Concentrations

The School of Communication Studies offers a Master of Arts graduate program and has developed a tradition of academic innovation and achievement.

Graduate students pursue programs of study in:

Interpersonal Communication (includes but is not limited to)

• Family Communication
• Message Production
• Communication and Cognition
• Relational Communication

Mediated and Mass Communication 

• Media Effects
• Personal and Mediated Communication
• Politics and the Media
• Communication in Information Society

Health Communication 

• Social Support
• Health Literacy
• Health Campaigns
• Health and Interpersonal Communication

Global Communication

• Communication in an Information Society
• Intercultural/International Communication
• Intergroup Communication
• Communication, Organization and Globalization

The Communication Studies graduate program has a strong research orientation. Faculty and graduate students conduct research, publish in the discipline's journals, and present papers at international, national, and regional conventions on a regular basis.
A recent survey indicates that alumni of the graduate program enjoy a high rate of employment in universities and organizations across the country, well above the national average.

Quick Links

School Links

• Graduate Handbook
• APA Style Guide
• News and Events

University Links

• Division of Research and Sponsored Programs
• Division of Graduate Studies
• Graduate Catalog
• Institutional Review Board - IRB