COMM 4100 - Ethnography and Narrative Inquiry

3 hours (H)

Prerequisites: Completion of at least 21 hours in Communication Studies; To be taken in the senior year. This is a combined theory and methods course is designed to introduce students to the ethnography of communication and narrative inquiry. Particular emphasis will be placed on theoretical approaches to narrative and the analysis of narratives in human interaction. Critical readings on ethnography and narrative will be central to this seminar course. Students are expected to complete an ethnographic project suitable for eventual journal submission.