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CAS 555 – Interpersonal Communication

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In coordination with an undergraduate-run organization called Students Teaching Students, CAS department faculty members mentor exemplary students who develop and teach 1-credit courses on a variety of subjects that advance expertise in communication and its role in public life. This semester, Associate Teaching Professor Lori Bedell is supporting undergraduates Kara Miller (who was in Lori’s RCL course a few years back) and Jess Strait as they teach a course titled “Period Talk: The Impact of Stigma on the Menstrual Equity Movement.”
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CAS 555 – Interpersonal Communication

This course is intended as an introduction to theories of interpersonal communication for graduate students in communication science and related disciplines. The content goal of the course is to examine several important and/or exemplary theories of interpersonal communication. This course is also designed to facilitate an understanding of the relationship between a systematic program of empirical research and theory development. To these ends, this course will involve an in-depth review of programs of research that correspond with particular theories of interpersonal communication.

Course Objectives

  • Taking a deep dive into influential theories of interpersonal communication
  • Thinking systematically about theory development and refinement
  • Identifying intersections between multiple theoretical perspectives on interpersonal communication