Persuasion Ph.D. Track

Required Methodology Courses

COMM 301: Investigation of Special Topics: Introduction to Research Methods (may be waived with methods background)
COMM 302: Research Methods
COMM 303: Advanced Communication Research Methods
COMM 305: Theory Construction and Research Design
COMM 401: Proseminar in Communication Research

Elective Methodology Course. One of the following:

POLI 379: Principles and Methods of Survey Research
POLI 380: The Practice of Survey Research
PSYC 348: Field Research Methods
PSYC 349: Causal Modeling in Social Psychology
PSYC 392: Measurement and Scaling
SOCI 324: Qualitative Methodology
STAT 343: Design of Experiments

Directed Research Requirement

COMM 490: Seminar and Directed Research in Communication

Required Common Theory Courses (At least 2 of the 3)

COMM 310: Persuasion Theory and Research

At least one of:
COMM 320: Interpersonal Communication
COMM 330: Mass Communication Theory

Required Core Theory Courses (4 courses)

COMM 315: Communication Campaigns
COMM 331: Seminar in Mass Communication Research
COMM 351: Seminar in Nonverbal Communication and Persuasion
COMM 341: Political Communication

Emphasis Area Courses (At least 5 of the following courses)
Common or Core Theory Courses not used to fulfill requirements above may be used to fulfill this requirement.

PHIL 312: Seminar in the Philosophy of Science
PHIL 316: Seminar in the Philosophy of Social Science
PHIL 317: Seminar in the Philosophy of Psychology
COMM 326: Organizational Communication: Theory and Research
PSYC 337: Advanced Social Psychology
COMM 350: Nonverbal Communication
PSYC 382: Organizational Psychology
PSYC 372: Attitude Organization and Change
PSYC 367: Memory and Cognition