Welcome, Class of 2022 Graduates!

Earn your M.A. in Communication

Join our elite group of alumni, employed in various communication roles throughout the country’s most prestigious academic institutions and organizations. Based on your personal interests you can choose to focus your degree in several areas, including Communication Technologies and Digital Communication, Communication in Organizations, and Public Relations. 

Offered by the College of Human Development, Culture, and Media, this 36-credit graduate program is designed to instill students with critical communication skills associated with human interaction and to develop essential research practices. 

Foundational to this program is a unique Communication Portfolio course. Upon completion of the program and portfolio course, students complete the program with a robust portfolio that showcases communication skills and abilities – a virtual dossier that can be shared with potential employers or included with applications for advanced studies.

Choose from three areas of study:

Communication Technologies and Digital Communication 
Focus on communication technologies in corporations, organizations and human relations including device usage, adoptions and applications. Courses include: 

• Theory and Practice of Digital Communication 
• New Media, Organizations and Institutions 
• Communication Technology Ethics

Communication in Organizations 
Enhance your workplace communication capabilities by learning how to best approach decision making and problem solving within employee relations, management communication and digital interaction. Courses include: 

• Introduction to Organizational Communication 
• Training and Development 
• Employee Relations

Public Relations
Learn from faculty with extensive PR experience and deep connections, plus gain sought- after practical experience both on campus and in the world capital of public relations: New York City. Courses include:

• Global Perspectives 
• Reputation Management
• Public Relations and Reporting

Ready to Apply? 

Applications are accepted for the Fall and Spring semesters. For more information and detailed admissions requirements, visit the Graduate Admissions Requirements page.