Department of Communication

The Department of Communication separated into two divisions in August of 2007.

Communication and Discourse Studies is housed in the Administration Building (ADM 262), on the second floor, and Shawnalee Whitney is coordinator.  Please contact Brenda Henderson at 786-4397 or anbsh@uaa.alaska.edu for information about Discourse Studies.

Communication and Human Behavior is housed in the Social Sciences Building (SSB 352), on the third floor, and the coordinator is Barbara Harville.  Please contact Shannon McClear at 786-4345 or email for more information about Human Behavior.

Oral Communication - General Education Requirement

Oral communication skills courses increase the abilities of students to interact appropriately and effectively in a variety of contexts, including interpersonal, small group, and public speaking settings. In these courses, students develop both their message creation and message interpretation skills in order to be more successful communicators. In doing so, students develop an awareness of the role of communication in a variety of human relationships. Students cultivate and implement effective and appropriate communication skills, including the ability to develop, organize, present, and critically evaluate messages; analyze audiences; and adapt to a variety of in-person communication settings.

Any of these FOUR courses may be used to fulfill the oral communication GER:

• COMM A111 - Fundamentals of Oral Communication
• COMM A235 - Small Group Communication
• COMM A237 - Interpersonal Communication
• COMM A241 - Public Speaking