Apr 16, 2024

2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog

2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [NOTE!!!! THIS IS AN ARCHIVED CATALOG. FOR THE CURRENT CATALOG, GO TO CATALOG.NIU.EDU]

Undergraduate Courses

A complete list of undergraduate courses in alphabetical order.

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	• COMS 100 - Fundamentals of Oral Communication
	• COMS 195 - Planning Your Communication Career and Life’s Path
	• COMS 200 - Advanced Public Speaking
	• COMS 201 - Group Discussion Skills
	• COMS 203 - Interpersonal Communication Skills
	• COMS 220 - Rhetoric and Public Issues
	• COMS 230 - Rhetoric and the Media
	• COMS 240 - Rhetoric of Interpersonal Communication
	• COMS 251 - Introduction to Media Studies
	• COMS 252 - Introduction to Communication Studies
	• COMS 300 - Speech Writing
	• COMS 302 - Introduction to Organizational Communication Theory
	• COMS 303 - Introduction to Interpersonal Communcation Theory
	• COMS 304 - Introduction to Persuasion Theory
	• COMS 305 - Argumentation and Debate
	• COMS 309 - Performance in Speech Communication
	• COMS 349 - Introduction to Digital Audio Production
	• COMS 355 - Media Writing
	• COMS 356 - Critical Interpretation of Film/Television
	• COMS 357 - Introduction to Studio Production
	• COMS 358 - Introduction to Field Production
	• COMS 359 - Interactive Media Production I
	• COMS 361 - Business and Professional Communication
	• COMS 362 - Intercultural Communication
	• COMS 370 - Principles of Advertising
	• COMS 380 - Corporate Advocacy and Issue Management
	• COMS 390 - Major Directors
	• COMS 392 - Special Topics in Media Production
	• COMS 400 - Rhetorical Theory
	• COMS 401 - Criticism of Public Rhetoric
	• COMS 402 - Group Communication
	• COMS 403 - Freedom of Speech and Communication Ethics
	• COMS 404 - Communication Theories
	• COMS 405 - Advanced Interpersonal Communication
	• COMS 407 - Practicum
	• COMS 410 - Communication and Gender
	• COMS 419 - Political Communication in America
	• COMS 426 - Advanced Documentary Field Production
	• COMS 427 - Advanced Narrative Field Production
	• COMS 435X - Advanced Public Relations
	• COMS 436 - Advanced Post Production
	• COMS 446 - Designing for the Internet
	• COMS 449 - Advanced Audio Production
	• COMS 450X - Instructional Video I
	• COMS 454 - Transnational Communication and Media
	• COMS 455 - Media Law and Ethics
	• COMS 456C - History of Film
	• COMS 456D - History of Film
	• COMS 457 - The Documentary Tradition
	• COMS 459 - History of Broadcasting
	• COMS 460 - Television Theory and Criticism
	• COMS 461A - Organizational Communication: Internal
	• COMS 461B - Organizational Communication: External
	• COMS 462 - Film Theory and Criticism
	• COMS 463 - Advanced Studio Production
	• COMS 465 - Computer-Mediated Communication
	• COMS 466 - Narrative Scriptwriting
	• COMS 469 - Interactive Media Production II
	• COMS 470 - Campaign Strategies and Development
	• COMS 480 - Communication and Conflict Management
	• COMS 481 - Communication Ethics in Organizations
	• COMS 491 - Methods of Research in Communication
	• COMS 492 - Special Topics in Media Production
	• COMS 493 - Special Topics in Media Studies
	• COMS 495A - Senior Thesis
	• COMS 495B - Senior Portfolio
	• COMS 496A - Special Topics in Interpersonal Communication and Personal Relationships
	• COMS 496B - Special Topics in Organizational Communication
	• COMS 496C - Special Topics in Communication Theory
	• COMS 496D - Special Topics in Persuasion and Social Influence
	• COMS 496R - Special Topics in Rhetoric
	• COMS 497 - Internship
	• COMS 498A - Independent Study
	• COMS 498B - Media Production Independent Study