2025-2026 Graduate Catalog Communication
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Campus Box 4480
(309) 438-3671
Interim Director: Aimee Miller-Ott
Programs Offered
M.A./M.S. degrees in Communication.
Course Finder
Communication Program
Degree Offered: M.S., M.A.
All master's degree programs require a minimum of 50 percent of the non-thesis credit hours applied to the degree to be in 400-level graduate seminars.
Option I - Thesis
This 32-hour master's thesis option requires:
- 9 hours including , and another methods course ( or )Ìý
- 5 hours of under which student completes thesis
- 18 hours of electivesÂ
- at least 12 of the 18 elective credit hours must be completed in Graduate Seminars. A maximum of 6 credit hours may be completed in other coursework approved for graduate credit to fulfill the elective requirements. A maximum of six credit hours from and (combined) may be applied to the degree
Option II - Master's Project
This 36-hour master's project option requires:Â
- 9 hours including , and another methods course ( or )Ìý
- 3 hours of in which student completes master's project under the direction of a graduate committee chair and additional committee member
- 24 credit hours of electivesÂ
- at least 15 of the 24 elective credit hours must be completed in Graduate Seminars. A maximum of 9 credit hours may be completed in other coursework approved for graduate credit to fulfill the elective requirements. A maximum of nine credit hours from and (combined) can be applied to the degree (with no more than six hours of each).