Every effort is made to provide the creative environment to sustain a community of scholars. Carefully structured and individualized graduate programs afford maximum personal contact and consultation between graduate students and professors in seminars, directed individual readings, lecture courses, and supervised thesis research and writing. The Department offers a certificate program in policy analysis, and a joint MA and JD program with the Law School. The Department provides training in pure and applied research. At the MA level, students study methods and theory and pursue a broad course of study before writing a thesis.
Doctoral candidates develop two specialties, choosing from approximately twenty substantive areas.
The Department of Communication Studies offers the MA and Ph.D. to develop students' knowledge about the patterns, forms, effects, and history of human communication. Students have the opportunity to do original research, design with consultation their program of study to fit their individual needs, and acquire an education in the diverse perspectives in the discipline. The department also offers an MA specializing in marketing, communication studies and advertising. Humanities The Department of Classics offers the MA degree with concentration in either Greek or Latin. An undergraduate major in Greek or Latin is normally required.