传播与媒体系（C＆M）强调在所有媒体，文化和模式中创造意义所涉及的人类交流过程。MS学位可以促成传播，文化，设计和媒体领域的职业，或者可以为博士学习奠定基础。博士毕业 沟通与修辞学专业的毕业生可以在商业，政府和学术界找到职业。沟通与修辞学的研究生课程提供了一个多学科课程，可以让学生质疑通过媒体和通信技术传达的他们所遇到的复杂文本现象。传播，文化，设计和媒体方面的综合课程使学生为可持续和有弹性的国家和国际传播基础设施做出贡献。学生进行人文和实证研究，重点在于多媒体，多元文化和多模式文本的开发和分析，从而使他
The M.S. in Communication and Rhetoric emphasizes a research approach to communication problems and prepares students for applied research in industry or government, or for further study in a doctoral program. This program accepts students from discourse-related fields such as English, communication arts, or journalism and students with research experience in the social sciences, physical sciences, or engineering.<br><br>The M.S. in Communication and Rhetoric requires satisfactory completion of 30 credits of course work. No more than 15 credit hours of 4000-4990 courses may count toward the degree or be applied to the Plan of Study. While courses may be taken in a semester other than noted below if that is when they are offered and there is availability in the students plan of study, the following plan notes the degree requirements for the M.S. in Communication and Rhetoric: