传播哲学博士

传播系将公共领域话语的战略性使用作为其学术重点。该系的教职员工和研究生从事并开展涵盖传播学广泛领域的研究，这些研究通常集中在三个广泛的课程领域：传播科学与社会认知，公共关系与战略传播以及修辞与政治文化。该系鼓励希望追求这些重点的学生申请研究生学习。传播学研究生课程是专为以博士学位为教育目标的学生而设计的。学位（目前该计划不接受以MA为学位目标的学生）。博士课程的大多数毕业生都从事学术职业，但是，一些从事公共政策研究和其他专业的工作需要高度发展的研究技能。
The Department of Communication takes as its intellectual focus the strategic use of discourse in the public sphere. Faculty members and graduate students in the Department pursue and produce research that spans a wide range of the Communication discipline, generally focused in three broad curriculum areas: Communication Science & Social Cognition, Public Relations & Strategic Communication, and Rhetoric & Political Culture. The Department encourages applications for graduate study from students wishing to pursue interests identified within these foci. The graduate program in Communication is designed for students whose educational objective is the Ph.D. degree (currently the program does not admit students whose degree objective is the M.A.) Most graduates of the doctoral program pursue academic careers, however, some work in public policy research and other professions requiring highly developed research skills.