Our program takes full advantage of being situated in the state's capital and business center, offering students excellent opportunities to study culture and communication, interpersonal and family communication, and public discourse and communication ethics.
The Department of Communication Studies has been a pioneer in speech and communication studies since 1912, offering M.A. and Ph.D. programs, as well as a dual degree with the Graduate School of Social Work. Our program takes full advantage of being situated in the state's capital and business center, offering students excellent opportunities to study culture and communication, interpersonal and family communication, and public discourse and communication ethics.
The graduate program in communication studies seeks to identify the ways in which we can better understand who we are as members of cultures, groups and families; examine and critique ideologies and structures that constrain our contact with each other; identify ways to deliberate and reach just decisions in public, organizational and personal contexts; and create the means for dialogue and collaboration in instances of conflict and struggle. This mission is realized through three distinct but overlapping areas of emphasis in which students can specialize: culture and communication, interpersonal and family communication, and rhetoric and communication ethics.
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Accreditation:
The University of Denver is accredited as a doctoral degree-granting institution by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
