SciComm Appendix I

Appendix I

Science Communication Courses in NCA Departments Offering a PhD

Column heads:

Audience:

Public: Public (e.g., popular press)

Scientist: Science discourse communities

Both: Both scientists and public

Subject Focus

ENV Environmental

POL Policy

RISK Risk

SOC Sociology / Social Movements

SUS Sustainability

SciEth Science Ethics

SciTech Science, Technology, & Culture

Number of courses encountered: 84 (42 departments)

	Audience			Subject Focus
	Public	Scientist	Both	ENV	POL	RISK	SOC	SUS	SciEth	SciTech
Column Totals:	56	13	11	43	15	11	26	5	1	11
American University, School of Communication 1) PhD in Communication
1) COMM-524 Producing Environmental and Wildlife Films	✓
This course focuses on the art of producing: being creative, selecting and researching issues, writing a film treatment, telling effective and fascinating stories, finding compelling characters, pitching powerfully, speaking effectively in public, marketing, distributing, conducting outreach, raising money, thinking ethically, and working with NGOs.
2) COMM-566 Practice of Environmentalism: Policy, Science, and Communication	✓			✓	✓		✓
This course brings together students and faculty in environmental science, international politics, and media production to forge an interdisciplinary approach to the study of environmental action. Students learn field research methods, policy analysis, and documentary communication techniques. Each student, as part of an interdisciplinary team, produces a major media project focusing on a particular environmental challenge. Students also participate in a mandatory summer field component in the Galapagos or Alaska to explore firsthand the challenges of promoting ecological sustainability in these unique regions.
3) COMM-589 Sustainability Communication	✓			✓			✓	✓		✓
Research and principles that inform public communication about science, technology, and the environment. Course topics and case studies include climate change, energy, stem cell research, food biotechnology, the environmental movement, science and religion, evolution, animal welfare, genetic medicine, pharmaceutical marketing, and nanotechnology.
(# courses=3)
	Public	Scientist	Both	ENV	POL	RISK	SOC	SUS	SciEth	SciTech
Cornell University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 2) Department of Communication
4) COMM2760 Persuasion and Social Influence	✓					✓	✓
Social influence and persuasion are the most basic and important functions of communication. The course covers characteristics of persuasive messages, message sources, and targets; interpersonal influence; and influence in groups, organizations, and institutions. Special emphasis is given to topics in health, science, risk, media, and technology.
5) COMM2850 Communication, Environment, Science, and Health	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓
Environmental problems, public health issues, scientific research: in each of these areas, communication plays a fundamental role. From the media to individual conversations, from technical journals to textbooks, from lab notes to the web, communication helps define scientifically based social issues and research findings. This course examines the institutional and intellectual contexts, processes, and practical constraints on communication in the life sciences.
6) COMM4210/6210 Communication and the Environment	✓			✓		✓	✓
Students investigate how values, attitudes, social structure, and communication affect public perceptions of environmental risk and public opinion about the environment. A primary focus is mass media's impact on public perceptions of the environment, how the media portray the environment, and discussion of the implications of public consumption of environmental content.
7) COMM4660 Public Communication of Science and Technology	✓									✓
Explores the structure, meanings, and implications of "public communication of science and technology" (PCST). Examines the contexts in which PCST occurs, looks at motivations and constraints of those involved in producing information about science for nonprofessional audiences, and analyzes the functions of PCST. Ties existing ideas about PCST to general communication research, and leads to developing new knowledge about PCST.
8) COMM4860 Risk Communication	✓			✓		✓
Every day we face known and unknown risks to our own health and safety and risks to the environment. In many cases we not only misperceive these risks, but we frequently make decisions that put us at even greater risk. Communicating the likelihood of harm based on complex, incomplete, and uncertain science is a challenge. This course uses case studies to illustrate theories of risk communication, and practical in-class exercises to demonstrate how theories apply to specific situations.
9) COMM5660 Science Communication Workshop	✓	✓	✓		✓		✓
This weekend workshop trains researchers in the sciences (including natural sciences, engineering, experimental social sciences, etc.) to communicate effectively with nonscientists such as policy makers, political stakeholders, the media, and the general public. Training activities may include role-play, reading/discussion, writing press releases and other outreach materials, and discussion with invited speakers.
