M.S. Electives

Electives

The M.S. program provides considerable flexibility to students who wish to design their own curriculum. Outside of the program’s five required courses, students take six elective courses, which can be chosen to fit a certain specialty or interest, or can be taken from a variety of disciplines.

Below are examples of representative course clusters. Students can work with their M.S. advisor to develop their own cluster, choosing from among the entire list of elective courses.

Alphabetical List of Approved Electives

– B –
BUS 462	Marketing Research
BUS 465	Advertising and Promotion Management
BUS 480	Business Policy and Strategy
– C –
COM 402	Advanced Group Communication
COM 411	Rhetorical Criticism
COM 421	Communication Law
COM 441	Ethical Issues in Communication
COM 442	Communication and Conflict Management
COM 456	Organizational Communication
COM 476	Public Relations Applications
COM 487	Internet and Society
COM 523	International and Intercultural Communication
COM 527	Seminar in Organizational Conflict Management
COM 528	Communication Culture and Technology
COM 541	Quantitative Research Methods in Applied Communication
COM 542	Qualitative Research Methods in Applied Communication
COM 556	Seminar in Organizational Communication
COM 561	Human Communication Theory
COM 566	Seminar in Crisis Communication
CSC 442	Introduction to Simulation
CSC 454	Human-Computer Interaction
CSC 461	Computer Graphics
CSC 467	Multimedia Technology
CSC 501	Operating Systems Principles
CSC 510	Software Engineering
CSC 554	Human-Computer Interaction
– E –
EAC 559	The Adult Learner
EAC 540	Extension in Developing Countries
EAC 580	Designing Instructional Systems in Training and Development
EAC 581	Advanced Instructional Design in Training and Development
EAC 582	Organization and Operation of Training and Development Programs
EAC 583	Needs Assessment and Task Analysis in Training and Development
EAC 584	Evaluating Training Transfer and Effectiveness
EAC 585	Integrating Technology into Training Programs
EAC 586	Methods and Techniques of Training and Development
EAC 595W	Web-based Training
ECG 512	Law and Economics
ECG 515	Environmental and Resource Policy
ECG 537	Health Economics
ECG 715	Environmental and Resource Economics
ECE 792I	Information Theory
ECI 716	Design and Evaluation of Instructional Materials
ENG 508	Usability Studies for Technical Communication
ENG 513	Empirical Research Methods in Composition
ENG 516	Rhetorical Criticism: Theory and Practice
ENG 519	Online Information Design and Evaluation
ENG 520	Science Writing for the Media
ENG 524	Introduction to Linguistics
ENG 525	Variety in Language
ENG 527	Discourse Analysis
ENG 583	Gender and Medicine
ENG 583	Seminar on Communication in Health and Environmental Sciences
ET 460	Practice of Environmental Technology
– F –
FOR(MDS) 584	Practice of Environmental Impact Assessment
– G –
GC 420	Visual Thinking
GD 400	Advanced Graphic Design Studio
– H –
HI 581	History of Life Sciences
HI 582	Darwinism in Science and Theory
– I –
IE(PSY) 740	Human Factors in System Design
IE(PSY) 745	Human Performance
– N –
NR 571	Current Issues in Natural Resource Policy
– P –
PA 511	Public Policy Analysis
PA 512	The Budgetary Process
PA 513	Public Organization Behavior
PA 514	Management Systems
PA 525	Organization Design
PA 540	Computer Applications in Public Affairs
PA 550	Environmental Policy
PS 502	The Legislative Process
PSY 410	Learning and Motivation
PSY 420	Cognitive Processes
PSY 425	Introduction to Cognitive Science
PSY 500	Visual Perception
PSY 508	Cognitive Processes
PSY 511	Advanced Social Psychology
PSY 525	Introduction to Cognitive Science
PSY 704	Learning and Motivation
PSY(IE) 740	Human Factors in Systems Design
PSY 743	Ergonomic Performance Assessment
PSY(IE) 745	Human Performance
PSY 757	Innovation and Technology
PSY 764	Survey of Industrial/Organizational Psychology
PSY 768	Organizational Psychology
PSY 770	Organization Development and Change
– S –
SOC 410	Sociology of Organizations
SOC 450	Environmental Sociology
SOC 514	Developing Societies
SOC 610	Formal Organizations
SOC 752	Work and Industry
SOC 753	Formal Organizations
SOC 754	Economic Sociology
SOC 762	Urban Ecology