MU Department of Communication - College of Arts and Science - University of Missouri

Welcome to the MU Department of Communication!

The Department of Communication offers the undergraduate Bachelor of Arts, and the graduate Masters of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Communication. Through our curriculum students learn to apply the study of communication to their professional and personal lives.

The curriculum focuses on four main areas: interpersonal, mass media, organizational, and political communication. The faculty have national and international reputations for research and teaching in these areas.

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organizational communication focus area political communication focus area

The faculty have won prestigious awards for their excellence in teaching and advising both undergraduate and graduate students, including three William T. Kemper Fellowships for Teaching Excellence and a Provost Outstanding Junior Faculty Award.

 

Open House 2011 Graduate Research Award 2011 Open House 2011 Open House 2011 Open House 2011 Open House 2011 Open House 2011 Mitchell McKinnery Jim Lowry Homecoming Katie Price SHAG Lambda Pi Eta Ceremony Lambda Pi Eta Ceremony Lambda Pi Eta Ceremony Graduate Acheivement Award 2011 Pie Professor Fundraiser
Pie Professor Fundraiser Graduate Teaching Award 2011 Emily Bradley Graduate Service Award 2011 Gilman Graduate Award 2011 TStormie Dorrel - Griffith Award Travis Niswonder - Wolfe Award Mallory Dunn - Outstanding Senior Award

Top Ten awardOur program has consistently been ranked among the top programs in the nation. An article published in 2007 in The Chronicle of Higher Education rated our department as a Top Ten Program in the United States based on the research productivity of our faculty. Another article published in Communication Reports in 2007 ranked our program 16th in the nation among Ph.D. programs.

Switzler HallIn November of 2009, the faculty moved out of Switzler Hall to allow a complete overhaul of the building. From top to bottom, wall to wall, Switzler underwent a major renovation. Four large classrooms were added to the south side of the building, one per floor. In the summer of 2011, we moved back to Switzler Hall and we could not be more pleased with our new home. We not only have wonderful new office space, but we also have a new research facility and meeting space for conferences and seminars. The graduate students are housed in the "garden level" in a very uniquely designed thread of interconnecting rooms, each with garden level windows. The entire building was designed with energy efficiency and good stewardship in mind.

Communiqué newsletter (pdfs)

History of the Department (pdf)

Switzler Renovation

2011 Graduate Awards

University of Missouri Communication Ph.D.'s on the Job Market

Department of Communication Colloquium Series (Spring - 2012)

Communication Video