarland	Communication Media-Rm 0112	Seats filled (20 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: As the introductory course in performance studies, students will explore and experiment with performance as ritual, performance in everyday life, and the performance of literature. 3 units.
12234	COMM 160 - 002 Introduction to Performance Studies	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	Jaclyn Olson	Swain Hall-Rm 0104	Seats filled (20 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: As the introductory course in performance studies, students will explore and experiment with performance as ritual, performance in everyday life, and the performance of literature. 3 units.
12236	COMM 160 - 003 Introduction to Performance Studies	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	Leah Woehr	Swain Hall-Rm 0104	11/12 (20 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: As the introductory course in performance studies, students will explore and experiment with performance as ritual, performance in everyday life, and the performance of literature. 3 units.
2210	COMM 170 - 001 Rhetoric and Public Issues	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	Cori Dauber, Evan R. Jones, Julie Terebkov, Stephen Ross	Manning Hall-Rm 0209	129/143 (150 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Examines the basic nature and importance of rhetoric and argumentation. Attention is devoted to interpreting the persuasive function of texts and their relation to modern forms of life. 3 units.
15113	COMM 171 - 001 Argumentation and Debate	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	Megan Fitzmaurice Mahan	Dey Hall-Rm 0202	28/30 (30 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Analysis of issues, use of evidence, reasoning, briefmaking, and refutation. Argumentative speeches and debates on legal cases and on current events. Designed for prospective law students, public policy students, speech teachers, and college debaters. 3 units.
16047	COMM 171 - 002 Argumentation and Debate	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	Megan Fitzmaurice Mahan	Tate-Turner-Kuralt -Rm 0113	18/20 (20 total)	Seats filled
Description: Analysis of issues, use of evidence, reasoning, briefmaking, and refutation. Argumentative speeches and debates on legal cases and on current events. Designed for prospective law students, public policy students, speech teachers, and college debaters. 3 units.
10193	COMM 223 - 001 Small Group Communication	MoWe 1:25PM - 2:40PM	Courtlyn Pippert	Mitchell Hall-Rm 0205	5/7 (17 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, COMM 120. Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. Introduction to the theory and practice of communication in the small group setting. Topics may include group development, conformity and deviation, gender, problem solving, and power and leadership. 3 units.
9387	COMM 224 - 001 Introduction to Gender and Communication	MoWeFr 10:10AM - 11:00AM	Kayla Corbin	Wilson Hall-Rm 0202	Seats filled (17 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Examines multiple relationships among gender, communication and culture. Explores how communication creates gender and shapes relationships and how communication reflects, sustains, and alters cultural views of gender. 3 units.
9520	COMM 224 - 003 Introduction to Gender and Communication	MoWeFr 11:15AM - 12:05PM	Elaina Eakle	Carolina Hall-Rm 0204	Seats filled (17 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Examines multiple relationships among gender, communication and culture. Explores how communication creates gender and shapes relationships and how communication reflects, sustains, and alters cultural views of gender. 3 units.
10546	COMM 230 - 001 Audio/Video/Film Production and Writing	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	Eric Barstow	Communication Media-Rm 0111	10/14 (14 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Prerequisites, COMM 130 and 140; Grade of C or better in COMM 130; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites. The material, processes, and procedures of audio, video, and film production; emphasis on the control of those elements of convention that define form in the appropriate medium. Lecture and laboratory hours. 3 units.
10544	COMM 230 - 002 Audio/Video/Film Production and Writing	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	Eric Barstow	Communication Media-Rm 0111	Seats filled (14 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Prerequisites, COMM 130 and 140; Grade of C or better in COMM 130; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites. The material, processes, and procedures of audio, video, and film production; emphasis on the control of those elements of convention that define form in the appropriate medium. Lecture and laboratory hours. 3 units.
2211	COMM 260 - 001 Introduction to Performance and Social Change	MoWe 9:05AM - 10:20AM	Joseph Richards	Communication Media-Rm 0112	Seats filled (20 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: This course addresses the relationship between performance and power, focusing on topics concerned with the potential for performance to contribute to social change. 3 units.
15161	COMM 288 - 001 Media Studies of Japan	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	Yurika Tamura	Venable Hall-Rm G311	Seats filled (15 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: This course introduces Japanese thoughts and culture through the lens of media cultural studies, and studies socio-cultural issues of Japan through media productions and trends. We will learn about Japan's nationalism and imperialism, gender and family ideologies, post-Bubble economic misery and homelessness, memories of war, feminist and minority struggles, working culture, technology, and post-Fukushima philosophy of survival in film, commercials, print media, news, and TV shows. 3 units.
