• Concentrations: intercultural communication, health communication and mass communication
  • Doctoral study in the Department of Communication and Journalism aims to prepare students to become scholars and professionals who are conversant with one or more areas in the field of communication. Departmental faculty offer courses in intercultural communication, health communication and mass communication. Because of the wide diversity of disciplinary approaches represented in the work of the department, the graduate program is open to students with undergraduate preparation in communication, journalism, the humanities, the social sciences and other fields related to the study of human communication. For all candidates, admission must be approved by the departmental committee on graduate studies.
  • Academic requirements for the Ph.D. in Communication consist of an intensive program of course work, research and professional development. The doctoral degree requires a minimum of 48 graduate credit hours with at least 36 graduate credit hours of course work beyond the Master’s degree.