2025-2026 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog [Archived Catalog]
Communication: Rhetoric and Communication, MA
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The aim of the program is to train rigorous researchers and excellent teachers. To this end it offers historical, theoretical, and critical approaches to the study of communication. The curriculum includes traditional and innovative course work drawn from four intersecting areas of emphasis: History, Theory and Criticism of Rhetoric; Media and Cultural Studies; Public Address and Argument; and Rhetoric of Science.
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Requirements for the MA
- 10 courses (30 credit hours) required, two of which are core ( COMMRC 2296 - APPROACHES TO COMMUNICATION and COMMRC 2295 - TEACHING PRACTICUM), one of which may be taken as COMMRC Directed Study, and two of which may be taken outside the Department of Communication.
- Approved Plan of Study (in first year of degree work)
- Up to 3 credits of Directed Study
- Written Comprehensive Exam with Oral Defense (after or near the end of coursework)
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