ABSTRACT
Special topic courses—courses that serve as “wild cards” that allow interested faculty and students to pursue a topic not part of the usual curriculum—are on every communication department's list of offerings. Recent special topic courses taught in several departments include:
Interpersonal Relationships in Contemporary Films
Interactive Communication Technologies in Organizations
The Family and Popular Media
Environmental Advocacy
Organizational Communication in Dilbert
The Performance of Social Identity
Ethnographic Study of a Residential Facility for People With AIDS
Media, Culture, and Public Life
Cultural History and Rock-and-Roll
Taking “Like a Family” to Appalachia
The Construction of Women and Feminism in Popular Discourse
Communication and Social Cognition
Superheroes and Communication Competency
Leadership Lessons Aboard the Starship Enterprise
