This study conducted a theme analysis of programs sponsored by the Experiential Learning in Communication Commission of the National Communication Association (NCA, formerly the Speech Communication Association, SCA) in order to determine experiential learning structures created outside conventional borders of communication instruction. The philosophical basis for the study was that of experiential learning, which links the concrete with the abstract through experiencing, describing, inferring, and transferring processes. All programs listed in the (S)NCA Conference Programs from 1993-1998 were analyzed for emerging themes, which were then divided into five categories: (1) internships; (2) service learning; (3) outcome assessment; (4) issues; and (5) strategies and techniques. Findings suggest that the members of the Commission create their own boundaries in communication instruction compliant with the principles of experiential learning, and that additional areas of investigation are evident, such as outcome assessment of strategies and techniques as well as theory and method development and evaluation. (EF)