Course Catalog
Rensselaer's official course catalog is available at:
catalog.rpi.edu
When courses are offered at both the 4000 and 6000 level (cross-listed), graduate students must take the 6000 level course.
Students cannot obtain credit for both the 4000 and 6000 levels of the same course.
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Example: To search for an "Undergraduate" "Communication" course with a focus in "Graphic Design":

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 There are 102 courses offered that match these criteria.
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 Note: Only regularly taught courses are listed.
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| COMM-4670 |
Advanced Typography |
| COMM-4580, 6xxx |
Advertising and Culture |
| LITR-2420 |
Art of the Film |
| LANG-4400, 4400 |
Business French I |
| LANG-4410, 4410 |
Business French II |
| LANG-1410 |
Chinese I |
| LANG-1420 |
Chinese II |
| LANG-2420 |
Chinese III |
| LANG-2430 |
Chinese IV |
| COMM-2620 |
Color Theory |
| COMM-4710, 6750 |
Communication Design for the WWW |
| COMM-4300, 6300 |
Communication Internship |
| COMM-6530 |
Communication Research I |
| COMM-6540 |
Communication Research II |
| COMM-4940, 6940 |
Communication Studies |
| COMM-6510 |
Communication Theory |
| COMM-6730 |
Computer-Mediated Communication |
| LITR-2150 |
Contemporary Literature |
| WRIT-2310 |
Creative Writing |
| COMM-4400, 6400 |
Cross-Cultural Graphics |
| COMM-4210 |
Designing Interactive Characters for Digital Games |
| COMM-6270 |
Digital Rhetoric |
| COMM-9990 |
Dissertation |
| COMM-2440 |
Documentary Film |
| COMM-4170, 6760 |
Electronic Coaching Systems |
| COMM-4750, 4750 |
Electronic User Interfaces |
| COMM-6410, 6410 |
Ethnography and Cultural Analysis |
| LITR-4410, 4410 |
Film Theory |
| COMM-4420, 6420 |
Foundations of HCI Usability |
| LANG-1110 |
French I |
| LANG-1120 |
French II |
| LANG-2110 |
French III |
| LANG-2120 |
French IV |
| LANG-4210, 4210 |
French Readings in the Arts and Sciences |
| LANG-1310 |
German I |
| LANG-1320 |
German II |
| LANG-2310 |
German III |
| COMM-4730 |
Graphic Design for Corporate Identity |
| LITR-4210 |
Humor, Comedy, and Satire |
| COMM-4xxx, 6740 |
Hypermedia Design and Development |
| COMM-6620 |
Information Architecture |
| COMM-4470 |
Information Design |
| COMM-4780, 6780 |
Interactive Narrative |
| COMM-4690, 4690 |
Interface Design: Hypermedia Theory and Application |
| COMM-1510 |
Introduction to Communication Theory |
| LITR-2110 |
Introduction to Literature |
| COMM-2610 |
Introduction to Visual Communication |
| LANG-1963 |
Italian I |
| LANG-1210 |
Japanese I |
| LANG-1220 |
Japanese II |
| LANG-2210 |
Japanese III |
| LANG-2220 |
Japanese IV |
| LANG-4940, 6940 |
Language Studies |
| COMM-4620 |
Language and Culture |
| COMM-6350 |
Literacy Seminar |
| LITR-4940, 6940 |
Literature Studies |
| COMM-4650, 4650 |
Marketing Communication Design |
| COMM-6990 |
Master's Thesis |
| COMM-6790 |
Media Studies |
| COMM-4800, 6800 |
Media and Memory |
| COMM-4560, 4560 |
Media and Popular Culture |
| LITR-2540 |
Modern Drama |
| COMM-4830 |
Organizational Communication |
| COMM-2410 |
Perspectives on Photography |
| COMM-4740, 4740 |
Principles of Web Advertising |
| WRIT-4550, 6550 |
Proposing and Persuading |
| COMM-4550, 4550 |
Religion, Culture, and Media |
| COMM-4590 |
Research Design and Analysis for New Media |
| WRIT-2110 |
Rhetoric and Writing |
| COMM-6700, 6700 |
Rhetoric of the Photograph |
| COMM-6260, 6260 |
Rhetoric, Culture, and Communication Technology |
| COMM-4610, 6280 |
Rhetorical Analysis |
| COMM-6240 |
Rhetorical Theory I |
| COMM-6250 |
Rhetorical Theory II |
| LITR-4150 |
Science and Fiction |
| LITR-2350 |
Shakespeare |
| COMM-4790, 4790 |
Social Impact of Electronic Media |
| LANG-1510 |
Spanish I |
| LANG-1520 |
Spanish II |
| WRIT-2340 |
Speech Communication |
| COMM-4180, 6810 |
Studio Design in Human-Computer Interaction |
| COMM-4760, 4760 |
Task-Oriented Communication |
| COMM-6340, 6340 |
Techniques for Verbal Analysis |
| LITR-2310 |
The Human Mind in Fiction |
| LITR-2360 |
The Novel |
| LITR-2500 |
The Short Story |
| COMM-6480, 6480 |
Theory and Research in Technical Communication and HCI |
| COMM-4960, 6960 |
Topics in Communication |
| LANG-2960, 4960 |
Topics in Language |
| LITR-4960, 6960 |
Topics in Literature |
| WRIT-2960, 4960 |
Topics in Writing |
| COMM-4570, 6570 |
Typography |
| COMM-4820, 6820 |
Usability Testing |
| COMM-4770, 6770 |
User-Centered Design |
| LITR-2450 |
Utopian Literature |
| COMM-4460, 6560 |
Visual Design: Theory and Application |
| COMM-4660, 6660 |
Visual Literacy |
| COMM-2210 |
Web and Database Programming |
| LITR-2770 |
Women Writers |
| WRIT-4160, 6160 |
Writing About Science |
| COMM-4380, 6380 |
Writing and Response |
| WRIT-1110 |
Writing for Classroom and Career |
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