Courses
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16:194:600Ph.D. Colloquium (0) Required each term in course work. Forum for the presentation of research and professional activities by guest speakers, faculty, and students. |
16:194:601Information and Communication Processes (3) Nature of information and communication processes, and the role of information and communication in individual, social, and institutional behavior. Particular emphasis on the conceptual linkages between information and communication processes. |
16:194:602Research Foundations (3) Concepts, methods, and practices of social science research in relation to communication, information studies, and library studies. |
16:194:603Qualitative Research Methods (3) Qualitative approaches for examining communication and information processes, including information definition, acquisition, evaluation, and use. |
16:194:604Quantitative Research Methods (3) Facets of research, problem areas, research techniques, and experiments. |
16:194:605Current Research Issues (3) Integrative treatment of fundamental assumptions, paradigms, and directions in contemporary research on information, communication, and information systems. Students develop a research design relating to a chosen topic. |
16:194:610Seminar in Information Studies (3) Major problems, trends, and developments in information science and librarianship. Critical survey of current and classic research findings. |
16:194:612Human Information Behavior (3) Precursors to, and characteristics of, human information-seeking behavior, individual and social, both within and outside of institutional information systems. Relations between such behavior and information systems design and relevant technologies. |
16:194:614Information Retrieval Theory (3) Examines the basic problems of information retrieval (IR) from theoretical and experimental points of view. Develops a basis for the specification of design principles for IR systems. |
16:194:617Knowledge Representation for Information Retrieval (3) Concurrent consideration of options for knowledge representation, methods for evaluating the effect of these options on costs and effectiveness, and research relating to knowledge representation for information retrieval. |
16:194:619Experiment and Evaluation in Information Systems (3) Measures, models, and methods for evaluation of impact of information
systems within their environment and for microevaluation of performance
of system components and emphasis on methodology and strategies for
implementation. |
16:194:620Interpersonal Communication (3) Contemporary theories and major lines of classic and current research concerning interpersonal communication. |
16:194:621Organizational Communication Research (3) Survey of major principles and research relative to organizational communication. Analysis of the functions, transmission, and retention of information in the development and maintenance of organizations. |
16:194:622Health Communication (3)Provides an overview of the major areas of health communication
including health communication campaigns, physician-patient
communication, and communication among health professionals and
individuals affected by health issues. |
16:194:631Mass Communication Theory and Research (3) Current mass communication theories and approaches analyzed from a
research perspective. Topics include: critical theory; audience
ethnography; uses and gratifications; socialization processes; and
effects and agenda setting. |
16:194:632Scholarly and Scientific Communication (3) Study of the processes through which scholarly, scientific, and technical ideas are communicated: mentoring; professional, national, and international information networks; scholarly and scientific publishing; and other aspects of specialized information transfer. |
16:194:633Mediated Communication (3)Examines how newly emerging mediated communication technologies (e.g.,
moblie phones and Internet) affect social relationships and
organizations; also, how social forces affect adoption and usage
patterns of mediated technologies. |
16:194:635Health Communication Campaigns (3)Focuses on the design, implementation, and evaluation of communication
programs designed to change health behavior of individuals, groups, and
entire populations. |
16:194:636Interpersonal and Relational Facets of Health Communication (3)Overviews major themes of interpersonal health communication, including
issues such as physician-patient communication, relationships for
individuals with health issues, and the relationship of communication
to physical and mental health outcomes. |
16:194:637Mediated Health Communication (3)Focuses on how mediated communication is transforming health/medical
practice and affecting health policy processes. Topics range from the
way mediated communication sources affect the search for and
acquisition of health information to the way these technologies are
used to affect the behavior of individuals, groups, and entire
populations. |
16:194:641Information Policy and Technology (3) Impact of modern revolution in information technology; related
challenges of contemporary problems in information policies at
individual, organizational, national, and international levels. Use of
information indicators. |
16:194:642Information Regulation and Law (3) Historical and contemporary legal and regulatory issues stemming from the application of information technology. |
16:194:643Information Indicators (3) Integrated study of measures, indicators, and methods for quantitative description of information and communication systems, resources, and activities. Emphasis on drawing relations among different measures and application to information policy studies. |
16:194:645Advanced Concepts in Management of Information Organizations (3) Systematic consideration of the evolution of management theory leading to an evaluation of contemporary theoretical and research issues in planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling the information organization. Prerequisite: 17:610:508 or equivalent. |
16:194:648Organizational Assessment and Change (3) Systematic consideration of the theories and strategies of assessment,
planning, development, and change at the organizational and
programmatic levels in nonprofit and profit-seeking information
organizations. |
16:194:656Theories and Issues in Library Studies (3) Seminar examines the intellectual foundations for librarianship as a discipline, the development of a broadened understanding of pervasive theories and research issues, and the identification and exploration of research literature in librarianship and pertinent allied fields. |
16:194:660Audience Studies (3) Investigates the nature of audiences, how audiences emerge, and how audiences can be studied. Theories to be critiqued include weak/strong effects, uses and gratifications, reader response theory, cultural studies. |
16:194:662Media Literacy (3) Provides an overview of theories, principles, and research that inform the practice of media education worldwide. Theories of media education, various approaches to media pedagogy, and contemporary research problems addressed. |
16:194:663Media History and Institutions (3) Addresses basic issues in the history of print and electronic media,
emphasizing the media's political economy, the interrelationship of
media and society, and the ideological component in writing history. |
16:194:664Media and Culture (3) Cultural approaches to media studies, with a focus on major theories and critical analysis of media and popular culture. Topics include: cultural theory; aesthetics and taste; representation and ideology; consumer culture; media, culture, and identity; gender, race, class, and sexuality in media; fandom and subcultures. |
16:194:665Media and Politics (3) Theories and research relating old and new media to political decision
making. Topics include public attitudes and opinion, media policy,
interest articulation, political culture, ideology, rhetoric and
content analysis, framing, agenda setting. |
16:194:666Social Construction of News (3) Surveys and critiques social science research on news and the news media. Examines diverse scholarly perspectives, comparing them with the views of journalists, journalism critics, and the public. |
16:194:695Teaching Apprenticeship (0) A noncredit teaching apprenticeship to provide doctoral candidates with classroom experience. |
16:194:696,697Special Topics (3,3) (01) Communication Processes; (02) Library and Information Science; (03) Media Studies; (04) Advanced Topics in Quantitative Research; (05) Advanced Topics in Qualitative Research. |
16:194:698,699Independent Study (3,3) |
16:194:701,702Dissertation Research (BA,BA) |
16:194:800Matriculation Continued (0) |
16:194:811Graduate Fellowship |
16:194:866Graduate Assistantship (6) |
16:194:877Teaching Assistantship (6) |
