Degree Requirements
Students in this degree program must meet the following requirements:
- Complete a minimum of 48 graduate credit hours and a degree completion option.
- Complete all graduate courses and requirements listed in the designated degree program.
- Maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or higher.
Core Requirements
Course List
Course |
Title |
Quarter Hours |
| 4 |
CMNS 500 | FOUNDATIONS IN GRADUATE COMMUNICATION STUDIES | |
| 4 |
CMNS 501 | COMMUNICATION IN CULTURAL CONTEXTS | |
CMNS 506 | SEMINAR IN INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION | |
MCS 502 | MEDIA AND CULTURAL STUDIES | |
CMNS 541 | ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE | |
| 4 |
CMNS 581 | QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS | |
CMNS 582 | QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS | |
CMNS 584 | METHODOLOGICAL TOPICS | |
MCS 503 | CRITICAL ANALYSIS | |
Communication and Media Electives
Course List
Course |
Title |
Quarter Hours |
1 | 36 |
CMNS 501 | COMMUNICATION IN CULTURAL CONTEXTS | |
CMNS 506 | SEMINAR IN INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION | |
CMNS 509 | SPECIAL TOPICS IN MULTICULTURAL COMMUNICATION | |
CMNS 511 | TOPICS IN INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION | |
CMNS 513 | NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION | |
CMNS 522 | COMMUNICATING IDENTITY | |
CMNS 523 | GENDERED COMMUNICATION | |
CMNS 524 | NARRATIVES IN HEALTH CARE | |
CMNS 525 | COMMUNICATION TRAINING FOR INTERNATIONAL WORK | |
CMNS 527 | ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION IN ORGANIZATIONS | |
CMNS 528 | THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF HEALTH AND ILLNESS | |
CMNS 530 | INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT | |
CMNS 532 | INTRODUCTION TO TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT | |
CMNS 541 | ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE | |
CMNS 542 | MULTICULTURAL COMMUNICATION IN THE WORKPLACE | |
CMNS 543 | COMMUNICATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE | |
CMNS 545 | COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY | |
CMNS 548 | TEAMS, DIVERSITY AND LEADERSHIP | |
CMNS 549 | SPECIAL TOPICS IN ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION | |
CMNS 552 | RELATIONSHIPS AND INFLUENCE IN THE WORKPLACE | |
CMNS 563 | MULTICULTURAL MEDIA REPRESENTATIONS | |
CMNS 570 | INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL CMN | |
CMNS 581 | QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS | |
CMNS 582 | QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS | |
CMNS 584 | METHODOLOGICAL TOPICS | |
CMNS 599 | RESEARCH THESIS | |
MCS 501 | FILM AND MEDIA THEORY | |
MCS 502 | MEDIA AND CULTURAL STUDIES | |
MCS 503 | CRITICAL ANALYSIS | |
MCS 520 | TOPICS IN MEDIA STUDIES | |
MCS 521 | TOPICS IN CINEMA STUDIES | |
MCS 522 | TOPICS IN CINEMA/MEDIA HISTORY | |
MCS 523 | TOPICS IN GLOBAL FILM & MEDIA | |
MCS 530 | NEW MEDIA AND CULTURE | |
MCS 533 | LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA/MEDIA | |
MCS 541 | AUDIO DOCUMENTARY | |
MCS 542 | TOPICS IN PRODUCTION | |
MCS 544 | TOPICS IN DOCUMENTARY STUDIES | |
MCS 550 | FANDOM AND ACTIVE AUDIENCES | |
MCS 575 | DIGITAL MEDIA ETHICS | |
MCS 587 | SOUND AND VISION | |
CMN 591 | INTERNSHIP | |
CMN 592 | INDEPENDENT STUDY | |
CMN 593 | RESEARCH PRACTICUM | |
CMN 598 | STUDY ABROAD | |
Optional Communication and Media Concentrations
Students may opt to complete one of four concentrations. Each concentration requires five courses (20 credits) specific to that concentration; these five courses (20 credits) are included in the 12 course (48 credits) total required for the degree. To view concentration requirements, please view the concentration requirement pages linked below:
Optional Latino Media & Communication Concentration
The graduate concentration in Latino Media & Communication is comprised of at least three graduate courses drawn from the areas of advertising, journalism, media and cinema studies, multicultural communication, organizational communication and public relations. Graduate students in any of the College of Communication Master of Arts programs can elect to complete the Latino Media & Communication concentration. Students may need to use outside electives to complete this concentration.
Students who complete the concentration will:
- Develop an understanding of the heterogeneous and rapidly changing Latino communities locally, nationally and globally
- Ground their knowledge of intercultural studies within a more extensive and concrete knowledge of a particular (even though diverse), rapidly growing, and increasingly important population within the U.S.
- Increase their cross-cultural competence (understanding and ability to dialogue across difference, develop cultural sensitivity and awareness) with Latino communities
- Enhance their capacity to communicate with and learn from Latino populations in the workplace, in community situations and other sites of engagement
- Recognize the impact of the movement of Latinos across the globe and develop the skills to critically consume and produce media, public relations and advertisement representations that communicate to and about Latino communities
- Develop field-specific knowledge of Latino media and communication along with an understanding of how Latino studies shapes other fields of communication
Courses
Students are required to take three courses (12 credits) from the following list:
Course List
Course |
Title |
Quarter Hours |
CMNS 509 | SPECIAL TOPICS IN MULTICULTURAL COMMUNICATION 1 | |
CMNS 542 | MULTICULTURAL COMMUNICATION IN THE WORKPLACE | |
JOUR 515 | SPECIAL TOPICS IN JOURNALISM 1 | |
MCS 521 | TOPICS IN CINEMA STUDIES 1 | |
MCS 533 | LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA/MEDIA | |
PRAD 511 | CONSUMER INSIGHTS | |
PRAD 512 | ENGAGING LATINX COMMUNITIES | |
PRAD 514 | CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN PUBLIC RELATIONS AND ADVERTISING 1 | |
PRAD 595 | SPECIAL TOPICS IN PUBLIC RELATIONS & ADVERTISING 1 | |
CMN 591 | INTERNSHIP 1 | |
CMN 598 | STUDY ABROAD 1 | |
Completion Requirement: Comprehensive Final Exam or Project/Thesis
Students in the Master of Arts in Communication and Media complete their degree requirements by passing a comprehensive final exam. Students who attain a 3.75 GPA or higher and obtain prior approval from the graduate program director have the option to complete a culminating project or thesis instead of the comprehensive final exam. Students completing a project or thesis will enroll in CMNS 599 as their 12th and final course in the quarter they defend their project/thesis.
Grade Requirements
All students are required to maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.000 in their coursework. If a student's cumulative GPA falls below 3.000, the student will be allowed to complete an additional 16 credits or 3 quarters (whichever comes first) to attain the 3.000 minimum GPA. If the cumulative GPA remains below a 3.000 at the conclusion of this time period, the student may be dismissed from the program. The student's cumulative and term GPAs along with overall academic performance will be factored into the dismissal decision.
Concentration Requirements
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