COMM3340 · Communication
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
One of COMM3330 or COMM3340 is required for the Communication major.. This course is designed to introduce students to historical, critical, and cultural methods in Communication research. Among the topics emphasized are: (1) development of theses and arguments, (2) critical/cultural data collection methods (e.g., archival research and locating texts), and (3) data analysis and interpretation (e.g., critical discourse analysis and textual analysis). The objective of the course is to provide students with the resources to interpret, evaluate, and conduct research in Communication from a critical/cultural perspective.
Course experience
Averages use the original five-point historical evaluation scale.
Organization
4.3 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.4 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.6 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.4 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~3
hours per week
Estimated from the original workload response buckets. Individual sections may differ.
Instructor options
Ratings below reflect only recovered evaluations connected to this course.
Associate Professor of the Practice, Communication Department
4.3 / 5
4.0 / 5
Associate Professor of the Practice, Communication Department
4.7 / 5
4.4 / 5
Associate Professor of the Practice, Communication Department
3.7 / 5
3.5 / 5
Professor of the Practice, Communication Department
4.9 / 5
4.6 / 5
Across time
Section-level results available in the recovered archive.
Spring 2024
2 sectionsFall 2023
2 sectionsSpring 2023
2 sectionsFall 2022
1 sectionSpring 2022
2 sectionsFall 2021
2 sectionsSpring 2021
2 sectionsFall 2020
2 sectionsSpring 2020
2 sections