10) COMM6660 Public Engagement in Science	✓						✓
In recent years, the scientific community has increasingly referred to "public engagement in science." This seminar explores the scholarly literature addressing that move; the links between "public engagement" and earlier concerns about sciences literacy, public understanding of science, and outreach; and the intersections between literature in communication and in science studies on issues involving the relationships among science(s) and public(s).
(# courses=7)
	Public	Scientist	Both	ENV	POL	RISK	SOC	SUS	SciEth	SciTech
Duquesne University, McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts 3) Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies
11) COMM 342 Environmental Communication	✓			✓			✓
Explores the communicative practices of activists, advocates, consumers, corporations, governmental organizations, and the public about the impact of human behavior on the Earth. Concern with changes in the environment caused by human behavior has permeated all layers of human society. Grounded in a strategic communication/ rhetorical approach to environmentalism, the course engages praxis--theory-informed action--to examine construction of strategic persuasive messages about the environment designed to bring about behavioral change.
12) COMM 423 Communication and Evidence									✓
Prepares students to be users of evidence through a process that includes gaining awareness of access to evidence, deliberating over the quality of evidence, applying evidence to create effective arguments, and evaluating the use of evidence in the creation of arguments. Teaches students exposition, discussion, persuasion, and argumentation to support assertions with evidence and defend judgments with probable cause in the many arenas of public communication. Guides students in answering a series of questions: 1) What constitutes evidence in various contexts? 2) How do scholars and practitioners treat evidence in building an argument? 3) What does the nature of evidence and argumentation suggest about a postmodern age? 4) How is evidence assessed? 5) How may evidence be presented persuasively and ethically in varied public communicative contexts? Students will engage in analytic and performative assignments to demonstrate their mastery of course content.
13) COMM 457 Communication, Science and Revolution	✓						✓
Examines the relationship between the rhetoric of science and the rhetoric of revolution in the context of the modern worldview arising out of the Enlightenment.
(# courses=3)
	Public	Scientist	Both	ENV	POL	RISK	SOC	SUS	SciEth	SciTech
Florida State University, College of Communication and Information 4) School of Communication
14) COM 3420 Media, Culture, and the Environment	✓			✓			✓
This course examines the role of language and representation in our understanding of the natural world. The course examines news media coverage of environmental issues, environmental images in popular culture, as well as the communication strategies of environmental organizations.
(# courses=1)
	Public	Scientist	Both	ENV	POL	RISK	SOC	SUS	SciEth	SciTech
George Mason University, College of Humanities and Social Sciences 5) Department of Communication
15) COMM 433 Environmental Communication	✓			✓			✓
Rhetoric and persuasion about environmental issues in contemporary society. Investigation of case studies in corporate, institutional, and movement attempts to mobilize and cope with ecological concerns. Critical assessment of public communication is emphasized.
16) COMM 637 Risk Communication	✓			✓		✓	✓
Research on sharing information about physical hazards such as toxic waste, radiation, disease, injury, biohazards. Topics include communication concerning workplace safety, environmental problems, risk assessments, and scientific uncertainties.
17) COMM 639 Science Communication	✓	✓	✓		✓		✓
Reviews research on best practices in science communication for scientists and communication professionals. Explores theory on conceptualizing science communication as disseminating knowledge, promoting informed decision making, involving citizens in scientific research (i.e., citizen science), promoting legislative and individual actions, or creating entertainment. Students practice communicating complex science and designing contexts for public engagement with scientific research.
18) COMM 640 Controversies in Science Communication	✓				✓
Examines the communication implications related to selected current topics of scientific controversy.
19) COMM 641 Communication Competencies for Scientists		✓
Examines the specific oral, written, and mediated communication competencies needed by scientists in modern society.
20) COMM 642 Science and the Public	✓						✓			✓
Examines the relationship between science and society, with a particular emphasis on the role of communication in shaping public opinion on issues related to science and technology.
