Communication

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GRADUATE DEGREES OFFERED:

Department of Communication
Erickson Hall, room 311
Phone: 812-237-3244 or 812-237-3245
Fax: 812-237-3217
E-mail: dworley@indstate.edu
Web site: http://www.indstate.edu/comm

Department Chairperson: Dr. David W. Worley
Graduate Program Contact Person: Dr.Jay Clarkson
Phone: 812-237-3253

GRADUATE FACULTY

Assistant Professors

Clarkson, Jay, Ph.D., University of Iowa
Assistant Professor of Communication
Specializations: Media Criticism, Gender, Popular Culture

Elkins, Michael Ph.D., Southern Illinois University
Assistant Professor of Communication
Specializations: Interpersonal Communication, Emotional Intelligence, and First Year Experience

Slaughter, Gerald, Ph.D., University of Nebraska
Assistant Professor of Communication
Specializations: Public Relations, Organizational Communication, Training and Development

Graduate work in the Department of Communication is a generalist program with study in communication studies. This program examines the process of human communication as explored from humanistic and/or scientific points of view in order to prepare students for professional and/or adademic careers.

DEPARTMENTAL FACILITIES

The Department of Communication is housed in Erickson Hall. Production facilities include a video laboratory, video editing facilities, and a student-operated radio station, WISU-FM. In addition, there are opportunities in journalism, radio, and television open to graduate student participation.

MAIN OBJECTIVES

The program’s purposes are to provide skill and experiences in asking significant questions about communication and in gathering and processing information to answer these questions, an integrated perspective on the relations among various areas of study in communication, and analytical and critical tools for competent specialization which will lead to either confident entrance into the profession or further graduate study.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

1. An undergraduate index of not less than 3.0 on a 4.0 scale is required. Applicants not meeting these minimal may be recommended for conditional admission by the graduate faculty of the Department of Communication. Interviews will be required of assistantship applicants. International students must meet the TOEFL requirements of the School of Graduate Studies. The department may also require additional evidence of spoken English proficiency.
2. Following a review of the applicant’s undergraduate transcript, a student considered by the graduate faculty to lack adequate preparation in basic undergraduate course content may be required to enroll in undergraduate courses (concurrently with graduate courses) to remove deficiencies. The student will not, typically, receive graduate credit when enrolling in undergraduate courses to meet deficiencies.
3. Three letters of recommendation are required from college or university faculty who are acquainted with the student’s preparation in the area of study to be pursued in the graduate program.
4. Applicants should provide a brief statement of purpose.
5. As a general rule, the Department of Communication will accept in transfer no more than six semester hours of appropriate course work earned at other colleges and universities accredited for master’s or higher level study by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools or a comparable association. Applicants may petition the department graduate faculty for the transfer of additional hours.
6. As a general rule all students should enroll in Communication 600 their first semester.

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