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  • Department of Communication
    108 Sproul Hall
    One Shields Avenue
    Davis, CA 95616

    Tel: (530) 752-1222
    Fax: (530) 752-3156

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Contact Graduate Studies

  • 250 Mrak Hall
    One Shields Avenue
    Davis, CA 95616

    Phone: (530) 752-0650
    Fax: (530) 752-6222
Communication

Application Deadline

  • ADMISSION
  • Final: Jan. 2

  • FELLOWSHIP
  • Prospective Student Fellowship: Jan. 2
  • Continuing Student Fellowship: Jan. 15

Degrees Offered

  • M.A. Plan I
  • Ph.D. Plan C

Designated Emphases

Requirements

  • GRE
  • Three letters of recommendation

The Department of Communication's M.A. program in strategic communication focuses on communication theory and research concerned with the processes by which individuals devise messages to reach various goals in both mediated and unmediated communication modes. Audience analysis, message planning and producion processes, and the evaluation of message effects are examined from a variety of theoretical perspectives and research traditions.

This is a Departmentally-based Graduate Program.

For more information, visit the Communication Web site.

Contacts

Program Chair
George Barnett Communication 530-752-3674
Academic Advisers
Nicholas Palomares Communication (530) 754-5039
Graduate Program Staff Coordinator
Elaine M Brown Social Science Administration (530) 752-3464
Student Affairs Officer (SAO) in the Office of Graduate Studies
Jean Telford Graduate Studies (530) 752-9292