School of Communications (SOC) courses Abroad at AU student may take:
SOC limits Abroad at AU student enrollment to the courses listed below. Not all classes are offered every semester; so, you should check the schedule of classes to confirm a course is being offered during the semester you are at AU. Please note you must still meet all prerequisites to register for any of the below classes. The School of Communications requirements for courses can be quite strict. Many classes require you have scored at least 100 on the IBT and that you are a third year student. This means you must have completed 4 semesters of college level course work, prior to registering for this course.
General
- COMM 100 Understanding Media
- COMM 105 Visual Literacy
- COMM 200 Writing for Communication
- COMM 401 Communication Law
Topics Courses - COMM 196/296/396/496/596
Public Communications Focus
- COMM 209 Communication and Society
- COMM 300 Interpersonal Communication
- COMM 310 Public Speaking
- COMM 327 The PR Presidency
- COMM 470 Organizational Communication
- COMM 531 Political Communication
- COMM 533 Ethical Persuasion
- COMM 534 Race and Gender in Communication and the Media
- COMM 536 Entertainment Communication
- COMM 537 Sports Communication
- COMM 539 International Public Relations
- COMM 543 Speechwriting
- COMM 551 Internet Advocacy
- COMM 589 Sustainability Communication
Journalism Focus
- COMM 270 How the News Media Shapes History
- COMM 280 Contemporary Media in a Global Society
- COMM 426 Sports Writing and Reporting
- COMM 504 Journalism Ethics
- COMM 505 History of Broadcast Journalism
- COMM 510 Women in Journalism
- COMM 546 Foreign Policy and the Press
- COMM 548 Global Journalism: Issues and Trends in the 21 Century
- COMM 599 Media, Technology and Society
Film and Media Arts Focus
- COMM 511 History of Documentary
- COMM 512 Social Documentary
- COMM 516 Topics in Film and Media Arts
- COMM 517 History of Cross Cultural Cinema
- COMM 520 History of Animation
- COMM 524 Producing Environmental and Wildlife Films
- COMM 527 History of Photography
- COMM 556 Cross Cultural Film and Video Production
- COMM 557 Art of Visual Storytelling: From Concept to Storyboard
- COMM 558 Survey of American Cinema
- COMM 566 Practice of Environmentalism: Policy, Science, and Communication