Communication Studies 420 is organized into six themes, based on children’s activities in relation to media:
| Part I | Viewing | Unit 1 | Television Viewing |
| Unit 2 | Video and Film Viewing | ||
| Part II | Listening | Unit 3 | Listening to Music |
| Unit 4 | Listening to Text | ||
| Part III | Reading | Unit 5 | Reading Print |
| Unit 6 | Reading Illustrated Text | ||
| Part IV | Interacting | Unit 7 | Video Games and CD-ROMs |
| Unit 8 | Using Computers | ||
| Unit 9 | Selling Interaction | ||
| Part V | Producing | Unit 10 | Producing |
| Part VI | Responding | Unit 11 | Responding |