Every semester, the department offers a wide variety of courses that focus on the many facets of contemporary communication studies. There are a variety of ways to obtain information about courses:
- View a list of courses being offered by the department this year. Click on the course number to read a course description.
- Browse courses by school or department.
- Search the course schedule by semester, department, course number range, or other criteria.
- Find interesting courses by key word using the Boston College search engine.
- Download a copy of the Boston College Catalog. (PDF).
In recent years, some combination of the following communication courses have been offered:
CO010--Rhetorical Tradition
CO020--Survey of Mass Communication
CO030--Public Speaking
CO105--Elements of Debate
CO204--Art and Digital Technology
CO213--Fundamentals of Audio I
CO214--Fundamentals of Audio II
CO215--Soundcasting Media
CO222--Studio Television Production
CO223--Field Television Production
CO224--Digital Nonlinear Editing
CO226--Final Cut Pro Editing
CO227--Broadcast Writing
CO230--News Writing
CO231--Feature Writing
CO233--Advanced Journalism
CO235--Advertising
CO238--Marketing the Arts
CO239--Principles of Theater Management
CO240--Public Relations
CO242--Producing Performing Arts
CO245--Advanced Public Relations
CO248--Computer Aided Drafting and Design
CO249--Communication Law
CO250--Mass Communication Ethics
CO251--Gender and Media
CO253--Interpersonal Communication
CO255--Media Aesthetics
CO259--Cyberlaw
CO260--American Public Address
CO263--Media, Law and Society
CO268--Business of Electronic Media
CO270--Linguistics and Communication
CO280--Broadcast Programming and Promotion
CO285--Cultural Diversity in the Media
CO293--Advanced Public Speaking
CO298--World Wide Web and Digital Media
CO310--Advertising Campaign Planning
CO350--Research Methods
CO372--Mass Communication Theory
CO374--Human Communication Theory
CO375--Argumentation Theory
CO377--Visual Communication Theory
CO378--Rhetorical Theory
CO400--Advanced Television Production
CO401--Visual Design
CO404--Advanced World Wide Web and Digital Media
CO425--Broadcast Century Issues
CO426--Television and Society
CO427--Culture, Communication and Power
CO429--Globalization and the Media
CO435--Rhetoric, Resistance and Protest
CO438--Rhetoric and Public Memory
CO440--Communication and Theology
CO442--Intercultural Communication
CO445--Seminar on Freedom of Expression
CO447--Communication Criticism
CO448--Television Criticism
CO449--Crisis Communication
CO451--Gender Roles and Communication
CO456--Relational Communication
CO458--Radio in Culture and Society
CO460--Fiction, Film and Video
CO462--Popular Music and Identity
CO463--Media and Popular Culture
CO464--Violence and Media
CO465--Health Communication
CO466--Nonverbal Communication
CO468--Organizational Communication
CO470--Conflict, Decision & Communication
CO478--Producing Documentaries
CO485--Advanced Intercultural Communication
CO520--Media Workshop (Internship)
CO592--Honors Thesis
CO597--Readings and Research