New Communication Studies Curriculum
Premieres Fall 2011
Students entering under the 2011-2013 UW Oshkosh Bulletin will complete the newly revised
curriculum in Communication Studies. Over the past two years, the communication faculty and
students have worked together to develop a new curriculum that draws upon the strengths of our
faculty and meets the needs of students in the new millennium. The NEW Communication
Studies Major will consist of a core of required courses, which all students will complete, and
four Content Focus Areas within which students can choose to focus their elective courses.
These areas are: Rhetoric and Public Advocacy, Organizational Communication, Interpersonal
Communication, and Communication Generalist.
Required Core Courses: 23 credits
COMM 104
COMM 214
COMM 219
COMM 280
COMM 302
COMM 375
COMM 368
COMM 498
COMM 439
Introduction to Communication Studies
Introduction to Interpersonal Communication
Introduction to Rhetoric and Public Advocacy
Introduction to Organizational Communication
Communication and the Human Condition
Argumentation Analysis
Systematic Inquiry in Communication Studies
Capstone in Communication Studies
Communication Career Capstone
1 credit
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
1 credit
Elective Options: 15 credits
Students may choose to pursue focused study in one of three Content Focus Areas or they
may select courses across the three areas and become Communication Generalists. Selected
courses in each focus area include the following:
Rhetoric and Public
Advocacy
 Free Speech
 Rhetoric of Rock Music
 Advanced Public Speaking
 Rhetoric of Women’s
Movement
 Rhetorical Criticism
 Environmental
Communication
 Rhetoric of Vietnam
Organizational
Communication
 Business and Professional
Speaking
 Communication in Nonprofit
Organizations
 Training and Development
 Managerial Communication
 Organizational Rhetoric
 Special Topics in
Organizational
Communication
Interpersonal
Communication
 Effective Listening
 Intercultural
Communication
 Nonverbal Communication
 Communication and
Conflict
 Special Topics in
Interpersonal
Communication