University of Maryland Department of Communication
http://www.comm.umd.edu/departmentinfo.html
Studying Communication at the University of Maryland
"…dedicated to the study of the strategic use of discourse in the public sphere…"
Students have studied Communication in its many different forms at the University of Maryland since the university's earliest beginnings. In courses from public speaking to mediated communication, from public relations to intercultural communication, UM students continue to learn about the history, processes, and effects of human communication.
A degree in Communication is still one of the most sought after at UM—we're a top ten most popular undergraduate major on campus.
At the graduate level, our award-winning faculty trains the future researchers and teachers of Communication. We pursue research in the following areas: Feminist Studies; Health Communication; Intercultural Communication; Media Studies, Persuasion & Social Influence; Public Relations, and Rhetoric & Political Culture. We confer both the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees, and our graduates are working in government, industry, and the public sector as well as teaching and researching at some of the finest universities in the world.
We are a top ten graduate program in faculty research, program reputation, and faculty publications. For a slide show of books authored by UM faculty members and graduate student alumni, as journals edited in the Department, click here.
Come and visit—take a look at our Web site—learn why Communication at UM is at the center of it all!