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Courses Courses marked with an asterisk (*) are required of all M.C.I.S. students. |
* 17:194:500M.C.I.S. Colloquium (0) Attendance at M.C.I.S. sponsored or approved colloquia or workshops, with one attendance required for each course registration each term. Required of all students each term. |
17:194:501,502,503,504,505,506,507,508,509Topics (3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3) Elective topics that focus on relevant current issues or problems confronting organizations and individuals such as identity, globalization, and risk. Also includes occasional skills-based topics courses. Offered only during Rutgers Summer and Winter Sessions. |
* 17:194:510Communication and Information Processes and Organizations (3) Examines the role of communication and information processes and technologies in organizations within a general discussion of work and its relation to personal and social responsibility, and goals in personal, academic, and career development. Offered once each year during the fall term. |
* 17:194:511Foundations of Organizational Communication (3) Offers frameworks for thinking about how and why communication occurs at different levels of analysis in organizations, and how to recognize, analyze, and improve different communication problems. Offered once each year during the fall term. |
* 17:194:512Mediated Communication in Organizations (3) Examines issues of design, adoption, and performance of new and
established communication technologies in organizational contexts,
focusing especially on how technologies are utilized within
organizations and the impact they have on organizational practices
generally. Offered once each year during the fall term. |
* 17:194:514Communication Research in Organizations (3) Examines approaches to organizational research, including issues of design, analysis, and interpretation of quantitative and qualitative study with emphasis on a practical approach for conducting research, understanding the research process, and reading and interpreting research reports. Offered once each year during the spring term. |
* 17:194:515Knowledge Management in Organizations (3) A critical approach to theories and applications of knowledge management in organizations, with special attention to knowledge creation and knowledge sharing including case studies from industry, education, government, and other organizations. Offered once each year during the spring term. |
* 17:194:517Media Studies: Theory and Practice (3) Examines the economic, political, and social impacts on and by media, socialization of media workers, cultural tensions relating to content, meaning and representation, along with the emergence of audiences, the construction of public opinion, and the impact of technology. Offered once each year during the spring term. |
* 17:194:519M.C.I.S. Capstone Seminar (3) Students integrate theory and practice through the preparation and presentation of a case study of one organization or organizational problem. Required of all degree candidates. |
17:194:520,521,522M.C.I.S. Fellow Internship I, II, III (3,3,3) Required of M.C.I.S. fellows each term of their fellowship placement, includes formal assessment of student by fellowship supervisor. Open only to students appointed as M.C.I.S. Fellows. |
17:194:523,524M.C.I.S. Teaching Internship I, II (3,3) Selected students assist faculty member with delivery and student evaluation of an undergraduate course. Open only to students appointed as M.C.I.S. Teaching Interns. |
17:194:525,526Elective Internship I, II (3,3) Recommended for students without significant experience in complex organizations; 150 hours of supervised professional practice in an approved organizational setting, with supervisor assessment and student report required. |
17:194:527Intensive Internship (6) Recommended for students without significant experience in complex organizations; 300 hours of supervised professional practice in an approved organizational setting, with supervisor assessment and student report required. |
17:194:528Graduate Assistantship (6) |
17:194:529Teaching Assistantship (6) |
17:194:530,531,532,533,534Independent Study (3,3,3,3,3) Focused readings or research conducted independently by student arranged with and approved by faculty sponsor and program director. |
17:194:535,536,537,538,539Practicum (3,3,3,3,3) Assistance with an ongoing research project(s) with a faculty member or outside sponsor approved by program director; student summary describing and evaluating the research experience required. |
17:194:540Organizational Leadership (3) Leadership theory and current practices in public and private sector organizations. Topics include leadership concepts, development and competencies, and the leadership role in defining, fostering, and sustaining organizational excellence. Prerequisite: 17:194:511 or permission of instructor. |
17:194:541Organizational Decision Making (3) Theories and research in supervisory/subordinate communication,
approaches to leadership and managerial communication, theories of
small-group development and group decision making, communication
research in human relations theory, approaches and research on
communication climates, and communication research in organizational
behavior and motivation. Prerequisite: 17:194:511 or permission of instructor. |
