Clarkie Catalog

MSPC3250

COMMUNICATION THEORY

Also listed under 4 other titles
  • COMMUNICATION THEORY& RESEARCH
  • Communication Theory and Research
  • COMMUNICATION THEORY+ RESEARCH
  • CRITICAL ANALYSIS + RESEARCH
Department
Master of Science Prof. Comm.
Terms offered
44
Data refreshed
Sep 29, 2026

Description

Section information text: Examines origins, nature, and consequences of communication. Students review the role of theory and its applicability in understanding communication and interaction in life, work, and cultural contexts. Students are introduced to major theories of communication which includes semiotics, cybernetic, socio-psychological, socio-cultural, critical, and rhetorical traditions.

Syllabi

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Offering history & forecast 2008–2018

1999
2018
Sections offered by academic year and season, with estimated offering chances for future years above the divider
YearFallSpringSummerIntersession
2030 2030 Fall: 9% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 1 of 9 fall terms since 2018. 2030 Spring: 9% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 1 of 9 spring terms since 2018. 2030 Summer: 9% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 1 of 9 summer terms since 2018. 2030 Intersession: 8% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 6 intersession terms since 2020.
2029 2029 Fall: 9% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 1 of 10 fall terms since 2017. 2029 Spring: 11% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 2 of 10 spring terms since 2017. 2029 Summer: 11% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 2 of 10 summer terms since 2017. 2029 Intersession: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017.
2028 2028 Fall: 8% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 1 of 11 fall terms since 2016. 2028 Spring: 13% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 3 of 11 spring terms since 2016. 2028 Summer: 13% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 3 of 11 summer terms since 2016. 2028 Intersession: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017.
2027 2027 Fall: 10% chance, high confidence. Offered in 2 of 12 fall terms since 2015. 2027 Spring: 15% chance, high confidence. Offered in 4 of 12 spring terms since 2015. 2027 Summer: 15% chance, high confidence. Offered in 4 of 12 summer terms since 2015. 2027 Intersession: 6% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017.
2018 1 section 1 section 1 section No data for this term
2017 Not offered 1 section 1 section Not offered
2016 Not offered 1 section 1 section No data for this term
2015 1 section 3 sections 1 section No data for this term
2014 3 sections 4 sections 1 section No data for this term
2013 5 sections 3 sections 1 section No data for this term
2012 5 sections 4 sections 2 sections No data for this term
2011 4 sections 2 sections 2 sections No data for this term
2010 5 sections 3 sections 1 section No data for this term
2009 3 sections 3 sections 1 section No data for this term
2008 2 sections 1 section Not offered No data for this term
Forecast Under 15% 15–39% 40–69% 70–89% 90%+ Not enough history
Fall Spring Summer Intersession Darker means more sections Not offered No data for term

Future estimates combine recent offering frequency with detected multi-year cycles. Hover a cell for confidence and evidence; low-confidence estimates are marked with ~.

