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ICR Possible Coursework for Graduate Degrees: 

Note:  100-level courses are UG/GR cross-over courses; please consult with your advisor and committee concerning how many of these you can reasonably take in your program of study)

For an Interest in Relational/Family Communication:
36:176	Advanced Relational Theory
36:374	Relational Communication Theory & Research
36:376	Family Communication
36:380	Seminar:  Dialogic Communication
36:383	Constructs, Communication & Identity
7C:145	Marriage & Family Interaction
7E:114	Parent-Child Relationships
31:141	Loss & Trauma
31:208	Psychology of Close Relationships
34:266	Changing Families and Public Policy
42:112	Human Sexuality
42:196	Family Violence
42:211	Individual & Family Development: Life Span (same as 153:211)
42:220	Family Law
42:232	Therapy with Couples
172:122	Maternal, Child, and Family Health

For an Interest in Culture & Communication:
36:375	Ethnography of Communication
36:331	Studies in Language Theory (same as 8:306)
36:339	Rhetoric and Culture
36:378	Critical Ethnography (same as 10:332; 160:332)
36:380	Dialogic Communication
36:347	Nationalism as a Communication Process
8N:255	Forms of the Essay: The Ethnographic Essay
19:255	Problems in International Communication
113:201	Anthropological Theory
113:205	Reading French Theories
113:215	Constructing America
113:250	Theoretical Approaches to Ritual
113:261	Rhetorics of Ethnographies

For an Interest in General Communication/Social Theory:
(Interpersonal Communication Theory indicated by *)
36:371	Interpersonal Communication Theory*
36:375	Ethnography of Communication*
36:241	Theories of Mass Media
36:335	Contemporary Rhetorical Studies
36:336	Seminar in Rhetorical Theory
36:373	Persuasion Theory & Research*
36:380	Dialogic Communication*
36:383	Constructs, Communication & Identity*
36:222	Feminist Cultural Studies
36:316	Foundations of Feminist Inquiry II
19:257	Communication & Social Theory
26:196	Philosophy of the Human Sciences
26:220	Philosophy of Language
26:224	Philosophy of Science
34:202	Theory Construction & Analysis*
34:201	History of Sociological Theory
34:220	Contemporary Approaches to Social Psychology*
113:205	Reading French Theorists
113:224	Semiotics

For an Interest in Gender & Communication:
36:222	Feminist Cultural Studies
36:316	Foundations of Feminist Inquiry II
10:264	Postcolonial Feminist Theory (same as 131:264)
19:256	Gender & Mass Communication
113:220	Femininst Anthropology
113:290	Feminist Perspectives on Biology and Culture
113:273	Language & Gender

For an Interest in Health Communication:

36:161	Physician-Patient Communication
36:270	Health Communication (same as 172:240)
36:373	Persuasion Theory & Research
36:379	Health Communication Campaigns (same as 172:246)
31:141	Loss & Trauma
31:250	introduction to Health & Behavioral Science
31:370	Seminar in Health Psychology
42:108	Basic Aspects of Aging
42:186	Death & Dying
113:108	Health & Cultural Diversity
113:182	Women, Health & Healing
113:223	Feminist Medical Anthropology
113:185	Medical Anthropology
172:101	Introduction to Health Promotion and Disease
172:242	Persuasion and Health
172:122	Maternal, Child, and Family Health

For an Interest in Persuasion/Social influence:
36:373	Persuasion Theory & Research
36:379	Health Communication Campaigns
36:335	Contemporary Rhetorical Studies
36:336	Seminar in Rhetorical Theory
19:254	Communication & Change
31:202	Attitudes and Persuasion
172:242	Persuasion and Health

For an Interest in Quantitative Methods:
(if Quantitative Methods of one of your three areas, you will need 21 hours minimum in coursework, preferably more)
36:370	Quantitative Methods (if not offered, try 19:261, Quantitative Research Methods)
And either the 7P or the 34 sequence
7P:243	Intermediate Statistical Methods
7P:244	Correlation & Regression
7P:245	Applied Multivariate Analysis
7P:246	Design of Experiments
7P:247	Nonparametric Statistics
7P:250	Computer Packages for Statistical Analysis
7P:249	Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling
7P:252	Introduction to Multivariate Statistical Methods
or:
34:214	Introduction to Sociological Analysis
34:215	Sampling, Measurement, and Observation Techniques
34:216	Linear Models in Sociological Research
34:217	Advanced Sociological Data Analysis
34:218	Advanced Statistical Modeling of Data

For an Interest in Qualitative Methods:
(if Qualitative Methods is one of your three primary areas, you will need approximately 21 hours of coursework)
36:372	Qualitative & Ethnographic Research Methods
36:378	Critical Ethnography (same as 10:332)
36:242	Studies & Practices of Audio and Video Production
36:220	Rhetorical Criticism
7C:338	Essentials of Qualitative Inquiry
8N:255	Forms of the Essay: The Ethnographic Essay
19:262	Qualitative Research Methods
113:106	Interviewing Americans
113:202	Ethnographic Field Methods
113:221	Feminist Ethnography
113:261	Rhetorics of Ethnographies
172:183	Qualitative Research for Public Health