The Department of Communication & Rhetorical Studies offers graduate degrees (M.A. and Ph.D.) intentionally situated within a series of what Martin Buber referred to as a unity of contraries. We embrace the productive tensions between theory and practice, preparation for teaching and for the marketplace, recruitment of traditional and non-traditional students, excellence in teaching and scholarship, professional expectations and an invitational intellectual community. As a student in our graduate program, you will experience the integration of a humanities education with practical application and a commitment to communication in the marketplace. Consistent with the mission of Duquesne University, we will invite you into a conversation that will expand your horizons through the unity of liberal arts and professional education, moral issues and secular excellence. Since 1982, the Master of Arts program in Corporate Communication has prepared students for communication management positions in both for-profit and non-profit organizations. Designed with both recent graduates and working professionals in mind, the program provides students with a broad, intellectually rigorous foundation in professional communication to prepare them for ethical leadership in the marketplace.