REQUIREMENTS

The Master of Arts in Communication Studies requires a minimum of thirty-three units of approved graduate coursework. For the culminating experience, students complete either comprehensive examinations, a thesis, or an applied graduate project.

Required Seminar:
Core Seminar in Communication Studies (3 units).

Approved Coursework:
In consultation with the Graduate Coordinator, coursework will be selected from 600-, 500-, and 400-level courses in the field. Students are allowed a maximum of 6 units of coursework below the 600-level, by petition. Courses from other departments may also be approved by petition. Students petitioning for approval of courses from other departments must demonstrate the centrality of communication studies to the content of those courses.
(30 units).

Culminating Experience:
Students choose either Directed Comprehensive Studies, Thesis, or Graduate Project. Students writing a thesis or project will take 6 units of Directed Thesis study over the course of two semesters.

Graduate Curriculum:
COMS 600: Core Seminar in Communication Studies
COMS 603: Seminar in Performance Studies
COMS 604: Seminar in Textual Studies
COMS 620: Seminar in Communication and Language
COMS 631: Studies in Classical Rhetoric
COMS 632: Studies in Contemporary Rhetoric
COMS 633: Studies in Postmodern Rhetoric
COMS 635: Feminist Perspectives in Communication
COMS 650: Seminar in Communication Theory
COMS 651: Seminar in Interpersonal Communication
COMS 652: Seminar in Group Communication
COMS 653: Organizational Communication Research
COMS 654: Communication and Technology
COMS 656: Seminar in Intercultural Communication
COMS 580: Communication Education
COMS 695: Special Topics Seminars (content varies)
COMS 696: Directed Graduate Research
COMS 499/699: Independent Study