21) COMM 644 Analysis and Criticism of Science Journalism	✓			✓			✓			✓
Examines media coverage of technically complex topics in science, social science, environment, health and medicine, and technology. Explores the influence of institutional media practices on news about science and technology.
22) COMM 660 Climate Change and Sustainability Communication Campaigns	✓			✓	✓			✓
Offers practical application, skill development, and theoretical basis of communication campaigns developed in response to global warming and other threats to sustainability. Focuses on purposive campaigns to promote changes in individual behavior and public policy.
(# courses=8)
	Public	Scientist	Both	ENV	POL	RISK	SOC	SUS	SciEth	SciTech
Indiana University, College of Arts and Sciences 6) Department of Communication and Culture
23) C 220 Performances of Human/Nature: Defining Relationships with the Environment				✓
Performing Human/Nature introduces the diverse ways that people understand the terms "human" and "nature" through cultural and creative artifacts. Students apply critical theory and ethnographic methods to understand how people translate their understanding into life choices.
(# courses=1)
	Public	Scientist	Both	ENV	POL	RISK	SOC	SUS	SciEth	SciTech
Kent State University, College of Communication and Information 7) School of Communication Studies
24) COMM 26501 Intro. to Health Communication						✓
Introduces the roles of communication in health care and health promotion as well as health and risk behavior, including interpersonal, organizational and media contexts.
(# courses=1)
	Public	Scientist	Both	ENV	POL	RISK	SOC	SUS	SciEth	SciTech
Michigan State University, Communication Arts and Sciences 8) Department of Communication
25) CAS 192 Environmental Issues Seminar	✓			✓
Environmental issues and problems explored from a variety of perspectives, including legal, scientific, historical, political, socio-economic, and technical points of view.
(# courses=1)
	Public	Scientist	Both	ENV	POL	RISK	SOC	SUS	SciEth	SciTech
Michigan Technological University, College of Sciences and Arts 9) Department of Humanities
26) HU 2600 Introduction to the Field of Scientific and Technical Communication
An introduction to the history, theory, and practice of scientific and technical communication as preparation for future study.
27) HU 5112 Critical Perspectives on Science and Technology										✓
Philosophical, rhetorical, literary, or cultural studies perspectives on science and technology. Topics may include philosophy of science, philosophy of technology, rhetoric of science, rhetoric of technology, etc.
(# courses=2)
	Public	Scientist	Both	ENV	POL	RISK	SOC	SUS	SciEth	SciTech
New York University, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development 10) Department of Media, Culture, and Communication
28) MCC-UE 1027 Environmental Communication	✓			✓			✓
This course will investigate the dominant critical perspectives that have contributed to the development of Environmental Communication as a field of study. This course explores the premise that the way we communicate powerfully impacts our perceptions of the “natural” world, and that these perceptions shape the way we define our relationships to and within nature. The goal of this course is to access various conceptual frameworks for addressing questions about the relationship between the environment, culture and communication. Students will explore topics such as nature/ wildlife tourism, consumerism, representations of the environment in popular culture and environmental activism.
29) MCC-UE 1411 Visual Culture of Science and Technology	✓	✓	✓				✓
This course examines the imagery of science and technology, the role of visuality in the construction of scientific knowledge, artistic renditions of science, and the emergence of visual technologies in modern society. It looks at how visuality has been key to the exercise of power through such practices as cataloguing and identification; the designation of abnormality, disease, and pathologies; medical diagnosis; scientific experimentation; and the marketing of science and medicine. We will examine the development of the visual technologies in the emerging scientific practices of psychiatry and criminology; explore the sciences of eugenics, genetics, pharmacology, brain and body scans, and digital medical images of many kinds; the marketing of pharmaceuticals, and the emerging politics of scientific activism.
(# courses=2)
	Public	Scientist	Both	ENV	POL	RISK	SOC	SUS	SciEth	SciTech
North Carolina State University at Raleigh, College of Humanities and Social Sciences 11) Department of Communication
30) COM 436/536 Environmental Communication				✓	✓	✓
Research and critical analysis of environmental discourse in organizational, media, political, cultural, and international contexts. Investigates public participation in environmental advocacy and deliberation; environmental conflict management; rhetorical constructions of nature, human relationships with nature; environmental justice, environmental risk communication; and competing ecological paradigms. Graduate standing required.
