Two-Year Course Schedule for Communication & Media

Some courses are not offered every year. Plan your studies by consulting the two-year schedule of course offerings on this page, and the updated course schedule in Self Serve. Please consult with student advising if you have any question or concerns. 

Fall 2025

COM 101 Intro to Communication and Media
COM 107 Public Speaking for Change
COM 225 Interpersonal Communication: Relating to Others 
COM 233 Organizing Across Contexts 
COM 265 Media Literacy and Culture
COM 300 Quantitative Research Methods
COM 301 Media and Society 
COM 330 Qualitative Research Methods
COM 332 Transforming Group and Team Communication
COM 333 The Future of Work
COM 361 Advertising for Creatives
COM 373 Environmental Organizing and Advocacy (crosslisted with ENV)
COM 391 Technology and Social Change: The Politics of Sociotechnical Transformation
COM 416 Political Rhetoric
COM 431 Intercultural Communication and Identity
COM 475 Senior Capstone Project

*Offered as an Exploration 

Spring 2026

COM 107 Public Speaking for Change
COM 225 Interpersonal Communication: Relating to Others 
COM 233 Organizing Across Contexts
COM 267 Creative and Technical Media (*new course under development)
COM 302* Communicating Science
COM 307 Public Speaking, Citizenship, and Democracy
COM 320 Media and Rhetorical Analysis
COM 352 Media Writing and Reporting
COM 362 Public Relations and Strategic Communication
COM 391 Health Communication
COM 411 Communicating Across Barriers
COM 433 Critical Perspectives on Work, Labor, and Organizing*
COM 434 Researching Organizational Life: Identity, Culture, Voice
COM 435 Visual Culture
COM 440 Media Criticism*
COM 475 Senior Capstone Project
COM 497 Communication Internship Practicum

*Offered as an Exploration class

Fall 2026

COM 101 Intro to Communication and Media
COM 107 Public Speaking for Change
COM 225 Interpersonal Communication: Relating to Others 
COM 233 Organizing Across Contexts 
COM 265 Media Literacy and Culture
COM 300 Quantitative Research Methods
COM 301 Media and Society 
COM 330 Qualitative Research Methods
COM 332 Transforming Group and Team Communication
COM 333 The Future of Work
COM 361 Advertising for Creatives
COM 402 Resist! Activist Communication for Social & Environmental Justice
COM 416 Political Rhetoric
COM 470 Plants, Nonhuman Animals, Food Systems, and Climate Communication
COM 475 Senior Capstone Project

Spring 2027

COM 101 Intro to Communication and Media
COM 107 Public Speaking for Change
COM 225 Interpersonal Communication: Relating to Others 
COM 233 Organizing Across Contexts 
COM 265 Media Literacy and Culture
COM 302 Communicating Science*
COM 307 Public Speaking, Citizenship, and Democracy
COM 320 Media and Rhetorical Analysis
COM 352 Media Writing and Reporting
COM 362 Public Relations and Strategic Communication
COM 411 Communicating Across Barriers
COM 425 Radical Relationships: Love, Care, Grief
COM 432 Embodiments of Place: Ecology, Trauma, and Belonging*
COM 433 Critical Perspectives on Work, Labor, and Organizing*
COM 434 Researching Organizational Life: Identity, Culture, Voice
COM 435 Visual Culture
COM 440 Media Criticism
COM 475 Senior Capstone Project
COM 497 Communication Internship Practicum

*Offered as an Exploration class

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