Spring 2027

Seminar in Communication Science

Seminar in Communication Science: a critical review of theoretical developments in social scientific studies of communication and its psychological and/or social impact.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Catalina Toma3.6/5

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.94 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades).

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Prerequisites

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  • Graduate/professional standing
COMARTS 970

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  • Graduate/professional standing

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Raw average: 3.58/5 from 33 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2021: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.94 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

CATALINA TOMA is recorded teaching in Spring 2011, Fall 2014, Fall 2018, Fall 2021, Spring 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SEM 001Classroom Instruction0 / 150

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.94 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Theoretical developments in social scientific studies of communication
  • Psychological and social impact of communication

Skills

  • Critical review of theoretical developments in social scientific studies of communication
  • Analysis of the psychological and social impact of communication

Grades

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COMARTS 970 · Spring 2027

Seminar in Communication Science

Recorded 2026-10-14
Raw records 
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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Model & dataset provenance 
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