Collection Guidelines: Communication Studies: Departmental Focus

In 2016, the Communication Department had:

• 676 Undergraduate majors
• 8 Master of Arts students
• 123 Communication Leadership
• 4 Native Voices
• 40 Ph.D. students

Affiliated centers and archives include:

• Center for Communication and Civic Engagement,including The Global Citizen Project
• Center for Communication, Difference, and Equity

Additional information on the department can be found on the departmental fact sheet produced by the College of Arts & Sciences.

Undergraduate

The Department of Communication offers undergraduate programs of study leading to the Bachelor of Arts in Communication and the Bachelor of Arts in Communication: Journalism. 

In addition to Journalism, the department requires students to focus on one conceptual area of emphasis:

• Communication and Culture
• Communication Technology and Society
• Global Communication
• Political Communication
• Rhetoric and Critical/Cultural Studies
• Social Interaction

Students must also take one course that is primarily methodological, emphasizing one or emore modes of communication inquiry. 

The department also offers an evening-degree program that leads to the Bachelor of Arts in Communication.  An honors program awards the baccalaureate degree "With College Honors in Communication."   

Graduate

The graduate program offers a Master of Arts in Communication, a Master of Communication Native Voices, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Communication.  The Communication Leadership program "houses two degree emphases in digital media and creative engagement: the Master of Communication in Digital Media (MCDM) and the Master of Communication in Communities and Networks (MCCN)."