Political Communication

The Political Communication area features nationally and internationally known faculty, whose study of politics and communication encompasses the communicative activity of citizens, individual political figures, governmental institutions, the media, political campaigns, advocacy groups, and social movements. The Political Communication area features the Political Communication Institute (pci.missouri.edu).

The Faculty

The Department's political communication faculty and graduate students pursue research that addresses political communication topics in all contexts and levels of analysis, employing a variety of methodologies.

Graduate Program

Graduate Coursework

Political communication coursework is designed to help students understand theory, research, and current and historical political issues. Students work both with their instructors and independently to create research in their areas of interest.

Selected Graduate Course List

You will work with your committee to develop a program of study that is unique to your interests. More courses are available in the course catalog.

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Required Communication Courses

8000 Communication Pro-Sem
8120 Introduction to Communication Research Methods
9280 Seminar in Communication Theory

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Specialized Communication Courses

8001 Topics in Political Communication – Polarization
8610 Survey of Political Communication
9610 Seminar in Disaster, Crisis, and Risk
9620 Political Campaign Debates
9630 Political Advertising
9170 Research Practicum
8510 Seminar in Mediated Communication
9510 Seminar in New Technologies
9520 Seminar in Media Processing and Effects
9530 Topics in Mediated Communication

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Outside Courses

Political Science

9050 Introduction to Formal Political Theory
9100 American Political Behavior
9120 Voting and Elections
9140 American Political Institutions
9150 Political Parties

Journalism

8026 Philosophy of Journalism
8038 Seminar in Communications Law
8044 Strategic Conflict Management
9018 Media and Politics

Psychology

8110 Cognitive Psychology
9310 Theories of Social Psychology

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Method Courses

8120 Seminar in Quantitative Methods in Communication
8130 Seminar in Qualitative Methods in Communication (Topics vary and course can be repeated)
A-Narrative theory and Grounded Theory
B-Ethnography and Phenomenology
8140 Content Analysis
8170 Seminar in Quantitative Methods in Communication II
8180 Advanced Topics in Quantitative Methods
8160 Rhetorical Criticism
JOURN 8010 Advanced Qualitative Methods in Journalism
ESC_PS 8610 Quantitative Methods in Educational Research I
ESC_PS 8620 Quantitative Methods in Educational Research II
ESC_PS 8630 Qualitative Research in Education I
ESC_PS 9650 Application of Multivariate Analysis in Educational Research
ESC_PS 9710 Structural Equation Modeling
ESC_PS 9720 Hierarchical Linear Modeling
PSYCH 9320 Social Psychology Methodology
PSYCH 9715 Multilevel Modeling
SOC 8187 Seminar on Interview Theory and Techniques