5716	COMM 312 - 001 Persuasion	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	MICHAEL WALTMAN, Kelly Errera	Global Education, F-Rm 1005	33/46 (50 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, COMM 120. Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. Examines contemporary theory and practice of influencing others' attitudes, beliefs, and actions. Focuses particularly on analyzing and developing persuasive messages. 3 units.
3168	COMM 318 - 001 Cultural Diversity	MoWe 1:25PM - 2:40PM	Megan Foster	Woollen Gym-Rm 0304	21/22 (25 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Introduction to basic paradigms of thinking about cultural difference, encouraging students to examine how these paradigms shape how we think, act, and imagine ourselves/others as members of diverse cultures. 3 units.
2212	COMM 325 - 001 Introduction to Organizational Communication	MoWeFr 10:10AM - 11:00AM	Preston Adcock	Murphey Hall-Rm 0204	Seats filled (15 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, COMM 120. Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. The course explores the historical and theoretical developments in the research and practice of organizational communication. 3 units.
2213	COMM 330 - 001 Introduction to Writing for Film and Television	MoWe 1:25PM - 2:40PM	MICHAEL ACOSTA	Greenlaw Hall-Rm 0318	Seats filled (18 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: An introduction to screenwriting for film and television. 3 units.
13135	COMM 331 - 001 Writing the Short Film	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	Joy Goodwin	Swain Hall-Rm 0104	17/18 (18 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Students practice and learn the craft of narrative, short film writing by conceptualizing, outlining, writing, and rewriting three short film scripts. They include one three-minute silent, one five-minute script with dialogue, and one 15-minute script with dialogue. 3 units.
15153	COMM 349 - 001 Technology and Social Justice	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	Torin Monahan	Kenan Labs-Rm B121	28/30 (30 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Technological systems permeate our lives. They facilitate communication, transportation, commerce, and governance. In order to actualize a more fair, just, and equitable society, it is essential that we hone an awareness of the "political" dimensions of technological systems and work toward the design of better ones. The goal of this course is to foster just such a critical technological literacy. 3 units.
3081	COMM 350 - 001 Practices of Cultural Studies	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	Dafna Kaufman	Phillips Hall-Rm 0220	Seats filled (25 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Introduces students to the history, methods, and central intellectual questions of cultural studies. 3 units.
5798	COMM 371 - 001 Argumentation	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	Megan Fitzmaurice Mahan	Greenlaw Hall-Rm 0319	16/25 (30 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: This course examines the theory and practice of argument and deliberation in communication studies, drawing from resources in rhetorical studies, informal logic, and argumentation. Intended for pre-law, public policy and other students interested in argumentation. 3 units.
13141	COMM 372 - 001 The Rhetoric of Social Movements	MoWe 11:15AM - 12:30PM	E. Chebrolu	Murphey Hall-Rm 0204	21/22 (30 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Explores the discourse of dissident voices in American society, particularly as they speak about grievances pertaining to race, gender, the environment; focuses on rhetorical strategies that initiate and sustain social movements. 3 units.
12237	COMM 375 - 001 Environmental Advocacy	MoWe 1:25PM - 2:40PM	Taylor Jackson	Dey Hall-Rm 0313	Seats filled (17 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Explores rhetorical means of citizen influence of practices affecting our natural and human environment; also, study of communication processes and dilemmas of redress of environmental grievances in communities and workplace. 3 units.
12441	COMM 390 - 003 Special Topics in Communication Study	We 5:00PM - 7:30PM	MICHAEL ACOSTA	Communication Media-Rm 0112	11/18 (18 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: A special topics course on a selected aspect of communication studies. 3 units.
12757	COMM 390 - 005 Special Topics in Communication Study	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	Avi-Dan Santo, Preston Adcock	Phillips Hall-Rm 0247	Seats filled (30 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: A special topics course on a selected aspect of communication studies. 3 units.
3647	COMM 393 - 004 Internships	Fr 3:45PM - 7:00PM	Avi-Dan Santo, Dayci Brookshire	TBA	17/22 (22 total)	Seats filled
Description: Permission of the department. Majors only. 2.5 cumulative grade point average required. Individualized study closely supervised by a faculty advisor and by the departmental coordinator of internships. Cannot count toward the COMM major. 1 - 3 units.
9211	COMM 412 - 001 Critical Theory	MoWe 1:25PM - 2:40PM	Nicholas Gerstner	Mitchell Hall-Rm 0009	Seats filled (25 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: An introduction to European modern and contemporary philosophy, from the enlightenment to contemporary postmodernism. 3 units.
