Graduate students attending lecture 

Highly Customizable Graduate Programs: Students in the Department of Communication work with their faculty advisors to create highly tailored plans of study typically based on a concentration of study in one of the primary areas and one or two additional areas within or outside the department.

Our graduate program is organized under six primary areas of study each of which offers a variety of courses, research expertise, and partnership within and outside of the department:

1. Health Communication
2. Interpersonal Communication
3. Media, Technology, & Society
4. Organizational Communication
5. Public Relations/Issue Management
6. Rhetorical Studies

Interdisciplinary programs are also available in:

1. Communication and Philosophy
2. Communication and Aging
3. Information Assurance and Security
4. Public Health: MPH - Health Communication) track

A student's program is typically based on a concentration of study and research in one of these areas, designated as the student's primary area, and on a secondary emphasis in either one or two additional areas chosen from those available within or outside the department.

The listing of a course under a particular area (e.g. organizational communication) is not intended as a limitation on its being used, when such use is appropriate, under a different heading as part of some other program or area (e.g. interpersonal). Students take courses within and outside of the Department of Communication.