博士的任务 交流与修辞学的目的是使学生能够在技术中介语境中与交流相关的问题上做出严谨，深入和创造力的贡献。修辞学的传播是其多学科的本质。该计划取材于人文，社会科学和艺术领域的众多学科。在读博士 交流与修辞学课程利用这一多学科基础设计创新且丰富的学位论文项目。在博士学位 在交流与修辞课程中，所有学生都完成了两门课程的核心课程，即定向研究，并且在该系的课程范围之外至少完成了一门课程。学生还可在图形，人机交互，超媒体，Web设计和开发或写作等领域选择最多三门应用课程。通过这种结构，我们的课程高度适合每个学生的个
The Ph.D. in Communication and Rhetoric is distinguished by its commitment to the integrated, interdisciplinary study of media, communication, and society. Situated within the country's oldest technological university that brings together science with the humanities, the CMRT Ph.D. is an exciting and flexible program for students wishing to bring cutting edge theory and practice to their chosen research agendas. Building on our historic reputation in media and communication studies within technological environments, the CMRT Ph.D. prepares students to study contemporary interactions with multimedia, multicultural and multisensory texts. Our internationally recognized research faculty work in a variety of media-centered disciplines and methods, including Media Studies (Film/Video, TV, Photography, and Social Media), Communication, Data Visualization, Human-Centered Design, Visual Culture, Mixed-reality Pedagogy, Creative and Strategic Writing, Sensory Studies and Anthropology. The CMRT Ph.D. consists of an interdisciplinary core with flexible tracks that students can tailor to their research interests under the direction of their advisors in the Department.<br><br>The current migration of theory, method, and research across disciplines is exhilarating as well as profound. The doctoral program offers a centralized curriculum of foundational seminars in theory, method, and practice that complements offerings within the Department of Communication and Media. Students have the opportunity to work with cognitive and computer scientists, artists, critical game theorists as well as scholars in STS. Additionally, doctoral students are encouraged to utilize labs and other experimental spaces throughout the campus.