Communication and Society. This course discovers how aspects of talk (e.g., turn-taking, speech acts, narratives, dialect, and stance indicators) link with identities (e.g., ethnic and racial, age, gender, work-related, and personal). It considers how communication is central to constructing who people are and examines social controversies related to talk and identities. The course is approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: contemporary societies. It consists of 3 semester hours; 10 assignments and 1 exam. Online, self-pased course. Tuition cost: $711.

Interpersonal Communication. The course focuses on basic processes in face-to-face interaction, including verbal and nonverbal messages, coordination in conversation, messages about self and others, and communication in personal relationships. It emphasizes theory and concepts rather than skills. It is restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. The course consists of 3 semester hours; 8 assignments and 1 exam. Online, self-pased course. Tuition cost: $711.

Principles and Practices of Argumentation. It focuses on principles of argument, the process of critical decision making, and uses and limitations of logic and evidence. Besides, it examines contemporary issues (personal, social, political, or philosophical) are analyzed and debated. The course is restricted to juniors/seniors. Credit is not granted for this course. It is online, term-based, 14 weeks course. Tuition cost: $840.

Persuasion in Society. The course explores how persuasion influences decision making, focusing on different definitions and models of persuasion, ethical perspectives on persuasion, qualitative and quantitative research on persuasion, and the tools of motivation, as well as how to create effective and ethical persuasive messages. The course consists of 3 semester hours. It is online, term-based, 14 weeks course. Tuition cost: $840.

Communication, Technology, and Society. The course explores the complex role of communication technologies in the ways people communicate, interact, and think about the world. This course critically examines how virtual communities, online identities, cyborgs, blogs, webcams, home pages, video sharing sites (e.g., YouTube), social networking sites (e.g., Facebook), and various mobile technologies influence everyday understandings of our world and our selves. Also, it discovers issues related to information communication technologies such as access, piracy, file sharing, intellectual property, and privacy will also be explored. The course consists of 3 semester hours. It is online, term-based, 14 weeks course. Tuition cost: $840.