Graduate study in interpersonal communication may be particularly appropriate for those in human services positions. Recent graduates of this program are now employed at a variety of human service organizations. The interpersonal option is also very attractive to teachers at all levels of practice. The option in Organizational Communication is designed for those students wanting an understanding of the communication process in corporate, governmental, or non-profit organizations. Course work in this program includes organizational communication theory and practice, assessment of organizational communication, conflict management, customer service, organizational change, organizational culture, and other theoretical and applied communication topics.
Students also learn to evaluate applied organizational communication research.
Course work combines communication theory and social scientific methods in the exploration of how information is exchanged and relationships are developed and maintained in effective organizations. The option in Telecommunications offers the study of the use of telecommunications technology by individuals and organizations. This includes communicating by means of radio, broadcast and cable television, interactive video, multimedia, telephony, electronic mail, computer-based decision support systems, video and audio teleconferencing, and other technologies used to create, store, and transmit messages. All of these new uses of telecommunications technologies occur in the context of extensive government regulation, at both the national and international levels. People making use of these technologies must, therefore, be knowledgeable of the regulatory context.