Meeting times

Most recent first
  • Mon, 6:30 PM–9:30 PM JC106 20182011-12010-12009-120082000 +1 more Also offered in Fall 1999
  • Sat, 10:00 AM–1:00 PM JC106 2017
  • Thu, 6:30 PM–9:30 PM 201420132012-12011-12010-12004 +1 more Also offered in Fall 2002
  • Mon, Wed, 6:00 PM–9:30 PM JC204 2012-12011-120102009
  • Wed, 6:30 PM–9:30 PM JC218 2009-12001
  • Tue, Thu, 6:00 PM–9:00 PM JC104 20042003
  • Mon, Wed, 6:00 PM–9:00 PM JC220 2001
  • Tue, 6:30 PM–9:30 PM JC001 2000
2018–19 1 entry
Credit-bearing sections of MSPC3250, 2018–19
TermProfessorTypeCreditsEnrollmentCRN
Fall 2018Stephanie A. MeddenLecture1 18 of 25 enrolled26887
2017–18 2 entries
Credit-bearing sections of MSPC3250, 2017–18
TermProfessorTypeCreditsEnrollmentCRN
Summer 2018Stephanie A. MeddenLecture1 2 of 25 enrolled10070
Spring 2018Timothy M. SuttonLecture1 26 of 25 enrolled33295
2016–17 2 entries
Credit-bearing sections of MSPC3250, 2016–17
TermProfessorTypeCreditsEnrollmentCRN
Summer 2017Stephanie A. MeddenLecture1 7 of 25 enrolled10070
Spring 2017Stephanie A. MeddenLecture1 25 of 25 enrolled33295
2015–16 3 entries
Credit-bearing sections of MSPC3250, 2015–16
TermProfessorTypeCreditsEnrollmentCRN
Summer 2016John A. Chetro-SzivosLecture1 7 of 25 enrolled10070
Spring 2016John A. Chetro-SzivosLecture1 14 of 25 enrolled33295
Fall 2015John A. Chetro-SzivosLecture1 23 of 25 enrolled24196
2014–15 7 entries
Credit-bearing sections of MSPC3250, 2014–15
TermProfessorTypeCreditsEnrollmentCRN
Summer 2015John A. Chetro-SzivosLecture1 11 of 25 enrolled10070
Spring 2015John A. Chetro-SzivosLecture1 14 of 25 enrolled33295
Spring 2015Michal J. ChmieleckiLecture1 24 of 99 enrolled33757
Spring 2015Daniil OsipovLecture1 6 of 99 enrolled33716
Fall 2014Mary M. PiecewiczLecture1 11 of 25 enrolled24196
Fall 2014Michal J. ChmieleckiLecture1 24 of 99 enrolled24495
Fall 2014Mary M. PiecewiczLecture1 9 of 5 enrolled24360
2013–14 10 entries
Credit-bearing sections of MSPC3250, 2013–14
TermProfessorTypeCreditsEnrollmentCRN
Summer 2014John A. Chetro-SzivosLecture1 9 of 25 enrolled10070
Spring 2014John A. Chetro-SzivosLecture1 6 of 25 enrolled33295
Spring 2014Michal J. ChmieleckiLecture1 13 of 99 enrolled33757
Spring 2014Daniil OsipovLecture1 7 of 99 enrolled33716
Spring 2014Alicja Waszkiewicz-RavivLecture1 37 of 99 enrolled33750
Fall 2013John A. Chetro-SzivosLecture1 13 of 6 enrolled23449
Fall 2013John A. Chetro-SzivosLecture1 22 of 25 enrolled23274
Fall 2013Michal J. ChmieleckiLecture1 29 of 99 enrolled23572
Fall 2013Michal J. ChmieleckiLecture1 12 of 99 enrolled23576
Fall 2013Iuliia V. AstashovaLecture1 7 of 99 enrolled23566
2012–13 9 entries
Credit-bearing sections of MSPC3250, 2012–13
TermProfessorTypeCreditsEnrollmentCRN
Summer 2013John A. Chetro-SzivosLecture1 12 of 25 enrolled10075
Spring 2013Julie D. FrechetteLecture1 17 of 20 enrolled32644
Spring 2013Alevtina KellerLecture1 7 of 99 enrolled32947
Spring 2013UnlistedLecture1 18 of 99 enrolled32981
Fall 2012Julie D. FrechetteLecture1 19 of 20 enrolled22493
Fall 2012Michal J. ChmieleckiLecture1 32 of 99 enrolled22871
Fall 2012Michal J. ChmieleckiLecture1 30 of 99 enrolled22882
Fall 2012Julie D. FrechetteLecture1 3 of 4 enrolled22718
Fall 2012Aleksandra YakovlevaLecture1 28 of 99 enrolled22853
2011–12 10 entries
Credit-bearing sections of MSPC3250, 2011–12
TermProfessorTypeCreditsEnrollmentCRN
Summer 2012John A. Chetro-SzivosLecture1 6 of 25 enrolled10145
Summer 2012Galina V. BelyakovaLecture1 7 of 99 enrolled10305
Spring 2012Julie D. FrechetteLecture1 12 of 25 enrolled31776
Spring 2012Michal J. ChmieleckiLecture1 17 of 99 enrolled32189
Spring 2012UnlistedLecture1 20 of 99 enrolled32203
Spring 2012UnlistedLecture1 19 of 99 enrolled32204
Fall 2011Michal J. ChmieleckiLecture1 22 of 99 enrolled22060
