Doctor of Philosophy in Communication and Information

The Ph.D. degree in Communication and Information prepares individuals for traditional and emerging careers in teaching, research and administration in the converging fields of communication and information. The degree program consists of a prescribed core of interdisciplinary courses and varied selection of elective coursework within and across disciplines. The study is flexibly structured and designed to provide both an integrative and historical overview, as well as specializations in communication (media, technology and society, global communication, interpersonal communication) and information (human information behavior, cultural heritage informatics, knowledge organization).
Graduates of this program will be able to:

Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of an area of expertise within one or more disciplines within the field of communication and information.
Produce doctoral dissertations that advance existing areas of scholarly investigation within the field of communication and information.
Be prepared to succeed as research-oriented, tenure-track faculty at research universities.

Completion of the academic requirements of a master's degree in one of the disciplines represented in the College of Communication and Information or a discipline closely related to the applicant's proposed course of study

Minimum 3.300 graduate GPA on a 4.000 point scale (3.500 GPA or higher is recommended)

English language proficiency - all international students must provide proof of English language proficiency (unless they meet specific exceptions) by earning one of the following:

Minimum 587 TOEFL PBT score (paper-based version)

Minimum 94 TOEFL IBT score (internet-based version)

Minimum 82 MELAB score

Minimum 7.0 IELTS score

Minimum 65 PTE score

Minimum 120 Duolingo English score

Application Deadlines: Priority deadline: January 1; Application deadline: March 1; Final deadline: April 15