The Department of Communication Studies offers programs leading to the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees. Students focus on either an Interpersonal and Health track or Rhetorical Studies track.
The goals of graduate education in the Department of Communication Studies are to provide students with tools for generating new knowledge about human communication, to cultivate highly developed skills in transmitting knowledge about communication to various constituencies in need of that information, and to foster an attitude of eager inquiry and service. Graduate education in this department is particularly founded upon the ideal that each advanced learner’s individual interests and talents can be recognized, nourished, and honed in a climate of rigorous study. Consistent with this ideal, the department encourages graduate students to engage in individually tailored interdisciplinary study.
The non-thesis M.A. option is consistent with the department’s goal to provide rigorous and high-quality training in the communication discipline. This option may be appealing to students who seek a stronger foundation in the communication discipline that can be applied to a post-M.A. career, including students who intend to pursue a career outside of academia and/or students who earned their undergraduate degrees in other disciplines and, therefore, need additional coursework in and exposure to the communication discipline.
This major is part of a Double Dawgs pathway: Communication Studies AB/Communication Studies MA Women's and Gender Studies AB/Communication Studies MA For more information, go to doubledawgs.uga.edu.
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