Degrees at the College
M.A. in Communication
Communication offers programs leading to the
Master of Arts (either Plan A or Plan B) and Doctor of
Philosophy degrees.
The primary areas of emphasis include
communication processes, effects and functions within mass,
mediated and interpersonal contexts. Applied areas include
health communication, and communication and information systems.
The program offers special opportunities for
students to apply communication theory and research in health
contexts. Students pursuing work in health communication are
encouraged to develop interdisciplinary programs involving the
Department of Behavioral Science, the College of Medicine, as
well as the Colleges of Dentistry, Health Sciences, Pharmacy,
and Nursing. Communication also participates in
interdisciplinary research programs with the Center for
Prevention Research, the Sanders-Brown Center for Aging, and a
variety of other health-related departments and institutes.
The program is designed to serve the needs of
students whose goals may include teaching and academic research,
professional research, or communication careers in the media or
other organizations. Students with no previous course work in a
communication area may be required to take undergraduate work
without graduate credit.
Requirements
All students are required to complete 30 credit
hours to complete the Master of Arts degree. Students will be
required to take 12 core credit hours consisting of
Proseminar in Communication (CJT 601), Communication Theory (CJT
651), and Communication Research Methods (CJT 665), plus
Statistics 570 (or its equivalent as determined by the Associate
Dean for Graduate Studies).
Students may choose from either the Plan A or
Plan B options to complete their Masters degree requirements.
-- Plan A --
Students choosing Plan A (Thesis option) will
take a minimum of 24 credit hours of actual course work, plus
write a thesis (Note: the six thesis credits must be taken under
CJT 768 - Residence Credit for the Master's degree). All
students will also complete an oral examination in
defense of the thesis.
-- Plan B --
Students choosing Plan B (non-thesis) option,
will take a minimum of 30 hours of course work, followed by a written
and oral examination over the student's program.
At least 21 credit hours of the minimum
requirements for the master's degree must be from offerings
within the College of Communications and Information Studies
(both Plan A and Plan B). Plan A students may include six hours
of CJT 768 in the 21 hours, since the thesis involves work in an
area of communication. Also, at least 21 credit hours of the
minimum requirements must be in courses at the 600 and 700
levels (both Plan A and Plan B). No more than three credit hours
in Plan A and 6 credit hours in Plan B (of the minimum
requirements) may be earned in directed study, directed reading,
or internship courses (e.g., CJT 696, CJT 700, CJT 781, and CJT
790).
Students without previous course work in
communication may be required to take undergraduate work that
does not count toward graduate credit. The applicant is expected
to have had at least twelve hours of appropriate undergraduate
work in communication. Should the graduate faculty believe that
there is a deficiency in the applicant's undergraduate work, it
may require the deficiency to be removed by enrollment in
specific undergraduate courses. Courses taken to remove a
deficiency can not be counted towards the master's degree.
GRADUATE COURSES
- CJT 601 PROSEMINAR IN COMMUNICATION (3)
- CJT 608 MASS COMMUNICATIONS AND SOCIETY (3)
- CJT 619 PROSEMINAR IN INTERNATIONAL/INTERCULTRUAL
COMMUNICATION (3)
- CJT 625 PROSEMINAR IN ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION (3)
- CJT 630 PROSEMINAR IN MASS MEDIA LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY (3)
- CJT 631 PROSEMINAR IN INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION (3)
- CJT 645 PRESEMINAR IN MASS COMMUNICATION THEORY (3)
- CJT 650 COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE AND CULTURE (3)
- CJT 651 COMMUNICATION THEORY (3)
- CJT 665 COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH METHODS (3)
- CJT 667 QUALITATIVE METHODS IN COMMUNICATION RESEARCH (3)
- CJT 671 PROSEMINAR IN HEALTH COMMUNICATION (3)
- CJT 682 COMMUNICATION AND PERSUASION (3)
- CJT 684 PROSEMINAR IN INSTRUCTIONAL COMMUNICATION (3)
- CJT 685 SEMINAR: PREPARING FUTURE FACULTY FOR THE
MULTICULTURAL CLASSROOM (1)
- CJT 686 PRACTICUM IN PREPARING FUTURE FACULTY (1)
- CJT 696 INTERNSHIP IN COMMUNICATION (3)
- CJT 700 DIRECTED READING IN COMMUNICATION (1-3)
- CJT 701 ADVANCED TOPICS IN COMMUNICATION THEORY (SUBTITLE
REQUIRED) (3)
- CJT 719 SEMINAR IN INTERNATIONAL/INTERCULTURAL
COMMUNICATION (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) (3)
- CJT 725 SEMINAR IN ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION: (SUBTITLE
REQUIRED) (3)
- CJT 730 SEMINAR IN MASS MEDIA AND PUBLIC POLICY (SUBTITLE
REQUIRED) (3)
- CJT 731 SEMINAR IN INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION (SUBTITLE
REQUIRED) (3)
- CJT 748 MASTER'S THESIS RESEARCH (0)
- CJT 749 DISSERTATION RESEARCH (0)
- CJT 765 ADVANCED SEMINAR IN COMMUNICATION RESEARCH METHODS
(3)
- CJT 767 ADVANCED TOPICS IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS
(3)
- CJT 768 RESIDENCE CREDIT FOR THE MASTER' DEGREE (1-6)
- CJT 769 RESIDENCE CREDIT FOR DOCTOR'S DEGREE (0-12)
- CJT 771 SEMINAR IN HEALTH COMMUNICATION (3)
- CJT 775 SEMINAR IN HEALTH COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGNS (3)
- CJT 780 SPECIAL TOPICS IN COMMUNICATION:(SUBTITLE
REQUIRED) (3)
- CJT 781 DIRECTED STUDY IN COMMUNICATION (1-6)
- CJT 790 RESEARCH PROBLEMS IN COMMUNICATION (1-6)
- COM 525 ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION (3)
- COM 555 CYBERSPACE AND COMMUNICATION (SAME AS TEL 555) (3)
- COM 571 HEALTH COMMUNICATION (3)
- COM 581 STUDIES IN SMALL GROUP COMMUNICATION CONTEXTS (3)
- COM 584 TEACHING OF SPEECH COMMUNICATION (3)
- COM 591 SPECIAL TOPICS IN COMMUNICATION (SUBTITLE
REQUIRED) (1)
- ISC 541 CRITICAL TOPICS IN INTEGRATED STRATEGIC
COMMUNICATION (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) (3)
- ISC 543 REGULATION OF STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION (3)
- JOU 531 MEDIA LAW AND ETHICS (3)
- JOU 532 ETHICS OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION (3)
- JOU 535 HISTORY OF JOURNALISM (3)
- TEL 504 MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS (3)
- TEL 510 MEDIA ECONOMICS (3)
- TEL 520 SOCIAL EFFECTS OF THE MASS MEDIA (3)
- TEL 525 THEORY OF MULTIMEDIA (3)
- TEL 530 PRO-SEMINAR IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS (3)
- TEL 555 CYBERSPACE AND COMMUNICATION (SAME AS COM 555) (3)
- TEL 590 ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOPICAL SEMINAR
(SUBTITLE REQUIRED) (3)
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