Students move as a cohort through a common set of introductory, theory and methods courses, complemented by courses (some outside the department and college) that allow tailoring the Ph.D. program to meet each individual’s research interests.
Core Courses
A few of the courses for the program
- • Ways of Knowing - CAS 991
- • Theories of Media and Information - CAS 921
- • Introduction to Methods - CAS 975
- •Advanced Quantitative Research Design - MI 985
Research / Design Methods
A list of research and design methods
- • Quantitative Research Design
- • Qualitative Methods
- • Social Network Analysis
- • Advanced Quantitative Research Design
Content Concentration
Choose any of these concentrations for your degree
- • Media and Technology
- • Human Computer Interaction
- • Computational Communication
- • Psychology & Effects of Social Media Use
- • Theories of Social Media
Examples of Special Topics Courses
Here are some of the special topic courses offered
- • Doctoral Seminar in Discourse and Textual Analysis Methods
- • Doctoral Seminar in Media and Diversity
- • Doctoral Seminar in Video Games
- • Doctoral Seminar in Content Analysis
- • Doctoral Seminar in Consumer Psychology
- • Doctoral Seminar in Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)