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Department of Communication
120 Stubbs Hall
401 Bayou Drive
Monroe, Louisiana 71209
(318) 342-1406

The Master of Arts in Communication is designed to improve professional competency through advanced study and scholarly research and to prepare students for further study.

Master of Arts in Communication

An increasingly specialized, as well as fragmented, society requires experts who can use well developed critical thinking skills to apply advanced communication concepts, research, and theories relevant to the use of communications media for a wide variety of purposes.

More and more, business, government and service organizations seek professionals with advanced written and oral communication skills. They also demand professionals who have developed proficiency in communication management and the use of new technologies that are driving global economic expansion.

The Master of Arts in Communication is offered at ULM with thesis and non-thesis options. Students electing the thesis track select 30 semester hours of coursework within the area of communication and related fields. Students electing the non-thesis track select 36 semester hours.

Each student works with a major professor and graduate faculty committee to tailor the graduate degree plan to meet the student's individual needs and interests, drawn from courses offered within the Communication Studies and Mass Communications programs.

Entering students must meet at least one of the following criteria:

1. a minimum cumulative undergraduate grade-point average of 2.5,
2. a minimum combined Qualitative and Verbal scores of 900 on the GRE General Test, or
3. a combined score of 1875, determined by multiplying the total undergraduate grade-point average by the combined GRE Qualitative and Verbal scores.

Applicants who fail to meet the above standards may be admitted on conditional status as recommended by the Graduate Admission and Retention Committee of the Department of Communication in concert with the Director of Graduate Studies and Research.

Graduate assistantships and graduate work-study employment are available for qualified applicants.