Graduate Program

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Explore the diversity of Communication Studies, while focusing on how different areas study communication technologies. MACTS develops thought leaders to bring critical thinking, global insights, and historical perspectives to technological debates and decisionmaking. Emphasizing the impacts and interconnections of technologies in society and culture, a full range of theoretical and methodological approaches are deployed, including social science, critical/cultural, organizational, policy, and infrastructure approaches. Gain tools to understand and research technologies as social phenomena shaping and shaped by users’ goals in various communication contexts. Become prepared to enter doctoral study, teaching, business, politics, or social organizing with advanced communication expertise.

Funding opportunities are available to approximately eight new graduate students per year in the form of teaching and research assistantships. Our assistantships provide a full tuition waiver and a stipend of approximately $12,000 per academic year. Assistantships are awarded competitively by the graduate committee. We offer a variety of opportunities for you to grow as a teacher, scholar, and emerging professional in the discipline. Graduate students typically assist with the delivery of our basic undergraduate courses and assist faculty members with research.

Current students in this program have majors and minors in communication studies, business administration, environmental health sciences, education, Spanish, and public relations. Their interest areas include sociology, organizational communication, online networks, social media, environmental communication, and marketing. Coming from the United States and China, they have practical experience in areas such as scholarly research, disaster relief, arts programming, teaching, media relations, journalism, sports, and content editing.

For more information about the program, please see the links at the left or contact Dr. Travers Scott, Director of Graduate Studies. 

Student Handbook

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