Overview
The Communication and Information from Kent State University consists of a prescribed core of interdisciplinary courses and varied selection of elective coursework within and across disciplines. The study is flexibly structured and designed to provide both an integrative and historical overview, as well as specializations in communication (media, technology and society; global communication; interpersonal communication) and information (human information behavior; cultural heritage informatics; knowledge organization).
Learning Outcomes
Graduates of this program will be able to:
- Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of an area of expertise within one or more disciplines within the field of communication and information.
- Produce doctoral dissertations that advance existing areas of scholarly investigation within the field of communication and information.
- Be prepared to succeed as research-oriented, tenure-track faculty at research universities.
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Courses include:
- Communication and information inquiry
- Research and scholarship in communication and information
- Colloquium in communication and information
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Completion of the academic requirements of a master's degree in one of the disciplines represented in the College of Communication and Information or a discipline closely related to the applicant's proposed course of study1
- Minimum 3.300 graduate GPA on a 4.000 point scale (3.500 GPA or higher is recommended)
- Official transcript(s)
- Résumé (or curriculum vitae)
- Goal Statement2
- Letters of recommendation from those in a position to evaluate graduate academic performance and potential
- Sample of superior scholarly writing (published paper, major term paper, thesis chapter, etc.).
- English language proficiency
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18448 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 18448 USD per year -
National
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In-State
9898 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 9898 USD per year
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