Summer 2025

Communication (COMM)

• http://annenberg.usc.edu/AcademicPrograms/Comm.aspx
• D class assignments for undergraduates available; URL: https://annenberg.usc.edu/dclearance.
• D class assignments for graduate students available; Email: gradasc@usc.edu.
• All graduate students (excluding PhDs) will be assessed a $200 per semester "ASCJ Technology fee." There is no technology fee charged for the summer term. Phone (213)740-5297, or email asctech@usc.edu for questions.

COMM 200: Communication and Social Science (4.0 units)

Social scientific inquiry into human communication; core theories of message production and reception in interpersonal, group and organizational contexts.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
20328R	051	Lecture-Discussion	1:00-3:50pm	MWF	6 of 19	Alejandro Alvarado Rojas	ASC240

COMM 205x: Communication Practicum (1.0-2.0 units, max 4)

Students address communication issues in a field setting. They will evaluate communication practices using appropriate methodology. Projects are jointly evaluated by internship supervisor and professor. Sophomore standing. Graded: CR/NC. Not for major credit for Communication majors.

• Restriction: Registration closed to the following class level(s): Freshmen

Section	Session	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
20384D	070	1.0	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 30		ONLINE
20385D	070	2.0	Lecture	TBA	TBA	1 of 30		ONLINE
20386D	076	1.0	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 30		ONLINE
20387D	076	2.0	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 30		ONLINE

COMM 309: Communication and Technology (4.0 units)

Cultural, social, political, and economic dynamics of communication technologies, including internet architecture, social media, participatory cultures, privacy, surveillance, networked journalism, big data, algorithms, online activism.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
20495R	050	Lecture-Discussion	9:30-12:20pm	MWF	5 of 19	William Orr	ASC240

COMM 395m: Gender, Media and Communication (4.0 units)

Issues of gender in communication, including: mediarepresentations of femininity and masculinity; and gender's rolein communication at the interpersonal, public, and cultural levels.

• Diversity: This course satisfies the university's diversity requirement.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
20603R	051	Lecture-Discussion	9:30-12:20pm	MWF	4 of 19	Javier Rivera	ASC328

COMM 413: Propaganda, Ideology and Public Controversy (4.0 units)

Seminar examining the relationship between propaganda, ideology, critical thinking and rhetoric; application to contemporary controversies, both domestic and global; role of public argument.

• Restriction: Registration closed to the following class level(s): Freshmen, Sophomore

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
20630R	050	Lecture	1:00-3:50pm	MWF	3 of 19	Josh Widera	ASC228

COMM 794a: Doctoral Dissertation (2.0 units)

Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.

• Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
20978D	051	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 15	Hector Amaya	OFFICE
20979D	059	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 15	Hector Amaya	OFFICE

COMM 794b: Doctoral Dissertation (2.0 units)

Credit on acceptance of Dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.

• Prerequisite: COMM 794A
• Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
20980D	051	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 15	Hector Amaya	OFFICE
20981D	059	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 15	Hector Amaya	OFFICE

COMM 794c: Doctoral Dissertation (2.0 units)

Credit on acceptance of Dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.

• Prerequisite: COMM 794B
• Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
20982D	051	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 15	Hector Amaya	OFFICE
20983D	059	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 15	Hector Amaya	OFFICE

COMM 794d: Doctoral Dissertation (2.0 units)

Credit on acceptance of Dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.

• Prerequisite: COMM 794C
• Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
20984D	051	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 15	Hector Amaya	OFFICE
20985D	059	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 15	Hector Amaya	OFFICE

COMM 794z: Doctoral Dissertation (0.0 units)

Credit on acceptance of Dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.

• Prerequisite: COMM 794D
• Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
20986D	051	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 15	Hector Amaya	OFFICE
20987D	059	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 15	Hector Amaya	OFFICE