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Dec 07, 2025
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University General Course Catalog 2021-2022 ARCHIVED CATALOG: LINKS AND CONTENT ARE OUT OF DATE. CHECK WITH YOUR ADVISOR.
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COM 212 - Introduction to Communication Research (3 units)
Basic approaches to research in speech communication. Introduction to historical, analytical, critical and empirical methods of investigation.
Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Fall and Spring
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. describe the communication studies discipline and its related subfields.
2. identify and distinguish between research paradigms, metatheorectical perspectives, and theory.
3. conduct academic research by retrieving sources from library databases, evaluating scholarship, and accurately using APA citation.
4. read and comprehend academic articles from the communication studies discipline.
5. synthesize information to write and revise literature reviews using APA citation and formatting.
6. compare various types of methodologies used in communication studies research.
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