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Department of Communication

Graduate Degree Requirements

A minimum of 36 credits of graduate-level course work beyond the bachelor’s degree is required, with at least 24 credits at the 600 level or higher. All students must complete at least nine credits of research courses (CMC 600, CMC 601 or CMC 602, and CMC 797). At least 15 additional credits must be taken in seminar courses numbered 690 through 698. (Seminar courses may not be completed by directed study, by independent study or by transfer credit.) Finally, students must complete 12 additional elective credits selected by advisement.

The following eight courses, totaling 24 credits, are required of all matriculated graduate students in Communication.
          

CMC 600  Introduction to Research Methods in Communication 
3
Either:

CMC 601

 Quantitative Research Methods in Communication: Surveys and Experiments
3
Or:
CMC 602 Qualitative Research Methods in Communication: Textual Analysis and Ethnography
3

CMC 797

Research Project in Communication*

3
* The research project is the culmination of a student’s academic experience and therefore should be one of the last courses taken; CMC 600 and CMC 601 or 602 are prerequisites; approval for enrollment requires the completion of a brief research prospectus.
CMC 692 Seminar in Rhetorical Theory
3
CMC 693 Seminar in Organizational Communication 
3
CMC 694 Seminar in Mass Communication
3
CMC 697  Seminar in Interpersonal Communication
3
And one of the following: 
CMC 690 Seminar in Special Topics in Communication
3
CMC 691 Seminar in Topics in Rhetorical Criticism
3
CMC 695 Seminar in Periods and Types of Rhetorical Discourse  
3
CMC 696 Seminar in Media Studies and Criticism
3

In addition to the eight required courses, students must complete at least four additional courses (12 credits). These courses should be selected by advisement from the options listed below.  

CMC 510 Speakers, Campaigns and Movements 
3
CMC 511 Rhetorical Criticism    
3
CMC 513 Nonverbal Communication
3
CMC 517  Political Rhetoric in the Information Age  
3
CMC 518  Intercultural Communication                
3
CMC 519  Freedom of Expression                      
3
CMC 532  Public Relations Campaigns                 
3
CMC 563  Media and Society                          
3
CMC 573  Theories of Communication                       
3
CMC 577  Organizational Communication              
3
CMC 579  Conflict Management Through Communication  
3
CMC 583  Communication Training and Development    
3
CMC 592  Theories of Rhetoric                            
3
CMC 690 Seminar in Special Topics in Communication  
3
CMC 691  Seminar in Topics in Rhetorical Criticism  
3
CMC 695 Seminar in Periods and Types of Rhetorical Discourse 
3
CMC 696  Seminar in Media Studies and Criticism     
3
CMC 699 Independent Study in Communication.   
Independent study options permit graduate students to study areas or develop projects not available through regular course work. Students are ordinarily permitted to include a maximum of 3 credits of independent study as part of their Plan of Study. Exceptions to this policy must be approved by the graduate faculty.

Students with strong undergraduate backgrounds in communication, by advisement and with approval by the graduate faculty, may elect to take one or two courses in disciplines other than communication. Students lacking strong undergraduate backgrounds in communication must take their entire Plan of Study in communication courses. Exceptions to this policy must be approved by the graduate faculty.

Students who wish to study film and video production, desktop publishing and related media may do so at the Visual Studies Workshop, located at 31 Prince Street in Rochester. With their advisor’s permission, students may take no more than six elective credits there.

Time Limit
After matriculation, a graduate student has five years in which to complete all degree requirements. With sufficient reason a student can request a leave of absence and/or extension of this time limit.