31) COM 538 Risk Communication						✓				✓
Comprehensive review of principles, theory, research, and practices involving consensus building; associated with environmental, health and safety; enabling analysis and management of risks. Emphasis on risks associated with emerging science and technology. No quantitative experience necessary. Graduate standing required.
(# courses=2)
	Public	Scientist	Both	ENV	POL	RISK	SOC	SUS	SciEth	SciTech
Northwestern University, School of Communication 12) Department of Communication Studies
32) COMM ST 386-0 Science, Technology, and Society	✓									✓
Examination of developments in information and communication technology in the larger context of American science and technology since 1900.
(# courses=1)
	Public	Scientist	Both	ENV	POL	RISK	SOC	SUS	SciEth	SciTech
Ohio State University, College of Arts and Sciences 13) School of Communication
33) COMM 3240 Science Communication	✓
Explores the structure, meanings and implications of "science communication" with an emphasis on how values, attitudes, social structure, and communication affect public perceptions of science and technology.
(# courses=1)
	Public	Scientist	Both	ENV	POL	RISK	SOC	SUS	SciEth	SciTech
Purdue University, College of Liberal Arts 14) Brian Lamb School of Communication
34) COM 21700 Science Writing And Presentation	✓
Students learn to effectively communicate scientific and technical information both verbally and in writing to a variety of audiences.
(# courses=1)
	Public	Scientist	Both	ENV	POL	RISK	SOC	SUS	SciEth	SciTech
Rutgers the State University of NJ, School of Communication 15) Communication Department
35) 04:192:446 Communication and Social Change
The role of communication in social change, diffusion of innovations, and national development.
36) 04:567:380 Media and Social Change				✓
The course looks at how past and present social movements (e.g., environmental, civil rights, labor movements) challenge dominant social, economic, and political structures and how they have been portrayed in the mass media. It also examines how social activists use media technologies to organize themselves and communicate their messages to wide audiences in order to achieve social change.
(# courses=2)
	Public	Scientist	Both	ENV	POL	RISK	SOC	SUS	SciEth	SciTech
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, College of Liberal Arts 16) Department of Communication Studies
37) SPCM 412 Environmental Rhetoric	✓			✓		✓
An exploration of rhetorical structures and strategies in environmental policy, activism and public discourse. This course traces the significant contributions rhetoric and public debate have made in the struggle to protect environments from excessive industrial and commercial exploitation.
38) SPCM 470 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Environmental Issues.	✓			✓			✓
Application of concepts for the biological, physical and social sciences, economics, humanities and law, are used to understand the interdisciplinary complexities of environmental issues. Students will develop and demonstrate problem-solving skills as part of a team analyzing a regional environmental issue.
(# courses=2)
	Public	Scientist	Both	ENV	POL	RISK	SOC	SUS	SciEth	SciTech
University of Arizona, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences 17) Department of Communication
39) COMM 414 Environmental and Science Communication	✓			✓
This class is designed as an introduction to the role played by all forms of communication in the formation of attitudes, opinions, and knowledge about important scientific and environmental issues.Topics that will be covered include how structural factors affect the coverage of science and environmental issues, how different forms of media affect public opinion, and the role interpersonal communication plays in the process of developing and sustaining attitudes about these issues. In addition, this class will examine the components of effective communication strategies aimed at informing and persuading the public.
(# courses=1)
	Public	Scientist	Both	ENV	POL	RISK	SOC	SUS	SciEth	SciTech
University of California Berkley, College of Letters and Sciences 18) Department of Rhetoric
40) RHETOR 107 Rhetoric of Scientific Discourse	✓	✓	✓				✓
Examination of the characteristic functions of discourse in and about the natural sciences; with particular examination of the ways in which scientific language both guarantees, and at the same time, obscures the expression of social norms in scientific facts.
41) RHETOR 170 Rhetoric of Social Science	✓						✓
Analysis of the ways in which political scientists, sociologists, anthropologists, economists and psychologists establish the authoritativeness of their claims. Focus is on the presentation of data as fact, the use of quantitative methods, and other "strategies" through which social knowledge is transformed into objective information.
(# courses=2)
	Public	Scientist	Both	ENV	POL	RISK	SOC	SUS	SciEth	SciTech
