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undergraduate studies Communication focuses on the concepts, theories, and practice of human communication. Students apply their understanding of communication research and principles to personal, professional, and community relationships and concerns. The department encourages students to tailor their program of study to meet their own interests. Majors select from one of three areas of concentration: Performance Communication, Interpersonal and Organizational Communication, or Public and Cultural Communication. The Honors Program in Communication allows qualified students to pursue advanced study. A minor in Communication is also available. requirements for the major requirements for the minor undergraduate course descriptions advising FAQs schedule an advising appointment honors program honor society (lambda pi eta) communication council

graduate studies The Department of Communication offers a broad and integrated approach to communication studies that embraces the traditions of the humanities, the convergence of rhetorical and communication theory, and the relations among aesthetic, humanistic, and scientific approaches to inquiry. Students are encouraged to examine the pragmatics of rhetorical and communication theory in such settings as business and industry, government, education, medicine and health care, media, the arts, and the family. The department offers course work leading to the Master of Arts degree and the Doctor of Philosophy. masters program doctoral program admissions funding recent and upcoming course offerings graduate course descriptions past dissertations Dr. Marcy Chvasta, Dr. Stacy Holman Jones, visiting artist Tim Miller, and Dr. Elizabeth Bell