Note: If you joined the MA program prior to Fall 2009, please contact the graduate coordinator at comm.ma.info@gmail.com for advising.
What do we want our M.A. graduates to know and do after they have successfully completed their program of study?
All graduate curriculum offerings (outlined below) are designed to integrate and provide meaningful connections between three areas: (1) Conceptual Foundations (paradigmatic, theoretical, and ethical underpinnings of the discipline), (2) Inquiry and Research (methodologies used in the study of communication), and (3) Professional Practice (advanced application of communication foundations and methods in professionally applied contexts).
CORE200R - 4 units Subtotal - 14 units |
THESIS OPTIONELECTIVES - 18 units |
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM OPTIONELECTIVES - 24 units |
PROJECT OPTIONELECTIVES - 20 units |
| TOTAL - 38 UNITS |
Our M.A. program addresses graduate student success on two key factors, as indicated in research about graduate education: a) mentorship activities with faculty members and b) educational activities that foster the development of graduate students as independent scholars. The proposed curricular structure foregrounds both of these key factors through four-unit seminars, one-unit methods courses, a two-unit mid-program proseminar, and a two-unit writing workshop.
These requirements help us achieve streamlined and coordinated M.A. experience, one that helps enhance not only a sense of program identity, but also of students’ and faculty members’ scholarly community and engagement.
Through four-unit courses, graduate students who benefit from financial aid will have a less stressful and more productive experience in the program as they will be able to worry less about their unit load for a particular semester and more about the content of their seminars. Given the diversity of our enrollees, students in our M.A. program will take various amounts of time to complete their degree. However, with effective enrollment management, including revised admission processes, we hope to facilitate cohesion among students by creating more opportunities to build a cohort among student that enter the program together.
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