University of California San Diego, Thurgood Marshall College 19) Department of Communication
42) COGR 225A Introduction to Science Studies: Part 1
Study and discussion of classic themes and texts in history of science, sociology of science, and philosophy of science, and of work that attempts to develop an interdisciplinary science studies approach.
43) COGR 245 Science and Technology Studies and Communication										✓
Course explores human-technology interaction, social constructivism, actor-network theory, gender and technology, critical and cultural studies of science and technology, and public understandings of science and technology. Emphasis on what STS can contribute to the study of media and communication.
44) COMM 114G. CSI Gender and Science
This course will focus on arguments about cognitive differences between men and women in science. We will review current arguments about essential differences, historical beliefs about gender attributes and cognitive ability, and gender socialization into patterns of learning in school.
45) COMM 171 Environmental Communication				✓
Survey of the communication practices found in environment controversies. The sociological aspects of environmental issues will provide background for the investigation of environmental disputes in particular contested areas, such as scientific institutions, communities, workplaces, governments, popular culture, and the media.
(# courses=4)
	Public	Scientist	Both	ENV	POL	RISK	SOC	SUS	SciEth	SciTech
University of Colorado, College of Arts and Sciences 20) Department of Communication
46) COMM 4610 Communication Studies of Science and Technology	✓	✓	✓							✓
Reviews current theory and research associated with science, technology, and medicine. Topics include new communication technologies in organizations and society, discourses of scientific theory and science policy, and interaction in clinical setting
(# courses=1)
	Public	Scientist	Both	ENV	POL	RISK	SOC	SUS	SciEth	SciTech
University of Denver, College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 21) Department of Communication Studies
47) COMN 3431 Communication and Climate Change				✓	✓
Since the release of Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth," American public discourse has become increasingly concerned with global warming. Not only is there nearly 100% consensus among climate scientists that human-induced climate change exists, but the severity of global warming is entering the popular imaginary, in the form of journalism, films, etc. But while scientists are committed to slowing global warming, the types of sweeping policy and behavioral changes needed to abate the projected climate catastrophe have been very slow in coming. As such, communication scholars--particularly those concerned with the art of public persuasion--are in a unique position to contribute to this significant and complex issue. In the words of climate scientists Susanne Moser and Lisa Dilling, "We need to open up the communication process to a wider community, in which participants own the process and content of communication." The goal of this course is to produce original scholarly research in response to Moser and Dilling's call, to invite more and better communication concerning climate change.
48) COMN 4700 Special Topics: Rhetoric and the Environment	✓			✓	✓
What is "the environment" and how do we--as humans, American citizens, Coloradoans, etc.--define our relationship with it? How should we construct our relationship with it? By interweaving various perspectives from rhetorical theory, a discursive history of environmental controversies and policy, and a critical engagement with diverse voices and rhetorical styles, this course explores answers to these basic questions. Through readings, discussions, and assignments, we will foster a critical orientation toward environmental rhetoric. This will include interrogating the persuasiveness of arguments and evidence deployed in various environmental controversies; considering the ethics of various advocates' rhetorical expressions; and considering perspectives that may differ from our own. As this course cultivates critical thinking skills, it also seeks to help you find and enhance your own voice as an informed citizen and advocate--not by simply repeating others' discourse, but by thoughtfully considering the quarter's various rhetorical perspectives, and coming to your own decision about important environmental issues.
(# courses=2)
	Public	Scientist	Both	ENV	POL	RISK	SOC	SUS	SciEth	SciTech
University of Florida, College of Journalism and Communications 22) Ph.D. in Journalism
49) MMC 6409 Science/Health Communication	✓	✓	✓		✓
Overview of the field of science and health communication. Nexus of scientists, journalists, public information officers and audiences. Topics include science literacy, framing of science issues, public involvement, impact of science communication on policy.
(# courses=1)
	Public	Scientist	Both	ENV	POL	RISK	SOC	SUS	SciEth	SciTech
