The Department offers both master's and doctoral degrees in Speech Communication. Doctoral graduate students elect to specialize in one of six concentrations: Communication Pedagogy ; Gender, Sexuality, and Communication ; Intercultural Communication ; Interpersonal Communication ; Performance Studies ; and Rhetoric and Philosophy of Communication . Courses also are available in critical/cultural studies, organizational communication, public address, public relations, and semiotics. The Department also offers extensive production opportunities in its performance laboratory, the Marion Kleinau Theatre.
Other opportunities to engage with the Speech Communication community include a weekly conversation analysis listening group, a professional seminar series, and teacher-training workshops. In addition, we have an active mentoring program for first-year graduate teaching assistants.
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