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  School of Communication and Information 2011–2013 Master of Communication and Information Studies Program Curriculum: Overview Core Courses (12 credits)  

Core Courses (12 credits)


The following five courses (15 credits) are required of all degree candidates:

17:194:510  Communication and Society--with specialized sections for each track:

  • Communication and Society - for the general and strategic organization tracks
  • Digital Media and Innovation - for the digital media track
  • Health Communication - for the health communication track

17:194:511  Organizational Communication

17:194:512  Mediated Communication (digital media students take a specialized section in Media Studies Theory and Practice) 

17:194:514  Communication Research--focuses on literacy in reading original research

17:194:519  Capstone--This is a 3-credit faculty-supervised project completed by all M.C.I.S. students in or near the last semester of study. Capstone requires students to integrate what they have learned in the M.C.I.S. program through the completion of a clearly focused case study, literature review, or empirical project. The projects can be of an applied or scholarly nature. All projects are informed with literature and scholarly knowledge gained through the program.

 
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