10163	COMM 423 - 001 Critical Perspectives on Work, Labor, and Professional Life	MoWe 1:25PM - 2:40PM	SARAH DEMPSEY	Phillips Hall-Rm 0228	Seats filled (30 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: This upper level seminar develops a critical perspective on work, labor, and professional life within the global context. Throughout, we will engage in moral and philosophical debates about the status of labor and the meanings of work in our daily lives. 3 units.
3167	COMM 430 - 001 History of American Screenwriting	We 4:00PM - 6:30PM	Howard Craft	Murphey Hall-Rm 0314	Seats filled (25 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: This viewing and research-intensive course examines the history of American narrative film through the screenwriter's experience, using a decade-by-decade approach to examine the political, social, global, psychological, religious, and cultural influences on the art, process, and careers of screenwriters. 3 units.
3083	COMM 431 - 001 Advanced Audio Production	MoWe 9:05AM - 10:20AM	Mark Robinson	Communication Media-Rm 0111	Seats filled (14 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, COMM 130 or 150; Grade of C or better in COMM 130; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite. Advanced analysis and application of the principles and methods of audio production. 3 units.
3082	COMM 433 - 001 Intermediate Screenwriting	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	Joy Goodwin	Caldwell Hall-Rm 0208	3/4 (18 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, COMM 131. Open only to students in the writing for the screen and stage minor. Conceiving and outlining a feature-length screenplay. 3 units.
3451	COMM 450 - 002 Media and Popular Culture	MoWe 11:00AM - 12:15PM	Zari Taylor	Wilson Hall-Rm 0217	5/6 (25 total)	Seats filled	0/30
Description: Prerequisite, COMM 140. Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. Examination of communication processes and cultural significance of film, television, and other electronic media. 3 units.
13127	COMM 463 - 001 Creating the Solo Performance	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	Joseph Megel	Communication Media-Rm 0112	13/14 (14 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, COMM 160, DRAM 120, or ENGL 206, 207, or 208; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite. This course examines processes of creating and performing solo work. Students engage a variety of performances: autobiographical, representation of the lives of other/s, and exploration of cultural or political ideas. 3 units.
10131	COMM 490 - 002 Special Topics in Communication Studies	MoWe 1:25PM - 2:40PM	David Monje	Murphey Hall-Rm 0204	Seats filled (30 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. A special topics course on a selected aspect of communication studies. 3 units.
14679	COMM 490 - 003 Special Topics in Communication Studies	Tu 3:00PM - 5:30PM	Emily Spivey	Swain Hall-Rm 0104	Seats filled (18 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. A special topics course on a selected aspect of communication studies. 3 units.
10547	COMM 490 - 004 Special Topics in Communication Studies	Tu 3:00PM - 5:30PM	Howard Craft	Hamilton Hall-Rm 0425	14/16 (16 total)	Seats filled
Description: Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. A special topics course on a selected aspect of communication studies. 3 units.
13140	COMM 490 - 007 Special Topics in Communication Studies	MoWe 2:00PM - 3:15PM	E. Chebrolu	Phillips Hall-Rm 0383	19/30 (30 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. A special topics course on a selected aspect of communication studies. 3 units.
15958	COMM 490 - 010 Special Topics in Communication Studies	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	Allison Schlobohm	Wilson Hall-Rm 0202	16/26 (30 total)	Seats filled
Description: Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. A special topics course on a selected aspect of communication studies. 3 units.
5769	COMM 499 - 001 The Dark Side of Interpersonal Communication	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	Katie Striley	New East-Rm 0201	Seats filled (23 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: The "dark side" of communication is a metaphor describing the study of disruptive, dysfunctional, distorted, distressing, and destructive aspects of communication. This course explores humanity's darker side that allows us to reject, exclude, stigmatize, exploit, objectify, misguide, lie, and cheat. The course examines various theoretical perspectives and applies them to everyday problems in interpersonal encounters. A sample of topics discussed include: prejudice, stigma, marginalization, bullying, ostracism, resistance, manipulation, conformity, deceit, gossip, rumors, infidelity, and revenge. 3 units.
3381	COMM 535 - 001 Introduction to Screen Adaptation	Mo 3:30PM - 6:05PM	MICHAEL ACOSTA	Murphey Hall-Rm 0222	12/17 (18 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, COMM 131, 330, ENGL 130, or 132H. Students practice the craft of screen adaptation by conceptualizing, outlining, and writing scenes based on material from another medium (both fiction and nonfiction). Work is presented, discussed, and performed in a workshop environment. 3 units.
14561	COMM 564 - 001 Performance and Popular Culture	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	Tony Perucci	Communication Media-Rm 0112	19/20 (20 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, COMM 160. Critical examination of the operation of performance as a cultural phenomenon, with an emphasis on meaning, power, and resistance in cultural events, social practices, and media spectacles. 3 units.
