This intensive, 36.00 credit-hour graduate program prepares students to address complex communication issues from a strong, theoretically grounded, and methodologically driven perspective. Providing a foundation of communication theory and mixed methodological training, the program allows students to specialize in various subfields such as public relations, organizational communication, interpersonal communication, cultural studies, mediated communication, and digital media. Full- and part-time students are equally welcome to apply. Graduate Assistantships under the Graduate Student Support Plan are available for full-time students only. Our students come to us with varied goals and leave us to further those goals in diverse contexts — non-profit agencies, public relations firms, training and development organizations, and governmental agencies, to name a few. Many become college instructors and lecturers in Communication or continue their education in doctoral programs.