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Graduate Degree Program Credit and Courses

The minimum degree requirement is 30 credits, including 24 credits taken in the Department of Communication which must be credits selected from courses numbered 700 or above. The 30 graduate credits are composed of 15 required credits and 15 elective credits, 6 of which may be taken outside the department.

Required Courses:

  • 800 Proseminar: The Discipline of Communication (3 credits)
  • One Methods Course: (3 credits)
    • 700 Quantitative Research in Communication
    • 701 Critical Analysis of Communication
    • 702 Qualitative Research in Communication
    • 770 Measurement and Evaluation in Speech Communication
  • One Course from Three of the Four Content Areas: (9 credits)
  • Organizational/Professional Communication
    • 627 Designing and Developing Communication Training Interventions
    • 710 Managerial Communication
    • 810 Studies of Communication in Organizations
    • 813 Seminar in Mediated Communication
    • 823 Seminar in Small Group Communication
    • 827 Seminar in Programs of Adult Communication
    • 860 Seminar: Issues in Communication (with appropriate subtitle)
  • Intercultural/International Communication
    • 550 International and Global Communication
    • 655 Communication Issues in Cultural Adjustment and Training
    • 681 Communication in a World of AIDS
    • 850 Seminar in Intercultural Communication
    • 860 Seminar: Issues in Communication (with appropriate subtitle)
  • Interpersonal Communication/Mediation
    • 665 Introduction to Mediation
    • 675 International Mediation and Peacebuilding
    • 801 Seminar in Interpersonal Communication
    • 802 Marital and Family Communication
    • 860 Seminar: Issues in Communication (with appropriate subtitle)
    • 864 Communication and Social Influence
    • 865 Theory and Practice of Mediation
  • Rhetoric/Public Communication
    • 640 Contemporary Issues in Freedom of Speech
    • 667 Great American Speakers and Issues
    • 672 Speech Communication and Social Order
    • 735 Theories of Rhetorical Communication
    • 762 Argumentation in Theory and Practice
    • 772 Rhetorical Leadership and Ethics
    • 835 Seminar in Contemporary Public Address
    • 872 Rhetorics of Constituting Community and Social Controversy
    • 860 Seminar: Issues in Communication (with appropriate subtitle)

Variable Topics or Individualized Courses

802 Seminar: Issues in Communication (3 to 6 credits). Students may count a maximum of six credits of 860 toward the degree. Only three credits of 860 may be counted in the student's primary concentration area.

802 Research and Thesis (1 to 6 credits). Students electing to write a masters thesis may count one to six credits of 990 toward the 15 credits of elective courses.

802 Internship (1 to 3 credits). Students may count only three credits of 998 toward the degree. Internship credits earned in the Department of Communication cannot, however, be applied to satisfy minimum credit distribution requirements in required or content areas. They must be considered elective courses.

999 Independent Study (1 to 3 credits). Students may count only three credits of 999 toward the degree. Independent study credits earned in the Department of Communication cannot, however, be applied to satisfy minimum credit distribution requirements in required or content areas. They must be considered elective courses.


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