Overview
The strategic combination of these areas helps prepare you to address key questions facing our society in the 21st century. We offer a Communication, Information, and Media degree at the Rutgers University.
Features
- We focus on the nature and function of communication, information, and media institutions, policies, processes, and systems, examining their impact on individuals and social, organizational, national, and international affairs.
- Interdisciplinary approaches to these issues are strongly supported and encouraged.
Programme Structure
Curriculum:
- Communication, Information, and Media Pro-seminar
- Research Foundations
- Qualitative Research Methods
- Quantitative Research Methods
- Critical Research Methods
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 36 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Disciplines
Media Studies & Mass Media View 26 other PhDs in Media Studies & Mass Media in United StatesAcademic requirements
English requirements
Student insurance
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Master's degree required. Personal statement, official transcripts, resume/CV, writing sample, and three letters of recommendation. Examples of acceptable writing samples include a chapter or portion of your masters thesis, a term paper from a previous class, an academic conference paper or journal publication, a professional work product, etc.
- Graduate Records Exam (GRE) scores are OPTIONAL for applicants. All applications will be reviewed equally with or without GRE scores. Not submitting GRE scores will not hurt an applicant's chances of admission, nor will submitting GRE scores give applicants an advantage in admissions. TOEFL/IELTS required for international applicants.
- Please include a personal statement that describes your research interests, explains your goals for pursuing your Ph.D. in this program, and identifies any relevant faculty who you would have an interest in working with.
Tuition Fee
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International
33722 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 33722 USD per year during 36 months. -
National
33722 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 33722 USD per year during 36 months. -
In-State
19824 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 19824 USD per year during 36 months.
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Scholarships Information
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