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 M.C.I.S. Capstone Seminar
OR
17:194:XXX ePortfolio (under development)
Capstone is a 3-credit, faculty-supervised project completed by all M.C.I.S. students in or near the last semester of study. It 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. ePortfolio is a 3-credit online course in which students in or near the last semester of study create online portfolios based on their learning in the program that will facilitate their professional growth. All projects are informed by literature and scholarly knowledge gained through the program.