MSPC3770
POLITICAL COMMUNICATION
- Department
- Master of Science Prof. Comm.
- Terms offered
- 22
- Data refreshed
- Sep 1, 2026
Description
Section information text: This course offers an introduction to political communication, a preeminently practical activity whose role in informing, influencing and legitimizing decisions is crucial to both domestic and international politics. The course looks at fundamental themes of political communication, such as agenda setting, framing, and branding. The course also looks at relevant media formats - infotainment for example - or trends - the emotive news - or technology - the new media. This course is based on the idea that to achieve effective political communication it is necessary to know how media work in general and in the context of politics, and how citizens, journalists and politicians make sense of and use political messages.
Syllabi
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Offering history & forecast 2013–2023
1996 2023
| Year | Fall | Spring | Summer | Intersession |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2030 | 2030 Fall: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 9 fall terms since 2018. | 2030 Spring: 31% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 5 of 9 spring terms since 2018. | 2030 Summer: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 9 summer terms since 2018. | 2030 Intersession: 8% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 6 intersession terms since 2020. |
| 2029 | 2029 Fall: 6% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 10 fall terms since 2017. | 2029 Spring: 19% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 5 of 10 spring terms since 2017. Department course count falling about 11% per year. Department faculty is about 15% below its recent average. | 2029 Summer: 6% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 10 summer terms since 2017. | 2029 Intersession: 10% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 1 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. |
| 2028 | 2028 Fall: 5% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 11 fall terms since 2016. | 2028 Spring: 22% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 5 of 11 spring terms since 2016. Department course count falling about 2% per year. Department faculty is about 16% below its recent average. | 2028 Summer: 5% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 11 summer terms since 2016. | 2028 Intersession: 10% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 1 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. |
| 2027 | 2027 Fall: 5% chance, high confidence. Offered in 0 of 12 fall terms since 2015. | 2027 Spring: 26% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 5 of 12 spring terms since 2015. Department faculty is about 14% below its recent average. | 2027 Summer: 5% chance, high confidence. Offered in 0 of 12 summer terms since 2015. | 2027 Intersession: 9% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 1 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. |
| 2023 | Not offered | 1 section | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2022 | Not offered | 1 section | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2021 | Not offered | 1 section | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2020 | Not offered | 1 section | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2019 | Not offered | 1 section | Not offered | No data for this term |
| 2018 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | No data for this term |
| 2017 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | 1 section |
| 2016 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | No data for this term |
| 2015 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | No data for this term |
| 2014 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | No data for this term |
| 2013 | Not offered | Not offered | 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- Wed, 6:30 PM–9:30 PM JC218 2009
- Tue, 6:30 PM–9:30 PM JC215 2008
- Tue, Thu, 6:00 PM–9:00 PM JC218 1999
- Tue, Thu, 6:30 PM–9:30 PM 1996
| Term | Professor | Type | Credits | Enrollment | CRN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2023 | Julie D. Frechette | Online | 1 | 10 of 30 enrolled | 30814 |
| Spring 2022 | Julie D. Frechette | Online | 1 | 8 of 15 enrolled | 30814 |
| Spring 2021 | Julie D. Frechette | Online | 1 | 10 of 15 enrolled | 37194 |
| Spring 2020 | Julie D. Frechette | Lecture | 1 | 7 of 15 enrolled | 37194 |
| Spring 2019 | Julie D. Frechette | Lecture | 1 | 12 of 15 enrolled | 37194 |
| Intersession 2017-18 | Eric R. Boehme | Lecture | 1 | 6 of 20 enrolled | 50003 |
| Fall 2012 | Julie D. Frechette | Lecture | 1 | 7 of 20 enrolled | 22612 |
| Fall 2012 | Julie D. Frechette | Lecture | 1 | Enrollment not recorded; capacity 3 | 22751 |
| Fall 2009 | Julie D. Frechette | Lecture | 1 | 8 of 15 enrolled | 25888 |
| Fall 2008 | Julie D. Frechette | Lecture | 1 | 3 of 25 enrolled | 25888 |
| Spring 2002 | Unlisted | Lecture | 1 | Enrollment not recorded; capacity 999 | 36521 |
| Spring 2001 | Unlisted | Lecture | 1 | Enrollment not recorded; capacity 999 | 36094 |
| Spring 2000 | Unlisted | Lecture | 1 | Enrollment not recorded; capacity 999 | 35141 |
| Fall 1999 | Unlisted | Lecture | 1 | Enrollment not recorded; capacity 999 | 24644 |
| Summer 1999 | George F. Bohrer Jr | Lecture | 1 | 5 of 25 enrolled | 10087 |
| Spring 1999 | Unlisted | Lecture | 1 | 0 of 0 enrolled | 34260 |
| Fall 1998 | Unlisted | Lecture | 1 | 0 of 0 enrolled | 23869 |
| Spring 1998 | Unlisted | Lecture | 1 | Enrollment not recorded; capacity 999 | 33350 |
| Fall 1997 | Unlisted | Lecture | 1 | Enrollment not recorded; capacity 999 | 23039 |
| Spring 1997 | Unlisted | Lecture | 1 | Enrollment not recorded; capacity 999 | 32367 |
| Fall 1996 | Unlisted | Lecture | 1 | Enrollment not recorded; capacity 999 | 22176 |
| Summer 1996 | Kevin O'Sullivan | Lecture | 1 | 14 of 20 enrolled | 10122 |
| Summer 1996 | Unlisted | Lecture | 1 | Enrollment not recorded; capacity 1 | 10423 |
| Spring 1996 | Unlisted | Lecture | 1 | Enrollment not recorded; capacity 999 | 31436 |