University of Georgia, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences 23) Department of Communication Studies
50) COMM 3320 Environmental Communication	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Human actions that affect the environment are dependent on how we think and communicate about nature and the environment. This class analyzes communication patterns about nature and humanity's relation to nature. In particular, it examines messages of activists, scientists, governmental agencies, and industries relating to environmental protection.
51) COMM 4350 Scientific Communication	✓	✓	✓				✓
The practice of communicating scientific learning within disciplines, across disciplines, and to lay audiences. The course is designed to equip students in the natural and social sciences with the skills necessary to bring scientific information to professional audiences and to the general public through the spoken word. In addition to basics of organizing and clarifying a scientific presentation, research findings in areas such as risk perception, numeracy, uncertainty management, and visual argument will be presented.
(# courses=2)
	Public	Scientist	Both	ENV	POL	RISK	SOC	SUS	SciEth	SciTech
University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 24) Department of Communication
52) COMM 309 Environmental Communication				✓
Description and analysis of communication practices about environmental issues with attention to conflict resolution, media coverage, advocacy initiatives and marketing campaigns.
(# courses=1)
	Public	Scientist	Both	ENV	POL	RISK	SOC	SUS	SciEth	SciTech
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 25) Department of Communication
53) CMN 496 Public Communication of Science	✓				✓		✓
Communicating science to the general population focuses on enhancing public understanding and engagement of innovation and discovery. This course provides an overview of how science is communicated, how that communication engages scientists and the public, and details the practical and strategic challenges of communicating science in the public sphere. Throughout the semester, students will examine the production and effects of strategic science communication efforts and media-based portrayals of science on individuals and policy. The course will focus equally on theory and practice, emphasizing the role of communication specialists on fostering and promoting discovery and innovation. By the end of the semester, students will understand the complexities and challenges of communication's influences on individual, organizational, and political processes relevant to scientific research.
(# courses=1)
	Public	Scientist	Both	ENV	POL	RISK	SOC	SUS	SciEth	SciTech
University of Iowa, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 26) Department of Communication Studies
54) COMM 3043 Rhetoric, Science, and Technology	✓	✓	✓							✓
How science and technology shape culture; media representations of technology; role of rhetoric in science and technology, especially in the physical and biological sciences; cultural implications of the information revolution.
55) COMM 6250 Introduction to Rhetoric of Science	✓				✓		✓
How science is related to social and political practices, examined by placing philosophical and pedagogical controversies about scientific method into their historical and rhetorical contexts.
(# courses=2)
	Public	Scientist	Both	ENV	POL	RISK	SOC	SUS	SciEth	SciTech
University of Kansas, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 27) Department of Communication Studies
56) COMS 420 Communication, Technology and Globalization								✓
Examines the social, cultural, and economic challenges and opportunities advanced communication technologies and globalization pose to processes such as democratic deliberation, urban governance, and environmental sustainability.
(# courses=1)
	Public	Scientist	Both	ENV	POL	RISK	SOC	SUS	SciEth	SciTech
University of Maryland at College Park, Philip Merrill College of Journalism 28) Ph.D. in Journalism Studies
57) JOUR 601 Theories of Journalism and Public Communication	✓						✓
Survey and evaluation of current communication theories. Attention is given to the nature and function of scientific theory, models of communication behavior, the nature of information, social functions of journalism and public communication, attitude change and persuasive communication and theories of language and meaning.
(# courses=1)
	Public	Scientist	Both	ENV	POL	RISK	SOC	SUS	SciEth	SciTech
University of Massachusetts Amherst, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences 29) Department of Communication
58) COMM297A Special Topic: Introduction to Global Communication				✓			✓
This course deals with the role of global communication in framing critical issues of our time such as the environment, war and peace, health, energy, food and water, cultural identity, and social change. The global influence of film, television, sound recording, publishing, the Internet and tourism will be analyzed within the context of "globalization".
(# courses=1)