Fall 2011Michal J. ChmieleckiLecture1 33 of 99 enrolled22079
Fall 2011Bartosz KubickiLecture1 3 of 99 enrolled22074
Fall 2011John A. Chetro-SzivosLecture1 26 of 25 enrolled21700
2010–11 9 entries
Credit-bearing sections of MSPC3250, 2010–11
TermProfessorTypeCreditsEnrollmentCRN
Summer 2011John A. Chetro-SzivosLecture1 11 of 25 enrolled13573
Summer 2011Marina V. KitikLecture1 19 of 99 enrolled13806
Spring 2011John A. Chetro-SzivosLecture1 15 of 25 enrolled40570
Spring 2011Bartosz KubickiLecture1 8 of 99 enrolled41048
Fall 2010John A. Chetro-SzivosLecture1 24 of 25 enrolled28460
Fall 2010Michal J. ChmieleckiLecture1 23 of 99 enrolled28794
Fall 2010Michal J. ChmieleckiLecture1 18 of 99 enrolled28823
Fall 2010Marina V. KitikLecture1 18 of 999 enrolled28738
Fall 2010Katarzyna SzczepaniakLecture1 16 of 99 enrolled28807
2009–10 7 entries
Credit-bearing sections of MSPC3250, 2009–10
TermProfessorTypeCreditsEnrollmentCRN
Summer 2010John A. Chetro-SzivosLecture1 5 of 20 enrolled13097
Spring 2010John A. Chetro-SzivosLecture1 11 of 20 enrolled37805
Spring 2010Michal J. ChmieleckiLecture1 16 of 999 enrolled38247
Spring 2010Katarzyna SzczepaniakLecture1 14 of 999 enrolled38267
Fall 2009John A. Chetro-SzivosLecture1 11 of 25 enrolled26672
Fall 2009Michal J. ChmieleckiLecture1 29 of 999 enrolled26886
Fall 2009Olga ParshinaLecture1 33 of 999 enrolled26882
2008–09 6 entries
Credit-bearing sections of MSPC3250, 2008–09
TermProfessorTypeCreditsEnrollmentCRN
Summer 2009John A. Chetro-SzivosLecture1 10 of 25 enrolled13160
Spring 2009Julie D. FrechetteLecture1 23 of 25 enrolled36661
Spring 2009Michal J. ChmieleckiLecture1 11 of 999 enrolled37324
Spring 2009Malgorzata KosiarzLecture1 19 of 999 enrolled37335
Fall 2008Michal J. ChmieleckiLecture1 31 of 100 enrolled26132
Fall 2008Boris V. KaygorodovLecture1 34 of 999 enrolled25991
2007–08 3 entries
Credit-bearing sections of MSPC3250, 2007–08
TermProfessorTypeCreditsEnrollmentCRN
Spring 2008John A. Chetro-SzivosLecture1 1 of 3 enrolled36487
Fall 2007Michal J. ChmieleckiLecture1 36 of 999 enrolled25314
Fall 2007Michal J. ChmieleckiLecture1 18 of 999 enrolled25315
2006–07 3 entries
Credit-bearing sections of MSPC3250, 2006–07
TermProfessorTypeCreditsEnrollmentCRN
Spring 2007Baruch MevorachLecture1 17 of 999 enrolled35897
Spring 2007Michal J. ChmieleckiLecture1 38 of 999 enrolled35922
Fall 2006Michal J. ChmieleckiLecture1 Enrollment not recorded; capacity 99924650
2003–04 2 entries
Credit-bearing sections of MSPC3250, 2003–04
TermProfessorTypeCreditsEnrollmentCRN
Summer 2004John A. Chetro-SzivosLecture1 7 of 25 enrolled10939
Spring 2004John A. Chetro-SzivosLecture1 19 of 25 enrolled31733
2002–03 2 entries
Credit-bearing sections of MSPC3250, 2002–03
TermProfessorTypeCreditsEnrollmentCRN
Summer 2003John A. Chetro-SzivosLecture1 20 of 25 enrolled10549
Fall 2002John A. Chetro-SzivosLecture1 16 of 25 enrolled27089
2001–02 3 entries
Credit-bearing sections of MSPC3250, 2001–02
TermProfessorTypeCreditsEnrollmentCRN
Spring 2002UnlistedLecture1 40 of 999 enrolled36999
Fall 2001John A. Chetro-SzivosLecture1 18 of 25 enrolled25886
Fall 2001UnlistedLecture1 24 of 999 enrolled26283
2000–01 3 entries
Credit-bearing sections of MSPC3250, 2000–01
TermProfessorTypeCreditsEnrollmentCRN
Summer 2001John A. Chetro-SzivosLecture1 9 of 25 enrolled10089
Spring 2001UnlistedLecture1 Enrollment not recorded; capacity 99936085
Fall 2000Charles H. SidesLecture1 15 of 20 enrolled25164
1999–00 3 entries
Credit-bearing sections of MSPC3250, 1999–00
TermProfessorTypeCreditsEnrollmentCRN
Spring 2000Charles H. SidesLecture1 13 of 13 enrolled34786
Spring 2000UnlistedLecture1 Enrollment not recorded; capacity 99935139
Fall 1999Elena R. KyleLecture1 22 of 21 enrolled24373