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The doctoral program engages students in the interdisciplinary study of global media. Students learn to compare and contract concepts and methods drawn from various research traditions in the field. Students are not only encouraged to think broadly about the discipline, but also develop mastery in a particular specialization in order to produce original research in that specific area.

Student Learning Outcomes

Students will demonstrate the ability to master a specific research tradition in mass communication studies

Students will demonstrate the ability to think critically about the interdisciplinary nature of mass communication studies.

Students will demonstrate the ability to write a dissertation which breaks new ground in the disciplines of Mass Communication and Media Arts.

Students will demonstrate the ability to speak articulately about Mass Communication and Media Arts.

Students will demonstrate the ability to understand the important global and international nature of mass communication.

Curriculum

The Ph.D. in Mass Communication and Media Arts requires a minimum of 60 credit hours, including 10 credit hours of foundation courses, 9 credit hours of research methods courses, 18 credit hours of electives, and a 24-credit hours dissertation. All course work counting towards the degree must be at the 500-level.