17:194:542Organizational Publics and Stakeholder (3) Focuses on research and analysis of publics (audiences), of organizational messages, and on theories governing the planning, management, and evaluation of specialized public communication programs designed to reach those publics. Theories of organizational structure, management, and communication effects provide conceptual framework for analyzing and implementing communication programs and campaigns. Prerequisite: 17:194:511 or permission of instructor. |
17:194:543Organizational Communication Research (3) Survey of major principles, research, and analytic techniques relative to organizational information processing. Analysis of the functions, transmission, and retention of information in the development and maintenance of organizations. Prerequisites: 17:194:511 and 17:194:514 or permission of instructor. |
17:194:544Organizational Cultures and Diversity (3) Development of familiarity with the major theoretical and research orientations to the study of organizational culture. How the construction and management of "culture" is related to power, the representation of interests, decision making, productivity, personnel development, and social well-being. Investigate cross-cultural relations and cultural change related to global organizational developments. Prerequisite: 17:194:511 or permission of instructor. |
17:194:545Public Relations Management (3) Analysis and preparation of case studies in industry, labor, education, government, and trade organizations, and the application of public relations techniques. Prerequisite: 17:194:511 or permission of instructor. |
17:194:546Management and Information Technology (3) Mix, distribution, and stages of assimilation of information technology (IT) within the organization; management audit of IT; framework for IT planning; linking organizational strategy; organizational issues in IT development; IT management control; impact of IT on organizational management; role of IT in determining critical success factors (CSFs) and managing organizational change. Prerequisites: 17:194:511 and 17:194:512 or permission of instructor. |
17:194:547Organizational Training and Development (3) Theory and practice of intervention in organizations and communication systems. Attention to development of communication training programs, consulting, and means of assessing the impact of development programs. Particular attention given to changes and difficulties resulting from the implementation of new information technologies. Prerequisite: 17:194:511 or permission of instructor. |
17:194:548Administrative Communication (3) Application of principles and theories of organizational communication in a simulated organization. Prerequisite: 17:194:511 or permission of instructor. |
17:194:549Organizational Assessment (3) Principles and practices in organizational communication and quality
assessment in industry, health care, government, and education. Topics
include: surveys (communication audits and inventories), Baldrige-based
assessment (criteria and application), interpretive approaches
(historical analysis, participant observation, and in-depth and
focus-group interviewing), and message analysis (content and
interaction). Prerequisites: 17:194:511 and 17:194:514 or permission of instructor. |
17:194:550Telecommunication Processes and Policy (3) Applications and policy implications of innovative communication and information-processing technology in business, government, and education; emphasis on political, economic, and legal aspects. Prerequisite: 17:194:512 or permission of instructor. |
17:194:551,552,553,554,555,556,557,558,559Topics in Mediated Communication (3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3) Advanced topics in mediated communication reflecting current research focus of faculty instructor. Prerequisite: 17:194:512 or permission of instructor. |
17:194:560Health Communication (3) Exploration of communication demands of health care and the development of effective communication strategies and skills for use in health care practice. |
17:194:561,562,563,564,565,566,567,568,569Topics in Communication and Health (3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3) Advanced topics in communication and health reflecting current research focus of faculty instructor. |
17:194:570Interpersonal Communication (3) Contemporary theories and major lines of classic and current research concerning interpersonal communication. Prerequisite: 17:194:510 or permission of instructor. |
17:194:571,572,573,574,575,576,577,578,579Topics in Social Interaction (3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3) Advanced topics in social interaction reflecting current research focus of faculty instructor. Prerequisites: 17:194:510 and 17:194:570 or permission of instructor. |
17:194:580Information Systems (3) Examination of user and organization objectives regarding information systems in organizations: system specification, data structure, interface requirements, and evaluation systems. Includes corporate and national information systems. |
17:194:581,582,583,584,585,586,587,588,589Topics in Knowledge Management (3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3) Advanced topics in knowledge management reflecting current research focus of faculty instructor. Co- or prerequisites: 17:194:515 and 17:194:580 or permission of instructor. |
17:194:590,591,592,593,594,595,596,597,598,599Topics in Media Studies (3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3) Advanced topics in media studies reflecting current research focus of faculty instructor. Prerequisite: 17:194:517 or permission of instructor. |
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