	Public	Scientist	Both	ENV	POL	RISK	SOC	SUS	SciEth	SciTech
University of Michigan, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts 30) Communication Studies
59) COMM 467 Debating Politics and Science: Science, News, Public Opinion and Policy	✓			✓	✓		✓
This class explores how the public consumes science and how scientific findings translate into policy. Through issues like evolution, climate change, and vaccinations, we explore boundaries of scientific knowledge, challenges in science journalism, popular opinion, and policy challenges. What we know and how we know it lie in the balance.
(# courses=1)
	Public	Scientist	Both	ENV	POL	RISK	SOC	SUS	SciEth	SciTech
University of Minnesota, College of Liberal Arts 31) Department of Communication Studies
60) COMM 5250 Environmental Communication				✓
Historical, cultural, material contexts within which environmental communication takes place. Understand environmental communication as well as develop communication strategies that lead to more sustainable social practices, institutions, systems.
(# courses=1)
	Public	Scientist	Both	ENV	POL	RISK	SOC	SUS	SciEth	SciTech
University of Minnesota, College of Liberal Arts 32) Department of Writing Studies
61) WRIT 8012 Applied Research Methods in Writing Studies and Technical Communication
Introduction to one or two quantitative or qualitative research methods in scientific/technical communication or rhetoric (e.g., ethnography, case studies, discourse analysis).
62) WRIT 8520 Seminar in Scientific and Technical Communication
Topics may include theories, landmark studies, history, gender, ethics. Topics vary. See the Class Schedule.
63) WRIT 8550 Seminar in Technology, Culture, and Communication
Topics may include computer-mediated communication, democracy/technology, controversies over digital communication, privacy/ethical issues, feminist theory and interactions of gender with science and technology, communication in legal or medical settings. Topics vary. See the Class Schedule.
(# courses=3)
	Public	Scientist	Both	ENV	POL	RISK	SOC	SUS	SciEth	SciTech
University of New Mexico, College of Arts and Sciences 33) Department of Communication and Journalism
64) CJ313 EcoCultural Communication: Humans and "The Environment"				✓				✓
Explores how culture and communication inform, shape, and shift our relations with "the environment." We consider local, regional, and global cultures and discourses, focusing on sustainability issues in human-nature relations.
65) CJ518 Culture, Sustainability and Change				✓
Addresses processes of both maintenance and positive transformation within culture, environment and society.
(# courses=2)
	Public	Scientist	Both	ENV	POL	RISK	SOC	SUS	SciEth	SciTech
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, College of Arts and Sciences 34) Department of Communication Studies
66) COMM 372 The Rhetoric of Social Movements	✓			✓
Explores the discourse of dissident voices in American society, particularly as they speak about grievances pertaining to race, gender, the environment; focuses on rhetorical strategies that initiate and sustain social movements.
67) COMM 375 Environmental Advocacy	✓			✓
Explores rhetorical means of citizen influence of practices affecting our natural and human environment; also, study of communication processes and dilemmas of redress of environmental grievances in communities and workplace. (Cross-listed as ENST 375)
68) COMM 675 Environmental Communication and the Public Sphere	✓			✓		✓
Examines communication practices that accompany citizen participation in environmental decisions, including public education campaigns of nonprofit organizations, "risk communication," media representations, and mediation in environmental disputes. (Cross-listed as ENST 675)
(# courses=3)
	Public	Scientist	Both	ENV	POL	RISK	SOC	SUS	SciEth	SciTech
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, School of Journalism and Mass Communication 35) Ph.D. in Mass Communication
69) JOMC 560 Science and Medical Journalism	✓					✓
Prepares students to work as medical and science journalists. The course emphasizes writing skills in all delivery formats and interpreting medical, health and science information for consumers.
70) JOMC 565 Environmental Storytelling	✓			✓
(no description)
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	Public	Scientist	Both	ENV	POL	RISK	SOC	SUS	SciEth	SciTech
University of Pittsburgh, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences 36) Department of Communication
71) COMMRC 1149 Environmental Rhetoric	✓			✓
We investigate the manner in which 'nature' and the 'environment' are socially constructed, represented, and experienced in a range of social contexts. Although parts of the course will be concerned with case studies of environmentalism, [e.g.,] the campaigns of environmental non-government organizations such as Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, or the more recent controversies over hydraulic fracturing ('fracking') in the US, China and now Europe: we will be equally concerned with a host of practices which have given rise to the values and cultural forms that influence modern environmentalism. etc.
