• The Department of Communication Studies (formerly Speech Communication) offers programs leading to the MA and PhD degrees. Students focus on either an Interpersonal & Health or Rhetorical Studies track. The goals of graduate education in the Department of Communication Studies are to provide students with tools for generating new knowledge about human communication, to cultivate highly developed skills in transmitting knowledge about communication to various constituencies in need of that information, and to foster an attitude of eager inquiry and service.
  • Graduate education in this Department is particularly founded upon the ideal that each advanced learner’s individual interests and talents can be recognized, nourished, and honed in a climate of rigorous study. Consistent with this ideal, the Department encourages graduate students to engage in individually tailored interdisciplinary study.