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2025-2026 Graduate Catalog Communication

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Programs Offered

M.A./M.S. degrees in Communication.

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Communication Program

Degree Offered: M.S., M.A.

All master's degree programs require a minimum of 50 percent of the non-thesis credit hours applied to the degree to be in 400-level graduate seminars.

Option I - Thesis

This 32-hour master's thesis option requires:

  • 9 hours including , and another methods course ( or )听
  • 5 hours of under which student completes thesis
  • 18 hours of electives聽
  • at least 12 of the 18 elective credit hours must be completed in Graduate Seminars. A maximum of 6 credit hours may be completed in other coursework approved for graduate credit to fulfill the elective requirements.聽A maximum of six credit hours from and (combined) may be applied to the degree

Option II - Master's Project

This 36-hour master's project option requires:聽

  • 9 hours including , and another methods course ( or )听
  • 3 hours of in which student completes master's project under the direction of a graduate committee chair and additional committee member
  • 24 credit hours of electives聽
  • at least 15 of the 24 elective credit hours must be completed in Graduate Seminars. A maximum of 9 credit hours may be completed in other coursework approved for graduate credit to fulfill the elective requirements. A maximum of nine credit hours from and (combined) can be applied to the degree (with no more than six hours of each).

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