(# courses=1)
	Public	Scientist	Both	ENV	POL	RISK	SOC	SUS	SciEth	SciTech
University of Southern California, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism 37) Communication
72) COMM 475 Environmental Communication	✓			✓
Communication about environmental controversies in the public sphere: history of environmentalism; forms of citizen participation; media coverage; advocacy campaigns and movements; scientific and industrial discourses.
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	Public	Scientist	Both	ENV	POL	RISK	SOC	SUS	SciEth	SciTech
University of Tennessee at Knoxville, College of Communication and Information 38) School of Journalism and Electronic Media
73) JREM 651 Contemporary Issues in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medical Communication and Information		✓								✓
Integrative approach to the role of communication and information in the study of science, technology, engineering, and medical topics.
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University of Utah, College of Humanities 39) Department of Communication
74) COMM 3115 Communicating Science, Health, Environment	✓			✓	✓
Communication plays a fundamental role in public perception of science, health, and the environment. This class provides students with an overview of how these topics are communicated in contexts ranging from the mass media, to public hearings, to patient-provider interactions. Topics include climate change, pandemics, addiction, and genetics.
75) COMM 4360 Consuming the Earth								✓
For the first time in history, humans threaten the earth. Any effective response to the environmental crisis requires a serious analysis of communication patterns about nature and humanity's relation to nature. This course will investigate the role of the media in transmitting, popularizing, and distorting environmental information, with special attention to international issues.
76) COMM 5360 Environmental Communication	✓			✓			✓
Social construction of the environment and environmental issues through media and other communication processes. How individual and societal choices are shaped in the process.
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University of Washington Seattle, College of Arts and Sciences 40) Department of Communication
77) COM 418 Communications and the Environment	✓			✓
Examines the role of mass media in the resolution of environmental problems. Topics include strengths and weaknesses of media coverage, use of media by environmental groups and government agencies, media effects on public opinion, and mass communication and social movements. (Cross-listed as ENVIR 418)
78) COM 423 Communication and Social Change	✓			✓
Examines both theory and application involved in using communications media as a tool for addressing political, social, and economic development issues. Utilizes a case study approach to look at localized applications of traditional and new communications tools in the pursuit of sustainable development.
79) COM 540 The Rhetoric of Science	✓	✓	✓
Examines selected topics in the rhetoric of science, underscoring the interplay of language, situation, culture, and prior tradition in the quest for exact knowledge of the natural world. Scrutinizes scientific communication in intradisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and extradisciplinary contexts.
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University of Wisconsin Madison, School of Journalism and Mass Communication 41) Journalism / Reporting Concentration (Ph.D in Journalism and Mass Communication)
80) J860 Science and Environment Communication	✓			✓
Course uses available scholarship and commentary to track the evolution of mass media coverage of science and the environment. Emphasis on how journalists utilize evidence, the influence of scientific and journalistic norms on stories, and the effects of mass media on science and environment messages to the public.
81) J861 Environmental Information and Education Programs				✓
Examines information and education programs pertaining to environmental issues and policies. Emphasis on communication campaigns and programs aimed at public awareness, opinion, and behavior change. Includes program design, planning, and assessment.
82) J960 Seminar [on] Science and Environmental Communication				✓
Research concerning mass media coverage of science and the environment. It provides an opportunity for students to design a research proposal on an issue of their choice.
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Washington State University, Edward R. Murrow College of Communication 42) Program in Communication and Society
83) COM 476 Environmental Communication	✓			✓	✓
How communication shapes human understanding and decision making concerning the natural environment in local, national, and global contexts.
84) COM 480 Science Communication Campaigns	✓
Develop an effective communication campaign to address a science communication challenge.