Communication

Website: communication.utah.edu

Phone: 801-581-6888

The Department of Communication’s nationally ranked graduate program is distinguished by its vibrant, prolific, nationally and internationally recognized faculty as well as a flexible but theoretically and methodologically grounded graduate curriculum that reflects our strengths within and across four areas of emphasis: Communicating Science, Health, Environment, and Risk (CommSHER); Critical/Cultural Studies; Media, Journalism, and Technology; and Rhetoric. Graduate students are encouraged to take full advantage of of the range of expertise and specialization that the Department offers by designing, in consultation with their committees, programs of study that draw upon any or all of these four areas, ensuring a tailored graduate training and education experience. How to Apply

 1. Statement of your personal and professional goals 

• The statement of purpose document gives you a chance to tell us what you plan to study in our program, in what ways, and why. You will still be able to change study plans once you get here, but your statement is an opportunity to articulate a sense of academic purpose relative to our specific program and faculty. If any salient personal narrative or additional information about you and your candidacy are not addressed elsewhere in your application, please share that here to give us a broader sense of who you are. Your statement should be approximately 800 words.

2. Academic writing sample no longer than 25 pages

• This can be a term paper, thesis chapter, creative writing sample, published newspaper articles, etc.  The sample can be composed of multiple pieces but must still be under the 25-page limit.

3. A curriculum vitae or short resume.

4. Unofficial transcripts of all previous college and university coursework.

• If accepted to the program, you will need to provide official transcripts to admissions.

5. The names and email addresses of three people who will write recommendations.

• They will receive an electronic prompt to go in and upload their letters of recommendation.