13129	COMM 575 - 001 Presidential Rhetoric	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	Cori Dauber	Dey Hall-Rm 0210	10/15 (15 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, COMM 170. The power of the presidency depends in part upon the president's ability to rally public opinion, which depends upon the president's ability to use the "bully pulpit." This course examines the hurdles presidents face and the steps presidents take to shape opinion. 3 units.
3079	COMM 624 - 001 Hate Speech	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	MICHAEL WALTMAN	Greenlaw Hall-Rm 0318	16/17 (30 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: The primary focus of hate speech is on the ways that interactants manipulate hatred to accomplish a variety of social and personal goals. The pursuit of this focus will allow the student to appreciate the operation of hatred in a variety of contexts. Often taught as a service-learning course. 3 units.
5620	COMM 638 - 001 Game Design	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	JOYCE RUDINSKY	Communication Media-Rm 0105	Seats filled (14 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, COMM 150. Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. Studio course that explores gaming critically and aesthetically. Practice in game design and production including 3-D worlds and scripting. 3 units.
13131	COMM 644 - 001 Documentary Production: First Person Filmmaking	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	Julia Haslett	Communication Media-Rm 113A	10/11 (14 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, COMM 230; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite. Students create documentaries emphasizing the filmmaker's personal perspective and experience: essay, diary, and autobiographical films, and pieces in which the filmmaker performs a role for expressive or political ends. Significant class time is devoted to work-shopping student films. 3 units.
3084	COMM 647 - 001 Advanced Projects in Media Production	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	Kristin Hondros	Communication Media-Rm 113A	1/4 (14 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Prerequisites, COMM 230 and one of COMM 534, 635, 646, 653, or 654. Recommended preparation, several production courses above COMM 230. Course provides a structured environment, instructor and peer feedback, along with production and postproduction resources for completing advanced near-to-graduation media projects. Projects can be narrative, documentary, experimental, or interactive. 3 units.
13146	COMM 650 - 001 Cultural Politics of Global Media Economies	Tu 5:35PM - 8:25PM	MICHAEL PALM	Hanes Art Center-Rm 0215	21/30 (30 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, COMM 140; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite. Primary subjects will be popular culture and media technology, and guiding questions will be organized around the relationships of each to commerce and/as social change. 3 units.
13214	COMM 656 - 001 Sound for Film and Video: Theory and Practice for Motion Picture Sound Design	MoWe 11:00AM - 12:15PM	WILLIAM BROWN	Communication Media-Rm 0110	Seats filled (14 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, COMM 130. The aim of this course is to provide students who have an interest in film and video production with an understanding of the technical, conceptual, and aesthetic implications of the motion picture soundtrack, with a special emphasis on sound-image relationships. Students who have already developed a basic proficiency in the use of video cameras, audio recorders, and editing software will be asked to cultivate an understanding of and appreciation for the expressive and artistic possibilities. 3 units.
12589	COMM 666 - 001 Media in Performance	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	Tao Wang	Swain Hall-Rm 0110	8/14 (14 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Required preparation, one performance studies course above COMM 400. Permission of the instructor for students lacking the required preparation. Project-based class where students acquire skills and critical approaches to create collaborative, professional, multimedia works. 3 units.
13137	COMM 703 - 001 Communication and the Political	Tu 3:30PM - 6:20PM	Renee Alexander Craft, Kumi Silva	Greenlaw Hall-Rm 0104	12/20 (20 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: This course is designed for students to start thinking, in a historical and foundational way, about 'the political' as defined by formative thinkers from contrasting philosophical perspectives, as well as from necessarily different social positions within the field of power. 3 units.
14560	COMM 713 - 001 Primary Readings in Performance Studies	Th 3:30PM - 6:20PM	Tony Perucci	Swain Hall-Rm 0104	6/14 (14 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Course introduces graduate students to key texts that have informed the emergence of Performance Studies as a mode of inquiry into cultural, social, aesthetic, and political practices. 3 units.
13138	COMM 825 - 001 Seminar in Interpersonal and Organizational Communication	Mo 3:30PM - 6:20PM	SARAH DEMPSEY	Dey Hall-Rm 303A	8/14 (14 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: A variable topic seminar that permits faculty and graduate students the opportunity to explore significant historical and emerging issues in the field of communication. 3 units.
13144	COMM 856 - 001 Seminar in Communication Technology	We 5:45PM - 8:35PM	Aaron Shapiro	Carolina Hall-Rm 0213	9/14 (14 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, COMM 700. Examines new communication technologies, their spatial and social diffusion, and how these relate to theories of culture, politics, and technology and the real-world contexts in which technologies are received. May be repeated. 3 units.