COMM427

Crisis Communication

Explores theories and research related to communication before, during, and after a crisis. Students examine the fundamentals of organizational communication, crisis management, and strategic and crisis communication planning before examining case studies of a number of real-life crises: organizational crises, natural disasters, accidents, terrorism incidents, health crises, and major crises of credibility.

Sister Courses: COMM427H

Spring 2026

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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.19 between 667 students*

COMM427 Grade Distribution+-051015202530354045% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 23.09%
A: 16.04%
A+: 4.8%
B-: 5.7%
B: 21.74%
B+: 13.04%
C-: 0.45%
C: 7.95%
C+: 2.4%
D: 0.45%
D+: 0.15%
F: 1.2%
W: 1.8%
other: 1.2%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.