宾夕法尼亚州立大学传播艺术与科学专业的研究生课程对学生进行传播科学和修辞研究方面的培训，特别关注政治审议，健康传播，人际交往，公共演讲，修辞理论和公共文化修辞。我们的研究生进行研究，研究沟通如何影响态度和行为，关系发展和家庭动力，公共生活和公共记忆，民主决策以及争取社会正义的斗争。美国国家传播协会（National Communication Association）对博士课程的最新评估将我们的课程列为健康交流，人际和小组交流以及修辞方面的前五名。
The graduate program in Communication Arts and Sciences at Penn State trains students in communication science and rhetorical studies, with particular attention to political deliberation, health communication, interpersonal communication, public address, rhetorical theory, and the rhetoric of public culture. Our graduate students conduct research investigating how communication influences attitudes and behavior, relationship development and family dynamics, public life and public memory, democratic decision making, and struggles for social justice. In the 2021 URAP rankings, Penn State was listed in the top three for the language, culture, and communication field category.<br>Part of the mission of our department is to create knowledge about the role of communication in diverse interpersonal, communal, national, international, and cultural settings. To accomplish this goal, the department welcomes graduate students and affiliated scholars who represent the widest array of identities and perspectives. We value every individual's race, gender, sexual orientation, country of origin, level of ability/disability and political perspective. We respect and seek to ensure each person's right to define their own identity and to craft the language that best represents who they are.