The Department of Communication Studies offers a strong curriculum that embraces a range of traditions in the discipline. We use humanistic, aesthetic and social scientific methods to examine communication processes and patterns in a variety of contexts and the promises and challenges people experience when they use language and other symbolic systems to work with …

The ability to construct, receive and analyze communication is critical for all aspects of human interaction; thus, a minor in Communication Studies provides students with theoretical, analytical and practical approaches to participate effectively in the workplace, in relationships, and in society.

University standards for admission to graduate study will normally be a determining factor in granting a student classified status in the program. However, the department requires a 3.0 GPA for admission, which is higher than the University standard. Any student who is admitted to the graduate program on a conditionally classified basis is required to …