Focusing on areas of importance in an emerging digital and multicultural world, the doctoral program in Communication, Culture and Media Studies (CCMS) is designed to train scholars and academic leaders to contribute to the interdisciplinary scholarship of communication with a particular emphasis in multicultural and mediated communication. Offering core competencies in research strategies (qualitative, quantitative, and critical), theory and methodology, the doctor of philosophy program seeks to prepare students in the scholarly fields of communications. This interdisciplinary field incorporates concerns about culture, technology, policy, ownership, gender and racial equality, national development, persuasion, marketing, journalism, health and related issues. In an effort to fulfill the university’s mission, the graduate curriculum emphasizes multiculturalism, global issues and social justice concerns.

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